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May 04 2021 May 4, 2021 April 6, 2026 NoComment 3:56 pm
Exam results

2020 A/L exam results released

May 4, 2021 - 3:56 pm

The results of the GCE Advanced Level (A/L) Examination 2020 was released a short while ago, the Examinations Department said.

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May 04 2021 May 4, 2021 April 6, 2026 NoComment 3:00 pm
Closed

Wildlife circuit bungalows and campsites temporarily closed

May 4, 2021 - 3:00 pm

Bungalows, guest houses and campsites under the Wildlife Conservation Department will be closed for visitors with effect from May 05 until further notice, the Government Information Department said.

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May 04 2021 May 4, 2021 April 6, 2026 NoComment 12:26 pm
Sri Lanka postal workers

Several Post Offices closed due to COVID

May 4, 2021 - 12:26 pm

Four Post Offices and 28 Sub Post Offices across the country have been closed following the detection of COVID-19 cases.

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May 04 2021 May 4, 2021 April 6, 2026 NoComment 9:35 am
Exam results

2020 A/L results to be released today

May 4, 2021 - 9:35 am

The results of 2020 G.C.E. Advanced Level Examination will be released within the day, says the Commissioner-General of Examinations.

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May 04 2021 May 4, 2021 April 6, 2026 4Comments 7:57 am
Bimal Rathnayake - JVP

Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 situation becoming as bad as India’s – JVP

May 4, 2021 - 7:57 am

Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 situation is slowly turning as bad as India’s, warned JVP politburo member Bimal Ratnayake.

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May 04 2021 May 4, 2021 April 6, 2026 NoComment 7:36 am
Sri Lanka Army road block

More areas in five districts under isolation

May 4, 2021 - 7:36 am

Several more areas in Colombo, Kalutara, Ratanpura, Gampaha and Nuwara-Eliya districts have been isolated with immediate effect, Commander of Sri Lanka Army General Shavendra Silva announced today this morning (May 04).

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May 04 2021 May 4, 2021 April 6, 2026 NoComment 6:33 am
Russia Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19

Sri Lanka receives 1st batch of Sputnik V shots

May 4, 2021 - 6:33 am

Sri Lanka has received its first batch of the Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine.

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May 03 2021 May 3, 2021 April 6, 2026 NoComment 3:18 pm
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Zoological Gardens to be closed from tomorrow

May 3, 2021 - 3:18 pm

National Zoological Gardens, Pinnawa Elephant Orphanage, Pinnawala zoological gardens and Ridiyagama Safari Park will be closed for the public until further notice from tomorrow (4), the Department of Zoological Gardens said.

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May 03 2021 May 3, 2021 April 6, 2026 1Comment 1:41 pm
Thisara Perera first ODI century

Thisara Perera retires from international Cricket

May 3, 2021 - 1:41 pm

Sri Lanka Cricketer Thisara Perera today announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket.

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May 03 2021 May 3, 2021 April 6, 2026 NoComment 1:33 pm
Phone call in dark

Hotline to inform of delays in transporting COVID-19 positive patients to centres

May 3, 2021 - 1:33 pm

A new hotline 1906 had been introduced to inform of delays of taking COVID-19 patients to hospitals, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said.

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May 03 2021 May 3, 2021 April 6, 2026 NoComment 12:07 pm
Dilum Amunugama

Dilum Amunugama appointed as Community Police Services State Minister

May 3, 2021 - 12:07 pm

Transport State Minister Dilum Amunugma was sworn-in as the State Minister of Community Police Services before the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo this morning (03).

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May 03 2021 May 3, 2021 April 6, 2026 NoComment 8:54 am
Stop do not enter sign

Eight more Grama Niladhari divisions isolated in 5 districts

May 3, 2021 - 8:54 am

Eight more Grama Niladhari divisions have been isolated in Kalutara, Colombo, Gampaha, Batticaloa and Nuwara-Eliya districts with immediate effect, the Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said.

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May 03 2021 May 3, 2021 April 6, 2026 2Comments 8:17 am
Harin Fernando

Harin thanks Gotabaya for ‘another shot at life’

May 3, 2021 - 8:17 am

In a Facebook post, SJB MP Harin Fernando on Saturday thanked his cardiologist Dr. Gotabaya Ranasinghe for giving him another shot at life.

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May 03 2021 May 3, 2021 April 6, 2026 NoComment 8:07 am
Anura Kumara Dissanayake

Workers suffer due to Government decisions – JVP

May 3, 2021 - 8:07 am

It is not the working class people who make the decisions but ultimately, it is the working class people who suffer because of the Government, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said on 1 May.

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May 03 2021 May 3, 2021 April 6, 2026 NoComment 7:48 am
Kanchana Wijesekera

Alert over COVID victims trying to cross borders to Sri Lanka – State Minister

May 3, 2021 - 7:48 am

Information has been received that Corona patients are attempting to enter Sri Lanka by sea and officials have been instructed to be vigilant over this issue

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May 02 2021 May 2, 2021 April 6, 2026 NoComment 10:08 pm
Sri Lanka Army road block

Only selected areas in Piliyandala to be isolated

May 2, 2021 - 10:08 pm

The isolation on Piliyandala Police area will be lifted and 10 Grama Niladhari Divisions in Piliyandala Police area will be placed in isolation from 05 AM on Monday (03), said Army Commander General Shavendra Silva.

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