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Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Business: Rupee depreciates to Rs 195.21
2021-04-20 07:58:00
The Sri Lankan rupee has further depreciated to...
Local: 905 drunk drivers arrested
2021-04-20 05:24:00
A total number of 905 motorists have been...
Local: Showers expected in several provinces
2021-04-20 05:16:00
Showers or thundershowers will occur at several...
Local: Amendments possible for Port City Bill
2021-04-19 19:45:00
Education Reforms, Open Universities and Distance...
Local: Record Rs.349 m earned from Expressways during festive season
2021-04-19 19:44:00
Highways Minister Johnston Fernando said a record...
Local: Ramanna Chief Prelate welcomes Govt’s decision to convey facts on Port City Bill
2021-04-19 19:43:00
Sri Lanka Ramanna Nikaya Chief Prelate Most Ven....
Local: List of banned sports stimulants to be tabled in Parliament – Minister Namal
2021-04-19 19:42:00
The official text of the prohibited list,...
Local: Observe two minutes’ silence on April 21 - Cardinal
2021-04-19 19:41:00
Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith...
Local: Bring financial control of Port City under Parliament’s purview - Kiriella
2021-04-19 19:40:00
The financial control of the Colombo Port City...
Local: AG files appeal against granting bail to Bond Scam suspects
2021-04-19 19:39:00
Attorney General Dappula de Livera filed an...
Local: Four institutions summoned before COPE, COPA
2021-04-19 19:38:00
Four institutions have been summoned this week...
Law & Order: SC commences hearing into Port City Economic Commission Bill
2021-04-19 19:37:00
The Supreme Court yesterday commenced hearing...
Law & Order: Maharagama UC female members clash: One arrested
2021-04-19 19:36:00
A female member of the Maharagama Urban Council (...
Local: Observer SLT Mobitel Schools Cricketers of the Year 2020 today
2021-04-19 19:35:00
All arrangements are in place for the 42nd...
Local: President greeting Ministers
2021-04-19 19:34:00
Commencing duties for the New Year, President...
Local: ‘Irresponsible behaviour could lead to COVID-19 spread’
2021-04-19 19:32:00
Health authorities yesterday warned that the...
Local: Navy to enhance Northern surveillance operations
2021-04-19 19:30:00
The Sri Lanka Navy will enhance its surveillance...
Local: TRAIN DERAILS IN Galle
2021-04-19 19:30:00
A train plying from Beliatta to Colombo derailed...
Batticaloa Government Agent K. Karunakaran inaugurating the event. Picture by Sivam Packiyanathan, Batticaloa Special Corr.
Local: Shakkariya Tank Development Project completed
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Under the Youth-Led Water Management Scheme, the...
Local: India seeks early PC Elections: Jaishankar
2021-04-19 19:30:00
India supports the call of the international...
Rear Admiral Senarath Wijesooriya with Navy Commander Vice-Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne. Picture courtesy: Navy Media Unit.
Local: Rear Admiral Senarath Wijesooriya retires
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Relinquishing duties to which he was committed...
Local: News in pictures
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Leaders of the parties in the Sri Lanka Nidahas...
Local: Death of Sri Lankan in Japan: Family seeks answers
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Family members of a Sri Lankan woman who died...
Local: Govt. will never betray country - State Minister Lanza
2021-04-19 19:30:00
The Rajapaksas brought peace to the country by...
Political: Parliament to convene for four days from today
2021-04-19 19:30:00
It was decided at the Committee on Parliamentary...
Political: UNP ready to support Govt. for country’s benefit - Abeywardena
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Former Minister Vajira Abeywardena yesterday said...
Business: Exchange Rates
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Business: Coconuts
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Business: Shares - Colombo Stock Exchange ( Market Statistics on 19.04.2021)
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Business: Inequalities in digital access unveils new economic and spatial divides - WB
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Unequal opportunities to work from home have...
CBA Chairman Ariyaseela Wickramanayake and Secretary Chaminda Vidanagama
Business: Port City to bring economic benefits for entire country’
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Colombo Port City project will bring in far...
Business: Rupee appreciates further
2021-04-19 19:30:00
The Sri Lankan Rupee appreciated further against...
Business: State Minister Cabraal briefs Chief Incumbents on Port City Project Commission Bill
2021-04-19 19:30:00
On the instructions of the President and the...
Business: WindForce, Vidullanka and HiEnergy to add 10MW solar energy to National Grid
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Rizmin Razik (CFO, WindForce), Shafik Kassim (MD...
