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Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Local: Another 416 COVID-19 positive cases reported
2021-02-10 16:00:00
Another 416 COVID-19 positive cases reported...
Local: Five COVID-19 deaths reported
2021-02-10 15:52:00
Five more deaths reported due to COVID-19,...
World: Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake Strikes Indonesia
2021-02-10 14:34:00
An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck southwest...
Local: Isolation lifted in one more area
2021-02-10 14:16:00
The isolation status in 771 Bondhupitiya Grama...
Local: 539 COVID-19 positive cases reported
2021-02-10 13:40:00
539 COVID-19 positive cases reported today,...
Local: India-Sri Lanka flights to resume soon
2021-02-10 13:32:00
Flights between India and Sri Lanka will resume...
Local: 591 COVID-19 patients recovered
2021-02-10 12:40:00
591 more individuals recovered from COVID-19...
Local: State Ministry launches official website
2021-02-10 11:50:00
The official website of the State Ministry of...
Local: Burial of COVID-19 victims bodies will be allowed
2021-02-10 10:42:00
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa told Parliament...
Local: Reopening schools in WP postponed
2021-02-10 09:12:00
The decision to reopen schools in the Western...
Local: SLC summoned before COPE tomorrow
2021-02-10 08:32:00
Sri Lanka Cricket has been summoned before the...
Local: New High Court Judges receive appointments from President
2021-02-10 08:18:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa handed over letters...
Local: Mainly fair weather will prevail over the island
2021-02-10 04:40:00
Mainly fair weather will prevail over most parts...
Local: Devise mechanism to repay vehicle lease arrears - PM instructs officials
2021-02-09 19:45:00
Prime Minister and Finance Minister Mahinda...
Local: President hands over laptops to students awaiting university admission
2021-02-09 19:44:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa symbolically hands...
Local: ‘National Law Conference 2021’ to focus on ‘Futurism’
2021-02-09 19:43:00
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) will hold...
Local: Cabinet agrees to review trade accords
2021-02-09 19:42:00
The Cabinet of Ministers has granted its consent...
Local: Pakistani PM to address Parliament
2021-02-09 19:41:00
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will address...
Local: ‘Plantation workers to receive Rs.1,000 daily wage’
2021-02-09 19:40:00
The proposal to increase the daily wage of...
Local: COVID jabs to be completed by May - Minister
2021-02-09 19:39:00
Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said the...
Local: ‘No plans to regulate, censor media’
2021-02-09 19:38:00
Co-Cabinet Spokesman Mass Media Minister Keheliya...
Local: Sixteen COVID deaths in Eastern Province
2021-02-09 19:36:00
Eighteen Grama Niladhari divisions under lockdown...
Political: Sajith raises issue over State Bank lendings
2021-02-09 19:36:00
The government is taking certain decisions that...
Local: All released COVID data accurate - State Minister
2021-02-09 19:34:00
The government has no intention of hiding any...
Local: Government lauds Health, Defence authorities
2021-02-09 19:30:00
The Government lauds Health and Defence...
Local: Applications called for ISDB scholarships
2021-02-09 19:30:00
The Colombo-based Islamic Center, an affiliate of...
Local: Cabinet approval for providing lands to set up industries
2021-02-09 19:30:00
The Cabinet has approved allocating land from...
A woman receiving an implement.
Local:  KOPIA encourages farmers in growing crops
2021-02-09 19:30:00
The Korea Programme on International Agriculture...
Local: Hospital employees protest against new appointments
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Anuradhapura Hospital employees yesterday staged...
Local: Paddy harvesting in Ampara begins
2021-02-09 19:30:00
The harvesting of paddy cultivation in...
A group of Major Generals after receiving their insignias from Army Commander General Shavendra Silva.
Local: Newly promoted Major Generals receive insignias
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Senior Brigadiers of the Army who were promoted...
Local: Governor orders pesticide ban in Yan Oya valley
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Eastern Province Governor Anuradha Yahampath has...
Dr. Anwar Hamdani.
Local: All COVID-19 patients treated at hospitals - Official
2021-02-09 19:30:00
All COVID-19 patients have been treated at a...
Local: Customs Media Spokesman resigns
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Media Spokesman of the Sri Lanka Customs,...
Local: News in pictures
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena called on the...
Local: Expatriate workers being brought fast - Minister
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Co-Cabinet Spokesman, Mass Media Minister...
Political: PARLIAMENT
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Corruption, irregularities at Trade Ministry...
State Minister of Money, Capital Markets & State Enterprise Reforms Ajith Nivard Cabraal, and Central Bank Deputy Governor T.M.J.Y.P. Fernando purchases goods from the appointed iPay Merchant. Director and CEO, LOLC Finance, Conrad Dias and Head of iPay, Charitha Jayasingha is also present
Business: iPay extends support to Central Bank’s LANKAQR islandwide campaign
2021-02-09 19:30:00
iPay, the easy to use real-time payment platform...
