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Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Local: Parliament Business Committee to convene tomorrow
2019-11-20 07:58:00
Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has instructed Parliament...
Local: STF seizes over 50kg explosives
2019-11-20 07:16:00
The Special Task Force acting on a tip-off took...
Local: President visited Kandy
2019-11-20 07:05:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa visited the Sri...
Local: Additional morning train from Kandy to Colombo from Monday
2019-11-20 05:59:00
The Department of Railways plans to operate a...
Local: Suspect nabbed with heroin
2019-11-20 05:39:00
The Special Task Force acting on a tip-off took...
Local: Showers expected in several places after 2pm
2019-11-20 04:02:00
A slight enhancement of showery condition is...
Dr. P.B. Jayasundera S.R. Attygalle and Major General (retd) Kamal Gunaratne
Local: President Gotabaya makes key appointments
2019-11-19 19:40:00
Taking up his official duties as head of State...
Local: President to visit India on Nov.29
2019-11-19 19:39:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa,is slated to visit...
Local: President in Kandy today
2019-11-19 19:38:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will visit the Sri...
Political: Ranil should give up UNP leadership - Dy. Min. Nalin Bandara
2019-11-19 19:37:00
Development Strategies and International Trade...
Local: Former PM D.M. Jayaratne passes away
2019-11-19 19:35:00
Former Prime Minister D.M Jayaratne passed away...
Political: Mahinda as PM of interim Govt
2019-11-19 19:35:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is likely to appoint...
Local: Pakistan PM phones President, extends invitation
2019-11-19 19:34:00
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has telephoned...
Local: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa assumed duties
2019-11-19 19:32:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was accorded a guard...
Political: Prez poll: 33 candidates forfeit deposit
2019-11-19 19:32:00
A special feature of the just concluded...
Local: Colombo air pollution down to moderate levels
2019-11-19 19:31:00
In terms of air quality, the World Air Quality...
The Karunarathne family along with Army officials at the house he received. Nimal Wijesinghe, Anuradhapura Additional District Group Corr.
Local: Vanni troops donate ten houses
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The troops of the Vanni Security Forces...
Local: Celebrating the President’s triumph
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Local: A new chapter in the China–Sri Lanka partnership – Xi
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Chinese President Xi Jinping while congratulating...
Local: President Gotabaya will end racism, terrorism – Athaullah
2019-11-19 19:30:00
A new government under the leadership of...
Local: Buddhist public lost confidence in Ranil’s govt. – Thera
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The Buddhist public including the Maha Sangha had...
Local: Death of Consultant Cardiologist Dr Mrs Lalani Kapuruge
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The death occurred of Consultant Cardiologist Dr...
Local: Garbage pollutes Bowatenna
2019-11-19 19:30:00
A heap of garbage has accumulated in the...
Local: Speaker to convene Party leaders
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has announced that he...
Local: UNP nurtured extremist minority groups – Thera
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The Bhikku Front of the Three Chapters yesterday...
Local: Sanghanayake pledges donation for country’s sake
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Eastern Province and Tamankaduwa Sanghanayake,...
Local: Palestinian President congratulates President Rajapaksa
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in a...
Local: Encroaching on Anuradhapura tank reservations intensifies
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Legal actions have not been taken so far against...
Local: PRESIDENT TAKES CHARGE
2019-11-19 19:30:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa assuming duties at...
Local: Kurunegala senior artistes await model village
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Landless senior artistes in Kurunegala urge...
Local: President, PM discuss Parliament’s future affairs
2019-11-19 19:30:00
A meeting between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa...
The two buses.
Local: Two buses collide
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Two buses collided near the Neboda filling...
Local: Bodu Bala Sena to disband after Gen. Election - Ven.Gnanasara
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) movement will disband...
Local: Purchasing prices drop, Hambantota crops farmers lament
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Cinnamon and pepper are bought from farmers by...
Local: ‘Gotabaya’s victory denotes true power of south’
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The magnificent victory of Gotabaya Rajapaksa at...
Local: Galle EMC to take action against suspected SPO
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The Galle Election Monitoring Centre (EMC) has...
Local: Maj. Gen. Kamal Gunaratne new Defence Secretary
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Major General Kamal Gunaratne was appointed as...
Local: Grenade found
2019-11-19 19:30:00
A hand grenade was found from an abandoned land...
Local: ‘Presidential poll results show PM should step down’
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Since the people have expressed their distrust...
Local: FOR DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE:
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The State Emblem was fixed yesterday morning at...
Local: Navy hands over vessel to Coast Guard
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The Sri Lanka Navy handed over CG410 to the Sri...
