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Saturday, May 26, 2018

Local: LANDMARK IN SRI LANKA’S WORK ON ANTI-CORRUPTION
2018-05-25 19:40:00
In remarks to the United Nations this week, a Sri...
Eight Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI) troops with the Road Development Authority (RDA) on Thursday night repaired and readjusted the parallel old bridge at Kaduwela since the sideways of the bridge are faced with soil erosion and pose a danger. Troops assisted in erecting a detour road using metal structures so that vehicles that pass the threatened area could proceed unhindered. Picture by Rukmal Gamage
Local: Rain death toll rises to 16
2018-05-25 19:39:00
The death toll following the prevailing disaster...
Chief Opposition Whip and JVP Leader Anura Dissanayake handed over the 20th Amendment to the Constitution to Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and Parliament Secretary General Dhammika Dassanayake at the Parliament Complex yesterday. MPs Sunil Handunnetti, Nihal Galappaththi and Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa were also present.
Political: Parliament to send 20th Amendment to AG, PM
2018-05-25 19:38:00
Parliament is to send the 20th Amendment to the...
Local: Trump nominates new Ambassador to Sri Lanka
2018-05-25 19:37:00
US President Donald Trump has nominated Alaina B...
Local: NTC Hotline to report errant private bus crews
2018-05-25 19:36:00
Passengers who are compelled to pay higher ticket...
Political: MP Dayasiri Jayasekara attempts to justify his actions
2018-05-25 19:35:00
Responding to a newspaper report published on...
Local: Diyawanna Oya water level monitored
2018-05-25 19:34:00
A Police team is monitoring the water level of...
Local: Policeman washed away in rescue attempt
2018-05-25 19:33:00
A Police officer who had tried to rescue five...
Farmers with KOPIA officers
Local: International training for local farmers through KOPIA
2018-05-25 19:30:00
For the third consecutive year, the Korea Program...
Local: Sticker campaign to promote trilingual policy
2018-05-25 19:30:00
The National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official...
Local: Drunk on board, grounded in Colombo
2018-05-25 19:30:00
A businessman who harassed an air hostess in a...
Local: Three new stamps, website launched
2018-05-25 19:30:00
The Sri Lanka Philatelic Bureau issued three new...
Local: SAITM students write to the UGC
2018-05-25 19:30:00
The Student Action Committee of SAITM sent a...
Local: Drinking water project in Hambantota
2018-05-25 19:30:00
The Ruhunupura water supply project provides...
The 71st World Health Assembly commencing in Geneva.
Local: Sri Lanka committed to preserve Universal Health Coverage - Minister Rajitha
2018-05-25 19:30:00
The Government of Sri Lanka is committed to...
Local: Lightning strike kills fisherman
2018-05-25 19:30:00
A fisherman who was fishing in the Kalpitiya...
Local: Patients with upper respiratory tract infection increasing in Matara
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Figures obtained from hospital sources showed...
Second Secretary of SL Embassy Inoka Weerasinghe in conversation with visitors to the booth.
Local: SL Embassy in Beijing participates in International Film and TV Exhibition
2018-05-25 19:30:00
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Beijing participated...
Local: Yesteryear achievers honoured
2018-05-25 19:30:00
A felicitation ceremony was organised at...
Local: Free Legal Aid camp at Kotte MC
2018-05-25 19:30:00
A legal awareness programme will be held at the...
Local: Art Exhibition to help Cancer patients
2018-05-25 19:30:00
The `Fragments of Nature’,an exhibition and sale...
Local: Massive anti-dengue campaign launched
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Due to the inclement weather in Batticaloa, the...
Army trooper helping the rescued pregnant woman out of the truck at the hospital.
Local: Army troops rescue pregnant woman on time
2018-05-25 19:30:00
A pregnant woman, stranded due to ravaging floods...
Local: Officials shoot boisterous Bear which escaped from hospital
2018-05-25 19:30:00
A Bear which escaped from the Giritale Veterinary...
Army trooper helping the rescued pregnant woman out of the truck at the hospital.
Local: Army troops rescue pregnant woman in time
2018-05-25 19:30:00
A pregnant woman, stranded due to ravaging floods...
Local: Anti-dengue campaign launched
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Due to the inclement weather in Batticaloa, the...
Local: Govt to bear farmers’ premium this year
2018-05-25 19:30:00
The Agriculture Ministry will provide paddy...
Local: Death of Juliana Almeida Pigera
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Social worker Juliana Almeida passed away, at the...
Local: Police teams on trail to track down MC member’s assailants
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Several police teams have been deployed to track...
Local: Death of Juliana Almeida Pigera
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Social worker Juliana Almeida passed away, at the...
Local: President orders IGP to probe news reports
2018-05-25 19:30:00
President Maithripala Sirisena has instructed the...
Local: Chinese Ambassador meets Minister Malik
2018-05-25 19:30:00
The Ambassador of the People's Republic of China...
Local: Death of social worker
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Social worker Mrs. P.K. Alisnona expired at the...
Local: Distraught PC kills himself
2018-05-25 19:30:00
A police constable attached to the Gokarella...
Political: Parliament
2018-05-25 19:30:00
‘Despite country’s difficult situation, govt....
Editorial: Flood mitigation
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Another year, another flood. The latest reports...
This file photo taken on May 13, 2018 shows a man looking at burnt-out motorcycles following a bomb blast outside the Surabaya Centre Pentecostal Church (Surabaya Gereja Pantekosta Pusat) in Surabaya, East Java Province. - AFP
World: Indonesia passes tougher terror law
2018-05-25 19:30:00
INDONESIA: Indonesia passed a new law on Friday...
Law & Order: Ex-SDIG, Crimes OIC further remanded
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Retired former senior DIG Prasanna Nanayakkara...
