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Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Local: Sri Lanka records 10 more COVID deaths
2022-01-05 14:44:00
10 deaths reported due to COVID-19 within 24-...
Local: Sri Lanka to administer COVID vaccine for children aged 12-15
2022-01-05 10:12:00
Administering COVID vaccine for the children aged...
Local: One more MP tests positive for COVID
2022-01-05 09:48:00
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Dr. Rajitha...
Local: President pays homage to Sacred Tooth Relic and obtains blessings
2022-01-05 09:40:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa engaged in religious...
Local: Chinese Ambassador calls on Speaker
2022-01-05 09:34:00
Qi Zhenhong, Ambassador of the People’s Republic...
Local: 13 Indian fishermen to be released
2022-01-05 09:30:00
The High Commission of India in Sri Lanka...
Local: THE LION CUBS CELEBRATES ITS 26TH ANNIVERSARY
2022-01-05 09:24:00
No 10 Fighter Squadron was founded on 5th January...
Local: Over four million administered COVID booster shot
2022-01-05 04:16:00
32,182 people have received the Pfizer booster (...
Local: Showers expected in several provinces
2022-01-05 00:28:00
Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in...
Local: Customs to release all confiscated vehicles soon
2022-01-04 19:50:00
Customs Director General Major General (Retired...
Local: Cabinet okays purchase of 500 new buses
2022-01-04 19:48:00
Cabinet approval has been granted to purchase 500...
Local: Survey to ascertain how many Sri Lankan Tamils in TN want Indian citizenship
2022-01-04 19:46:00
A panel constituted by the Tamil Nadu Government...
Local: Government will provide relief despite pandemic challenges - Lokuge
2022-01-04 19:46:00
Power Minister Gamini Lokuge stated that despite...
Political: President removes Premajayantha as State Minister
2022-01-04 19:45:00
Education Reforms, Open Universities and Distance...
Local: Have simple alms-givings during this time - Thera
2022-01-04 19:44:00
Venerable Dr.Omalpe Sobhitha Thera has urged...
Local: Rs. 20 bn offer for “Queen of Asia”
2022-01-04 19:44:00
A Dubai businessman has reportedly offered Rs. 20...
Local: Revised bus fares from today, minimum fare Rs.17
2022-01-04 19:42:00
The revised bus fares will be implemented from...
Law & Order: Dematagoda Ruwan further remanded
2022-01-04 19:40:00
Colombo Chief Magistrate Buddhika Ragala rejected...
Law & Order: Gampaha Principal remanded on bribery charge
2022-01-04 19:40:00
The principal of a leading school in Gampaha, who...
Local: India, Sri Lanka to sign deal for Trinco oil tanks next week
2022-01-04 19:36:00
Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila yesterday said...
Law & Order: REC Campus gets order against YouTube channel ‘Colombo Today’
2022-01-04 19:36:00
The Colombo District Court recently issued an...
Local: UN commends Sri Lanka’s Green Agriculture programme
2022-01-04 19:32:00
The United Nations commended Sri Lanka’s Green...
Local: Susil removal, a matter of discipline - Namal
2022-01-04 19:31:00
The reason for removal of SLPP MP Susil...
Local: ‘Don’t neglect health guidelines’
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said it is...
Local: Blood donation by St. Benedict’s OBU
2022-01-04 19:30:00
St. Benedict’s College, Colombo 13, and the Old...
Local: More buses and trains to cater to demand after return to normality
2022-01-04 19:30:00
The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) and the Sri...
Local: Technician dies after gas pipe explosion
2022-01-04 19:30:00
A technician repairing a gas pipe of an air...
Local: Sajith in Trincomalee
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa visited the...
Local: More benefits for domestic rooftop solar systems
2022-01-04 19:30:00
The Cabinet of Ministers approved Energy Minister...
Local: Social security pogramme in the offing
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Labour Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said a...
Local: SLSEA sets framework to meet country’s renewable energy targets
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority (SLSEA)...
Local: Low-lying areas in Batticaloa affected by torrential rains
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Due to the recent inclement weather and...
Local: The Lion Cubs celebrate 26th Anniversary
2022-01-04 19:30:00
No 10 Fighter Squadron was founded on January 5,...
Local: ‘Janapathi Alochanaya’ presented to President
2022-01-04 19:30:00
The book titled 'Janapathi Alochanaya' compiled...
Local: Anura Sudharshana new Acting Chairman of the Wariyapola PS
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Former Deputy Chairman representing the Sri Lanka...
During the Pinkama
Local: Pinkama at Parliament
2022-01-04 19:30:00
A ‘Bodhi Pooja Pinkama’ to invoke blessings for...
During the protest.
Local: Protest over muddy road
2022-01-04 19:30:00
A group of residents and schoolchildren in...
Local: Woman dies of electrocution
2022-01-04 19:30:00
A mother of two children died of electrocution...
Local: Girl robbed of gold necklace
2022-01-04 19:30:00
A necklace worth Rs. 96,000 was snatched by a man...
