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Thursday, December 3, 2020

Local: Another 277 positive cases reported
2020-12-03 16:56:00
Another 277 COVID-19 positive cases reported...
Local: Five COVID-19 death reported
2020-12-03 16:22:00
Five more deaths reported due to COVID-19,...
World: Rajinikanth to start political party in January
2020-12-03 15:24:00
Putting an end to speculation and rumors, actor...
Local: Nimal Punchihewa appointed as the Chairman of Election Commission
2020-12-03 15:10:00
Nimal Punchihewa has been appointed as the new...
Sports: Jaffna Stallions beat Galle Gladiators
2020-12-03 13:38:00
Jaffna Stallions won by 5 wickets against Galle...
Local: 350 COVID-19 positive cases reported
2020-12-03 13:14:00
350 COVID-19 positive cases reported today,...
Local: Army Commander Inspects Readiness of Emergency Fleet & Troops against Cyclonic Impact
2020-12-03 13:02:00
Making a quick visit to the heavy vehicle yard in...
Local: More Lankans stranded abroad return
2020-12-03 11:50:00
Another group of expatriates from Jordan, Qatar...
Local: Cyclone 'Burevi’ moving away from Sri Lanka
2020-12-03 11:00:00
The cyclonic storm ‘BUREVI’ is moving further...
Local: COVID-19 recoveries surpasses 19,000
2020-12-03 09:44:00
728 more individuals recovered from COVID-19....
Local: GCE O/L to be held in March
2020-12-03 08:34:00
The education ministry has decided to conduct the...
Local: SL reported highest daily coronavirus case total yesterday
2020-12-03 07:42:00
The highest number of COVID-19 patients were...
World: Germany's partial lockdown extended until January 10
2020-12-03 07:34:00
Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced that the...
Local: Influence of cyclone ‘Burevi' to gradually reduce today
2020-12-03 05:02:00
The center of the cyclonic storm ‘BUREVI’ has...
Local: Cyclone ‘Burevi’ hits east coast
2020-12-02 19:45:00
At least 75,000 people were evacuated from homes...
Local: Cyclone ‘Burevi’: All preparations to face any disaster situation
2020-12-02 19:44:00
Irrigation Minister Chamal Rajapaksa assured that...
Local: Special holiday for Northern and Puttalam schools
2020-12-02 19:43:00
The Northern Provincial Ministry of Education has...
Local: Immediate relief to be provided
2020-12-02 19:42:00
Vavuniya District Secretary S.M. Saman...
Local: Tri-Forces, Police on alert
2020-12-02 19:41:00
Defence Secretary, Major General (Retd) Kamal...
Political: AG’s report on Arjuna Mahendran’s extradition due soon - Justice Minister
2020-12-02 19:40:00
Justice Minister Ali Sabry, PC yesterday (02)...
Local: Over 280 large scale projects worth over Rs. 5 Trillion implemented
2020-12-02 19:39:00
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, addressing the...
Local: Joint-programme to curb deforestation
2020-12-02 19:38:00
The Ministry of Wildlife and conservation along...
Local: Sri Lanka condemns assassination of Iranian scientist
2020-12-02 19:37:00
The Foreign Ministry in a statement condemned the...
World: UK becomes first country to authorise Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
2020-12-02 19:36:00
The UK has become the first country to approve...
Local: Stop misleading public, Minister Chandrasena tells Opposition
2020-12-02 19:34:00
The Opposition must not mislead the people over...
Local: COVID-19 recoveries top 18,000 mark
2020-12-02 19:33:00
The number of people who have recovered from...
Law & Order: Measures to release 6,000 prisoners held without bail
2020-12-02 19:32:00
Steps will be taken to release about 6,000...
Picture by Jagath Iroshana
Local: Miracle cure for COVID-19?
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Dr. Dhammika Bandara, an ayurvedic practitioner...
Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Viet Nam Prasanna Gamage who visited Viet Nam's Bac Ninh Province being welcomed by Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Bac Ninh Province Dr. Vuong Quoc Tuan and other senior officials of the Provincial Government.
Local: Ambassador Gamage visits Viet Nam’s Bac Ninh Province
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Viet Nam Prasanna...
Local: GS&MB to compensate dead Policeman’s family
2020-12-02 19:30:00
The Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GS&MB...
Local: Coroner requests cremation after relatives refuse to accept deceased’s body
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Coroner of the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital Amal...
Local: Death of former SLRC Director News, J.P.Pathirana
2020-12-02 19:30:00
J.P.Pathirana (Jayalath), first Director News of...
Local: Edwin Ariyadasa turns 98 today
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Veteran journalist and media personality Kala...
Local: Sarath Jayasuriya’s funeral today
2020-12-02 19:30:00
The funeral of Sarath Jayasuriya, brother of Upul...
Local: Take tangible measures to control COVID-19 spread
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Former Parliamentarian Sandith Samarasinghe has...