Local: Homage to Maha Seya Crest Gem
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa  paying...
Local: Kanni Wignaraja appointed UNDP Asst. Secretary‑General
2019-11-19 19:30:00
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres...
The Russian Navy training ship ‘Perekop’ at the Port of Hambantota
Local: Russian Navy training ship ‘Perekop’ arrives at the Port of Hambantota
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The training ship ‘Perekop’ of the Russian Navy...
Local: Twenty cocaine pellets retrieved from woman’s stomach
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) said yesterday...
The Sinhalese Five-Ring Butterfly (Ypthima singala), a species endemic to Sri Lanka
Local: Sinhalese Five-Ring Butterfly found in Coimbatore for the first time
2019-11-19 19:30:00
COIMBATORE: The Sinhalese Five-Ring Butterfly (...
Navy Commander Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva speaks at the inauguration of the symposium yesterday.
Local: Navy chief at regional confab: ‘Respect principles of warfare’
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The sixth Asia-Pacific Symposium organised by the...
Children with their plants.
Local: Tree planting programme by ‘Sri Lankan-Key’
2019-11-19 19:30:00
‘Sri Lankan-Key’, a social service organization...
HelpAge Executive Director Samantha Liyanawaduge addressing the seminar.
Local: Education Ministry values HelpAge ‘train the trainers’ programmes
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The importance of caring for elders without...
Former President Maithripala Sirisena receives new President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on his arrival at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday.
Local: First steps on a proud journey
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Political: UNP leadership should step down – NDF’s Muzammil
2019-11-19 19:30:00
National Democratic Front Propaganda Secretary M...
Political: Addalaichenai PS budget 2020 passed
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The Addalaichenai Pradeshiya Sabha (PS) passed...
Political: Abeygunewardene calls for dissolution of Parliament
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Kalutara District Parliamentarian Rohitha...
Political: Dr. Harsha de Silva steps down from ministerial portfolios
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Non-Cabinet Minister of Economic Reforms and...
Finance: Fashion designing courses at Singer Fashion Academy
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The Singer Fashion Academy is offering affordable...
Chairman R Renganathan and MD,CEO Thushara Ranasinghe
Finance: Ceylinco Life net premium income grows 5.5% to Rs 13.3 bn
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Ceylinco Life has posted robust income and profit...
Finance: HP rejects US$33.5-billion takeover offer from Xerox
2019-11-19 19:30:00
HP Inc. says its board has rejected a roughly US$...
Finance: JAFFNA Int’l Trade Fair from Jan. 24 to 26
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The Jaffna International Trade Fair, the multi-...
Finance: Market continues upward trend
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Market ended in green continuing the positive...
Tissa Nanayakkara, Chairman, LECO addresses the audience at the myLECO app launch
Finance: LECO widens customer service via myLECO app. call centre
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Lanka Electricity Company Private Limited (LECO)...
Finance: Lanka Hospitals’ Fertility Centre introduces Pre-implantation Genetic Testing
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Lanka Hospitals, the internationally accredited...
Finance: Market Statistics on 19.11.2019
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Finance: Coconut Products – Prices on 19.11.2019
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Jayantha Jayaratne, Gold Medal Winner for PQHRM, Inosha Wijenayake with Chief Guest, Guest of Honour and President CIPM – Dhammika Fernando
Finance: CIPM adds 571 more HR Graduates
2019-11-19 19:30:00
CIPM Sri Lanka,, added over 500 human resource...
Finance: Exchange Rates 19-11-2019
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Finance: Abans’ journey from corner store to corporate giant
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Since 1968 Abans’ sphere of influence has been...
Finance: Business community welcomes Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s victory
2019-11-19 19:30:00
COLOMBO, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka’s business...
William Angliss Institute @ SLIIT team
Finance: William Angliss Institute @ SLIIT shines with 17 medals
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The William Angliss Institute @ SLIIT students...
Finance: CNCI congratulates New President
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Ruwan Edirisinghe, Chairman of the Ceylon...
Finance: ‘President elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s victory would bring confidence to Int’l Community’
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The victory attained by Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the...
Shanthi Kumara Galahitiyawa of Isuru Products accepting the award Industry/Manufacturing Sector - Micro Category Merit Award of Entrepreneur Awards 2019 – Western Province from Naleen Edirisinghe – Senior Deputy General Manager of Pan Asia Bank and Deepal Nelson, Deputy President of the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka.
Finance: Pan Asia Bank sponsors WP Entreprenuer awards
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Pan Asia Bank, joined with the National Chamber...