Local: New teachers’ salary scales enacted
2022-01-04 19:30:00
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposals...
Local: President meets UN Assistant Sec.Gen.
2022-01-04 19:30:00
UN Assistant Secretary-General Kanni Wignaraja...
Local: Sacked Premajayantha says will revert to profession
2022-01-04 19:30:00
SLPP MP Susil Premajayantha, who was sacked from...
Political: Susil Premajayantha should have known better – Minister Johnston
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Chief Government Whip and Highways Minister...
Political: ‘Join hands with UNP to rebuild the country’
2022-01-04 19:30:00
UNP General Secretary Palitha Range Bandara has...
Bank commenced work by giving an Oath.
Business: National Savings Bank begins 2022 on high note
2022-01-04 19:30:00
National Savings Bank (NSB) commenced the first...
The Chairman and other officials of the National Lotteries Board at the inauguration of the ‘Dhana Yoga Hadahana’ lottery ticket.
Business: National Lotteries Board introduces Dhana Yoga Hadahana
2022-01-04 19:30:00
The official opening ceremony of the National...
People’s Bank Chairman Sujeewa Rajapakse and Ranjith Kodituwakku CEO and GM
Business: People’s Bank welcomes 2022
2022-01-04 19:30:00
A ceremony was held recently to usher in the New...
Business: NDB welcomes 2022 on positive note
2022-01-04 19:30:00
NDB CEO Dimantha Seneviratne and the Senior...
Business: LCB Finance commences business for New Year
2022-01-04 19:30:00
LCB Finance commenced their business for the New...
New businesses are being handed over to mark the year 2022.
Business: Sri Lanka Insurance inaugurates business operations for 2022
2022-01-04 19:30:00
The inauguration of Sri Lanka Insurance business...
After the function, the Ministers visiting the Sri Lanka Exhibition Stall at the Expo Exhibition Grounds.
Business: ‘Sri Lanka’s water resources unique and important for sustainable development’
2022-01-04 19:30:00
 Sri Lanka’s water resources are unique and...
Minister Namal Rajapaksa, High Commissioner Kananathan with Upali Weerakoon MD of Bio Substrate flagging off the maiden shipping of Coco peat export consignment to Kenya at the Port of Colombo.
Business: Sri Lanka ships first coco peat export to Kenya
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Focusing on adding a new product basket to trade...
Business: Number of registered taxpayers decline by 35%
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Sri Lanka saw its tax base from 2019 to 2020...
Business: Tea industry records excellent performance in 2021
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Sri Lankan tea industry has recorded an excellent...
Shimmer Milfer
Business: Multilac and Macktiles Group increase salaries by Rs 5,000
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Macksons, Manufacturer’s of Multilac, Macktiles...
Business: ICRA Lanka upgrades Issuer Rating of Asia Asset Finance
2022-01-04 19:30:00
ICRA Lanka Limited upgraded the Issuer Rating of...
Business: Dipped Products to invest Rs 1 bn to diversify product portfolio
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Dipped Products, as a part of company’s growth...
Business: SLT Headquarters gets digitally enhanced reception area
2022-01-04 19:30:00
In line with its newly introduced theme ‘No Dream...
Business: Shares - Colombo Stock Exchange ( Market Statistics on 04.01.2022)
2022-01-04 19:30:00
 
Business: Coconut
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Business: Exchange Rates
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Editorial: A sigh of relief
2022-01-04 19:30:00
The massive relief package offered by the...
World: Weekly global COVID-19 cases surpass 10 mn
2022-01-04 19:30:00
SWITZERLAND, INDIA, PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH: Almost...
A Bengal tiger named Charly receives an experimental dose of a vaccine against COVID-19 made by the Zoetis veterinary laboratory, at the Buin Zoo in Buin, Chile on Monday.
World: Chilean zoo jabs big cats, orangutan against COVID-19
2022-01-04 19:30:00
CHILE: Bengal tiger Charly and Bornean orangutan...
World: No way to distinguish Omicron cases from Delta, say US doctors
2022-01-04 19:30:00
US: Amid rising concerns over a fresh surge in...
The new SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.640.2
World: New COVID-19 variant ‘IHU’ discovered in France
2022-01-04 19:30:00
FRANCE: The world is still grappling with the...
The five nations have pledged to work together to avoid an unwinnable World War 3.
World: ‘No one can win a nuclear war’: Superpowers release rare joint statement
2022-01-04 19:30:00
RUSSIA: China, Russia, the UK, the United States...
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry speaks at his inauguration ceremony in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on November 26, 2021.
World: Haitian PM survives weekend assassination attempt
2022-01-04 19:30:00
HAITI: Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry said in...
Firefighters battle against the blaze in Cape Town.
World: Winds reignite fire at South Africa’s Parliament
2022-01-04 19:30:00
SOUTH AFRICA: A fire engulfing South Africa’s...
World: US tops 1 mn COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
2022-01-04 19:30:00
US: More than 1 million people in the US were...
