2021

If the government is to hold the Advanced Level Examination and the Grade Five Scholarship Examination in November, can it guarantee the safety of the students and examination centre staff, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa questioned…
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Workers in a number of estates in the Dayagama area held a protest march demanding justice to the under aged child who died of burn injuries at former Minister and MP Rishad Bathiudeen’s residence.They demanded the law enforcement…
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Veteran sports journalist and Associate Editor (Sports) of the Sunday Observer, Elmo Rodrigopulle passed away yesterday at the Colombo National Hospital following a brief illness. He had celebrated his 80th birthday on July 18.…
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England Men’s Test players will be available for the first two rounds of The Hundred before the squad convenes for next month’s series against India. The Hundred, English cricket’s new 100-ball competition, begins today and runs…
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Two maiden half-centuries from Suryakumar Yadav and Deepak Chahar carried India to a thrilling three-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second One Day International (ODI) played at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday.…
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The last of the active veteran heavyweights of sports journalism in Sri Lanka, Elmo Rodrigopulle, passed away yesterday following a brief illness just two days after his 80th birthday Elmo, like the rest of his contemporaries…
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TOKYO, July 20 - Sri Lanka’s champion shuttler Niluka Karunaratne, competing in his third successive Olympic Games, will meet Taiwan’s Tzu-Wei Wang in the opening round of the Men’s Singles badminton competition of the 2020 Olympic…
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The Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar yesterday ordered the Central Bank Bond Scam case to proceed in the absence of former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran and Ajahan Gardiya Punchihewa, who are currently in hiding abroad. The…
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A caparisoned elephant and a peacock dancer at the Kataragama Esala Perahera last night. Pictures by Kataragama Special Corr.
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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has issued charge sheets to the three players serving a temporary suspension following their misbehaviour during the tour of England last month. Former Deputy Skipper Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella and…
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