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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Local: Five COVID-19 death reported
2020-11-17 17:20:00
Five more deaths reported today due to COVID-19,...
Local: Another 241 COVID-19 positive cases reported
2020-11-17 17:18:00
Another 241 COVID-19 positive cases reported...
Local: 157 COVID-19 positive cases reported
2020-11-17 14:03:00
157 COVID-19 positive cases reported today,...
Local: 10-hours water cut today
2020-11-17 12:52:00
The National Water Supply and Drainage Board says...
Local: Budget 2021 Debate to commence tomorrow
2020-11-17 11:20:00
Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Mahinda...
Local: 404 COVID-19 patients recovered
2020-11-17 10:19:00
404 more individuals recovered from COVID-19...
Local: Mahanayaka of Ramanna Maha Nikaya, Most Venerable Napane Premasiri Thero passes away
2020-11-17 09:45:00
 Most Venerable Napane Pemasiri Thera,...
Local: Cabinet approves to establish a weapons museum
2020-11-17 08:12:00
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved to...
Budget 2021 live: Budget 2021 Live
2020-11-17 08:06:00
4:57pm- Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa...
Local: Cloudy skies expected over the island
2020-11-17 02:02:00
Cloudy skies can be expected over the island and...
Law & Order: National Park deforestation illegal, rules CA
2020-11-16 19:45:00
The Court of Appeal yesterday ruled that...
Political: 2021 Appropriation Bill to be presented today
2020-11-16 19:44:00
Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Mahinda...
Local: SLTDA to provide allowance for tourism sector drivers, guides
2020-11-16 19:43:00
Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga has...
Local: SLAF’s first batch of female pilots commissioned
2020-11-16 19:42:00
The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) held the...
Local: 10 students score maximum marks at Grade 5 Scholarship exam
2020-11-16 19:41:00
Ten students have been able to obtain the maximum...
Local: Over 11,800 COVID-19 recoveries
2020-11-16 19:40:00
The number of patients who have recovered from...
A programme to replant mangrove saplings in coastal and lagoon areas is underway.
Local: Mangrove cultivation project gets impetus
2020-11-16 19:39:00
A programme to replant mangrove saplings in...
Local: Moderna says vaccine 94.5% effective
2020-11-16 19:38:00
Moderna Inc. said Monday that its developing...
Law & Order: Closing date for renewal of gun licenses, permits extended
2020-11-16 19:37:00
The closing date for the renewal of all gun...
Political: SJB suspends Diana Gamage’s party membership
2020-11-16 19:36:00
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Leader and...
Local: Temperature checks on visitors to Colombo
2020-11-16 19:35:00
With the resumption of long distance buses and...
One hundred thousand jobs were provided to the needy in Kalmunai under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s ‘Vistas for Prosperity and Splendour’ programme, recently. Picture by I.L.M. Rizan, Addalaichenai Central Corr.
Local: News in pictures
2020-11-16 19:30:00
One hundred thousand jobs were provided to the...
Local: Sri Lanka Pavilion at China International Import Expo reaps positive results
2020-11-16 19:30:00
The Sri Lanka Pavilion at the Third China...
Local: Join hands to defeat COVID-19 pandemic - Ruwan
2020-11-16 19:30:00
UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said that all...
Local: ‘Developing nations need adequate funding to achieve SDG targets’
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena reiterated...
State Minister for Rural Roads and Other Infrastructure Nimal Lanza on the inspection tour in the Puttalam District.
Local: Road development projects commence in Puttalam District
2020-11-16 19:30:00
State Minister for Rural Roads and Other...
Local: Cardinal condemns global greed and selfishness
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has urged people of all...
The SLCBFA donating dry rations and hand sanitizers to Most Ven Dr. Ittapane Dhammalankara Thera.
Local: SLCBFA, Chinese Embassy launch project to aid Buddhist templesttttttbbggg temples
2020-11-16 19:30:00
The Sri Lanka-China Buddhist Friendship...
Local: ‘No technical fault in Colombo East Base Hospital PCR machine’
2020-11-16 19:30:00
The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka stated that...
Local: ‘No preemptive measures taken to contain the spread of COVID-19’
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Former UNP Parliamentarian Sandith Samarasinghe...
Local: NAPVWC investigates threats against homicide witness
2020-11-16 19:30:00
The National Authority for the Protection of...
