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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Business: ASUS launches revolutionary new 2022 Zenbook and Vivobook laptops globally
2022-05-18 09:40:00
ASUS recently unveiled its all-new 2022 line-up...
Korean food was distributed to all visitors of Korea Week.
Local: Korean, Sri Lankan cultures unite to celebrate Vesak
2022-05-17 19:54:00
On Vesak Poya (15), to foster Korea–Sri Lanka...
Local: CID arrests two SLPP MPs Sanath, Milan
2022-05-17 19:54:00
Two Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MPs Sanath...
Local: Not satisfied with Police probe into Galle Face attacks - PM
2022-05-17 19:48:00
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he was...
Law & Order: Former PC Member Amal, another remanded over attacks
2022-05-17 19:46:00
Former Provincial Council Member Amal Silva and...
Local: Fuel supply slow, distribution in three days - CPPBOA
2022-05-17 19:44:00
The Ceylon Petroleum Private Bowser Owner’s...
Local: SLPP MP Ajith Rajapaksa elected Deputy Speaker
2022-05-17 19:42:00
SLPP Parliamentarian Ajith Rajapaksa was elected...
Local: PM’s Office to cut expenditure by 50%
2022-05-17 19:40:00
Prime Minister’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake has...
Local: US$ 5 mn paid for LP Gas shipment
2022-05-17 19:38:00
US$ 5 million has been paid for a consignment of...
Local: Attacks on MP’s houses began before May 9 - Minister
2022-05-17 19:38:00
Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara...
Local: Rupee stabilises, Bourse sees growth
2022-05-17 19:36:00
The Sri Lankan rupee and the Colombo Stock...
Local: ‘Work from Home’ for public servants mooted
2022-05-17 19:34:00
Commissioner General of Essential Services K.D.S...
Local: Police arrest 664 involved attacks, 227 remanded
2022-05-17 19:32:00
A total of 664 persons have been arrested in...
Vesak was celebrated at the Bai Dinh Pagoda in Viet Nam.
Local: Vesak celebrated in Viet Nam
2022-05-17 19:30:00
On May 14, the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Viet Nam...
Local: Russian Alumni thriving forward with new leadership
2022-05-17 19:30:00
The Annual General Meeting of the Association of...
Local: Rains increase hydropower generation
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Hydro power generation has increased to 60...
Local: Shramadana to prevent dengue
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Dengue is fast spreading in Batticaloa and a...
Many low-lying areas around the Kalu River were flooded.
Local: Floods dampen Vesak festivities
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Many low-lying areas near Ingiriya, Nambapana and...
Local: Visiting lecturers not paid for months
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Visiting lecturers of Moneragala Technical...
Local: SLTDA denies media reports on selling Uchchamunai Island
2022-05-17 19:30:00
The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (...
Local: US commits to protect endangered marine turtles
2022-05-17 19:30:00
As six of the world’s seven species of marine...
Local: Communist Party calls for ‘Truth Commission’ to probe May 9 attacks
2022-05-17 19:30:00
The Communist Party of Sri Lanka, on Monday urged...
Local: UNFPA partners with Australia to provide essential dignity and maternity kits for women
2022-05-17 19:30:00
UNFPA and the Australian High Commission recently...
The blood donation held yesterday.
Local: Navy organizes blood donation campaign to mark Sri Sambuddha Jayanthi
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Following the directives of Navy Commander Vice...
The ordination of the novice monks.
Local: Five novice monks ordained
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Five schoolchildren were ordained and entered the...
Local: Mango promoted as export crop
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Under the Export Agriculture Village programme,...
Seethawaka Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Jayantha Rohana speaks at the opening the Sup Post Office.
Local: Sub Post Office for Salawa
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Providing infrastructure facilities is among...
Sixty-five volunteers donated blood, far in excess of the 40 volunteers who had signed up for the programme.
Local: SL Mission in Maldives holds blood donation to mark Vesak
2022-05-17 19:30:00
The Sri Lanka High Commission in Maldives...
Local: Prelate welcomes Premiership acceptance
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Asgiriya Chapter Secretary Most.Ven. Medagama...
Local: Heavy rains affect 8,330 in Kalutara, Ratnapura
2022-05-17 19:30:00
About 8,330 people belonging to nearly 2,100...
MP Weerasinghe’s house that was burnt down by mobs.
Local: Organised JVP supporters burnt my house - MP Weerasinghe
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Ampara district SLPP MP D. Weerasinghe yesterday...
Local: Motion against President defeated
2022-05-17 19:30:00
A Motion presented by Tamil National Alliance (...
Local: Long queues filling stations
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Long queues were seen at filling stations across...
Local: Speaker assures security for MPs, their houses
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardane announced...
Political: Parliament
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Will serve all alike – Deputy SpeakerNewly...