Business: Emirates launches special fares
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Emirates is launching seasonal fares that enable...
Sri Lanka Metal Foundry Industrialists Association Director, Secretary K. L. D. C. Sanjeewa presenting a token of appreciation to Minister of Industries, Weerawansa
Business: ‘Sri Lankan industrialists should be groomed to meet global standards’
2021-04-19 19:30:00
In an era of modern technology Sri Lankan...
Dilhani Piyasena NDB Chief Manager Digital Financial Services, Damitha Silva NDB Assistant Vice President Digital Financial Services, Sanjaya Perera NDB Senior Vice President Personal Banking, Marketing and Customer Experience, Deepal Akuretiyagama NDB Chief Operating Officer, P.V. Gunathilaka Commissioner General, R.I.S.P. Swarnalatha Additional Commissioner General, G.I.G. Perera Commissioner, Admin, K.D.D. Rathnayake Chief Accountant, H.M.I.K. Herath Commissioner, Research, Development and IT, R.T. Bulat
Business: NDB signs MoU with Department for Registration of Persons
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Dilhani Piyasena NDB Chief Manager Digital...
Jude Gomes, Chief Executive Officer, Union Assurance and Priyantha Talwatte, Director and Chief Executive Officer, Nations Trust Bank symbolizing the partnership with respective top management teams
Business: Union Assurance partners Nations Trust Bank to continue Bancassurance leadership
2021-04-19 19:30:00
 Union Assurance (UA) extended their long-...
Central Bank officials and customers at the Commercial Bank stall at the event
Business: ComBank supports CBSL campaign in Matara to promote LANKAQR
2021-04-19 19:30:00
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon demonstrated its...
Edgar Dias and Sanjaya Padmaperuma
Business: SAT launches F5 portfolio to deliver secure digital experiences
2021-04-19 19:30:00
South Asian Technologies (SAT), is pleased to...
Business: Sole judge appoints Rohith Hettiaratchi for ‘Young Ones Competition’
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Rohith Hettiaratchi, Director Business Strategy...
Editorial: The cost of complacency
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Have the worst fears expressed in these spaces on...
A student of the Faculty of Law of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece attends a videoconference course.
World: Surge in online exam cheating at Greek universities
2021-04-19 19:30:00
GREECE: Shuttered for over a year because of the...
An Afghan Policeman stands guard outside a mosque where a shooting took place in the city of Jalalabad.
World: Eight family members killed in mosque shooting
2021-04-19 19:30:00
AFGHANISTAN: Eight members of the same family...
Anti-Government protesters hold placards to show their support and welcome the new National Unity Government (NUG) founded by ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) legislators in Yangon, Myanmar on Saturday.
World: Myanmar’s shadow Govt. wants ASEAN talks invite
2021-04-19 19:30:00
MYANMAR: Myanmar's shadow government on Sunday...
A worker refilling oxygen cylinders at India's Kanpur LLR Hospital, amid the rise in COVID-19 cases across the country.
World: More oxygen, beds needed as India's virus crisis deepens
2021-04-19 19:30:00
INDIA: More Government hospital beds will be...
Tearful reunions filled Auckland airport on Monday as residents from Australia were able to travel freely to New Zealand for the first time in more than a year.
World: China's Coronavac 80% effective at preventing COVID deaths - Chilean study
2021-04-19 19:30:00
CHILE: China's Coronavac vaccine was 67 percent...
World: Dr. Manmohan Singh tests positive for COVID-19
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Former Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh...
Law & Order: Man transporting Rs.10 m worth heroin arrested
2021-04-19 19:30:00
A man was arrested on Sunday night (18) while...
Law & Order: Alleged theft of water meters: PS Chairman, four others remanded
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Five suspects including Deraniyagala Pradeshiya...
Caroline Juire and Chula Padmendra
Law & Order: Caroline Jurie, Chula Padmendra granted bail
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Reigning Mrs. Word Caroline Jurie and former...
Law & Order: NCB seizes 340 kg heroin and arrests 5
2021-04-19 19:30:00
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Monday...
The seized Kerala cannabis. Picture courtesy: Navy Media Unit.
Law & Order: Navy arrests three suspects with 89kg of Kerala cannabis
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Three persons with 89kg of Kerala cannabis were...
Entertainment: All rise for Sacrament
2021-04-19 19:30:00
The Sri Lankan Rock and Metal Scene is full of...