Sumith Hewavitharana Indirect Sales Manager of Chevron Lubricants Lanka, Bathiya Palihakkara President of Suzuki Wagon R Owners Club of Sri Lanka, Jing Jim Lim Asia Pacific Regional Technology Specialist of Chevron, Chanaka Pushpa Lal Group creator of Suzuki Wagon R Owners Club of Sri Lanka. Absentees – Manujith Wijesuriya Chief Organizer of Wagon R Owners’ Club Sri Lanka.
Finance: Caltex launches oil for new hybrid cars
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC, marketer of “Caltex...
Finance: SLAITO congratulates new President
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The President and Executive Committee of the Sri...
Finance: KPMG MESA Conference concludes in Colombo
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The 18th KPMG MESA Conference was held in Colombo...
Finance: Overdevelopment could destroy tourist industry
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Overbuilding converts the lush green slopes into...
Finance: Kishu joins Dreamron Group CEO/ Director
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Former Caltex Managing Director and Chairman Sri...
Finance: Maliban Gold Marie bags International award
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Maliban Gold Marie recently bagged a Superior...
Finance: ADB introduces new loan pricing for higher income countries
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved...
Finance: President to expand economic, investment, trade relations with EU
2019-11-19 19:30:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa plans to enhance...
Finance: PetroChina eyes major role in oil pricing
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Chinese oil and gas giant PetroChina’s partnering...
Highlights of the opening
Finance: Seylan Bank sets up ATM at One Galle Face
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Seylan Bank celebrated the opening of their new...
Finance: European Aviation Safety Agency extends Part 145 certification
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has...
Finance: Alibaba gets strong demand for $13.4-billion Hong Kong listing, sources say
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Alibaba’s order books for its US$13.4-billion...
Healthguard outlet at One Galle Face Mall
Finance: Healthguard opens at One Galle Face
2019-11-19 19:30:00
One of Sri Lanka’s leading Health and Beauty...
Sunshine Holdings Group Managing Director Vish Govindasamy
Finance: Sunshine Holdings posts Rs 1.2 bn PAT
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Sunshine Holdings PLC (CSE: SUN) posted...
Finance: Rice prices on the rise in Dhaka
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Prices of some varieties of rice have suddenly...
Finance: SLT, University of Moratuwa open IoT Design Innovation Lab
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the leading ICT and...
Editorial: Setting up government
2019-11-19 19:30:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who assumed duties...
Police are seen looking at a red vehicle (pictured, with the door open, left) that appears to have multiple bullet holes in the windshield. A body is seen lying next to the car, outside a Walmart store in Duncan, Oklahoma.
World: Three killed in Oklahoma Walmart shooting
2019-11-19 19:30:00
US: Three people were killed in a shooting early...
Law & Order: Two suspects arrested for cheating woman of Rs.200,000 get bailed
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Two youths who had attempted to cheat a woman of...
Law & Order: Two persons nabbed for illegally catching lobsters
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The Navy apprehended two persons for catching...
Law & Order: Former DS, IGP further remanded
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and...
Features: Arcade Independence Square – a stunning first step
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Arcade Independence Square has been created to...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa addressing the nation at the swearing-in ceremony at the Ruwanwelisaya in Anuradhapura on Monday. - Picture by Wasitha Patabendige
Features: Twelfth Rajapaksa from Giruwapaththuwa to politics…
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The twelfth Rajapaksa from Ruhunu Giruwapaththuwa...
Features: The Provincial High Court: Its Original Criminal, Civil, Appellate and Revisionary Jurisdiction
2019-11-19 19:30:00
[Part 1]The Courts in Sri Lanka can be broadly...
Features: Misguided western media
2019-11-19 19:30:00
It is very pathetic and saddening to highlight...
Head Girl of Methodist College Colombo, Ashvni Chandrakumar. Pictures by Sarath Peiris
T&C: To widen horizons
2019-11-19 19:30:00
‘24/7 Change’ is a cause Head Girl of Methodist...
T&C: Tamil-Sinhala bridge
2019-11-19 19:30:00
May I say that way back in the 1970s I suggested...
T&C: How Nattuavanars evolved
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The Nattuvanar community belongs to the Isai...
T&C: How to be kind to yourself and still get stuff done
2019-11-19 19:30:00
I’ve found that there are two profound changes...
A wall of fame at Audible’s studio in London.
T&C: ‘Your throat hurts. Your brain hurts’: the secret life of the audiobook star
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The author Bill Bryson is sitting before a...
