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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Local: Sri Lanka pays USD 500 Mn Sovereign Bond matured today
2022-01-18 08:48:00
Sri Lanka has paid USD 500 million sovereign bond...
Local: Let's unite to overcome challenges faced by the country
2022-01-18 08:30:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa called on all...
Local: Tuition classes banned ahead of Scholarship exam
2022-01-18 05:56:00
The Examinations Department notified that all...
Local: President arrives in Parliament
2022-01-18 04:48:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived in...
Local: Army-manned COVID vaccination centres operative today
2022-01-18 04:44:00
Local: Today's Weather Forecast
2022-01-18 04:40:00
Few showers will occur in Northern, Eastern,...
Local: Ceremonial Opening of Second Session of 9th Parliament today
2022-01-17 19:50:00
The Ceremonial Opening of the Second Session of...
Local: ‘Tomlin Park’ and ‘Urban Car Park’ vested with public
2022-01-17 19:50:00
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday...
Local: Alternative methods to acquire fuel needed for power generation sought - Lokuge
2022-01-17 19:48:00
Power and Energy Minister Gamini Lokuge said...
Local: CEB still to make outstanding payments to CPC - Gammanpila
2022-01-17 19:46:00
Power and Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila said...
Local: Toll charges announced for Mirigama-Kurunegala Section of Central Expressway
2022-01-17 19:46:00
The Ministry of Highways has announced the toll...
Local: TULF leader V.Anandasangaree tests positive for COVID-19
2022-01-17 19:44:00
Leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF...
Local: Neela Wickremasinghe no more
2022-01-17 19:42:00
Veteran Sri Lankan singer and musician Neela...
Local: Conducting A/L exams without completing syllabus, an injustice to students - Sajith
2022-01-17 19:38:00
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa says that the...
Political: JVP for a people friendly ruling system - Handunnetti
2022-01-17 19:36:00
JVP Political Bureau member Sunil Handunnetti...
Law & Order: Man strangled by son-in-law at wedding ceremony
2022-01-17 19:32:00
A 54-year-old man has been strangled to death by...
Local: A/L Exam 2021 from February 7 to March 5
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Commissioner General of Examinations L.M.D....
Local: New Year brings tourism back to Sri Lanka
2022-01-17 19:30:00
In a makeshift kiosk, just off the Kadawatha...
Local: CAA finds excessive arsenic content in canned fish
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) officials in...
Local: Construction work of ongoing renewable electricity generation projects accelerated
2022-01-17 19:30:00
The construction work of the Broadlands...
Naval officers in conversation with the foreigner, at the Recompression Chamber at the Diving and Salvage Unit in Trincomalee.
Local: Navy treats foreigner ill from effects of decompression
2022-01-17 19:30:00
After successful treatment given by Sri Lanka...
Local: Former Pakistan Envoy to SL launches political party
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Major General (Retd.) Muhammad Saad Khattak who...
Education Minister Dinesh Gunawardena distributing chairs to a beneficiary.
Local: ‘Benefits of resolving teachers’ salary anomalies should go to children’
2022-01-17 19:30:00
The benefit of resolving the teachers’ salary...
Local: Heavy showers forecast
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Fairly heavy showers above 50mm may occur in the...
Local: Three drown in Kalu Ganga
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Three persons from a group of four who went on a...
Local: Kelaniya University Leo Club holds tree-planting campaign
2022-01-17 19:30:00
The Clean Water and Energy Conservation Avenue of...
Local: India sends two tonnes of medicines for Kabul hospital
2022-01-17 19:30:00
India on Friday supplied two tonnes of life-...
Local: DNZG rakes high income during weekend
2022-01-17 19:30:00
The Department of National Zoological Gardens (...
Picture by Sivam Packiyanathan, Batticaloa Special Corr.
Local: Batti coastal areas cleaned on Poya Day
2022-01-17 19:30:00
A cleaning campaign was conducted in coastal...
Minister Namal Rajapaksa along with Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka Mizukoshi Hideaki during the meeting.
Local: Japanese Ambassador calls on Minister Namal
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka Mizukoshi...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa together with First Lady Ioma Rajapaksa placing the offerings in the Pagoda. Chief Incumbent Ven. Waturakumbure Dhammaratana Thera is also present.
Local: President enshrines Relics in restored Kuragala Pagoda
2022-01-17 19:30:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, instrumental in...
Local: ‘Record income on Sunday from Central Expressway Second Phase’
2022-01-17 19:30:00
After opening of the second phase of the Central...
Minister Basil Rajapaksa and Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar
Local: India, Sri Lanka affirm long-term economic partnership for shared progress
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S....
