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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Local: Health service capable of controlling COVID with public support – President
2020-11-09 19:45:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday said the...
Political: Parliament to take up 2020 Appropriation Bill on November 12
2020-11-09 19:44:00
Parliament will convene from 10.00 am to 8.00 pm...
Local: WHO donates 100,000 rapid antigen test kits to Sri Lanka
2020-11-09 19:43:00
The World Health Organization (WHO) has donated...
Local: Sabry says looking into possibility of burying Muslim COVID-19 victims
2020-11-09 19:42:00
Justice Minister Ali Sabry, PC said on Sunday...
Local: Construction work on Sri Lanka’s first LNG Power Plant to commence
2020-11-09 19:41:00
The Ministry of Power and Energy aims to empower...
Local: Case filed in Appeal Court against five SJB members
2020-11-09 19:40:00
The Chairman of the Presidential Commission of...
Local: Over 13,900 COVID-19 cases, 8,800 recoveries
2020-11-09 19:39:00
According to the statistics of the Epidemiology...
Local: Farmers claim drop in vegetable prices at Dambulla DEC
2020-11-09 19:38:00
The Dambulla Dedicated Economic Centre (DEC) had...
Law & Order: Police sergeant arrested while transporting heroin
2020-11-09 19:37:00
A Police sergeant who was the driver of a high...
Law & Order: AG directs remand suspects to be granted bail to prevent COVID-19 spread
2020-11-09 19:36:00
Attorney General Dappula De Livera has issued...
Local: Distance learning programmes via electronic media for all grades
2020-11-09 19:35:00
The Education Ministry together with key...
Political: Anura Yapa appointed CoPF Chairman
2020-11-09 19:34:00
Government MP Anura Priyadarshana Yapa was...
Local: Back to work in Western Province  
2020-11-09 19:32:00
Public transport services in areas where the...
The Navy bringing the fishing trawler to the Galle Harbour.
Local: Navy rescues fishermen from burning trawler
2020-11-09 19:30:00
The Navy doused a fire that broke out on a multi-...
Local: Plantation Industries Minister visits Mapalana Cinnamon Research Institute
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Plantation Industries Minister Dr. Ramesh...
Local: Police and Army operation to monitor non-essential vehicular movement
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Following the lifting of the curfew imposed on...
Local: Kurunegala, Puttalam farmers commend SAPP
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Nearly 2,000 farmers in the Kurunegala and...
Local: UNP against release of COVID-19 infected back into society
2020-11-09 19:30:00
The United National Party (UNP) on Monday said...
Local: GMOA concerned about PCR results of Horana factory workers
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA)...
Local: News in pictures
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya and Mrs...
Plantation State Minister Kanaka Herath presenting financial and other subsidies for the establishment of tea nurseries.
Local: 500 tea plant nurseries to be set up
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Plans are afoot to increase the annual supply of...
Local: Northern development programmes to uplift people's livelihoods - Johnston
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Chief Government Whip and Highways Minister...
Local: Ashirwada Pooja to bless President, PM, country
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Shiranthi...
State Minister for Rural Roads and Other Infrastructure Nimal Lanza inaugurating work on a number of rural road development projects in the Vavuniya District on November 7.
Local: Development projects to benefit all - Lanza
2020-11-09 19:30:00
The Government's development projects will...
Local: One youth dead, another injured
2020-11-09 19:30:00
One person died and another was injured when a...
Local: ‘Minipe Canal Project to be completed by next year’
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Construction work to increase the Minipe anicut’s...
Local: WHO to provide vaccine that gives protection against COVID-19
2020-11-09 19:30:00
The World Health Organization (WHO) has agreed to...
Local: Kandana, Mahabage isolated due to COVID-19
2020-11-09 19:30:00
The National Operational Centre for the...
Fish Exports State Minister Kanchana Wijesekara handing over the appointment letter to Dr. Palitha Kithsiri.
Local: New NARA Director General appointed
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Dr. Palitha Kithsiri was appointed the Director-...
Local: Grade 5 Scholarship Exam answer script evaluation to commence soon
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Examinations Commissioner General B. Sanath...
Local: Manning Market opening delayed
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Although the Manning Market in Colombo was...