Local: Road to Addalaichenai College of Education dilapidated
2020-11-16 19:30:00
The road leading to the Addalaichenai College of...
Local: Wild elephant issues escalating in Ampara
2020-11-16 19:30:00
The damage caused by wild elephants to crops and...
Local: Traders at Naula Weekly Fair lament decline in customer numbers
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Traders at the Naula Weekly Fair, which was...
Local: Puttalam District Secretariat to provide 1,056 latrines to the needy
2020-11-16 19:30:00
The Puttalam District Secretariat’s Samurdhi...
Local: Ayurveda medicine provided to state, private institutions
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Packets of an Ayurveda medicine are being...
Business: Amãna Bank disburses over Rs 1.8 bn
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Amãna Bank, has obtained approval from CBSL to...
Business: ‘Investors await 2021 budget reading’
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Investors stood by the sidelines ahead of the...
Impression of the proposed upgrade of neonatal facilities at the De Soysa Maternity Hospital
Business: Standard Chartered releases first Sustainable Finance Impact Report
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Standard Chartered Bank recently published its...
Business: BOC, SLIC to introduce LANKAQR payments for insurance sector
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Expanding the frontiers of National Quick...
Business: Softlogic Group opens Hyper-Market in Mount Lavinia
2020-11-16 19:30:00
The Softlogic Group opened its Hyper-Market in...
Chairman Bill Lam, CEO Pubudu De Silva
Business: Teejay adapts to ‘new normal’, posts Rs 631 mn net profit in Q2
2020-11-16 19:30:00
As the world continues to focus on flattening the...
Sam Chen, Senior Structure Engineer of F Series
Business: OPPO launches ‘Quality Campaign’ to raise awareness
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Global forerunner in innovative, affordable...
Business: BIA’s Rs. 107 bn phase ii project to commence from Nov. 18
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Largest development project since 2014The...
Business: CBSL provides clarity on debt moratorium
2020-11-16 19:30:00
The Central Bank has required licensed banks to...
Business: Premier to present Budget 2021 in Parliament today
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Prime Minister and Finance Minister Mahinda...
Nanda Anthony
Business: CRIB score system to open up lending more broadly within society
2020-11-16 19:30:00
The Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka is...
Chairman Softlogic Group, Ashok Pathirage
Business: Softlogic Group posts growth of 9% to Rs. 21.8 bn
2020-11-16 19:30:00
For a consumer-driven conglomerate impacted by...
Editorial: A “New Normal” Budget?
2020-11-16 19:30:00
The first Budget of the Sri Lanka Podujana...
A shoe that belonged to late French Queen Marie-Antoinette displayed at the Osenat auction house in Versailles, France on November 14, 2020.
World: Marie-Antoinette’s silk slipper fetches US$ 51,000
2020-11-16 19:30:00
FRANCE: A white shoe made of silk and goat...
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus flanked by the Chief Executive Director of the WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme Dr. Michael J Ryan (L) and WHO Technical Consultant Maria Van Kerkhove at Friday’s press conference.
World: WHO registers one-day record in new COVID-19 cases
2020-11-16 19:30:00
SWITZERLAND: The World Health Organization’s...
World: New COVID-19 outbreak hits Adelaide after seven months
2020-11-16 19:30:00
AUSTRALIA: A sudden coronavirus cluster emerged...
Boris Johnson is in self-isolation after being notified by NHS Test and Trace that he came into contact with a person who tested positive for COVID-19.
World: British PM in COVID-19 self-isolation again
2020-11-16 19:30:00
UK: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is self-...
A man wears a personal bubble shield as he walks in New York City on Monday as the US surpassed 11 million COVID-19 cases on Sunday.
World: US adds 1 mn COVID-19 cases in six days
2020-11-16 19:30:00
US: The US surpassed 11 million coronavirus cases...
US President-elect Joe Biden (2ndR) and his daughter Ashley Biden (C) leave after visiting their family grave at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church in Wilmington.- AFP.
World: TRUMP edges toward accepting BIDEN VICTORY
2020-11-16 19:30:00
US President Donald Trump has refused to concede...
New Kim, a well-bred two-year-old from a renowned Antwerp loft.
World: Pigeon sells for record 1.6 mn euros
2020-11-16 19:30:00
BELGIUM: An unidentified Chinese buyer on Sunday...