Diyawadana Nilame Pradeep Nilanga Dela and the prelate in charge of the Sri Dalada Maligawa Thevava and other Buddhist monks participated in the offering of new rice to the Sacred Tooth Relic.
Local: Aluthsahal Mangalya at Dalada Maligawa
2022-01-17 19:30:00
The annual Aluthsahal Mangalya (offering of new...
Local: E-procurement to help speed up development projects
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Youth Affairs, Sports and Development...
Local: Twenty-one killed in road accidents, drownings
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Twenty-one people were killed and more than 20...
Local: Over 39,000 tourist arrivals in first 2 weeks of 2022
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga says that 39,...
Local: Three, including child killed in car-lorry collision
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Three persons including a four-year-old child...
Local: BIA VIP Terminal closed to all civilians
2022-01-17 19:30:00
The VIP Terminal of Bandaranaike International...
Local: Three dead in suspected drone attack in Abu Dhabi
2022-01-17 19:30:00
A possible drone attack may have sparked an...
Local: ICTA, Health Ministry agreement to formulate National Digital Health Blueprint
2022-01-17 19:30:00
The Information and Communication Technology...
Local: Death of Lake House staffer Rukmal Gamage’s father
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Lake House photojournalist Rukmal Gamage’s father...
Business: CEB’s losses up by Rs. 3 bn
2022-01-17 19:30:00
The annual loss of the Ceylon Electricity Board (...
Business: CNCI hosts Achiever Awards for Industrial Excellence
2022-01-17 19:30:00
The 20th consecutive “CNCI Achiever Awards 2021...
Business: ICRA Lanka...
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Reaffirms issuer rating of State  Mortgage...
Business: ‘Even Industries Ministry has opted to use foreign products’
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Industries Minister Wimal Weerawansa noted that...
Business: Methodology revision of ASPI
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) is planning to...
Business: Daya Weththasinghe Memorial Oration on Jan 26
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Former President of the Bar Association Upul...
Business: HelpAge receives Business World Excellence Award
2022-01-17 19:30:00
HelpAge, Chairman  Tilak de Zoysa receiving...
Business: People’s Leasing & Finance amongst Next Global Companies 2021
2022-01-17 19:30:00
People’s Leasing, award winning financial...
Managing Director and Group CEO S. Renganathan
Business: ComBank highest-ranked bank in latest LMD 100 rankings
2022-01-17 19:30:00
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has once again...
Business: University of Moratuwa and Dhammika & Priscilla Perera Foundation ink MOU
2022-01-17 19:30:00
D.E.W.V. Nanayakkara, Director - Centre for Open...
SLT officials make a donation at the event
Business: SLT-MOBITEL Customer Club Kandy supports children’s education and well-being
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Recognising the importance of helping to...
Some highlights of the joint initiates Pilot project on Watershed Management project
Business: Vidullanka, IUCN Sri Lanka, UNDP and BIOFIN initiate pilot project on Watershed Management
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Vidullanka PLC- Ganthuna Mini Hydro power plant...
Foreign reserves at end December 2021 reached US $ 3.1 billion with the inclusion of the swap with the People’s Bank of China which was excluded in previous months.
Business: Repay Foreign debt or finance essential imports
2022-01-17 19:30:00
The available foreign reserves of the country can...
Business: William Angliss Institute at SLIIT hosts Annual Graduation
2022-01-17 19:30:00
William Angliss Institute at SLIIT celebrates the...
Business: IIT Kanpur filed 107 patents in 2021, highest in institute’s history
2022-01-17 19:30:00
An anti-viral nasal filter, a touch-sensitive...
Revish Karunasinghe in HBHS Dux. NEWS. Photo/Warren Buckland
Business: Sri Lanka student makes NZ, headlines
2022-01-17 19:30:00
A Sri Lankan international student has gone from...
The Top 10 Award winners in Extra Large Manufacturing and Service Category. Picture by Sudath Malaweera
Business: Vital to empower industrialists generating foreign exchange -Wimal
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Minister of Industry Wimal Weerawansa, said that...
Business: ‘Market reach’ shifting away from Western Province - CSE
2022-01-17 19:30:00
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) despite COVID...
Hugh Young and Angus Tulloch
Business: Sri Lanka has been through worse – Breakthrough Frontier Market Investor
2022-01-17 19:30:00
High net worth investor and hedge fund manager...
Editorial: Heed this clarion call
2022-01-17 19:30:00
The plea made by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to...
The relationship between the Coronavirus and human genetics is murky.
World: Gene that slashes COVID-19 severity by 20% identified, say scientists
2022-01-17 19:30:00
SWEDEN: The Omicron variant of coronavirus has...