Local: Galle tennis club allegedly flouts traffic laws
2020-11-09 19:30:00
A reputed sports club located in Galle has...
Local: Woman injured in lightning strike
2020-11-09 19:30:00
A woman in Wasalakotte was struck by lightning...
Local: Mahakirindegama Tank to be renovated
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Sri Lanka Podujana Engineers’ Front will renovate...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa serves alms to the Maha Sangha.
Local: Pirith ceremony, alms giving to mark D. A. Rajapaksa’s 53rd death anniversary commemoration
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Family members performing Pen Wedima ritual....
Local: D. A. Rajapaksa, a beacon of hope for downtrodden masses - Chief Sanghanayake
2020-11-09 19:30:00
The late D. A. Rajapaksa was a tower of strength...
Local: Cooperation of all required to contain COVID-19 spread - Amaraweera
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said that...
Local: SP COVID-19 tally rises to 168
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Since the upsurge of the second wave of COVID-19...
Local: CP Governor requested not to allow plantation workers to travel
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Health authorities have written to the Central...
Local: SLTB Ruhuna resumes bus services to Colombo
2020-11-09 19:30:00
With the lifting of quarantine curfew in the...
Business: Expolanka Holdings posts Rs 49 bn revenue, Rs 4.5 bn PAT in Q2
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Expolanka Holdings PLC secured exceptionally...
Business: HNB partners leading online retailers
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Ensuring that its customers are able to stay...
Gross official reserves (USD Mn) With rupee beginning to stabilize, reserve position gradually improved from May to August. Source CBSL
Business: Sri Lankan economy to contract by 8.2 % in 2020- ICRA Lanka Rating
2020-11-09 19:30:00
ICRA Lanka Rating Agency says that the based on...
Business: Investors respond positively
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Stock Market Operations continued seamlessly with...
Business: Bangladesh internet users crosses 103 mn
2020-11-09 19:30:00
The total number of internet subscribers in the...
Business: Market continues ‘6,000 plus drive for third straight session’
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Amidst heavy retail optimism market sustained...
Business: Emirates SkyCargo sets up world’s largest air cargo hub in Dubai
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Emirates SkyCargo is stepping up its readiness to...
Business: FitsAir adds A321 to fleet
2020-11-09 19:30:00
FitsAir is Sri Lanka’s first and only private...
Business: Upgrading higher value-addition, key focus at Sri Lanka Economic Virtual Summit
2020-11-09 19:30:00
The Sri Lanka Economic Virtual Summit (SLES) will...
Business: First Capital Holdings appoints new COO
2020-11-09 19:30:00
First Capital Holdings PLC has announced the...
Business: Ajith De Silva, Managing Director/CEO of South Asia Textiles
2020-11-09 19:30:00
South Asia Textiles Limited, a subsidiary of...
Business: realme plans Sri Lanka entry soon
2020-11-09 19:30:00
realme, the world’s fastest-growing smartphone...
Business: Terrance Abraham, CEO Delmege Consumer Cluster
2020-11-09 19:30:00
The Delmege Forsyth Group of Companies has...
Business: Investment Advisor, Arj Wignaraja joins Cenmetrix Board
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Arj Wignaraja, a senior strategist, advisor, and...
Business: Cream of PickMe to deliver essentials to Western Province
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Thousand five hundred drivers and riders who form...
Editorial: Enter President Joe Biden
2020-11-09 19:30:00
The outcome of the US Presidential election went...
COVID-19 has so far claimed over 1.25 million lives worldwide
World: Global COVID-19 tally tops 50 million
2020-11-09 19:30:00
US: The global tally of people infected by the...
Pfizer Vaccine Found 90% Effective Against Covid-19
World: COVID-19 vaccine 90% effective in Phase 3 trial
2020-11-09 19:30:00
FRANCE: A vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and...
When President-elect Joe Biden and Jill Biden step into the White House in January, he’ll also be bringing some furry family members with him — German shepherds Champ and Major. That’s right: After a four-year vacancy, there will be not one, but two FPOTUS (First Pets of the United States) once more.
World: Biden’s potential first hurdle in office: a hostile US Senate
2020-11-09 19:30:00
When President-elect Joe Biden and Jill Biden...
