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Saturday, January 8, 2022

Local: Sri Lanka records 13 more COVID deaths
2022-01-08 11:38:00
13 deaths reported due to COVID-19 within 24-...
Local: Veteran actor Robin Fernando passes away
2022-01-08 07:46:00
Robin Fernando, the Veteran actor has passed away...
Local: Nearly 40,000 administered COVID booster shot yesterday
2022-01-08 05:14:00
39,905 people have received the Pfizer booster (...
World: India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeds 145.40 cr
2022-01-08 05:08:00
With the administration of more than 22 lakh...
World: Deployment of first regiment of S-400 to be completed next month
2022-01-08 05:08:00
The Indian Air Force is likely to complete the...
Local: Spells of showers expected in several provinces
2022-01-08 01:44:00
Several spells of showers will occur in the...
Local: All must help manage setbacks, achieve set goals - President
2022-01-07 19:45:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday emphasised...
Local: Government ready to provide relief to masses - PM
2022-01-07 19:44:00
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said that as a...
Local: China’s FM Wang Yi here today
2022-01-07 19:43:00
State Councillor and Foreign Minister of China...
Foreign Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris and Korea’s Foreign Affairs Minister Chung Eui-yong in Seoul.
Local: Minister proposes Special Investment Zone for South Korea
2022-01-07 19:42:00
Trade and investment, political cooperation,...
Local: Trincomalee oil tank farm agreement sealed
2022-01-07 19:41:00
The Energy Ministry said that development...
Law & Order: First Bond scam case taken up again on March 4
2022-01-07 19:40:00
The first Central Bank Bond scam case filed...
Local: Tamils will not act against India - Minister
2022-01-07 19:39:00
China will not be allowed to manipulate the Sri...
Local: People’s Bank pays US$ 6.9 mn to Chinese fertilizer company
2022-01-07 19:38:00
The People’s Bank yesterday (07) paid US$ 6.9...
Law & Order: Motion by former President Sirisena rejected by Court
2022-01-07 19:37:00
The request made by Former President Maithripala...
Local: Wheat flour shortage will affect bread production - Bakery Owners
2022-01-07 19:36:00
All-Ceylon Bakery Owners’ Association President N...
Local: Local farmers hit by Potato, Onion import tax reduction
2022-01-07 19:35:00
The All Island Economic Centre Collective (AIECC...
Local: Palaly airport closure, a crime - Arjuna
2022-01-07 19:34:00
Former Minister Arjuna Ranatunga in Jaffna on...
Local: Address gas cylinder issue without delay - SJB
2022-01-07 19:33:00
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Kavinda...
Local: IMF could have helped country last year - Ranil
2022-01-07 19:32:00
Sri Lanka could have received USD three or four...
Political: Letter to Indian PM further delayed - TNA MP
2022-01-07 19:31:00
The Tamil Speaking Politicians Collective has...
Parliamentarian Kapila Athukorala addressing the meeting. Picture by M. S. Abdul Haleem, Mullipithana Group Corr.
Local: ‘Many children in Trincomalee District leaving schools’
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Trincomalee District Parliamentarian Kapila...
A stock of organic fertilizer that has been piled up in the Matale District without recipients. Picture by A.A.L.DIAS, Matale Group Corr.
Local: Paddy farmers in Matale reject organic fertilizer
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Many paddy farmers in the Matale District have...
Local: ‘Eravur MPCS provides a valuable public service’
2022-01-07 19:30:00
The Eravur Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society (...
Anuradhapura Government Agent Janaka Jayasundara addressing the staff. Picture by Nimal Wijesinghe
Local: ‘Those in Public Service should be exemplary’
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Anuradhapura Government Agent Janaka Jayasundara...
Local: ISAs in Kalutara Educational Zone put on Permanent Service
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Thirty seven In-Service Advisors (ISAs) were...
Local: Employee dies caught in lift
2022-01-07 19:30:00
A 30-year-old employee of a tyre manufacturing...
Local: Two suspects arrested for illegally transporting cattle
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Aluthgama Police seized a lorry and arrested two...
Local: Monkey menace in Kataragama
2022-01-07 19:30:00
The monkeys around Kataragama are damaging houses...
The pilgrims' resting place at the Tomlin Park in Kandy.
Local: PM opens pilgrims’ resting places in Kandy today
2022-01-07 19:30:00
The state-of-the-art pilgrims’ resting places...