A shipment of COVID-19 vaccines distributed by the Covax Facility arrives in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
World: COVAX programme delivers 1 bn doses to poor countries
2022-01-17 19:30:00
* India records a 40% spike in COVID-19...
People line up during the fifth round of nucleic acid testing at a residential compound in Anyang, Henan Province, China on January 15, 2022.
World: Chinese cities on high COVID alert as peak Lunar New Year travel season starts
2022-01-17 19:30:00
CHINA: Several Chinese cities went on high COVID-...
World: World's 10 richest men doubled wealth during COVID: Report
2022-01-17 19:30:00
FRANCE: The world's 10 wealthiest men doubled...
World: Tonga volcano ash hinders response
2022-01-17 19:30:00
TONGA: The tsunami threat around the Pacific from...
Buddhist monks are revered in Myanmar and temples are considered safe havens.
World: Monks flee temples in eastern Myanmar amid intense fighting
2022-01-17 19:30:00
MYANMAR: Hundreds of Buddhist monks fled two...
World: North Korea fires fourth missile in a month
2022-01-17 19:30:00
KOREA: North Korea fired two suspected ballistic...
The 15th SAARC Summit was held in Sri Lanka under the Chairmanship of then President Mahinda Rajapaksa
Features: South Asia: Regional Integration beyond SAARC
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Pakistan has recently shown its readiness to host...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin visits a refugee settlement
Features: Ensuring justice for Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu
2022-01-17 19:30:00
In the Swahili language, the term for a refugee...
A view of the Bay of Bengal
Features: Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Role in Combatting Maritime Threats in Bay of Bengal
2022-01-17 19:30:00
The Bay of Bengal, the northeastern part of the...
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina welcomes her Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa with a bouquet at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on March 19, 2021.
Features: Sri Lanka and Bangladesh: Maintaining Peace, Harmony, Law, Counter-Terrorism Approach
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Bangladesh is a developing country. Its economy...
T&C: Blessings in life
2022-01-17 19:30:00
An all night Pirith Ceremony and alms giving was...
T&C: Text and pictures by Ashraff A Samad
2022-01-17 19:30:00
The Geetanjali Amarasuriya Visakha Centenary...
Richard de Zoysa - Chairman Walk A Mile, Rev Marc Billimoria – Warden STC, Charu Seneviratne – CEO Ideal Automobiles, and Tilan Wickremasinghe – Secretary OBA STC
T&C: Walking an extra mile
2022-01-17 19:30:00
S. Thomas’ College being a non profit institution...
T&C: Festive celebrations
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Heenkenda National School, Ragama, held a...
T&C: Towards equality
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Head Prefect, Prince of Wales’ College, Moratuwa...
Dinesh Chandimal making a shot during his 75 run innings at the first ODI (pix curtecy SLC)
Sports: I am over the moon, says man of the match Chandimal
2022-01-17 19:30:00
 “l always try to practice hard and keep my...
Skipper Chamari Atapattu leading from the front
Sports: Sri Lanka women meet Scotland tomorrow
2022-01-17 19:30:00
The ICC Commonwealth Games Qualifier 2022...
Sports: Fifteen Foreign athletes for SLA - Nestomalt marathon
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Bandula Egodage the Vice President of Nestle Ltd...
Champion team captain Sachini Ranasinghe
Sports: CFSL Online Women Team Chess Championships
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Passed Pawn Chess Club consists of WIM Sachini...
Naomi Osaka
Sports: Naomi starts title defence with dominant win
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Japan’s Naomi Osaka opened her defence of the...
Ishina Praveesh Arsakularatne
Sports: Ishina Praveesh an athletic star in the making
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Kalutara education zone 2019 athletic colours...
Sports: Sanduni Nisansala outstanding athlete, cricketer and spiker
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya played their Big...
Sports: Peterites have a proud sporting history
2022-01-17 19:30:00
St. Peter’s College, Colombo, one of the largest...
Sports: Colombo Malay CC off to flying start in Governor’s Trophy
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Colombo Malay Cricket Club (CMCC) got off to a...
Sports: Former England captains lament ‘abject’ collapse
2022-01-17 19:30:00
Former England captain Alastair Cook said England...
Sports: City Youth SC crush United SC 4-0
2022-01-17 19:30:00
City Youth Sports Club crushed United Sports Club...
Local: 218th 'Ama Dham Sisila' Monthly Dhamma Sermon
2022-01-17 18:30:00
The 218th ‘Ama Dam Sisila’ monthly Dhamma Sermon...

Tuesday, January 18, 2022