Browse by Date | Daily News :Breaking News, Latest News, Sports News and Live Updates

Browse by Date

Select Date

Saturday, February 20, 2021

Local: Two COVID-19 deaths reported
2021-02-20 16:10:00
Two more deaths reported due to COVID-19, raising...
Local: Another 271 COVID-19 positive cases reported
2021-02-20 15:04:00
Another 271 COVID-19 positive cases reported...
Local: ‘Give priority to provide COVID-19 vaccines to journalists’
2021-02-20 14:02:00
The Ministry of Mass Media has written to the...
Local: 257 COVID-19 positive cases reported
2021-02-20 13:08:00
257 COVID-19 positive cases reported today,...
Local: Hotline to inform on environmental destruction
2021-02-20 12:42:00
Sri Lanka Police has introduced the 1997 hotline...
Local: COVID-19 recoveries surpasses 73,000
2021-02-20 11:54:00
890 more individuals recovered from COVID-19.The...
World: Monsoon floods hits Jakarta, forcing 1,300 to evacuate
2021-02-20 09:14:00
Rescue operations are under way in Indonesia’s...
Sports: Sanga, Mahela lament lack of Lankan presence in IPL
2021-02-20 07:12:00
Former Sri Lanka cricketers Kumar Sangakkara and...
World: Japan finds new COVID-19 strain
2021-02-20 04:36:00
Japan confirmed a new variant of COVID-19, and an...
Local: 16-hours water cut in Colombo
2021-02-20 04:24:00
The water supply to several areas in the Colombo...
Local: Showers expected in several places
2021-02-20 03:28:00
Showers will occur at times in Eastern, Northern...
Local: Ministerial Committee to study Easter PCoI Report
2021-02-19 19:45:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a six-...
Local: PM pays homage to Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy
2021-02-19 19:44:00
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday (19)...
World: Modi mulls Air Ambulance service for South Asia
2021-02-19 19:43:00
A special visa scheme for doctors and nurses and...
Local: Core Group welcomes progress in key areas
2021-02-19 19:42:00
The Core Group on Sri Lanka led by the United...
Local: SPC to purchase 10 m doses of AstraZeneca vaccine
2021-02-19 19:41:00
Sri Lanka will purchase 10 million doses of...
Local: Trinco oil tanks deal not scrapped - Indian HC
2021-02-19 19:40:00
The Indian High Commission in Colombo on Thursday...
Local: Army douses Kerawalapitiya garbage dump fire
2021-02-19 19:39:00
Army personnel brought the spread of the fire in...
Local: Ranga Dias, named on Time100 Next Annual List
2021-02-19 19:38:00
Ranga Dias, an Assistant Professor of Mechanical...
Law & Order: Demerit system to instill road discipline
2021-02-19 19:37:00
The Police is to introduce a demerit points...
Law & Order: CA considers writ petition on Rambakan Oya forest
2021-02-19 19:36:00
The Court of Appeal yesterday (19) decided to...
One of the lorries that was transporting the refuse tea from Wellambada, Gampola to Colombo.
Law & Order: Two arrested for transporting 10,000kgs of refuse tea
2021-02-19 19:35:00
Two suspects were arrested by the Police Special...
Law & Order: Couple arrested with over 1 kg of heroin
2021-02-19 19:34:00
A couple has been arrested by the Organised...
Local: BJP leaders meet Tripura CM over ‘Nepal, Sri Lanka’ comment
2021-02-19 19:33:00
BJP and RSS top brass in the region met Tripura...
Local: Vaccinating commence Meetotamulla
2021-02-19 19:32:00
The Government’s community vaccination project...
Local: COPE summons SLIC
2021-02-19 19:30:00
The Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation (SLIC) has...
Local: Tremor off Ampara
2021-02-19 19:30:00
An earth tremor with a magnitude of 4 on the...
Local: SL INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATED IN LAOS
2021-02-19 19:30:00
The Sri Lankan Consulate in Laos celebrated Sri...
Local: SL, India hold virtual meetings on agri-product diversification
2021-02-19 19:30:00
The Sri Lanka Consulate General in Mumbai,...
Local: SLAF 70th anniversary to be held on March 2
2021-02-19 19:30:00
Unveiling the official logo designed for the 70th...
Turkish Ambassador to Sri Lanka Demet Sekerciogluğwith Foreign Secretary Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage and other officials.
Local: Turkey provides Personal Protective Equipment, ventilators