Former U.S. President George W. Bush and President-elect Joe Biden.
World: George Bush congratulates Biden, calls him “a good man, who can unify country”
2020-11-09 19:30:00
US: Former US President George W. Bush has...
A construction worker pushes a wheelbarrow near the Embassy of the United States of America in Havana, which was closed by President Donald Trump.
World: For CUBA, any U.S. PRESIDENT will be better than TRUMP
2020-11-09 19:30:00
CUBA: Most Cubans don’t know Joe Biden, or what...
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (L) has sought to maintain good relations with Donald Trump.
World: Biden win forces Mexico to rebuild complicated US ties
2020-11-09 19:30:00
MEXICO: After years of close ties with Donald...
President-elect Joe Biden and his daughter Ashley Biden after visiting their family grave site in Wilmington, Delaware.
World: Biden begins transition as Trump refuses to budge
2020-11-09 19:30:00
US: US President-elect Joe Biden took the first...
Consignments of smuggled turmeric.
Law & Order: Navy seizes over 5.711 metric tonnes of smuggled turmeric
2020-11-09 19:30:00
The Navy apprehended six suspects with over 5.711...
Features: Relentless battle against the Coronavirus
2020-11-09 19:30:00
During its long history of more than 150 years,...
Features: Maldives and India look towards a ‘win-win situation’
2020-11-09 19:30:00
On Maldives’ annual ‘Victory Day’, President...
Features: Ignoring safety invites death
2020-11-09 19:30:00
By now the day-to-day life in Sri Lanka continues...
A man stands in a sea of rubble before the shell of a building that once was a movie theatre in Hiroshima on September 8, 1945, a month after the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare was dropped by the United States to hasten Japan’s surrender.
Features: A landmark victory for UN
2020-11-09 19:30:00
The United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of...
T&C: Let there be light!
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Head Girl of Pushpadana Girls’ College, Kandy,...
Sports: Rugby Australia signs Aus$100 million broadcast deal
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Sydney, Monday: Rugby Australia announced a...
Sports: Pakistan thump Zimbabwe to clinch T20 series
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Rawalpindi, Sunday: Pakistan proved too strong...
Sports: SLC sets deadline to stakeholders
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has set a deadline for...
Shikhar Dhawan plays a shot against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Sports: Stoinis, Dhawan guide Delhi to maiden IPL final
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Delhi Capitals (DC) entered its maiden IPL final...
Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa (third from left) made a visit to Durayappah Stadium in Jaffna to observe the present status of the Stadium. Also in the picture are Angajan Ramanathan, Jaffna District Development Committee Chairman and Member of Parliament, Thenuka Vidanagamage, State Minister of Rural and School Sports Infrastructure Improvement, Mayor of Jaffna Emanual Arnold and netball player Tharjani Sivalingam.
Sports: Durayappah Stadium to be converted to football stadium
2020-11-09 19:30:00
The Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) and...
Sports: Bid to revive rugby in the Central Province
2020-11-09 19:30:00
The CentralProvince Rugby Football Union is keen...
Sports: Ravindu Rathnayake does Isipathana proud
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Ravindu Rathnayake of Isipathana College Colombo...
Veteran Table Tennis Coach Buddhika Rajitha Dikkumbura.
Sports: Buddhika Dikkumbura table tennis coach with a proven track record
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Buddhika Rajitha Dikkumbura is one of the leading...
Sri Sumangala College, Panadura First Eleven Cricket Pool 2020. The Captain of the 2020/21 Cricket Team Tharana de Silva is standing 5th from right in the back row. (Picture by Dilwin Mendis – Moratuwa Sports Special Correspondent)
Sports: Tharana de Silva to lead Sri Sumangala, Panadura
2020-11-09 19:30:00
Fifth year player, coloursman, all rounder, right...
Sports: Reggie Bartholomeusz the athletic and rugby star
2020-11-09 19:30:00
It is very rare to witness a person engaged in...
Obituaries: Obituaries
2020-11-09 19:30:00
REV. SR. THEODORA HETTIARACHCHI,​ called to...

Tuesday, November 10, 2020