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Monday, June 20, 2022

Local: India stands out in help to Sri Lanka: Minister Jaishankar
2022-06-19 19:49:00
India stands out as a country that did what it...
Local: IMF delegation here today to discuss loan agreement
2022-06-19 19:48:00
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation...
Local: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s birthday today
2022-06-19 19:47:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will turn 73 today....
Local: Rice millers at loggerheads over prices
2022-06-19 19:46:00
Araliya Group Chairman and Rice Miller’s...
Local: No power cuts during school hours this week
2022-06-19 19:45:00
The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (...
Local: Over 50% of private buses to ply today with depots providing diesel
2022-06-19 19:44:00
Nearly 50 per cent of the private buses will...
Local: Three fuel bowsers booked over illegal drops
2022-06-19 19:43:00
Licences of three fuel trucks have been suspended...
Law & Order: Arrest order for nine ‘Galle Face’ protesters
2022-06-19 19:42:00
Court on Friday ordered the arrest of nine...
Local: Public urged to co-operate with police at queues
2022-06-19 19:41:00
Police Media Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa...
File photo: An Air India flight in Jaffna when flights began.
Local: Plans to open up for other country flights
2022-06-19 19:40:00
Sri Lanka is planning to resume flights from the...
Law & Order: Forest Ranger arrested over shooting child
2022-06-19 19:39:00
Rajanganaya Police arrested a forest ranger for...
Local: Shorter August vacation to catch up for lost days - Minister
2022-06-19 19:38:00
The August school vacation will be five days...
Law & Order: MPs brother, another evading arrest after assault
2022-06-19 19:37:00
Police are searching for the Sri Lanka Podujana...
Local: No shortage of anti-venom for snake bite victims - Specialist
2022-06-19 19:36:00
Anuradhapura Hospital’s Consultant Dr.Udaya De...
Local: Cyclists warned of road mishaps, guidelines issued
2022-06-19 19:35:00
The police have issued a set of guidelines to...
Law & Order: Man fined Rs.10,000 for throwing electricity bill out
2022-06-19 19:34:00
Throwing garbage with the electricity bill out of...
Local: Army controls unruly mob in Vishwamadu, three soldiers injured
2022-06-19 19:33:00
An attempt by an unruly mob to provoke Army...
Local: Suspect killed in firearm discharge during raid
2022-06-19 19:32:00
A 30-year-old suspect was killed following the...
US President Joe Biden is helped by U.S. Secret Service agents after he fell trying to get off his bike to greet a crowd on a trail in Delaware on Saturday.
World: Joe Biden falls off bike near Delaware beach home
2022-06-19 19:31:00
US: President Joe Biden fell when he tried to get...
Some artefacts found during the excavation.
Local: Artefacts deteriorating
2022-06-19 19:30:00
The artefacts at the Korossa Raja Maha Viharaya,...
Local: Seven more Sri Lankan refugees reach Tamil Nadu’s Dhanushkodi
2022-06-19 19:30:00
MADURAI: Seven more Sri Lankans, including four...
Local: Police recover firearms
2022-06-19 19:30:00
The Wattala Police have found five firearms...
Local: Kerosene hoarder arrested
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Police have found two cans containing 24 litres...
Local: Examiners protest for fuel in Kalmunai
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Examiners making the evaluation of answer scripts...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris meeting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet.
Local: Sri Lanka’s active engagement with int’l system in transparent manner
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris at...
Jaliya Parakrama
Local: Lorry stolen, owner found dead
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Police are on the lookout for suspects who seized...
The crow that was electrocuted delayed fuel provision for half an hour.
Local: Crow halts fuel provision for half an hour
2022-06-19 19:30:00
A crow halted the provision of fuel at the...
Three-wheeler driver Sumathipala (60) of Hewelwela, Bibile, was stabbed in the head several times. Picture by Prasanna Paththmasiri
Local: Three-wheeler driver stabbed in robbery attempt
2022-06-19 19:30:00
A driver of a three-wheeler was stabbed in the...
Local: Coupon system to obtain fuel
2022-06-19 19:30:00
A coupon system will be introduced from today (20...
Local: Peradeniya University temporarily closed
2022-06-19 19:30:00
All academic activities and examinations at the...
Local: Rice retailers unable to sell at MRP
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Rural retailers of rice say that they have to...
Local: Fuel according to number plate’s final number
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera...
Local: Veteran actress Leonie Kotelawala passes away
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Veteran actress Leonie Kotelawala passed away...
Local: Teenage boys steal bus to obtain fuel
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Homagama Police have arrested two 15-year-old...
Local: Rain forecast in several Provinces
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Showers will occur in the Western, Sabaragamuwa...
An eyewitness said that the car was speeding. Picture by Prasad Poornamal
Local: Seven injured in car, bus collision
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Seven persons were injured when a car driven by a...
Local: Modern findings into hydrocarbon potential in Mannar basin to be presented at London exhibition
2022-06-19 19:30:00
It is learned that new insights into the...
