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Fernando hat-trick hands Rajans 50-14 thrashing Sports

Fernando hat-trick hands Rajans 50-14 thrashing

Wing three quarter Ishan Fernando bagged a cracking hat-trick as St. Peter’s College thrashed Dharmaraja College 50-14 in their opening match of the…

05 Mar 2020
Thomas runs riot Sports

Thomas runs riot

West Indian right-arm pacie Oshane Thomas wrecked the Sri Lankan top order in their run chase of 197, ending with impressive figures of 5 for 28 and laying the…

05 Mar 2020
SL looks to set up ’quarantine areas’ in western province Health

SL looks to set up ’quarantine areas’ in western province

Sri Lanka's Health Ministry is looking at the possibility of setting up separate quarantine areas for passengers arriving from South Korea, Iran, Italy and…

04 Mar 2020
High-flyer brought to earth! Business

High-flyer brought to earth!

A request by a politico for a helicopter ride to attend an important meeting at the periphery was curtly turned down by the Big Boss, they say.   …

04 Mar 2020
Siriwardena: I’m truly satisfied to help my country Sports

Siriwardena: I’m truly satisfied to help my country

Shashikala Siriwardena says she couldn’t have imagined a more satisfying end to her career than taking four wickets to steer Sri Lanka to their first ICC…

04 Mar 2020
Sri Lanka to host Mrs. World 2021 Travel

Sri Lanka to host Mrs. World 2021

Sri Lanka was announced as the host country for the prestigious 2021 Mrs. World Pageant during a press conference held at The Kingsbury Hotel earlier today. It…

04 Mar 2020
Pradeep, Dhananjaya to miss West Indies T20Is due to injuries Sports

Pradeep, Dhananjaya to miss West Indies T20Is due to injuries

In what comes as a double blow for Sri Lanka ahead of the T20I series against West Indies, Nuwan Pradeep and Dhananjaya de Silva have been ruled out due to…

03 Mar 2020
A replay of an ancient story! Entertainment

A replay of an ancient story!

The raging rivalry between two politicos – a veteran and a young man – in an area of ancient kingdom fame has become a typical replay of the well-known Guttila…

03 Mar 2020
February inflation shoots up to 6.2% Business

February inflation shoots up to 6.2%

Headline inflation as measured by the year-on-year (YoY) change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index increased to 6.2 percent in February 2020 from 5.7 percent…

02 Mar 2020
Sri Lanka crush WI to clinch ODI series Sports

Sri Lanka crush WI to clinch ODI series

Two magnificent hundreds from Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis helped Sri Lanka beat the West Indies by 161 runs in the second One Day International (ODI)…

02 Mar 2020
It was his unguarded tongue again! Technology

It was his unguarded tongue again!

A prominent political high-up who once had to languish in the State lodge for shooting off his mouth had to face a very embarrassing situation the other day…

02 Mar 2020
They’re a cut above! General

They’re a cut above!

From a dog to a dragon, these snaps capture incredible topiary from around the world.  Twitter users shared their best spots after a Scottish man named…

02 Mar 2020
Blue loyalists left high and dry! General

Blue loyalists left high and dry!

The Blue group that launched a struggle to protect the Blue party under stewardship of the former Madam have now found themselves left high and dry.  The…

28 Feb 2020
Still no deal on estate workers’ wage hike Politics

Still no deal on estate workers’ wage hike

By Nishel Fernando The announced minimum daily wage of Rs.1, 000 for plantation workers is unlikely to come into effect on March 1 as decreed by the…

28 Feb 2020
Sri Lanka crush WI to clinch ODI series Sports

Sri Lanka crush WI to clinch ODI series

Two magnificent hundreds from Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis helped Sri Lanka beat the West Indies by 161 runs in the second One Day International (ODI)…

28 Feb 2020
Sajith’s invitation to Ranil, UNP: Working Committee to meet to today Politics

Sajith’s invitation to Ranil, UNP: Working Committee to meet to today

The UNP working committee will meet today to discuss and decide on Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa's extension to Party Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and the…

28 Feb 2020
Hutch completes 4G rollout covering 90% of population Technology

Hutch completes 4G rollout covering 90% of population

By Nishel Fernando Hutch Telecommunications Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd, the third largest telco in the country, which has completed its island wide 4G rollout covering…

26 Feb 2020
Reward for the defence! Security

Reward for the defence!

The main character of this story is a former political high-up currently holding the position of a resident manager of a Mahaweli Zone.  The woman family…

26 Feb 2020
Sri Lanka target batting improvement in bid to clinch series Sports

Sri Lanka target batting improvement in bid to clinch series

Sri Lanka are focused on improving their batting effort, as they take on West Indies in the second ODI of the three-match series in Hambantota this afternoon.…

26 Feb 2020
Bell-212 deployed… Security

Bell-212 deployed…

The Sri Lanka Air Force deployed a Bell-212 helicopter to douse a fire that erupted on a block of marshy land close to Perera Mawatha Kotiyagoda in Rajagiriya…

26 Feb 2020
NZ restore pride by thrashing India in first Test Sports

NZ restore pride by thrashing India in first Test

New Zealand completed a comprehensive 10-wicket victory over India before lunch on the fourth day of the first Test at the Basin Reserve today (24) to give…

25 Feb 2020
Japan’s Belluna and Asia Capital reps meet Prime Minister Politics

Japan’s Belluna and Asia Capital reps meet Prime Minister

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa; Stefan Abeyesinhe -Executive Director, Asia Capital PLC; Hiroshi Yasuno - General Manager-Belluna Co., Japan; Kiyonori…

25 Feb 2020
Right connections lead to a lesser fine! General

Right connections lead to a lesser fine!

The uniformed men had the other day seized a large haul of moonshine while being transported in a lorry by a businessman, known to be a buddy of a prominent…

25 Feb 2020
Ranil to contest upcoming poll from Colombo District Politics

Ranil to contest upcoming poll from Colombo District

UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe will contest the upcoming parliamentary election from the Colombo District, a senior UNP source told the Daily Mirror…

25 Feb 2020