2021-02-19 19:30:00
The Turkish government provided a consignment of...
Ambassador O.L. Ameer Ajwad and Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi signing the agreement.
Local: Sri Lanka, Oman celebrate 40 years of diplomatic relations
2021-02-19 19:30:00
Marking 40 years of diplomatic relations between...
Local: President uplifted living standards amidst COVID-19 pandemic: Gamalath
2021-02-19 19:30:00
The President has uplifted living standards...
Local: Cabinet to receive Easter Commission report for further discussions: Amaraweera
2021-02-19 19:30:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has decided to...
António Guterres
Local: Over 130 countries don't have a single COVID-19 vaccine
2021-02-19 19:30:00
(CNN)- Just 10 countries have administered 75% of...
Local: Sri Lanka a flashpoint of Human-Elephant Conflict
2021-02-19 19:30:00
Sri Lanka has become the country with the highest...
Local: “Honda Hitha Nelum Budu Kuluna” (Lotus Buddha Tower) in Polgahawelena
2021-02-19 19:30:00
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday...
Political: All parties in Govt. will work to fulfill people’s aspirations -Wimal
2021-02-19 19:30:00
Industries Minister Wimal Weerawansa said the...
Political: New UNP member of the Galewela Pradeshiya Sabha
2021-02-19 19:30:00
UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed D.N. de...
Editorial: Celebrating the Mother Tongue
2021-02-19 19:30:00
Our mother tongues are considered to be one of...
Country superstar Dolly Parton performs in concert in Nashville, Tennessee in 2015.
World: Dolly Parton politely says 'No' to statue
2021-02-19 19:30:00
US: After thousands of people voiced support for...
The Pentagon makes most standard vaccinations mandatory for military personnel.
World: One-third of US military refusing COVID vaccine - Pentagon
2021-02-19 19:30:00
US: Pentagon officials said Wednesday that about...
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison
World: Australia slams Facebook news blackout
2021-02-19 19:30:00
AUSTRALIA: Australia’s Government said that...
World: Mafia boss wins right to listen to music in jail
2021-02-19 19:30:00
ITALY: An Italian mafia boss in solitary...
Cleaning robot 'Franzi' (R)
World: Robot cheers up German patients
2021-02-19 19:30:00
GERMANY: Cleaning robot Franzi makes sure floors...
A migrant family using all means after crossing the Rio Bravo river on the US-Mexican border in their quest for asylum in El Paso, Texas on February 10, 2021.
World: Democrats’ reform bill to offer citizenship to 11 mn
2021-02-19 19:30:00
US: Democrats unveiled legislation Thursday for...
NASA's Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on Thursday.
World: Perseverance rover makes Mars touchdown after 7 months
2021-02-19 19:30:00
US: After seven months in space, NASA's...
A store displaying casual men's attire on Madison Avenue in New York.
World: Pandemic transforms work attire
2021-02-19 19:30:00
US: Suits and tailored shirts are out, sweatpants...
US Senator Ted Cruz (Republican -Texas) (R) walks with an unidentified person at the Cancun International Airport in Mexico before boarding his plane back to the U.S.
World: Senator’s Mexico trip draws ire in storm hit Texas
2021-02-19 19:30:00
US: Texas Senator Ted Cruz faced fierce criticism...
A protester offers flowers and kneels on a road before a Police officer in Mandalay, Myanmar as protests in Myanmar against the military coup that removed Aung San Suu Kyi’s Government from power have grown in recent days.
World: Hackers target Myanmar Government websites
2021-02-19 19:30:00
MYANMAR: Hackers attacked military-run Government...
The group which sealed the 2015 deal includes the United States and Iran as well as Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia.
World: US accepts talks with Iran
2021-02-19 19:30:00
US: The United States said Thursday it was ready...
In Colombia, deforestation of the Amazon has accelerated by 80 percent during COVID lockdown.
World: COVID an excuse to strip tropical forests - Indigenous groups
2021-02-19 19:30:00
FRANCE: Governments worldwide are using the COVID...
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