Local: Susil seeks investigation into Tissa Kuttiarachchi’s statement
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Former State Minister Susil Premajayantha has...
Local: Shortage of medicines unlikely – Health Minister
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said that he...
Local: Zahira College G70 AGM
2022-01-07 19:30:00
The 6th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the...
Local: India will support Sri Lanka in needy times - FM
2022-01-07 19:30:00
India on Thursday assured Sri Lanka of its...
Local: SLAF in cannabis raid
2022-01-07 19:30:00
A Cannabis cultivation in the Kumana reserve was...
Local: Vaccination drive for 12-15 year olds begins
2022-01-07 19:30:00
The administration of the Pfizer COVID vaccine...
Local: Inclement weather affects Batti fishermen
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Fishermen in the Batticaloa District have been...
EU and UNDP Officials discussing the issues in the Tourism Sector with Tourism Ministry Secretary S. Hettiarachchi.
Local: EU, UNDP join hands to uplift SL Tourism
2022-01-07 19:30:00
The European Union (EU) and the United Nations...
Local: Country prepared for technological revolution - Minister Dinesh Gunawardena
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Education Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said that...
Local: First Chartered Institute for Journalists mooted - Media Minister Alahapperuma
2022-01-07 19:30:00
We have given a boost to schoolchildren and those...
Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Kingdom of Thailand and Permanent Representative to UNESCAP C.A. Chaminda I. Colonne and Spouse Stephan Senanayake with Thai Monks at the Official Residence on January 2.
Local: Alms giving to invokes blessings
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Prior to commencing work in 2022, an alms giving...
Local: Construction work on two mega water projects in Anuradhapura accelerated
2022-01-07 19:30:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed the...
Local: Joint operation to chase elephants
2022-01-07 19:30:00
The Anuradhapura Wildlife Officers and the Police...
Local: TUs urge Minister to provide Rs.5,000 allowance to Private Sector employees
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Trade Unions Leaders yesterday urged Labour...
Local: 56th Colombo Camporee
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Colombo Camporee which is the flagship event of...
Local: News in Pictures
2022-01-07 19:30:00
New Chairman of the Independent Television...
A graduate trainee receiving her appointment letter form Minister S.M. Chandrasena. Picture by Nimal Wijesinghe, Anuradhapura Additional District Group Corr.
Local: Graduate trainees in Anuradhapura absorbed into Permanent Service
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Appointment letters were given to 1,289 graduate...
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa addressing the media.
Political: Government will not opt for military rule - Opposition Leader
2022-01-07 19:30:00
The Government will not take the country to a...
Editorial: Clear the air on open-air events
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Confusion prevails over the issue of sound...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte holds a Sinovac vaccine vial.
World: Arrest unvaccinated if they go outdoors - Duterte
2022-01-07 19:30:00
THE PHILIPPINES: Philippine President Rodrigo...
World: Rare Bird Flu case identified in human
2022-01-07 19:30:00
UK: Health officials in Britain said Thursday...
China's Shenzhou 11 spaceshift on board a Long March-2F carrier rocket takes off.
World: China to complete space station, plans 40 launches in 2022
2022-01-07 19:30:00
CHINA: China will complete building the country’s...
Taliban fighters
World: Taliban to recruit suicide bombers in Armed Forces
2022-01-07 19:30:00
AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban will officially recruit...
Africa’s Director of the Centres for Disease Control John Nkengasong at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
World: Severe lockdowns, no longer a tool to contain COVID-19 says Africa CDC
2022-01-07 19:30:00
ETHIOPIA: The head of Africa Centres for Disease...
World: World surpasses 300 mn COVID-19 cases
2022-01-07 19:30:00
SWITZERLAND: It took more than a year for the...
People line up at a COVID-19 testing site in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York City.
World: Former Biden advisers urge a COVID-19 pandemic strategy
2022-01-07 19:30:00
US: On the day US President Joe Biden was...
People wearing protective masks walk through a platform of a train station during the afternoon rush hours as the Omicron variant continues to spread, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 3, 2022.
World: Over 85 % of Indonesians have COVID-19 antibodies - Survey
2022-01-07 19:30:00
INDONESIA: More than 85 per cent of Indonesia’s...
World: It takes only 20 minutes to get COVID if you wear a cloth mask: Study
2022-01-07 19:30:00
US: The effectiveness of different types of masks...
A BMW iX Flow with colour-shifting material on display at CES 2022 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas.