T&C: Thoughts and anecdotes for better living
2019-11-19 19:30:00
I am not too sure as to who first introduced the...
T&C: Literary Tourism: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Rio de Janeiro is the kind of place that you can...
T&C: Vibrant and sustainable!
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Fashion student and designer Benjamin Benmoyal...
T&C: The Crin­kle-Cran­kle Walls of Suffolk
2019-11-19 19:30:00
A crin­kle-cran­kle wall is an unusual type of...
T&C: 'Unicorn' puppy!
2019-11-19 19:30:00
If you thought unicorns only lived in dreamland,...
T&C: Ribbons for a cause
2019-11-19 19:30:00
November 9, 1989 marked a momentous occasion - it...
T&C: Sri Lanka’s first green film competes for award
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Sri Lankan first Environmental and Science...
T&C: The battle to conserve nature
2019-11-19 19:30:00
On October 12, LB Finance celebrated the...
T&C: Nightmare
2019-11-19 19:30:00
‘Abhimani, Sudu duwa, come soon we are at the...
T&C: Reiwa spirit
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The Embassy of Japan organized a Japanese...
Action at the Inter-School eSports Championship organised by Gamer.LK
Sports: eSports Gazetted as a national sport in Sri Lanka
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The Ministry of Sports declared eSports as a...
Men’s captain Nishantha Fernando-Women’s captain Joseph Roshita
Sports: National Carrom squad nominated for ICF Cup
2019-11-19 19:30:00
National Carrom squad consist of with 10 players...
Pakistan head coach cum chief selector Misbah Ul Haq
Sports: Misbah-ul-Haq devises master plan to stop Steve Smith
2019-11-19 19:30:00
BRISBANE, Tuesday - Pakistan head coach cum chief...
SIyapatha Finance women’s cricket team with the runner-up trophy
Sports: Siyapatha Finance shines at Finance House Sports Fiesta
2019-11-19 19:30:00
This year’s Finance House Sports Fiesta saw the...
Sports: Sri Lanka suffer 0-4 whitewash by Bangladesh
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Bangladesh Under 19’s secured a 4-0 series win...
Sports: Dilmin scalps ten for Thomians
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Spinner Dilmin Ratnayake’s claimed a match bag of...
Western Province North captain receiving the Prima Champions Trophy
Sports: Western Province North clinch Prima Champions Cup
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Western Province North beat North Western...
Sports: Seven winners to represent Sri Lanka at boxing tournament in Sweden
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Seven of Sri Lanka schoolboy pugilists will...
Main Sponsor of the tournament Wickramarachchi Opticians and Stafford Motor Company Pvt. Ltd. handing over the sponsorship: Managing Director and CEO of the Stafford Motor Dr. Kalinga Kaluperuma presenting sponsorship to the Organizing Committee Chairman M.S.M. Shiraj. Tarindra Kaluperuma, Executive Director Stafford Motor, Damitha Jayasundra, General Manager, Charaka Perera, Director and Buddhima Ishara, Coordinator DPL Committee are also present.
Sports: Diplomatic Missions cricket tourney at Malay grounds
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The Diplomatic Missions and UN Agencies in...
Sports: SSC bowled out for 128
2019-11-19 19:30:00
SSC were bowled out for 128 by Colts CC on day...
Sports: John Keells 138; LB Finance 33/0
2019-11-19 19:30:00
LB Finance scored 33 runs for no loss in 5 overs...
The two centurions Tharindu Warnakulage (right) and Oshitha Ratnayake.
Sports: Tharindu, Oshitha steer Dharmaraja to record win
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Tharindu Warnakulage and Oshitha Ratnayake, two...
Sports: Murray tells sceptics to give new Davis Cup a chance
2019-11-19 19:30:00
MADRID - Andy Murray believes negativity around...
Sports: Seven boxers named for’King of the Ring’ Int’l Boxing C’ship
2019-11-19 19:30:00
The Boxing Association of Sri Lanka has named a...
Sports: Lalith Athulathmudali V. victorious
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Lalith Athulathmudali Vidyalaya, Mt. Lavinia beat...
Sports: TTSC Softball Cricket ‘Sixes’ on Nov. 24
2019-11-19 19:30:00
Thirty Nine Men’s Teams and 13 Women’s teams have...
Sports: India eyeing a Lord’s final already in WTC
2019-11-19 19:30:00
At this stage of the ongoing ICC World Test...
Obituaries: Obituaries
2019-11-19 19:30:00
THILAKA WEERASINGHA - Wife of late P.D....

Wednesday, November 20, 2019