Local: Navy seizes Kerala cannabis worth Rs. 120 mn
2022-06-19 19:30:00
During a search operation conducted yesterday...
Local: Body of child recovered
2022-06-19 19:30:00
The body of the five-year-old boy who was thrown...
Local: Youth dies attempting to board train
2022-06-19 19:30:00
A 23-year old youth was reported dead after...
Minister Roshan Ranasinghe visited the Sri Dalada Maligawa and met the Malwatta and Asgiriya Anunayaka Theras recently.
Local: ADB grants US$ 50 mn for import of chemical fertilizers
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Irrigation, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister...
Local: Navy takes hold of smuggled stock of Kendu leaves in Silawathura
2022-06-19 19:30:00
A special Navy foot patrol seized about 490 kg of...
Local: Tense situation at Meegahatenna filling station
2022-06-19 19:30:00
A tense situation was reported at a filling...
Local: SJB donates more equipment to schools
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) and Opposition...
Local: By the roadside
2022-06-19 19:30:00
With the fuel queues being experienced across the...
Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) Chairman Prof. Tissa Vitharana chairing the COPA meeting in Parliament on Thursday.
Local: Develop specific 10-year plan to spur economic development - COPA
2022-06-19 19:30:00
The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) directed...
Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Brazil Sumith Dassanayake at the Embassy premises in Brasilia on June 9.
Local: Promoting Sri Lanka as a destination for Brazilian tourists
2022-06-19 19:30:00
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Brazil in...
Local: Army to embark on another massive Food Security Project
2022-06-19 19:30:00
The Sri Lanka Army which embarks on another...
Gamika De Silva and Eyas Fazul
Business: Seylan Bank extends banking facility for Lanka’s first electric smart bicycle
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Reiterating its mandate to be an ‘enabling...
Business: Outrage over improper fuel distribution
2022-06-19 19:30:00
The public are up in arms against some petrol...
Business: ICRA Lanka reaffirms the issuer rating of Janashakthi Limited
2022-06-19 19:30:00
ICRA Lanka Limited has reaffirmed the issuer...
BOI Chairman Edirisuriya and Director General Renuka M. Weerakone at the signing the agreement along with KSPA Directors Saveen Abeyratne and Sonali Abeyratne
Business: Korean SPA Packaging signs with BOI to resume Embilipitiya Paper Mill
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Korean SPA Packaging (Pvt.) Ltd. (KSPA), recently...
Business: Two ship to cranes arrive at HIP for bulk cargo operations
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Two brand new Chinese manufactured cranes will be...
Business: IMF team here to discuss assistance programme
2022-06-19 19:30:00
“The International Monetary Fund (IMF) team is...
Jayantha Fernando
Business: Digital signatures enabled through Electronics Transaction Act
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Digital signatures have been enabled by the...
Business: Abans’ LG refrigerators raises bar on innovation
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Energy efficiency has become one of those key...
Business: Russel’s Tea opens pastry shop
2022-06-19 19:30:00
The premier tea service provider to corporate,...
Business: HNB Finance partners MoneyGram
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Sri Lanka’s leading integrated financial services...
The Pedro Factory.
Business: Queen’s Platinum Jubilee serves Pedro Estate Tea
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Ceylon Tea from Kelani Valley Plantations’ (KVPL...
Business: SLI introduces one- click health insurance solution “Medi Plus”
2022-06-19 19:30:00
The national insurer Sri Lanka Insurance...
Business: ‘Manudam Mehewara’ distributes Rs. 125 mn relief to 50,000+ families
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Launched in support of the country’s most...
Business: Bourse crashes as economic crisis hits pinnacle – Acuity Stockbrokers
2022-06-19 19:30:00
The Bourse ended the week on a negative note this...
Business: Lanka Hospitals Academy partners with NSBM Green University
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Lanka Hospitals Academy has partnered with NSBM...
Business: ‘China-US war unlikely’
2022-06-19 19:30:00
John Howard, the Former Australian Prime Minister...
Chief Guest Dr Ajith Colonne and Prof Rasika Aponsu amongst others.
Business: ICBM Campus holds graduation ceremony at BMICH
2022-06-19 19:30:00
ICBM Campus in affiliation with the IIC...
Business: BMICH celebrates World Environment Day
2022-06-19 19:30:00
The BMICH celebrated World Environment Day by...
Business: Hayleys Solar launches off-grid/hybrid solar PV system
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Hayleys Solar, the renewable energy arm of...
Business: Leading French travel agents arrive to experience Sri Lankan hospitality
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Seven leading French travel agents arrived in Sri...
Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe. Picture by Sulochana Gamage
Business: Sri Lanka should have gone to IMF sooner - CBSL Governor
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Sri Lanka could have avoided its current economic...
Editorial: Another ‘New Normal’
2022-06-19 19:30:00
The new regulations pertaining to leave for...