Law & Order: Aloysius’s revision petition fixed for further argument for June 1
2018-05-25 19:30:00
A revision application filed by Perpetual...
Law & Order: Jaliya Wickremasooriya’s warrant re-issued on sureties
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayarathne re-...
Law & Order: Shaddick’s wife denies giving false evidence
2018-05-25 19:30:00
The wife of Australian businessman Brian Shaddick...
Features: Monsoon drive into politics of disaster
2018-05-25 19:30:00
The South West Monsoon has lashed into the...
Features: Matters of State
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Lenin said few days before the October revolution...
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un
Features: Trump pulls out of North Korea Summit meeting with Kim Jong-un
2018-05-25 19:30:00
President Trump on Thursday pulled out of a...
Sports: New Mayor Kesara to develop playgrounds
2018-05-25 19:30:00
That’s good that the new Mayor of Kandy Kesara...
Dr. Sanjeev Jha Managing Director and CEO of Fairfirst Insurance Limited handing over the sponsorship package to the President of the MCA, Roshan Iddamalgoda. Also present at in the picture are, Niranjan Nagendra General Manager Sales & Marketing and Sasith Bambaradeniya Head of Marketing & Digital Solutions from Fairfirst Insurance Limited, from MCA: Vice President cum Chairman Sponsorship Committee Rohana Dissanayake, General Secretary, Nalin Wickremesinghe and Exco and Tournament Committee Member Sirosha
Sports: Fairfirst Insurance broadens support for local sports
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Although a considerably new entrant into the...
The Ladies College table tennis team with coach NH Perera and teacher in charge Padmi Ratnayake
Sports: Ladies College excel at table tennis
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Ladies College Colombo once again performed well...
Sports Minister Faiszer Musthapha addressing a meeting of rugby officials at the Sports Ministry yesterday flanked by Deputy President of Sri Lanka Rugby Lasitha Gunaratne.
Sports: Sports Minister lays down strict conditions to resume schools rugby
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Sports Minister Faiszer Musthapha laid down...
Sports: Old Sri Palians CC in thrilling win
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Old Sri Palians Cricket Club, Horana beat...
Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare Ranjan Ramanayake addressing a press conference at Parliamentary quarters, Madiwala yesterday. Picture by Saliya Rupasinghe
Sports: Ramanayake makes another scathing attack on Sumathipala
2018-05-25 19:30:00
In another scathing attack on incumbent president...
Otago Highlanders’ wing Tevita Nabura (R) is suspended from Super Rugby until July 6 following his mid-air. AFP
Sports: Highlander Nabura cops six-week ban for face kick
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Wellington, Friday: Otago Highlanders’ wing...
Sports: No replacement for Dhananjaya
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Sri Lanka Cricket will not replace batsman...
Wendell Labrooy makes his debut as ICC Match Referee in the Sri Lanka v Pakistan Women’s ODI series
Sports: Rare feat of two brothers serving in ICC panel as Match Referees
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Sri Lanka has in its long cricket history seen...
Sports: Sigiriya Rally cross tomorrow at Kimbissa
2018-05-25 19:30:00
The second event of the annual CEAT-SLADA...
Pakistan's Babar Azam plays a shot on the second day of the first international Test match between England and Pakistan at Lord's cricket ground in London on May 25,. AFP
Sports: Pakistan lead by 166 runs
2018-05-25 19:30:00
LONDON May25: Pakistan were 350 for eight in...
Sports: Ten records that might never be broken
2018-05-25 19:30:00
The 2018 edition of FIFA World Cup will run from...
Sports: Serena, Maria poised for French Open last-16 clash
2018-05-25 19:30:00
PARIS, Thursday: Three-time champion Serena...
Dean Jones
Sports: It’s fine that India has taken over: Dean Jones
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Former Australia batsman Dean Jones praised the...
Sports: Nadal happy to ‘suffer’ in pursuit of 11th French Open
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Paris, Friday: Rafael Nadal said Friday he is...
Sports: Sri Lanka Cricket invites Retired SC Judge to conduct independent inquiry
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Sri Lanka Cricket has invited Retired Judge of...
Sports: Footballers with most expensive cars in the world
2018-05-25 19:30:00
The crazy amount of money showered on footballers...
Christo Jordashe
Sports: Current Singer schools rugby tournament is illegal alleges legend Jordashe
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Former S. Thomas’ College and CR&FC rugby...
Sports: #34 Eusébio
2018-05-25 19:30:00
When one utters the word ‘Portugal’ in a...
Sports: International cricket struggles as T20 nomads chase white ball gold
2018-05-25 19:30:00
New Delhi, Friday: Asian nations are clamping...
Sports: #33 Lilian Thuram
2018-05-25 19:30:00
We remember the 1998 World Cup as Zinedine Zidane...
Two-time NBA MVP Stephen Curry (right) scored 22 points for the Warriors but was on the losing side again. AFP
Sports: Rockets outlast Warriors, edge closer to NBA Finals
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Los Angeles, Friday: The Houston Rockets clawed...
Jack Johnson
Sports: Trump pardons late black boxing champion Jack Johnson
2018-05-25 19:30:00
WASHINGTON, Thursday: U.S. President Donald Trump...
Mohamed Salah has lit up this season’s Champions League on Liverpool’s run to the final. AFP
Sports: Liverpool out to end Real hegemony in Champions League final
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Kiev, Thursday: A thrilling run inspired by...
Sports: Australia’s Smith looks set for Global T20 Canada event
2018-05-25 19:30:00
Los Angeles, Friday: Disgraced former Australia...
Obituaries: obituaries
2018-05-25 19:30:00
COLONNE ANOMA SENAVIRATNE (Rtd. Teacher)....

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