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Friday, January 7, 2022

Local: Sri Lanka records 16 more COVID deaths
2022-01-07 13:20:00
16 deaths reported due to COVID-19 within 24-...
Local: Govt. to purchase 100,000 MT of rice from Myanmar
2022-01-07 11:44:00
The Government has decided to import 100,000 MT...
Local: Validity period of driving licenses extended
2022-01-07 11:00:00
The Transport Ministry has decided to extend the...
Business: Pray with Cycle - for a better future
2022-01-07 11:00:00
Suwanda Industries (Pvt) Ltd also more commonly...
Business: ASPI reaches all-time high
2022-01-07 10:30:00
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) benchmark All...
Law & Order: Petition filed against Trinco oil tank farm agreement
2022-01-07 08:56:00
A Fundamental Rights (FR) petition has been filed...
Local: 16-hour water cut tomorrow
2022-01-07 07:54:00
The National Water Supply and Drainage Board...
World: Global COVID cases surpass 300 million
2022-01-07 07:18:00
The overall number of global coronavirus cases...
Local: SLAF establishes 24/7 COVID vaccine centre at BIA
2022-01-07 05:16:00
Sri Lanka Air Force establishes a 24x7 Covid-19...
Local: Second Phase will open on January 15
2022-01-07 05:12:00
The Second Phase of the Central Expressway – from...
Local: Over 28,000 administered COVID booster shot yesterday
2022-01-07 04:32:00
28,619 people have received the Pfizer booster (...
World: Deadly Omicron should not be called mild, warns WHO
2022-01-07 04:18:00
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned...
Local: Power cuts to be expected in several parts of the island
2022-01-07 02:48:00
Power cuts can be expected in parts of the island...
Local: Army-manned COVID vaccination centres operative today
2022-01-07 01:20:00
Local: Spells of showers expected in several provinces
2022-01-07 01:18:00
Several spells of showers will occur in the...
Local: Planned housing, urban development targets achieved in 2021 - PM
2022-01-06 19:50:00
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said that...
Local: Excise Dept. achieves record Rs.139 bn revenue in 2021
2022-01-06 19:48:00
Despite the travel restrictions imposed due to...
Local: New GST and VAT Amendment Bills to be gazetted
2022-01-06 19:46:00
The Cabinet of Ministers has given approval to...
Local: Stock market ends 2021 on record note
2022-01-06 19:46:00
The Colombo equity market ended the year 2021 at...
Local: Government’s relief package
2022-01-06 19:40:00
Labour Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva said that...
Local: Ranil requests Adjournment Debate
2022-01-06 19:36:00
UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has written to...
Local: Two missing boys found
2022-01-06 19:36:00
The two boys of Kotadeniyawa, who were reported...
Local: Govt. subsidies are temporary solutions - NPP
2022-01-06 19:34:00
The National People’s Power (NPP) claims that the...
Law & Order: Six arrested for selling aerial bombs as scrap metal
2022-01-06 19:34:00
The Mullaitivu Puthukudiyiruppu Police has...
Local: Over 1,000 containers to be released from Port
2022-01-06 19:32:00
The release of more than a thousand containers...
Local: District level youth agro-villages to be set up islandwide
2022-01-06 19:30:00
District level youth agro-villages will be set up...
Local: ‘Education reforms will create problem solvers, not problem seekers’
2022-01-06 19:30:00
It will take a radical change to have people in...
Local: News In Pictures
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Dr. Manjula Sahabandu, Assistant Commissioner (...
Local: Conspiracy likely behind gas explosions – Minister Johnston
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Chief Government Whip, Highways Minister Johnston...
General Shavendra Silva addressing the meeting.
Local: GAOC expedites organic fertilizer production for Yala Season
2022-01-06 19:30:00
The recently-established Green Agriculture...
Local: Protest over assault on two estate field officers
2022-01-06 19:30:00
A protest was staged by workers of the Deniyaya...
Minister Dinesh Gunawardena unveiling the plaque inaugurating the construction of the technology section of the Malabe Boys’ College. Picture by Dharma Sri Abeyratne.
Local: Undergrads being provided with IT knowledge irrespective of their degree courses – Minister Gunawardena
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Education and Higher Education Minister Dinesh...
Local: Woman arrested with 8,000 illegal cigarettes
2022-01-06 19:30:00
The Police Special Task Force Organised Crimes...
Local: SJB MPs Dr. Harsha and Eran express concern over increasing CoL
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarians...
Local: Indian, Chinese troops exchange greetings, sweets on New Year 2022
2022-01-06 19:30:00
On the occasion of New Year 2022, the Indian Army...