World: WHO urges COVID vaccine makers to uphold pledges
2021-02-19 19:30:00
SWITZERLAND: The World Health Organization urged...
US President Joe Biden
World: Biden pledges $4bn for global COVID-19 vaccine programme
2021-02-19 19:30:00
US: US President Joe Biden pledged $4 billion in...
World: Scientists call for universal coronavirus vaccine
2021-02-19 19:30:00
US: The prestigious journal Science on Thursday...
Unexploded Ordnances discovered in Lamwo, Uganda
World: 6 children killed playing with old bomb in Uganda
2021-02-19 19:30:00
UGANDA: Six children were killed and five others...
World: Man sentenced to four months for coughing on police
2021-02-19 19:30:00
DENMARK: A young man was sentenced Thursday to...
Law & Order: SC orders State, former SLRC Chairman to pay compensation
2021-02-19 19:30:00
The Supreme Court has ordered the State and...
The walking path in Battaramulla has attracted many health-conscious people from different areas
Features: Walking amidst the Splendour of Nature
2021-02-19 19:30:00
It is an eye-catching scene especially in the...
Wilpattu National Park
Features: Constitutional Protection of Environment: The cherished Role of Our Judiciary
2021-02-19 19:30:00
Part 2The uncertainty surrounding potential...
Features: A slice of Africa in Puttalam
2021-02-19 19:30:00
Most Sri Lankans in Colombo city would have...
Street protests against the February 1 military coup in Myanmar.
Features: Protests rise against junta in Myanmar
2021-02-19 19:30:00
Thousands of people continue to protest against...
Sports: Lankan Twins teams to enter Cricket Record Books
2021-02-19 19:30:00
Sri Lanka will create world cricket history by...
Russia's Daniil Medvedev hits a return.
Sports: Pressure on Djokovic in Australian Open final, says Medvedev
2021-02-19 19:30:00
Melbourne, Friday: Daniil Medvedev insisted the...
Sports: Drawn game at Thurstan Grounds
2021-02-19 19:30:00
Thurstan College forced a draw to their Inter-...
Members of SLR, National Team players and officials from Dialog Axiata visited the elders home in Battaramulla.
Sports: Dialog, SLR launch community project
2021-02-19 19:30:00
Dialog Axiata PLC, in collaboration with Sri...
Sports: Under-23 Cricket to start on March 4
2021-02-19 19:30:00
The Inter Club T20 Cricket Tournament, Conducted...
Chaminda Vaas
Sports: Vaas Fast Bowling Coach for WI series
2021-02-19 19:30:00
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) yesterday appointed...
Sports: Pradeep Lakshantha was an excellent third row forward
2021-02-19 19:30:00
The game of rugby is a highly body contact game....
Lisal Goonatillake in action
Sports: Lisal down Sandaru in Boys’ U-14 final
2021-02-19 19:30:00
Lisal Goonatillake produced a fine performance to...
Action from the first match between Sri Lanka and Kazakhstan.
Sports: SL-Kazakhstan clash for FIBA Asia Cup
2021-02-19 19:30:00
Sri Lanka will take on Kazakhstan in the second...
Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa (right) and State Minister Thenuka Vidanagamage at the opening ceremony. Pic by Sudath Nishantha
Sports: ‘Football Friday’ gets underway at Racecourse
2021-02-19 19:30:00
‘Football Friday,’ a new concept initiated by the...
Niluka Karunaratne in action
Sports: Chamika topples top seed at Badminton Nationals
2021-02-19 19:30:00
Chamika Karunaratne created a major upset on the...
Thimansa Thewnaki Herath. (Text & Pic. by Upananda Jayasundera-Kandy Sports Spl.Corrs.)
Sports: Thimansa outstanding athlete and swimmer
2021-02-19 19:30:00
Thimansa Thewnaki Herath , a Grade Eleven student...
Sports: Oshada Attanayake a versatile sportsman
2021-02-19 19:30:00
Twelve year old Karateka , member of the school...
Leslie Handunge
Sports: Boxer Leslie Handunge was a multi talented sportsman
2021-02-19 19:30:00
Leslie David Perera Handunge was an outstanding...
The new jerseys being handed over to members of the Miandad Sports Club, Sainthamaruthu
Sports: New jerseys and champions trophy introduced for FSK Miandad Premier League
2021-02-19 19:30:00
Miandad Sports Club, Sainthamaruthu has...
Sports: Gihan Ebert will lead the Antonians this year
2021-02-19 19:30:00
St. Anthony’s College, the first school to resume...

Saturday, February 20, 2021