Local residents walk in a street after it was hit by a missile in Gandja in Azerbaijan in this October 8, 2020 file photo. Azerbaijan has emerged victorious in the war.
World: Azerbaijan extends Armenian pullout deadline
2020-11-16 19:30:00
AZERBAIJAN: Azerbaijan said it had agreed to...
Britain’s Prince Charles addressing the Bundestag Lower House of Parliament in Germany.
World: Prince Charles champions post-Brexit ties on German visit
2020-11-16 19:30:00
GERMANY: Britain’s Prince Charles said bonds...
Oil India engineers had battled the blaze in Assam state since an explosion in June.
World: Indian oil well fire extinguished after five months
2020-11-16 19:30:00
INDIA: A massive oil well fire that raged for...
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a law against religious “separatism”.
World: Macron blasts media over coverage of Islamic extremism
2020-11-16 19:30:00
US: French President Emmanuel Macron has called...
The Sanofi logo is seen at the company’s research and production centre in Vitry-sur-Seine, France,
World: Sanofi’s COVID-19 vaccine does not need supercooling
2020-11-16 19:30:00
FRANCE: The COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine being...
Law & Order: Navy arrests suspect with explosives
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Naval personnel apprehend a suspect with...
Law & Order: Six arrested with 800kg of smuggled turmeric
2020-11-16 19:30:00
A special search operation conducted by the Navy...
Features: Kamala Harris and Women’s movement
2020-11-16 19:30:00
The night the news came of the victory of the...
COVID-19 second wave has crippled the fisheries sector, affecting especially the small scale fisheries.
Features: Multiple shocks of Covid-19 and the tragedy of fisheries
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Part 1During the past eight months, fishing has...
Features: The COVID pandemic: Broadening the discourse
2020-11-16 19:30:00
SARS-CoV-2, the Coronavirus that causes COVID-19...
Features: Organic all the way
2020-11-16 19:30:00
A group of enterprising women in Sudarshana...
T&C: Aiding the needy
2020-11-16 19:30:00
A ceremony to provide dry rations for Kalutara...
T&C: Religious amity
2020-11-16 19:30:00
‘Mosque visiting school children’ a unique...
T&C: Looking for leaders
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Prefects of Kalmunai Al-Misbah Maha Vidyalaya...
T&C: Skills development success stories
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Library Week Awards Ceremony - Infant School -...
With her family
T&C: When the going gets tough…
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Head Girl of Sussex College, Ratnapura, Upuli...
G. P. Kaveesha Gimhan Nethsara
Sports: Kaveesha excels in track and field events
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Fourteen year old Duluwita Pulandarage Kaveesha...
Sports: Hillwood College wins a double
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Hillwood College, Kandy won the Under 18 and...
Selvin Bulathsinghala
Sports: ‘Bulath’, a superb ruggerite and athlete
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Selvin Bulathsinghala, better known as Bulath,...
Sports: Tokyo Cement renews partnership with FoG to unearth cricketing talent
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Tokyo Cement Group pledged its support to the...
Navod Paranavithana
Sports: Record breaking Mahindian cricketer Navod, youngest to play in LPL
2020-11-16 19:30:00
School boy Navod Paranavithana from Mahinda...
Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa instructing officials at the swimming pool complex near Bernard Aluvihare Stadium.
Sports: Sports Ministry to revamp Matale Stadium, other facilities
2020-11-16 19:30:00
The Bernard Aluvihare Stadium in Matale is set to...
Sports: Australia virus cluster causes jitters over India cricket tour
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Adelaide, Monday: Snap restrictions to curb a...
Floyd Mayweather
Sports: Mayweather returns to ring for Feb 2021 Tokyo bout
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Tokyo, Monday: Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather...
IOC chief Thomas Bach
Sports: IOC's Bach 'very confident' Tokyo Olympics will have fans
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Tokyo, Monday: International Olympic Committee...
Sports: SLC appoints all in one Selection Committee
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will have one selection...
Sports: Jaffna Stallions, first to reach Hambantota LPL premises
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Jaffna Stallions became the first to reach...
Lasith Malinga
Sports: Slinger Malinga set for two significant milestones in LPL
2020-11-16 19:30:00
Sri Lanka’s ace fast bowler, Lasith Malinga is on...
Obituaries: Obituaries
2020-11-16 19:30:00
PEIRIS - NINETTE AMIBELLE ZENA. Safe in the arms...

Tuesday, November 17, 2020