Local: Minister seeks online system within three months
2022-01-06 19:30:00
The Environment Minister said that the Geological...
Local: Suspect arrested with foreign gun, ammo
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Police Special Task Force (STF) personnel from...
Local: Retirement Age of Public Servants raised to 65
2022-01-06 19:30:00
The Ministry of Public Services, Provincial...
Local: Sailors engaged in reconstruction of Galle Face Green
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Sailors engaged in the reconstruction of the...
Local: President seeks Maha Sangha’s blessings
2022-01-06 19:30:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa visited the Malwathu...
Local: Kittangi Bridge impassable
2022-01-06 19:30:00
 The continuous flooding of the low-lying...
Business: ComBank launches ‘Win a Million’ remittance promotion
2022-01-06 19:30:00
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced that...
Manjula de Silva, CEO of the Ceylon Chamber and Sohail Altaf, Group Leader of the RCCI exchanges the MOU looked on by senior officials of both chambers
Business: Ceylon Chamber signs MoU with Rawalpindi Chamber
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Aiming to further strengthen friendly ties...
Ambassador Gopal Baglay and other members at the event
Business: Kishore Reddy leads ‘Sri Lanka India Society’
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Kishore Reddy was unanimously elected President...
David Tse, Senior Director for APAC at Rakuten Viber-Shashika Senarath, Chief Marketing Officer at Mobitel
Business: Rakuten Viber partners SLT-MOBITEL Mobile offers ‘Viber Free’ data packages
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Rakuten Viber joins hands with SLT-MOBITEL Mobile...
Thilanka Abeywardena President SLIM- Sandra de Zoysa, Chairperson SLASSCOM
Business: SLIM signs MoU with SLASSCOM to facilitate internship opportunities
2022-01-06 19:30:00
The Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM)...
People’s Bank Team receive the Trophy and the winning team meets People’s Bank CEO and GM Ranjith Kodituwakku.
Business: People’s Bank champs at Bristol Brain Battle Corporate Quiz
2022-01-06 19:30:00
The People’s Bank Quiz Team was crowned as the...
Business: HNB partners Cinnamon Hotels offers LANKAQR payment solutions
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Cinnamon Grand Colombo and Cinnamon Lakeside...
Business: Dialog ‘Blaster’ series launches all-New Triple Blaster plan
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Adding yet another exciting proposition to the...
Business: Kotmale becomes first dairy company to complete carbon footprint verification
2022-01-06 19:30:00
CEO Sri Lanka Climate Fund Chamara Ariyathilaka,...
Business: Coconuts
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Business: Shares-Colombo Stock Exchange
2022-01-06 19:30:00
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Key officials after the election
Business: Merrick Gooneratne heads Sri Lanka – Japan Business Council
2022-01-06 19:30:00
The 42nd Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka...
Business: CSE achieves several landmarks in 2021
2022-01-06 19:30:00
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) achieved several...
Minister Professor G. L. Peiris with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Korea Yoo Eun-hae
Business: South Korea to assist vocational training in SL
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Minister of Foreign Affairs Professor G. L....
Two French nationals admiring a Sri Lanka Mask at the pavilion. Picture by Shirajiv Sirimane
Business:  Sri Lankan Pavilion at Dubai Expo, a main attraction
2022-01-06 19:30:00
The Sri Lankan Pavilion at the Dubai Expo...
Business: ASPI climb further, S&P SL20 passes 4,500 mark
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Colombo bourse All Share Price Index reached...
Business: ICRA Lanka revises rating outlook of UB Finance Company
2022-01-06 19:30:00
ICRA Lanka Limited has reaffirmed the issuer...
Business: Over 11,000 tourists arrive during first 4 days of 2022
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Minister of Tourism Prasanna Ranatunga said that...
Business: Around 500,000 Lankans fall below poverty line since pandemic
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Covid -19 pandemic has exacerbated existing...
Business: Around 500,000 Lankans fall below poverty line since pandemic
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Covid -19 pandemic has exacerbated existing...
Business: Kapruka trades at CSE today
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Shares of Kapruka Holdings Limited will commence...
Kithsiri Gunawardena
Business: LOLC General Insurance IPO oversubscribed
2022-01-06 19:30:00
The Initial Public Offering (IPO) of LOLC General...
Editorial: A brazen snub at the law
2022-01-06 19:30:00
That, as with all State institutions, the Police...
World: 84-year-old man claims to have taken 11 COVID-19 jabs
2022-01-06 19:30:00
INDIA: An 84-year-old man from Bihar has claimed...
