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මේ වනවිට විදේශගත ලාංකිකයන් 100ක් පමණ කොරෝනා වැලඳීමෙන් මියගොස් ඇතත් රෝගයෙන් පීඩා විඳින දහස් ගණනක් ලාංකිකයන් මෙරටට ගෙන්වා ගන්නට නිසිදු වැඩපිළිවෙළක් ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ ආණ්ඩුවෙන් ක්රියාත්මක කර නැති බවට චෝදනා එල්ල වී ඇත. වරින්වර විවිධ රටවලින් පිරිස් ගෙන්වන පුවත් පළ වුවද මැදපෙරදිග වැඩි අවදානමක් ඇති රාජ්යයන්හි අනාරක්ෂිතව, මහාමාර්ගවල හෝ තාවකාලික නවාතැන්වල හෝ අගුපිල්වල රැඳී ිසිටන ලාක්කියන් ගෙන්වා [̷...
- බස්නාහිර පළාතේ සිට පිටවීම තහනම් කෙරේ! (Category: Sinhala)
- බස්නාහිර පළාතේ සිට පිටවීම තහනම් කෙරේ! (Category: Sinhala)
- බස්නාහිර පළාතේ සිට පිටවීම තහනම් කෙරේ! (Category: Sinhala)
- බස්නාහිර පළාතේ සිට පිටවීම තහනම් කෙරේ! (Category: Sinhala)
By Srian Obeyesekere Ana Punchihewa, the former president of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) which was known as the Board of Control for Cricket in 1995-96 when Sri Lanka created history by winning the cricket world cup, said that he strongly believed that the upcoming Lanka Premier League would become a... The post Former world cup winning cricket board president Ana Punchhewa believes LPL will be a pop...
COLOMBO (News 1st): A 35-year-old individual was arrested on Saturday morning (Nov. 14) in the Kadugannawa Police jurisdiction, over the spread of fake news related to COVID-19 deaths via social media, Sri Lanka Police said. The arrest was made in Egodawatta, Henawala of the Kadugannawa Police division, by a special team attached to the Criminal Investigations Department. […] Suspect arrest...
- Suspect arrested for spreading fake news on social media (Category: Breaking News)
- Suspect arrested for spreading fake news on social media (Category: Breaking News)
- Suspect arrested and remanded for giving Police fake news (Category: Breaking News)
- Suspect arrested and remanded for giving Police fake news (Category: Breaking News)
බන්ධනාගාරවලදී ආසාදිතයන් 200කට ආසන්න පිරිසක් හඳුනාගෙන තිබියදී සුලු වැරදි නිසා හෝ දඩ ගෙවීමට නොහැකි නිසා සිරගතවූවන් මේ නිසා කොරෝනා වැලඳීමේ අනතුරට ලක්ව ඇත. බන්ධනාගාරවල සිටිය හැකි සිරකරුවන් මෙන් තුන්ගුණයකටත් වැඩි පිරිසක් රඳවා ඇති අතර රිමාන්ඩ් බන්ධනාගාරය වැනි වරදකරුවන් ලෙස විනිශ්චයට ලක් නොවූවන් මේ ආකාරයේ වැඩිම තදබදයකට මුහුණ දී සිටින බව බන්ධනාාර ආරංචි මාර්ග පවසයි.රුපියල් දහසක් […] The post සිරකරුවන...
- කොවිඩ් අවදානම නිසා මහනුවර පාසල් සතියක් වසා දමයි (Category: Sinhala)
- කොවිඩ් අවදානම නිසා මහනුවර පාසල් සතියක් වසා දමයි (Category: Sinhala)
- කොවිඩ් අවදානම නිසා මහනුවර පාසල් සතියක් වසා දමයි (Category: Sinhala)
- කොවිඩ් අවදානම නිසා මහනුවර පාසල් සතියක් වසා දමයි (Category: Sinhala)
කොරෝනා රොගී තත්වය හේතුවෙන් මියයන ඉස්ලාම් භක්තිකයන්ගේ සිරුරු යම් නිශ්චිත ප්රදේශයක භූමදානය කිරීම සඳහා කැබිනට් මණ්ඩල අවසර ලබාදී ඇති බව ආරක්ෂක රාජ්ය ඇමතිය චමල් රාජපක්ෂ පවසයි. චමල් රාජපක්ෂ ඇමතිවරයා මාධයවේදීන්ට පැවසුවේ, එවැනි මලසිරුරු වියළි ප්රදේශවල භූමදානයට අවසර දිය යුතු බවට කැබිනට් ඇමති මණ්ඩලය විසින් තීන්දු කළ බවයි. මේ අතර මලසිරුරුවලින් භූගත ජලයට වෛරස ගමන්කරන බැවින් […] The post ක...