Central Province Governor Lalith U. Gamage went on an inspection tour of the ward complex of the 100-bed Ayurveda Hospital in Pallekele, Kandy yesterday.
Local: Special attention to COVID-19 health sector workers - CP Governor
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Central Province Governor Lalith U. Gamage says...
Local: State Minister visits Mahara Prison
2020-12-02 19:30:00
State Minister of Prison Reforms and Prisoners’...
Eastern Province Governor Anuradha Yahampath visited several villages along the northern coast of Trincomalee yesterday morning to look into relocating people in areas vulnerable to Hurricane Burevi.
Local: EP Governor visits several villages vulnerable to Hurricane Burevi
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Eastern Province Governor Anuradha Yahampath...
Local: SP Governor assures new provincial teacher transfer policy
2020-12-02 19:30:00
A precise methodology including fresh guidelines...
Local: News in pictures
2020-12-02 19:30:00
The newly appointed Public Security Minister Rear...
Local: Section of Linstad Estate isolated
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Public Health Inspectors at the Bogawantalawa...
Local: New milestone in the country’s judicial history
2020-12-02 19:30:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa pledged to support...
State Minister for Rural Roads and Residual Infrastructure Nimal Lanza inaugurating a road development project.
Local: Development activities implemented in every electorate - State Minister
2020-12-02 19:30:00
The Government has implemented development...
Local: Safeguard standards of country’s medical education - GMOA
2020-12-02 19:30:00
The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA...
Local: Woman at Galle Courts, medical student test positive for COVID-19
2020-12-02 19:30:00
A woman who had visited the Galle Courts Complex...
Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka M. Ashraf Haidari paid a courtesy call call on Sri Lankan Minister of State for Regional Cooperation Tharaka Balasuriya.
Local: Afghanistan and Sri Lanka to sign political consultations MOU and Air Services Agreement
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Colombo: - Following their last September’s...
Local: Spotted leopard endemic to island dies in snare
2020-12-02 19:30:00
A spotted leopard endemic to the island has died...
Local: Over 150 COVID-19 patients fully recover in SP
2020-12-02 19:30:00
One hundred and fifty one COVID-19 infected...
Political: PARLIAMENT
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Land allocated for estate sector workers -...
Finance: The need to champion affordable luxury living for all
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Luxury is not just cars or international holidays...
Finance: Dr. Indunil Liyanage appointed Condominium Management Authority General Manager
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Dr.Indunil Liyanage, senior management and...
Finance: Govt. ready for economic challenges through new strategies - Prime Minister
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, addressing the...
Dr Roshan Perera, Dr Malathy Knight, Manjula de Silva, and Dumith Fernando
Finance: ‘SOEs need reform to mitigate colossal losses’
2020-12-02 19:30:00
It is important that SOEs are managed properly so...
Chairman Eshana de Silva Group and CEO Dimantha Seneviratne
Finance: NDB Bank crowned ‘Best Bank in Sri Lanka 2020’ by The Banker UK
2020-12-02 19:30:00
National Development Bank Sri Lanka was awarded...
Finance: DFCC ranked best in cash management by Euromoney
2020-12-02 19:30:00
DFCC Bank, was recently awarded the Number One...
ThirdShift team
Finance: ThirdShift wins Silver at Campaign of the Year awards again
2020-12-02 19:30:00
ThirdShift, the Independent Media Agency of SHIFT...
Finance: CBSL sets out corrective framework and maximum ownership on finance companies
2020-12-02 19:30:00
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) by way of...
Finance: Arpico Insurance launches COVIDCARE insurance solution
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Arpico Insurance PLC recently introduced a...
Finance: Softlogic Finance’s Rs 1.9 bn rights issue fully subscribed
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Softlogic Finance PLC announced on Monday,...
Thusitha Kuruppu, Manager Laxapana Hardware Distribution, G. Pathinayaka, Head of Sales and Marketing Lanka SSL and M. Pravin De Silva, Chief Executive Officer Lanka SSL.
Finance: Lanka SSL introduces Permaweld Brand welding electrodes range
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Embarking on an ambitious drive to expand its...
Peter Deckker and Delan Silva from SLAP; Asela De Livera and Chamika Godamanna from NCCSL.
Finance: SLAP joins from SriLanka.com
2020-12-02 19:30:00
The Sri Lanka Association of Printers (SLAP) has...
Finance: Singer, Dell surge ahead in laptop market share
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Singer Sri Lanka, a premier consumer durable...
Finance: Inflation increases to 4.1% in November
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Headline inflation, as measured by the year-on-...
Finance: Special Deposit Accounts attract USD 272 mn: Validity period of opening SDAs extended to April 7, 2021
2020-12-02 19:30:00
The Government introduced the Special Deposit...
Finance: Harpic marks World Toilet Day to enhance facilities against COVID-19
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Marking the ‘World Toilet Day’ held on November...
Finance: Tesco repaying £585 mn worth business rates relief
2020-12-02 19:30:00
The supermarket giant said the help to retailers...
The Eat Right team receives the Best Web “Silver Award” in the e-Commerce platform category.