Passengers look out from the Spectrum of the Seas cruise ship docked at Kai Tak cruise terminal in Hong Kong on Wednesday.
World: Ship with 3,700 onboard ordered to turn back for COVID testing
2022-01-06 19:30:00
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong cruise ship carrying 3,700...
WHO Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan
World: Many countries still not sequencing Omicron - WHO Chief Scientist
2022-01-06 19:30:00
SWITZERLAND: Chief Scientist of the World Health...
The apartment building which caught fire in the US city of Philadelphia.
World: Seven children among 13 dead in Philadelphia house fire
2022-01-06 19:30:00
US: Seven children were among 13 people killed...
Protestors set on fire to the Mayor’s Office and several vehicles in Kazakhstan's capital Almaty after violent protests.
World: Kazakhstan declares State of Emergency as eight killed, Russia to send troops
2022-01-06 19:30:00
KAZAKHSTAN, RUSSIA: Protests across Kazakhstan...
A sign reading 'wearing protective mask is mandatory' on a street in Lille, France.
World: France records 332,000 COVID cases in a single day
2022-01-06 19:30:00
FRANCE: France set a record for new COVID-19...
People wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of COVID-19 walk in Oxford Circus.
World: One in 15 people in Britain have COVID-19
2022-01-06 19:30:00
UK,INDIA,: Britain reported record COVID-19...
Law & Order: Two drug traffickers arrested
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Police Special Task Force (STF) arrested two...
Features: China: the birth of a vibrant nation
2022-01-06 19:30:00
After 1912, there were significant changes in...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Features: Strengthening Sino-Lanka ties
2022-01-06 19:30:00
China’s State Councillor and Foreign Minister...
An agreement was inked between Malaysia and Bangladesh on employment of Bangladeshi workers.
Features: Sri Lanka and Bangladesh: Opportunities in Malaysian Labour Market
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Malaysia will employ Bangladeshi workers in...
Features: Liquor, and misdeed regarding deed
2022-01-06 19:30:00
A plaintiff appealed a District Court judgement...
Outdoor Living. Courtesy: Ideal home
T&C: Rustic spirit of city life
2022-01-06 19:30:00
When it comes to the City of Colombo, Chartered...
Galle Fort is a story telling city with ancient city walls and over looks the world famous cricket ground
T&C: Galle Fort reawakens
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Galle Fort is often accused at times of crisis of...
Sports: Super League: Four matches on cards today
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Four matches are on the cards for a decision in...
Sports: Covers coming off amidst dark clouds
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Having been set a 240-run target, the hosts need...
Sports: Fitness test, a must for all players
2022-01-06 19:30:00
The amendments to the fitness tests have been...
Sports: Queen’s Baton visits Temple Trees
2022-01-06 19:30:00
The President of the Commonwealth Association of...
Sports: SLA centenary celebration half marathon on Jan. 22
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) will conduct a half...
Malinda Amarasinghe and Ajmal Yakoob
Sports: Amarasinghe, Yakoob eye glory in Thailand
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Among many sports Sri Lankans have made their...
Sports: Kabaddi Nationals from Jan. 8
2022-01-06 19:30:00
The Kabaddi Federation has made all arrangements...
Sports: Women’s Ashes brings forward to allow WC Quarantine
2022-01-06 19:30:00
The Women’s Ashes between England and Australia...
Usman Khawaja plays a stroke
Sports: Khawaja century puts hosts in control on second day
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Usman Khawaja scored a classy century to put...
Sports: Expolanka powers Youth Cup Soccer Tourney
2022-01-06 19:30:00
CFL President R.Puvanandiran (third from left)...
Sandali Udamini Weerasinghe
Sports: Sandali Udamini outstanding sportswoman
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Uva Province under 13 to 20 Junior National...
Kingswood College nippy scrum half Vidura Amaneth Hathurusinghe (with ball in hand) making a fierce run.
Sports: I want to play for my country, says rugby player Vidura
2022-01-06 19:30:00
Viduna Amaneth Hathurusinghe played School rugby...
Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa speaking at the ceremony to launch the countdown to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
Sports: Sports Ministry launches countdown for Olympic Winter Games
2022-01-06 19:30:00
The Ministry of Youth and Sports together with...
Dunith Wellalage (Captain)
Sports: Mahela’s presence is a huge boost for Lankan Juniors, says Avishka
2022-01-06 19:30:00
“Having Mahela Jayawardene with us during the...
Obituaries: Obituaries
2022-01-06 19:30:00
WEERACKOON - ELMO FREDRICK 87 years,​ peacefully...

Friday, January 7, 2022