Entertainment: Sonic Phone Directory 2021
2021-04-19 19:30:00
The Sonic Phone Directory which was initiated by...
Entertainment: All that jazz
2021-04-19 19:30:00
On of the foremost pianists in jazz and an...
Features: Political intrigue at the United Nations
2021-04-19 19:30:00
The following excerpts are from a newly-...
Features: Geopolitics of the 2019 Easter Sunday Carnage
2021-04-19 19:30:00
PART I“We have met the enemy and he is us”—Walt...
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh married in 1947, making their marriage the longest of any British sovereign.
Features: The Demise of Prince Philip - The Duke of Edinburgh
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, husband of...
Features: Is there a specific time window to learn a language?
2021-04-19 19:30:00
In our last article, we discussed principles and...
T&C: ‘Embrace constructive criticism’
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Suspicions of destiny they call it. We all have...
T&C: Spiritual succession!
2021-04-19 19:30:00
The chief of a remote Pacific village which...
T&C: A must hear
2021-04-19 19:30:00
For as long as she can remember, Joy Chapman has...
The Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana (left) presenting the documents of promotion to Corporal Roshan Abeysundera at the ceremony held at Air Force Headquarters.
Sports: Record breaker Roshan Abeysundera promoted
2021-04-19 19:30:00
The Leading Aircraftsman Roshan Abeysundera was...
The champion HNB squad comprising Dharshika Abeywickrama (Captain), Umanya de Zoysa, Dulangi Wannithilake, Gayanjali Amarawansa, Anjalee Ekanayake, Malmi Hettiarachchi, Gayani Dissanayake, Kumarine Silva, Pabasara Gunasekera, Hazeena Abdul, Imashi Subasinghe, Hansi Bandara, Coach Sashika Samarasinghe, Manager Jayanthi de Silva and Physiotherapist Mahesh Wanigasooriya with SLNF President Victoria Lakshmi
Sports: HNB clinch Super League Netball Tourney
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Hatton National Bank (HNB) put up a superb...
Wekada Maha Vidyalaya Dankotuwa under 17 Karate Team posed for a photograph after the All Island Karate Championship 2019 held at Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo. Standing L/R – Dinidu Sasunpriya, Nadun Nimesh, Vihanga Thusaraka, Asela Sumith (Coach), Akarsha Hiruni, Dumindu Lakshan, Kanishka Lakshan (Picture by – Dilwin Mendis, Moratuwa Sports Special Correspondent)
Sports: Vihanga Thusaraka karateka par excellence
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Sixteen year old Karate Black Belt holder Vithana...
Niluka Amarasena, the talented cricketer, coach and official scorer.
Sports: Niluka fine women’s cricketer and coach
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Niluka Amarasena, an old girl of Swarnamali...
Sports: Achala Perera the utility player
2021-04-19 19:30:00
One should possess some special talent and...
Shikhar Dhawan plays a shot
Sports: Dhawan hammers 92 as Delhi beat Punjab in IPL
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Shikhar Dhawan hit a superb 92 to lead Delhi...
Colombo FC striker Chamod Dilshan in action after scoring two goals for his team to notch up 4-0 win over New Young SC
Sports: Colombo FC start Super League campaign in style
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Striker Chamod Dilshan booted two spectacular...
V. K. L. Samarasinghe
Sports: Long-distance runner Samarasinghe brought laurels to the country
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Vijitha Kanda Lekamlage Samarasinghe, who...
Sri Lanka Engineering Corps (SLE) team which won the Inter Regiment Cricket Tournament, organized by the Army Cricket Committee
Sports: Sri Lanka Army Engineering Corps cricket champions
2021-04-19 19:30:00
 The ‘A’ Division final in the Inter...
Former Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasiriya will be the chief guest
Sports: All roads lead to BMICH for Mega show today
2021-04-19 19:30:00
All roads will lead to Colombo's picturesque...
Umair Raizan and Abishek Ananda Kumar
Sports: Royal, Trinity through to U-19 semis
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Skipper Ahan Wickramsinghe and opener Sineth...
Muttiah Muralitharan
Sports: Muralitharan undergoes angioplasty
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Former Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan...
Dilhara Lokuhettige
Sports: Former SL all-rounder Lokuhettige handed eight-year ban
2021-04-19 19:30:00
Former Sri Lanka player Dilhara Lokuhettige has...
Obituaries: Obituaries
2021-04-19 19:30:00
HAEGODA ANURA - Beloved husband of Chandrika (nee...

Tuesday, April 20, 2021