- කොරෝනා ආසාදිතව මියගිය ඉස්ලාම් භක්තිකයන්ගේ සිරුරු භූමදානයට අවසර! (Category: Sinhala)
- කොරෝනා ආසාදිතව මියගිය ඉස්ලාම් භක්තිකයන්ගේ සිරුරු භූමදානයට අවසර! (Category: Sinhala)
- කොරෝනා ආසාදිතව මියගිය ඉස්ලාම් භක්තිකයන්ගේ සිරුරු භූමදානයට අවසර! (Category: Sinhala)
- කොරෝනා ආසාදිතව මියගිය ඉස්ලාම් භක්තිකයන්ගේ සිරුරු භූමදානයට අවසර! (Category: Sinhala)
The number of people detected with the coronavirus in Sri Lanka has crossed the 16,000 mark. The National Operations Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 said that 16,190 people have been detected with the virus in Sri Lanka so far. Of them, 11,030 people have fully recovered while 5,107 people are still in hospital. The […] The post Number of people detected with coronavirus in Sri Lanka t...
- Over 700 new coronavirus patients detected in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Over 700 new coronavirus patients detected in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Over 700 new coronavirus patients detected in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Over 700 new coronavirus patients detected in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa says Deepavali reminds people to dedicate themselves to overcome every challenge together as a community.
COLOMBO (News 1st): The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Sri Lanka exceeded the 16,000 mark on with the detection of 468 new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday (Nov. 13). All 468 cases confirmed yesterday were contacts of the Peliyagoda cluster, the Department of Government Information said. According to the Ministry of Health, the total […] Sri Lanka exceeds 16,000 COVID-19 cases...
- Sri Lanka exceeds 16,000 COVID-19 cases: 468 new cases confirmed on Friday (13) (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka exceeds 16,000 COVID-19 cases: 468 new cases confirmed on Friday (13) (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka exceeds 16,000 COVID-19 cases: 468 new cases confirmed on Friday (13) (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka exceeds 16,000 COVID-19 cases: 468 new cases confirmed on Friday (13) (Category: Breaking News)
COLOMBO (News 1st): Senior Journalist and veteran artiste Sydney Chandrasekara passed away on Saturday morning (Nov. 14) while receiving treatment in hospital. Late Mr. Sydney Chandrasekara served as a consultant for News 1st. He commenced his career as a journalist from Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and was a past pupil of Ananda College in Colombo. Chandrasekara […] Senior Journalist &...
- Veteran artiste Sydney Chandrasekara passes away (Category: Breaking News)
- Veteran artiste Sydney Chandrasekara passes away (Category: Breaking News)
- Veteran artiste Sydney Chandrasekara passes away (Category: Breaking News)
- Veteran artiste Sydney Chandrasekara passes away (Category: Breaking News)
COLOMBO (News 1st): A total of 22 suspects have been arrested so far over the violation of quarantine regulations, through aerial surveillance operations conducted by helicopters and drones with the assistance of Sri Lanka Air Force, Police Spokesperson, Deputy Inspector General Ajith Rohana said on Saturday (Nov. 14). The aerial surveillance operation will continue with regard […] 22 quara...
- 22 quarantine law violators arrested so far based on aerial surveillance data: DIG Ajith Rohana (Category: Breaking News)
- 22 quarantine law violators arrested so far based on aerial surveillance data: DIG Ajith Rohana (Category: Breaking News)
- 22 quarantine law violators arrested so far based on aerial surveillance data: DIG Ajith Rohana (Category: Breaking News)
- 22 quarantine law violators arrested so far based on aerial surveillance data: DIG Ajith Rohana (Category: Breaking News)
I would like to wish a very Happy Deepavali to all those celebrating the Festival of Lights in Sri Lanka and around the world. Lighting a lamp at this joyous occasion, symbolizes the spiritual... Click on the headline to read the full story
Hindu devotees across the globe light lamps and engage in religious observances with the expectation of dispelling darkness of ignorance and illuminating wisdom today, states President Gotabaya... Click on the headline to read the full story
By Easwaran Rutnam The coming of age movie ‘Funny Boy’ set to be screened on Netflix next month faced several issues before it could actually be shot in Sri Lanka. The Director of the movie Deepa Mehta told Daily Mirror in a video interview that it took one year to obtain permission to shoot the […] The post Sri Lankan authorities initially said no to ‘Funny Boy’ first appeared on Colombo G...
- Sri Lankan authorities initially said no to ‘Funny Boy’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan authorities initially said no to ‘Funny Boy’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan authorities initially said no to ‘Funny Boy’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan authorities initially said no to ‘Funny Boy’ (Category: Breaking News)
Jaffna Stallions is the first franchise cricket team in the 2020 Lanka Premier League (LPL) to hold a full-blown training session. With the impeccable guidance and leadership of Thilina Kandamby, the Head Coach, and Thisara Perera, the Captain, the team is taking part in a three-day residential cricket camp from 13th to 15th November 2020 […] The post Jaffna Stallions kicks off full-blown tr...