Finance: Eat Right awarded Best Web Silver for e-Commerce Platform
2020-12-02 19:30:00
For its uniqueness and the website’s ease-of-use...
Finance: Share Market Statistics on 02-12-2020
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Finance: Coconut Products – Prices on 02.11.2020
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Finance: Exchange Rates on 2020.12.02
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Finance: “Separate Ministry for Technology, drive towards digitalization”
2020-12-02 19:30:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, addressing the 20...
Finance: Recipe for reform: Smallholders hold the key to productivity in Sri Lanka’s tea industry
2020-12-02 19:30:00
With nearly 500,000 smallholders in total, the...
Editorial: Towards a crime-free country
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Rear Admiral (Retd.) Sarath Weerasekera, the new...
The last time the daily death toll in the United States was higher than Tuesday's total of 2,562 was in late April, at the height of the pandemic's first wave.
World: US, Europe await approval for COVID-19 vaccine programmes
2020-12-02 19:30:00
US: The United States and Europe on Tuesday...
World: More than 2,500 US virus deaths in 24 hours
2020-12-02 19:30:00
US: The United States, the country hardest hit by...
Spot temperature checks on travellers in Colombo.-A street being disinfected.
Features: Battle against the Coronavirus intensified
2020-12-02 19:30:00
The Government continued its battle against the...
Features: Pandemic, ‘Great Reset’ and Resistance
2020-12-02 19:30:00
According to the Center for Systems Science at...
Features: New challenges for agriculture in South Asia
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Globally, 1.2 billion people live in areas where...
Features: 36 years gone, but, dark memories remain
2020-12-02 19:30:00
The Kent and Dollar Farm massacres were one of...
Features: Sri Lanka and the coming Biden Foreign Policy
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Secretary Pompeo’s message to the Sri Lankan...
Features: Bridging the Digital Divide: Addressing challenges facing online education in Sri Lanka
2020-12-02 19:30:00
As the Coronavirus takes centre stage, the Daily...
Winning Mr World Sri Lanka 2019
T&C: Small nation with big heart
2020-12-02 19:30:00
In the glam world, the talk of the town has...
T&C: Sri Lankan blue whales within a global context
2020-12-02 19:30:00
WNPS Monthly Lecture  SHIP STRIKES ON LARGE...
T&C: Platinum One Suites, Global Winner at the World Luxury Hotel Awards 2020
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Platinum One Suites recently announced that it...
T&C: Combining wisdom with energy
2020-12-02 19:30:00
A Certified Transformative Coach (International...
T&C: Give your beauty routine a boost
2020-12-02 19:30:00
When it comes to beauty, it might not be so bad...
T&C: Spa Ceylon wins ‘Global Best Beauty Range’
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Spa Ceylon has won 4 international accolades at...
Sports: Kandy ruggerite Thilina banned
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Former Dharmaraja College, Kandy and Kandy Sports...
Sports: Australian Open tennis Grand Slam delayed to February 8: report
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Melbourne, Wednesday: The Australian Open tennis...
George Russell
Sports: Russell to replace Covid-stricken Hamilton for Sakhir Grand Prix
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Sakhir, Wednesday: George Russell will step up...
Sports: Mega Show likely to be staged next month
2020-12-02 19:30:00
FLASHBACK 2018: Hasitha Boyagoda of Trinity...
Sports: LPL 2020 radio broadcast by SLBC
2020-12-02 19:30:00
The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation will...
Pathmanathan Lavendra receives his level 11 coaching certificate from Heshan De Mel, head of coaching education at Sri Lanka Cricket.
Sports: Pathmanathan Lavendra helps lift Jaffna cricket to next level
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Pathmanathan Lavendra is an old Johnian who...
Sports: Sports mould character physically and mentally
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Sports play a major role in your life. It plays a...
Panchali Janodya Adikari in action.
Sports: Panchali Janodya, a shuttling prodigy from Kandy
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Panchali Janodya Adikari, 15-year-old student of...
Sports: Ride for Ceylon Trustee named as Jaffna Stallions CEO
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Ride for Ceylon and Friends of Manipay Hospital...
Sports: Stallions meet Gladiators at LPL today
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Thisara Perera and his charges are brimming with...
Sports: Malan smacks unbeaten 99 as England romp to series sweep
2020-12-02 19:30:00
England's Dawid Malan (R) plays a sweep shot as...
India's Hardik Pandya plays a shot for a boundary during the third one-day international cricket match between Australia and India at Manuka Oval in Canberra on December 2. AFP
Sports: India win tense final ODI after seeing off Maxwell threat
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Canberra, Wednesday: India survived a blistering...
Sports: Gladiators skipper Afridi returns home
2020-12-02 19:30:00
Galle Gladiators skipper and former Pakistan all-...
Obituaries: Obituaries
2020-12-02 19:30:00
GOONETILLEKE - CARMEL (Formerly of People’s Bank...

Thursday, December 3, 2020