Managing Director of DSI, Kasun Rajapaksa and Executive Director of DSI, Dilshan Rajapaksa displays the synthetic leather sheet
Business: DSI enters into Synthetic Leather Manufacturing
2021-02-09 19:30:00
D. Samson Industries (Pvt) Ltd a subsidiary of...
Business: ComBank wins Robotic Process Automation award from SLASSCOM
2021-02-09 19:30:00
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon, a leader in tech...
The D’las International team obtaining COSMOS organic certification
Business: D’las International makes history, obtains COSMOS organic certification
2021-02-09 19:30:00
D’las International (Pvt) Ltd, one of the leading...
Business: SDB bank appoints three diverse cross-industry professionals
2021-02-09 19:30:00
In line with SDB bank’s continuous advancement as...
Tharindu Lorenso Hewage, the Company’s Assistant Manager Tea flanked by Goonawardena and Thiska Goonatilleka, Manager Business Development at the awards ceremony
Business: Anverally and Sons wins Export Brand of the Year award at SLIM
2021-02-09 19:30:00
 Anverally and Sons (Pvt) Ltd., one of Sri...
Ananda Dharmapriya, Denis Chaibi,Dr. Dayaratna Silva, and Dr. Bandula Gunawardena. Picture by Dinesh Perera
Business: Lankan Trade Information Portal launched
2021-02-09 19:30:00
The Sri Lankan Trade Information Portal was...
Business: OREL launches Lanka’s first Multimodel Unmanned Store
2021-02-09 19:30:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa opens the store....
Chairman, SLPA, Daya Ratnayake -Director General of Sri Lanka Customs Vijitha Ravipriya
Business: COVID drives Customs towards rapid paperless regime
2021-02-09 19:30:00
The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns...
Business: Gulf Air resumes direct flights to Colombo
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of...
An Emirates Boeing 777-300ER aircraft at the BIA.
Business: Emirates increases services to Colombo from four to six
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Emirates will increase its services to Colombo...
Business: Fitch rates HNB’s Basel III Sub-Debt’A(EXP)(lka)’
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Fitch Ratings has assigned Hatton National Bank...
Business: Share Market Statistics on 09.02.2021
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Business: Coconut Products – Prices on 09.02.2021
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Business: Exchange Rates 09.02.2021
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Tirantha Mahapatuna – Business Relationship Manager, Outsourcing, Dilshani Fernando – Group Manager HR and Kushan Basnayake – Senior HR Executive of JIT.
Business: Just In Time Group to host Virtual Career Fair on Feb.11
2021-02-09 19:30:00
As a part of its continued efforts to recruit...
Business: Bourse nose-dives below 8,000
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Bourse continued its downfall for the second...
Business: HNB Assurance produces record 113 MDRT Qualifiers in 2020
2021-02-09 19:30:00
HNB Assurance PLC (HNBA) recently announced that...
Nilantha Jayanetti - Chief Executive Officer, Sarvodaya Development Finance and SDF team (Left) with Gahanath Pandithage - Group Chief Executive Officer of DIMO and DIMO team (right)
Business: Sarvodaya Development Finance strengthens partnership with DIMO
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Accelerating post COVID-19 economic recovery,...
99x COO Shehani Seneviratne (centre) and 99x Chief People Officer Damitha Jayasinghe (right) receiving the Best Workplace for Women award from The Great Place to Work Institute Sri Lanka CEO Kshanika Ratnayaka
Business: 99x ranked Best Workplace for Women in Sri Lanka again
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Technology company 99x was recognised for its...
Business: Royal Fernwood Porcelain manufactures heat insulator for Rakon, New Zealand
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Royal Fernwood Porcelain Limited, a large-scale...
Business: Rotary Club Colombo Metropolitan partners with S-Lon, PickMe and Keells to enable safer travel
2021-02-09 19:30:00
The Rotary Club of Colombo Metropolitan in...
Ceylon Green Produce team
Business: Ceylon Green Produce presents ECO Tablets
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Ceylon Green Produce (Pvt) Ltd has launched ‘ECO...
Business: World Women Leadership Congress awards Dr. Thesara Jayawardane
2021-02-09 19:30:00
World Women Leadership Congress and Awards was...
Editorial: A victory for truth
2021-02-09 19:30:00
As we have explained in these spaces earlier,...
World: Goergia officials to review Trump phone call
2021-02-09 19:30:00
The office of Georgia’s secretary of state, Brad...
World: Two promising COVID drugs unveiled in Israel
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Even with Israel’s world-leading rollout of Covid...
World: COVID results to be scrutinized for air travel
2021-02-09 19:30:00
The Biden administration is considering a rule...
World: Facebook shuts vaccine misinformation pages
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Facebook is expanding what false claims it will...
Trump holding a newspaper announcing his acquittal after the first impeachment
World: Trump’s second impeachment trial begins
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Donald J. Trump’s lawyers laid out their first...
Ron Wright
World: US Congressman Ron Wright succumbs to COVID
2021-02-09 19:30:00
US Republican congressman Ron Wright has died...
World: COVID cases exceed 106 million globally
2021-02-09 19:30:00
The global case tally of confirmed cases of the...
World: Sputnik V gets boost from Lancet study
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Russian tscience — and President Vladimir Putin’s...