- Jaffna Stallions kicks off full-blown training session for LPL (Category: Breaking News)
- Jaffna Stallions kicks off full-blown training session for LPL (Category: Breaking News)
- Jaffna Stallions kicks off full-blown training session for LPL (Category: Breaking News)
- Jaffna Stallions kicks off full-blown training session for LPL (Category: Breaking News)
Photo courtesy of Live 24 The title for this article is taken from the motto above the doorway to the morgue. The Latin words translate as “This is a place where Death...
- What Death Can Teach Us (Category: Breaking News)
- What Death Can Teach Us (Category: Breaking News)
- What Death Can Teach Us (Category: Breaking News)
- What Death Can Teach Us (Category: Breaking News)
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa noted the spiritual victory of light over darkness as Sri Lankan Tamils and Tamils around the world celebrate Deepavali today. “Happy #Deepavali to those celebrating the Festival of Lights in #lka and around the world. Lighting a lamp at this joyous occasion, symbolizes the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good […] The post PM notes spiritual v...
- PM notes spiritual victory of light over darkness on Deepavali (Category: Breaking News)
- PM notes spiritual victory of light over darkness on Deepavali (Category: Breaking News)
- PM notes spiritual victory of light over darkness on Deepavali (Category: Breaking News)
- PM notes spiritual victory of light over darkness on Deepavali (Category: Breaking News)
FILE - In this March 17, 2020, file photo, a Peet's Coffee and Tea store, with most of the furniture removed to prevent lingering, is nearly empty in Lake Oswego, Ore. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020,…
[…] The post UNHRC Registers Historic First Sri Lankan Appeal By 11 Year Old Against Corporal Punishment & Mental Abuse appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- UNHRC Registers Historic First Sri Lankan Appeal By 11 Year Old Against Corporal Punishment & Me... (Category: Breaking News)
- UNHRC Registers Historic First Sri Lankan Appeal By 11 Year Old Against Corporal Punishment & Me... (Category: Breaking News)
- UNHRC Registers Historic First Sri Lankan Appeal By 11 Year Old Against Corporal Punishment & Me... (Category: Breaking News)
- UNHRC Registers Historic First Sri Lankan Appeal By 11 Year Old Against Corporal Punishment & Me... (Category: Breaking News)
Colombo (News 1st); The Foreign Ministry of Sri Lanka urges all prospective Sri Lankan travellers both inbound and outbound to be cautious of individuals who demand payment/fee or any form of financial charges to facilitate entry permission to Sri Lanka or any third country. The Foreign Ministry announced that no individual or entity is authorized by […] Foreign Ministry cautions Sri Lanka...
- SL holds first ever bi-lateral talks with Israel (Category: Breaking News)
- UK official here for talks (Category: Breaking News)
- Passport compulsory for Sri Lankans to apply for the jobs in Korea (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt directs embassy in Kenya to obtain report (Category: Breaking News)
Colombo (News 1st); 05 COVID-19 deaths were reported on Friday (13), said the Department of Government Information. The details of the COVID-19 deaths are as follows : 01. A 83-year-old female from Colombo 14 who had died at her residence and cause of death was ruled as COVID-19 infection with High Blood Pressure and Diabetes. 02. […] 05 COVID-19 deaths reported on Friday (13) in Sri Lanka
- 05 COVID-19 deaths reported on Friday (13) in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- 05 COVID-19 deaths reported on Friday (13) in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- 05 COVID-19 deaths reported on Friday (13) in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- 05 COVID-19 deaths reported on Friday (13) in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
COLOMBO (News 1st): Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps has rendered unwavering support to the medical authorities in battling the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka, Army Commander, Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva said on Friday (Nov. 13). “The Medical Corps of Sri Lanka Army took on the responsibility of taking care of the Sri Lankans who were repatriated from […] Army Commander praises Med...
- Army Commander praises Medical Corps services during pandemic (Category: Breaking News)
- Army Commander praises Medical Corps services during pandemic (Category: Breaking News)
- Army Commander praises Medical Corps services during pandemic (Category: Breaking News)
- Army Commander praises Medical Corps services during pandemic (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post India And Sri Lanka: Resolution Of Encroaching Indian Boats appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- India And Sri Lanka: Resolution Of Encroaching Indian Boats (Category: Breaking News)
- India And Sri Lanka: Resolution Of Encroaching Indian Boats (Category: Breaking News)
- India And Sri Lanka: Resolution Of Encroaching Indian Boats (Category: Breaking News)
- India And Sri Lanka: Resolution Of Encroaching Indian Boats (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Ports Authority decided to re-call retired employees to work Mujibur Rahuman said 25 vessels are anchored in the outer-harbour unable to unload cargo. Harin Fernando said unethical events are taking place within the Colombo harbour Covid Preventive Action Committee and 24/7 Operational Center set-up 60 port workers had tested positive for COVID-19 to-date. […] 60 port workers expo...