Business: Exchange Rates
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Business: Coconut ( Coconut Products – Prices on 17.05.2022)
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Business: Shares - Colombo Stock Exchange ( Market Statistics on 17.05.2022)
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Prof. Ananda Jayawardane and Sanath Manatunge
Business: ComBank Group 3-month net operating income up 66% to Rs 28.3 bn
2022-05-17 19:30:00
The Commercial Bank Group has posted a balanced...
Harsha Amarasekera, Nanda Fernando
Business: Sampath Bank Group posts Rs 4.9 bn PAT for 1Q 2022
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Notwithstanding the extremely challenging...
Business: Dialog grows 16% in Q1, forex flips NPAT to negative Rs.15.8 bn
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Dialog Axiata PLC announced, its consolidated...
Business: SLT-MOBITEL powers ‘Nalanda Boulevard’ with comprehensive ICT and Fibre Solutions
2022-05-17 19:30:00
J.K.G.M. Jayaneththi Site Engineer Thamania, E.M....
Officials exchange the Health Policy.
Business: AIA Insurance offers Health Policies to employees of Adapt Information Technologies
2022-05-17 19:30:00
AIA Insurance offers an exclusive Health Policy...
Mahesh Wijewardene Group CEO of Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC at the Concept Store opening
Business: Singer unveils Dahua Concept Store
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Singer Sri Lanka PLC, a premier consumer durables...
Business: SLIIT launches CODE free online course
2022-05-17 19:30:00
SLIIT unveiled its Centre for Open and Distance...
Ceylon Agro Industries (Prima Group Sri Lanka) Deputy General Manager Sajith Gunaratne and Channel Manager Raveen Perera receive the award.
Business: Prima Brands win Big at Partner Power 2022
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Ceylon Agro Industries Ltd (Prima Group Sri Lanka...
Business: Switch to Abans Solar save the world for future generation
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Solar energy generation is a fast-growing...
Chairman of Macksons Holdings Milfer Makeen with Managing Director of Macksons Holdings Mizver Makeen opens the showroom in Kollupitiya.
Business: Multilac Macktiles opens showroom in Kollupitiya
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Macksons Holdings opened its latest showroom in...
Business: INSEE Sanstha ranked among Most Loved Brands by LMD
2022-05-17 19:30:00
INSEE Sanstha Cement, has once again been ranked...
Sumith Cumaranatunga, Chairman, Siyapatha Finance and Ananda Seneviratne Managing Director, Siyapatha Finance.
Business: Siyapatha Finance grows into Q1, standing firm amidst challenging environment
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Siyapatha Finance stands confident despite...
Business: Union Assurance wins global accolades by Global Business Magazine
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Union Assurance has won four renowned global...
Business: Wickremesinghe thanks Modi profusely
2022-05-17 19:30:00
The government of Prime Minister Ranil...
Opening ceremonies of the relocated branches of Kaththankudi, Nugegoda and Naula.
Business: DFCC Bank relocates branches in Aluthgama, Kaththankudi, Akkaraipattu, Nugegoda and Naula
2022-05-17 19:30:00
DFCC Bank, has relocated its branches in...
Schoolchildren of Bairaha staff who participated one such event.
Business: Bairaha Farms continues to nurture with multi-platform projects
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Recognizing the need to nurture an educated Sri...
Aruni Goonetilleke and Jonathan Alles
Business: HNB assets cross Rs 1.5 tn, advances cross Rs 1 tn in 1Q 2022
2022-05-17 19:30:00
In the backdrop of turbulent market conditions,...
Business: Trade deficit widens in February
2022-05-17 19:30:00
The External Sector report for February 2022...
Business: India to become 2nd largest construction equipment manufacturing market
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai,...
Roshan Fernando, Lalith Seneviratne, Janaka Abeysinghe and Chandika Vitharena
Business: SLT Group demonstrates resilience in delivering value to nation despite challenges
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Sri Lanka Telecom Group (SLT Group) recorded a...
Chairman - Asgi Akbarally and CEO Mohamed Azmeer
Business: Amana Bank records best ever quarterly performance in Q1 2022
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Amana Bank PLC recorded its best ever quarterly...
Business: Sri Lanka and Nepal discuss investment opportunities in hydropower sector
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Hydropower companies in Sri Lanka had the...
Business: India to invest over INR 100 lakh crore in next five years
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Bangalore: Construction sector will have a major...
Editorial: The bitter truth
2022-05-17 19:30:00
True to his word, Prime Minister Ranil...
Taliban fighters stand guard in Kabul, Afghanistan.
World: Taliban dissolves Human Rights Commission
2022-05-17 19:30:00
AFGHANISTAN: Taliban authorities in Afghanistan...
People in the besieged Ukranian port of Mariupol walking in the city centre amidst the destruction.
World: Ukrainian troops evacuate from Mariupol
2022-05-17 19:30:00
UKRAINE: As the Russia Ukraine war continues for...