World: Another cancer drug has high potential to reduce Covid-19 deaths
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Veru shares surged double digits to new highs...
World: 171 still missing in Indian glacial burst
2021-02-09 19:30:00
At least 171 people are missing and 26 have...
Law & Order: Writ petition challenging PC’s recommendation fixed for support
2021-02-09 19:30:00
A writ petition by Parliamentarian Rasamaniccam...
Law & Order: Infant’s body exhumed in Batticaloa
2021-02-09 19:30:00
A body of an infant had been exhumed under the...
Law & Order: Petitioner withdraws FR against Muralitharan : SC dismisses petition
2021-02-09 19:30:00
A Fundamental Rights petition filed seeking an...
Rajpal Abeynayake
Features: The desperate NGO wish for Lanka to be Myanmar
2021-02-09 19:30:00
What happened in Myanmar? The military ‘coup’ in...
Sri Lanka’s envoy in China Dr Palitha Kohona-Journalist Chakravarthi Raghavan
Features: “You Have the Numbers. We Have the Money”
2021-02-09 19:30:00
When the 134-member Group of 77, the largest...
Features: Easter Sunday probes shift to gear
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Concluding 16 months of extensive investigations...
Features: World Bank, ADB join forces for a resilient recovery in South Asia
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Zahida Bibi feared for her family's survival when...
T&C: Carpenter’s horror
2021-02-09 19:30:00
The slasher film has seen better days. Although...
T&C: Enter Violin!
2021-02-09 19:30:00
The entry of Violin in the Carnatic music traces...
T&C: Virtually limitless
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Books on psychology and psychiatry appear in...
T&C: An unseen life
2021-02-09 19:30:00
As William Shakespeare mentioned a few hundred...
T&C: Familiarising the Other
2021-02-09 19:30:00
The Gratiaen Trust, in association with John...
T&C: What’s your story?
2021-02-09 19:30:00
A salt and pepper pot for the king and queen. A...
T&C: POETRY CORNER
2021-02-09 19:30:00
T&C: New on the shelf
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Mohamed Sheriff
Sports: Sheriff-excellent ruggerite
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Zahira College, Colombo has played a phenomenal...
Tharaka Bandara in action at a Meet. Picture by Upananda Jayasundera-Kandy Sports Spl.Corr
Sports: Tharaka Samarakoon an athletc star in the making
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Tharaka Bandara Samarakoon is a Grade 13 student...
The Sri Lanka Universities Swimming Contingent for the World University Games held in Napoli, Italy in 2019. Standing L/R – Kaveeshani Wimalarathne, Thisari Karunathilake, Himani Vithanage, Nideesha Ellawala, Akshey Kumarajeewa, Kalana Wickramaarachchi (Captain), Amila Madushanka Fernando (Vice Captain), Mevan Abishek Induruwa. (Picture by Dilwin Mendis Moratuwa Sports Special Correspondent)
Sports: Mevan Abishek the athlete turned swimmer
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Swimmer and Athlete Mevan Abishek Jeremiah...
Eddie Gray
Sports: All-round sportsman Eddie Gray was an encyclopaedia in boxing
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Edward Ian Gray, better known as Eddie Gray, who...
Sports: Debarawewa SC , Hambantota CC , Baragama SC, and Lunugamwehera Ruhunu Marians SC enter semi-finals
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Debarawewa Sports Club, Hambantota Cricket Club,...
Ishara Madurangi is the number one Women’s table tennis player in Sri Lanka
Sports: Ishara Madurangi targets medal at 2022 Commonwealth Games
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Winning the National crown on seven occasions is...
Northern Warriors celebrate with the Trophy
Sports: Warriors conquer Bulls to emerge T10 champions
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Through disciplined bowling from Sri Lanka’s...
Nirvana has a passion for Motorcross and 4x4 events
Sports: Nirvana a multi talented young sports prodigy
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Today we go off the field with this highly...
Amara Indumathi
Sports: SL to field six-member team for World Para GP
2021-02-09 19:30:00
A six-member Sri Lankan Para Athletics team will...
Sports: S. Thomas’ felicitates Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa with the framed...
Sports: Dewmini wins U-14 title at Online Youth Girls’ Chess C’ship
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Dewmini Hansi Kodikara of Musaeus College won the...
Sports: Dialog to boost SL Para Athletics Team
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Sri Lanka Para Athletic team: Front row (from...
Anika Seneviratne in action
Sports: Anika cruises into Colombo Open semi-finals
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Anika Seneviratne powered her way into the semi-...
Jack Leach celebrates a dismissal
Sports: Root’s England thrash India by 227 runs in first Test
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Chennai, Tuesday: Joe Root led England to an...
Sports: Barty bagels, Rafa magic at Australian Open tennis
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Melbourne, Tuesday: Rafael Nadal's injured back...
Obituaries: Obituaries
2021-02-09 19:30:00
Reverend Brother GREGORY APPUHAMY - Marist...
Business: SLASSCOM’s Tech Forum to position Sri Lanka as vibrant tech eco-system
2021-02-09 18:30:00
With the objective of positioning Sri Lanka as a...

Wednesday, February 10, 2021