Politics A coupon for a free drink!
As the election fever heightens, Manapa Pore, the scramble for the preference vote too has reached a new high, they say. All prospective candidates, even those…
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Business Eswaran Brothers Exports Uses Plastic Credits to Create Sri Lanka’s First Plastic Neutral Product
Handing Over of the PlasticNeutral® Certificate (from Left) Sanith de S. Wijeyeratne - CEO, CCC, Marc Perera - CEO, Eco Friends, Dr. Lakmini Senadheera - Head…
Health Fighting the spread of COVID-19
Commuters at Fort Railway Station, Colombo are seen wearing face masks as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19. It was also seen that…
Health Health Ministry says no Chinese nationals under observation for COVID
The Health Ministry, yesterday reiterated that the country was not at risk from the Chinese nationals who had recently returned back to Sri Lanka for work,…
Health CMC closes down parks, clinics, libraries, gyms and sports grounds
The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) has decided to close down all of its recreational parks including the Vihara Maha Devi Park, clinics, sports grounds and…
Politics A complete lock-down essential: Sajith
The government should not act like Nero, who played the fiddle when Rome was burning or beat about the bush but should announce a complete lock-down to prevent…
Health Had people feared viruses they wouldn’t have climbed Sri Pada for so long: Prelate
The Chief incumbent of Sri Padasthanaya Ven. Bengamuwe Dammadinna Thera said on Monday that the pilgrimage would continue until the Vesak full Moon Day in May…
Politics No need for total lock-down: Prez
As a country which did not go through a lock-down even during the 30-year war, there is no need to go for a lock-down in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Politics As the government declared yesterday a public holiday with a view of preventing the spread of coronavirus across the country
As the government declared yesterday a public holiday with a view of preventing the spread of coronavirus across the country, many businesses and shops were…
Sports Australia cancels all cricket because of the coronavirus
Australia's domestic Sheffield Shield was called off Tuesday because of the coronavirus pandemic with New South Wales declared champions as all cricket…
Politics President to address the nation tonight
Addressing the nation tonight President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is to deliver a statement on the prevailing pandemic situation in the country, President Media…
Law Dinesh hasn’t contracted COVID-19: Foreign Ministry clarifies
Dismissing social media reports that Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardana has contracted COVID-19 through a ministry official, the ministry said…
Sports Several attendees of Royal-Thomian big match go into self-quarantine
Several attendees of the big match held between S. Thomas' College and Royal College last weekend have gone into self- quarantine after a SriLankan Airlines…
Crime SriLankan Airlines officer tested positive
A First Officer of SriLankan Airlines tested positive for Coronavirus and some of the staff members asked to undergo self-quarantine process, SriLankan…
Travel Govt. declares 3-day holiday till Thursday
Excluding health, food supply, transport, bank, essential service sectors The government announced a three-day holiday period upto Thursday, March 19 excluding…
Health Fumigating buses
Health officers fumigating buses at the Central Bus stand Pettah yesterday as per the decision taken by the government to prevent the spread of COVID – 19 in…
Business Taking precautionary measures
Several State and privates institutes and centres in the Colombo City seen taking precautionary measures to avoid the spread of Covid-19. The picture shows an…
Politics Kitchen & Bedroom celebrates 2 years of successful craftsmanship
Ajith Nivard Cabraal, former Governor of Central Bank and current Senior Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister participating as chief guest to mark two years…
Sports A day that united the nation 24 years ago
A ball guided to the third man boundary, a captain’s arms raised, a World Cup trophy lifted high. On March 17, 24 years ago, Arjuna Ranatunga led…
Health Number of COVID -19 infected persons increase to 18
Another seven Sri Lankan returnees from Italy had been identified positive for COVID-19 while bringing the total number of infected confirmed cases in the…
Health Navy rehearses to fight COVID-19
In preparation to prevent coronavirus (COVID-19) entering the country from ships at ports, Sri Lanka Navy conducted a drill at the Colombo port on…
Health Let’s unite to overcome COVID-19
Everyone should come together as a nation to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said over the weekend. The…
Politics President proposes collective SAARC response to fight COVID–19
Our biggest challenge is to minimise the virus entering SL President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday proposed to leaders of South Asian Association for Regional…
Business Economist urges need for credible fiscal roadmap
Sri Lanka would need to demonstrate the return to a credible fiscal path, a transition the country would have to make before the next debt repayment that is…