A passenger gets a coronavirus test at a drive-though facility in Sydney, New South Wales.
World: Australia’s COVID-19 hospitalisations hit pandemic highs
2022-01-04 19:30:00
AUSTRALIA: Australia’s COVID-19 cases touched a...
A woman wearing a burqa walks past a women’s clothing store with headless mannequins displayed in its window, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
World: Afghan shops remove heads of mannequins in line with Taliban order
2022-01-04 19:30:00
AFGHANISTAN: Clothing shops in Afghanistan’s...
British Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi
World: Omicron spreading among over-50s, says UK Minister
2022-01-04 19:30:00
UK: British Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi on...
World: India, Pakistan exchange list of nuclear installations
2022-01-04 19:30:00
India and Pakistan exchanged lists of prisoners...
Law & Order: FSP Propaganda Secretary bailed
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Frontline Socialist Party Propaganda Secretary...
Law & Order: Youth stabbed in Grandpass, dies in hospital
2022-01-04 19:30:00
A 17-year-old boy from Madampitiya Road has been...
Features: Changing eras of Chinese art and culture
2022-01-04 19:30:00
The rebellion of Huang Chao in fact meant the end...
An aerial view of the China Bay Oil Tank Farm.
Features: Fresh deal with India on Trinco Oil Tank Farm
2022-01-04 19:30:00
The Government last Friday announced that it has...
There is a lot of media hype about the Omicron variant.
Features: Fresh deal with India on Trinco Oil Tank Farm
2022-01-04 19:30:00
The Government last Friday announced that it has...
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison-Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare
Features: Geo-Political battle in the South Pacific hots up
2022-01-04 19:30:00
China will be sending a number of Police officers...
Vintage illustration features a Biblical scene where Jesus Christ is baptized by John the Baptist in the River Jordan.
Features: The Voice in the Wilderness
2022-01-04 19:30:00
There was a spiritual cry from John the Baptist...
T&C: Beethoven’s secret
2022-01-04 19:30:00
On December 16, 1770, Beethoven was born in Bonn...
T&C: Why these stories demand our attention
2022-01-04 19:30:00
This is a book that takes readers on an...
T&C: The warrior’s poem
2022-01-04 19:30:00
“Man is a rope stretchedbetween the animal and...
T&C: Different dimensions and parameters of dance
2022-01-04 19:30:00
In any society, dance is divided into four...
T&C: Russian House welcomes children
2022-01-04 19:30:00
The Russian House in Colombo along with the...
T&C: New on the shelf
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Kingswood College rugby skipper cum full back Dinal Ekanayake (with ball in hand) making a thundering run hotly pursued by an opponent.
Sports: I want to play for my country, that’s my ultimate goal, says Dinal Ekanayake
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Dinal Ekanayake played school rugby as a full...
Dimuth Karunaratne
Sports: Cricket Australia names Dimuth Best Test captain
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Cricket Australia, on Friday, December 31, named...
Sports: Shavindhi Cooray fine athlete and cricketer from Wadduwa
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Wadduwa Central College Under 19 Girls Cricket...
Buddhika Rajitha Dikkumbura, talented TT player cum Coach. (Picture by Upananda Jayasundera-Kandy Sports Spl.Corr
Sports: Buddhika table tennis player and coach par excellence
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Forty Five year old Buddhika Rajitha Dikkumbura,...
Sports: Police cricket tourney in Kandy was a tremendous success
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Highly talented Kandy Police sportsmen are all-...
Will Young swivels into a pull shot
Sports: Ebadot Hossain stings NZ with late evening strikes
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Ebadot Hossain landed big blows on the New...
Rumesh Ratnayake
Sports: SLC appoints Ratnayake as interim coach for Zimbabwe series
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Sri Lanka Cricket has appointed Rumesh Ratnayake...
Shardul Thakur celebrates the wicket of Temba Bavuma.
Sports: Shardul Thakur takes maiden Test five-wicket haul
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Shardul Thakur may have developed a reputation...
Usman Khawaja
Sports: Khawaja replaces Travis Head in Australia team for fourth Test
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Queensland batter Usman Khawaja has returned to...
Sports: Final selection trials for Asian Youth 2022 cancelled
2022-01-04 19:30:00
The final selection Trials for the Asian Youth...
W.K. weerasinghe -P.A. Abeywardena -I. Lakshman
Sports: Lankan Taekwondo players bag medals in Korea
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Sri Lanka Athletes won three gold medals at the...
Girls U-18 doubles champions Tuvini de Alwis and Prithika Chandramohan
Sports: Tuvini, Prithika win U-18 doubles title
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Thehan Wijemanne and Anjalika Kurera won the...
Naomi Osaka
Sports: Former world number one wins on return after four-month break
2022-01-04 19:30:00
Japan’s Naomi Osaka made a winning comeback after...
Obituaries: Obituaries
2022-01-04 19:30:00
RAJAPAKSE R.D.S. (Retired Senior Superintendent...

Wednesday, January 5, 2022