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson talks during the Parliamentary Debate on the Swedish application for NATO membership in Stockholm.
World: Sweden enters ‘new era’ with NATO bid
2022-05-17 19:30:00
SWEDEN: Sweden decided Monday to seek NATO...
Rescuers inspect the wreckage of a tourist bus that crashed into a street sign on a highway in Mojokerto, East Java, Indonesia on Monday.
World: Tourist bus smashes into billboard, killing 14
2022-05-17 19:30:00
INDONESIA: A tourist bus with an apparently...
Buddhists attend the Vesak Day celebrations at the Borobudur temple, which is a a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated in Magelang, Central Java Province on Monday.
World: Indonesians celebrate Vesak at world’s largest Buddhist temple
2022-05-17 19:30:00
INDONESIA: Hundreds of lanterns were released...
France’s new Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne
World: Macron names first French female PM in three decades
2022-05-17 19:30:00
FRANCE: French President Emmanuel Macron on...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wears a face mask while inspecting a pharmacy in Pyongyang amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
World: COVID-19 may spread rapidly in North Korea, WHO warns
2022-05-17 19:30:00
SWITZERLAND: The World Health Organisation warned...
Law & Order: Ten suspects held for arson
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Ten persons have been arrested on the charges of...
Law & Order: Suspect held for burning former State Minister’s office
2022-05-17 19:30:00
A sports coach attached to a national school in...
Features: Press Freedom and Unity in Sri Lanka
2022-05-17 19:30:00
In recent times, the freedom of the Press in Sri...
Former Prime Minister Sir John Kotelawala, Former Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake, Former President J R Jayewardene and Former Minister Philip Gunawardhana
Features: Economic Crises
2022-05-17 19:30:00
I have a political memory of nearly 80 years and...
The Galle Face protest. Picture by Roshan Pitipana
Features: Protests, and the futility of denial
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Seeing the current protest movement as a planned...
Features: Revival of Kuragala
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Sri Lanka’s largest Buddhist Temple Complex...
Features: Reforming the Provincial Councils
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Recent events have made it crystal clear that the...
Features: Cartoon of the Day
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Wesley Skipper Sahil Dias in action in a cricket match.
Sports: I want to be remembered as one of the best opening batsmen, says Sahil Dias
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Sahil Dias played first XI school cricket as an...
Sports: Shardul Thakur stars as Delhi defeat Punjab by 17 runs
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Delhi Capitals defeated Punjab Kings by 17 runs...
Angelo Mathews
Sports: Mathews, 12th batter in Test history to fall on 199
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews missed out on a double...
The newly appointed Head Coach of Sri Lanka Men’s National Football Team Andrew Morrison (right) and the Assistant Coach Keith Stevens (left) are seen here after their arrival at Bandaranaike International Airport.
Sports: Two high profile foreign coaches for National football team
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Andrew Charles Morrison of Scottish origin, a...
Lankan team with officials: Seated (from left): Suresh Dharmasena, D. M. Gamini and Lasantha Ranaweera. Standing (from left): Dr. Dilshan Balasuriya (Director, Yeti) and Iqbal Bin Issack (President, SLTA)
Sports: Yeti powers SL Wheelchair Tennis Team
2022-05-17 19:30:00
The Sri Lanka Men’s Wheelchair Tennis team of the...
Lankan Test Captain Dimuth Karunaratne in official attire
Sports: Moose Clothing, official overseas team sponsor for Sri Lanka’s tour of Bangladesh
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Carrying forward the thrill and excitement of...
Sports: Former President Victoria and three others battle for Netball top post
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Former Sri Lanka Netball President Victoria...
Kasun Rajitha (L), who took (2/17) from 11 overs, celebrates with his teammates.
Sports: Confident Bangladesh (318/3) on top after Day Three
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Bangladesh batters dominated Sri Lankan bowlers...
Sports: Cricketing star Franklyn Burke did Antonians proud
2022-05-17 19:30:00
 St.Anthony’s College Kandy has produced top...
Sports: Chamitha Wickramasinghe superb century
2022-05-17 19:30:00
A brilliant unbeaten 105 runs by Chamitha...
Peterite Champions team
Sports: Peterite Champions win by seven wickets
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Past Cricketers of St. Peter's College formed a...
Addalaichenai Marksmen Sports Club Athlete R. Nowshad on his way to a record in the discus throw event.
Sports: Addalaichenai Marksmen SC athlete Nowshad shines again
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Addalaichenai Marksmen Sports Club Athlete R....
Sachini Dayaratne
Sports: Sachini a fine cricketer from St. Anthony’s Girls School
2022-05-17 19:30:00
Twenty one year old, Sachini Dayaratne is an Old...
Obituaries: Obituaries
2022-05-17 19:30:00
 REV. FR. RONALD FRANCIS DE SILVA of the...

Wednesday, May 18, 2022