News from 2020

As the government declared yesterday a public holiday with a view of preventing the spread of coronavirus across the country, many…

Australia's domestic Sheffield Shield was called off Tuesday because of the coronavirus pandemic with New South Wales declared cha…

Addressing the nation tonight President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is to deliver a statement on the prevailing pandemic situation in the c…

Dismissing social media reports that Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardana has contracted COVID-19 through a ministry offi…

Several attendees of the big match held between S. Thomas' College and Royal College last weekend have gone into self- quarantine …

A First Officer of SriLankan Airlines tested positive for Coronavirus and some of the staff members asked to undergo self-quaranti…

Excluding health, food supply, transport, bank, essential service sectors The government announced a three-day holiday period upto…

Health officers fumigating buses at the Central Bus stand Pettah yesterday as per the decision taken by the government to prevent …

Several State and privates institutes and centres in the Colombo City seen taking precautionary measures to avoid the spread of Co…

Ajith Nivard Cabraal, former Governor of Central Bank and current Senior Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister participating as c…

A  ball guided to the third man boundary, a captain’s arms raised, a World Cup trophy lifted high. On March 17, 24 yea…

Another seven Sri Lankan returnees from Italy had been identified positive for COVID-19 while bringing the total number of infecte…

In preparation to prevent coronavirus  (COVID-19) entering the country from ships at ports, Sri Lanka Navy conducted a drill …

Everyone should come together as a nation to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said o…

Our biggest challenge is to minimise the virus entering SL President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday proposed to leaders of South Asi…

Sri Lanka would need to demonstrate the return to a credible fiscal path, a transition the country would have to make before the n…

A young Green politico who has made Uva his political base is said to be planning to say adieu to his familiar electorate. He had …

Three politicos who once held high office in yahapalanaya currently getting ‘poor relative’ treatment from Pohottuwa may not g…

S. Thomas’ was on top against traditional rivals Royal when play ended on day in the 141st Battle of the Blues big match played …

England's cricket team abruptly pulled out of a tour of Sri Lanka on Friday over the “unprecedented” crisis caused by the coro…

The main purpose of his visit was to express his gratitude to the people who remained loyal to him even after Maitri’s defection…

The Indian Premier League could be played behind closed doors because of the new coronavirus, an official told AFP on Thursday, as…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said all necessary steps had been taken to contain the…

Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) had decided to remove a wide range of wireless mobile phones which c…

The government would pass the benefit of fuel price reduction in the global market to the consumer in the next few days after deci…