Zookeepers feed a sea lion, as staff monitor the animals during heatwave conditions, in Paris, France.
World: Europe swelters in record-breaking June heatwave
2022-06-19 19:30:00
FRANCE: Spain, France and other western European...
People from different unions and members of the public hold up placards as they take part in a TUC national demonstration in London on Saturday to demand action on the Cost of Living, a new deal for working people and a pay rise for all workers.
World: Big crowds take to London streets to protest soaring CoL
2022-06-19 19:30:00
UK: Thousands of people marched through central...
World: WORLD IN BRIEF
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Daesh claims attack on Kabul Sikh...
World: Taliban fail to explain closure of girls’ schools in Afghanistan to UN
2022-06-19 19:30:00
The Taliban on Thursday failed to explain the...
World: UK to electronically tag illegal migrants to track movements
2022-06-19 19:30:00
UK: The UK Government is to launch a 12-month...
North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un and his wife Ri Sol-ju look packing medicines "prepared by his family" to be sent to Haeju, South Hwanghae Province after an "acute enteric epidemic" broke out there.
World: Intestinal disease new worry for North Korea
2022-06-19 19:30:00
KOREA: North Korea says that hundreds of families...
People wade through flood waters in Sylhet, Bangladesh.
World: Over 60 dead, millions stranded as floods ravage parts of Bangladesh, India
2022-06-19 19:30:00
BANGLADESH, INDIA: Monsoon storms in Bangladesh...
Chinese President Xi Jinping
World: Chinese President says corruption remains biggest threat to Communist Party
2022-06-19 19:30:00
CHINA: President Xi Jinping has said corruption...
Participants gather near a screen showing Russian President Vladimir Putin delivering a speech at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia on Friday.
World: Putin accuses West of colonial arrogance
2022-06-19 19:30:00
RUSSIA,BELGIUM: Russian President Vladimir Putin...
Law & Order: May 9 mayhem: Over 2,850 arrested
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Police have arrested 2,858 suspects in connection...
Features: Leader for Challenging Times
2022-06-19 19:30:00
The Bible speaks of the ‘Eternal Sea’ which is...
The Queen appears on the Buckingham Palace balcony with Royal Family members to watch the flypast.
Features: Grandeur of Britain’s unique traditions
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee...
Features: Cartoon of the day
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong (R) met US Ambassador Julie Chung, at the Chinese Embassy in Colombo on June 13, 2022.
Features: How Does Sri Lanka Fit into this Triangle?
2022-06-19 19:30:00
The news that the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka...
Public transport is hampered by fuel shortage. Picture by Sulochana Gamage
Features: Social Disorder and Economic Burden: Don’t make it worse
2022-06-19 19:30:00
It is no secret that Sri Lanka is facing the...
Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis (87) and Pathum Nissanka (137) running between the wickets. Pix by SLC
Sports: Pathum and Kusal pilot Sri Lanka to a grand six-wicket win
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Pathum Nissanka, the 24-year-old right-hand...
Savini Jayasuriya in action
Sports: Savini bags Women’s title at Colombo Tennis Tourney
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Savini Jayasuriya continued with her excellent...
Nilani Ratnayake
Sports: Nilani improves on her ‘Road to Oregon’ rankings
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Sri Lanka’s veteran long distance runner Nilani...
Sports: 143rd Royal Thomian Cricket Encounter from July 21
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Being the oldest uninterrupted cricket series in...
Sports: Umpires Lakpriya and Upul to officiate in Malaysia
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Lakpriya Edirisinghe the experienced Badminton...
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (centre) celebrates her victory
Sports: Fraser-Pryce equals her own 2022 world’s best time in Paris
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce equalled her 2022 world’s...
Sports: When Lanka’s victories brought cheers to cricket fans
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Pallekele International cricket stadium was...
Sports: Gunathilaka injured
2022-06-19 19:30:00
The opener Danushka Gunathilaka got injured on...
Prof. Arjuna de Silva
Sports: We have to protect players from injury and focus on T20 World Cup, says Prof. Arjuna de Silva
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Sri Lankan champion leg spinner Wanindu Hasaranga...
Piliyandala Central College Big Match and One Dayer Victorious first eleven cricket pool 2021/22 posed for a photograph with the officials of the school. (Picture by Dilwin Mendis Moratuwa Sports Special Correspondent).
Sports: Piliyandala Central cricketers create history
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Piliyandala Central College under the captaincy...
SLSRFA have lined up five seven-a-side tournaments for the Girls this season
Sports: SLSRFA to focus more on seven-a-side rugby this season
2022-06-19 19:30:00
The Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association...
The champion St. Joseph’s College Colombo swimming team
Sports: Visakha and Joes emerge champions
2022-06-19 19:30:00
Visakha Vidyalaya Colombo and St. Joseph’s...
Obituaries: Obituaries
2022-06-19 19:30:00
REV. SR. STEPHANIE RANASINGHE called to eternal...

Monday, June 20, 2022