World: World's first colour-changing car unveiled
2022-01-07 19:30:00
US: German carmaker BMW has unveiled the world's...
A high school student receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a school in Bangkok, Thailand.
World: ‘Tsunami’ of new COVID-19 cases clog global health systems - WHO
2022-01-07 19:30:00
SWITZERLAND, UK, NIGERIA ,THAILAND: In view of...
Women check for prices inside a supermarket in Beirut.
World: World food prices hit 10-year peak in 2021
2022-01-07 19:30:00
ITALY: World food prices eased in December after...
Kazakh law enforcement officers detain a protester during a rally held by opposition supporters in Almaty.
World: Dozens of protesters killed in Kazakhstan; 12 policemen dead
2022-01-07 19:30:00
KAZAKHSTAN: Dozens of protesters were killed in...
US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris speak to reporters as they prepare to depart the U.S. Capitol after marking one year since the January 6 riot at the Capitol by supporters loyal to then-President Donald Trump.
World: Biden blames Trump for 'Capitol carnage'
2022-01-07 19:30:00
KAZAKHSTAN: Dozens of protesters were killed in...
Law & Order: Youth arrested for abusing girl
2022-01-07 19:30:00
A 19-year-old brother has been arrested for...
Law & Order: Woman arrested with firearm, ammos
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Kalutara Police arrested a 50-year-old woman...
Law & Order: Heroin racket in Moratuwa busted
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Moratuwa Police busted a well-organised heroin...
Features: Cymbal and sticks virtuoso
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Today in this fast-moving competitive world more...
Features: APPRECIATIONS
2022-01-07 19:30:00
A. RatnayakeAn exemplary gentleman...
U.S. Capitol insurrection
Features: Joe Biden blames Trump for ‘web of lies’
2022-01-07 19:30:00
President Joe Biden on Thursday delivered what he...
Education is a lifelong learning adventure.
Features: Better opportunities for HSS graduates
2022-01-07 19:30:00
* They prefer public sector employment because...
Features: Congas, timbales and Rasmar
2022-01-07 19:30:00
The word percussion makes you think of names like...
Features: Meandering through Mankulam
2022-01-07 19:30:00
The Sri Lankan spirit is infused with the desire...
1st Eleven Cricket team of the School (Kesara standing at the right corner). (Pics. by Upananda Jayasundera- Kandy Sports spl.Correspondent)-Kesara Nuragoda, talented Cricketer of Dharmaraja College,Kandy
Sports: Rajan Kesara Nuragoda a fine cricketer
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Nineteen year old, Kesara Nuragoda, a Grade...
Nuwan Thushara-Janith Liyanage-Jeffrey Vandersay
Sports: New players in Sri Lanka squad for Zimbabwe series
2022-01-07 19:30:00
The selectors already have selected a few new...
Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa with the junior pool athletes.
Sports: Long-term plans to uplift sports, says Sports Minister
2022-01-07 19:30:00
The Sports Ministry is getting ready to make...
O. Job Michael the match-winner for Renown seen in action.
Sports: Super League: Renown in an upset win over Lions
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Renown recorded an upset one goal to nil win over...
Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka.
Sports: SLC lifts ban imposed on three national cricketers
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has decided to lift the...
Danushka Gunathilaka
Sports: Danushka Gunathilaka retires from Test Cricket
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Sri Lanka cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has...
Cricketer Dunith Jayathunga in action.
Sports: Dunith – talented cricketer and a prolific run getter
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Former St. Sebastian’s College prolific run...
Sports: Malay CC to mark 150th anniversary with a series of sports events
2022-01-07 19:30:00
The oldest cricket club in Sri Lanka established...
Sports: Matheesha the most promising junior squash player
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Matheesha Wijesekara the 13 year old player from...
Sports: Vishwanie Liyanage outstanding shuttler and athlete
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Lyceum Internatioanl Scholl Nugegoda under eleven...
Sports: Old Antonians’ Cricket Wing Annual General Meeting today
2022-01-07 19:30:00
The Annual General Meeting of the Old Antonians...
Sports: Jonny Bairstow scores century as England show fight in Sydney
2022-01-07 19:30:00
Jonny Bairstow scored a gutsy century as England'...
Obituaries: Obituaries
2022-01-07 19:30:00
CHANDRARATNE - RANEE (Past President - All Ceylon...

Saturday, January 8, 2022