- 60 port workers exposed to COVID-19 to-date; Shipping Ops delayed (Category: Breaking News)
- 60 port workers exposed to COVID-19 to-date; Shipping Ops delayed (Category: Breaking News)
- 60 port workers exposed to COVID-19 to-date; Shipping Ops delayed (Category: Breaking News)
- 60 port workers exposed to COVID-19 to-date; Shipping Ops delayed (Category: Breaking News)
COLOMBO (News 1st): South Korea could help and assist Sri Lanka to reach the pinnacle of national development and prosperity, South Korea’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Woonjin JEONG said on Friday (Nov. 13). On Saturday (Nov. 14), Sri Lanka and South Korea will mark the 43rd anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two states. “Since 1977, the […] Sri Lanka and South Korea c...
- Sri Lanka, Korea economic cooperation sound (Category: Breaking News)
- Naval Rescue (Category: Business)
- S.Korea gives US$200mn loans to SL (Category: Breaking News)
- S. Korea to establish factories of world s leading brands in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Colombo (News 1st); The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) commenced an investigation with regard to social media reports on people collapsing on the streets and dying. Police Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana speaking to reporters on Friday (13) said there was only one incident of a person exposed to COVID-19 dying on the streets, adding the victim was […] CID investigation social media ...
- CID investigation social media posts on people dropping dead (Category: Breaking News)
- CID investigation social media posts on people dropping dead (Category: Breaking News)
- CID investigation social media posts on people dropping dead (Category: Breaking News)
- CID investigation social media posts on people dropping dead (Category: Breaking News)
COLOMBO (News 1st): Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States, Jaliya Wickramasuriya on Thursday (Nov. 12) said that the Financial Crimes Investigation Division had misled the Judiciary and obtained a warrant against him with the intention of political revenge. He testified at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing incidents of Political Victimization, on Thursday (Nov. […] ...
A group of parliamentarians of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) have requested Basil Rajapaksa to take up the position as a Member of Parliament.
Korea sees huge potential in its bilateral relationship with Sri Lanka. The South Korean Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Santhush Woonjin JEONG said that the Asia-centric foreign policy of Sri Lanka is in harmony with the Southern policy of Korea. “It is therefore an opportune moment for both countries to pursue mutually beneficial long term economic […] The post Korea sees huge potential in ...
- Korea sees huge potential in bilateral relationship with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Korea sees huge potential in bilateral relationship with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Korea sees huge potential in bilateral relationship with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Korea sees huge potential in bilateral relationship with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
කොරෝනා වසංගතය හමුවේ ජනතාව විසින් මුඛ ආවරණ පිළිබඳ දක්වන උනන්දුව තුළ ජාවාරමක් සිදුකිරීමට රජයේ ඖෂධ සංස්ථාව ඉඩ සලසා ඇති බවට ජනතාව චෝදනා කරති. මේ වනවිට රජයේ ඔසුසල්වල අලෙවි කිරීමට තබා ඇති මුඛ ආවරණ අලෙවි කරන්නේ රු.45ක මුදලට වුවද ඒවා මෑතකදී රු. 5.75කට අලෙවි කළ බවට චෝදනා නැගී ඇත. එසේ එකම මුඛ ආවරණ වර්ගය අධික මුදලකට […] The post රජයේ ඖෂධ නීතිගත සංස්ථාව විසින් මුඛ ආවරණ මිලදී ගැනීමේදී ජාවාරමක්! appeared...
- රජයේ ඖෂධ නීතිගත සංස්ථාව විසින් මුඛ ආවරණ මිලදී ගැනීමේදී ජාවාරමක්! (Category: Sinhala)
- රජයේ ඖෂධ නීතිගත සංස්ථාව විසින් මුඛ ආවරණ මිලදී ගැනීමේදී ජාවාරමක්! (Category: Sinhala)
- රජයේ ඖෂධ නීතිගත සංස්ථාව විසින් මුඛ ආවරණ මිලදී ගැනීමේදී ජාවාරමක්! (Category: Sinhala)
- රජයේ ඖෂධ නීතිගත සංස්ථාව විසින් මුඛ ආවරණ මිලදී ගැනීමේදී ජාවාරමක්! (Category: Sinhala)
A Sri Lankan ethnic Tamil Hindu devotee offers prayers during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, at a temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013. Hindus light up their homes and pray to Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth,…
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