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7th Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War was held last week

7th Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War was held last week

Under the theme of “Institutional Peace: Strengthening Communication to Build Trust”, an international peace NGO, Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration...
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ICC T20 World Cup 2022: West Indies, Sri Lanka Favourites To Progress Into Super 12 Round In Australia

ICC T20 World Cup 2022: West Indies, Sri Lanka Favourites To Progress Into Super 12 Round In Australia

West Indies is the only team to win the T20 World Cup twice, and 2014 champion Sri Lanka is the...
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CEB to reduce power cuts if rain continues – Power Minister

CEB to reduce power cuts if rain continues – Power Minister

Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara said that the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) will reduce the power cuts during...
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IMF to expand donor coordination to countries like Sri Lanka

IMF to expand donor coordination to countries like Sri Lanka

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the global financial agency is pressing for a more debt...
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Colombo 7 businessman loses Rs.750 million to Thilini

Colombo 7 businessman loses Rs.750 million to Thilini

At least 11 complaints, including the latest from Colombo 7, amounting to more than Rs.3 billion in financial fraud has...
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Watch: Asia Cup: Sri Lanka stun Pakistan in final to lift title

Watch: Asia Cup: Sri Lanka stun Pakistan in final to lift title

Sri Lanka have won the title of the Asia Cup Champions for the sixth time, beating Pakistan by 23 runs...
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India urges its citizens to examine relevant factors before undertaking visit to Sri Lanka

India urges its citizens to examine relevant factors before undertaking visit to Sri Lanka

India on Thursday urged its nationals planning to visit Sri Lanka to exercise caution and especially called on them to...
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SLC sends LOD to Arjuna Ranatunga claiming Rs 2 billion

SLC sends LOD to Arjuna Ranatunga claiming Rs 2 billion

Statement from Sri Lanka Cricket  The Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) at an emergency meeting held today (15th...
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Ranjan signs letter seeking presidential pardon

Ranjan signs letter seeking presidential pardon

Incarcerated former MP Ranjan Ramanayake has signed the letter seeking a presidential pardon, his attorney Dinesh Vidanapathirana confirmed today (Aug...
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Harnessing India’s Space Technology Potential

Harnessing India’s Space Technology Potential

Amb. P. S. Raghavan On June 11 this year, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the headquarters of the Indian...
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Foreign News
7th Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War was held last week

7th Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War was held last week

Under the theme of “Institutional Peace: Strengthening Communication to Build Trust”, an international peace NGO, Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration...
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Liz Truss ditches another big tax cut and fires her finance minister

Liz Truss ditches another big tax cut and fires her finance minister

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has fired finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng and ditched a big part of her discredited economic...
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India urges its citizens to examine relevant factors before undertaking visit to Sri Lanka

India urges its citizens to examine relevant factors before undertaking visit to Sri Lanka

India on Thursday urged its nationals planning to visit Sri Lanka to exercise caution and especially called on them to...
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Harnessing India’s Space Technology Potential

Harnessing India’s Space Technology Potential

Amb. P. S. Raghavan On June 11 this year, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the headquarters of the Indian...
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Droupadi Murmu: The woman set to be India’s first tribal president

Droupadi Murmu: The woman set to be India’s first tribal president

Droupadi Murmu, a tribal politician, is the frontrunner in India's presidential election being held on Monday. The candidate of the...
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Former Sri Lankan cricketer convicted over sex crime at Sydney airport

Former Sri Lankan cricketer convicted over sex crime at Sydney airport

A former Sri Lankan cricketer employed at the Sydney airport as a customs worker, has been convicted over a sex...
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Sri Lankan manager killed in Pakistan: 124 arrested so far in Sialkot lynching case

Sri Lankan manager killed in Pakistan: 124 arrested so far in Sialkot lynching case

SIALKOT: Police on Saturday night arrested six more suspects in connection with the lynching of Sri Lankan factory manager Diyawadanage...
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Over 100 arrested after Sialkot mob lynches Sri Lankan national

Over 100 arrested after Sialkot mob lynches Sri Lankan national

over 100 people have been arrested in Sialkot after a mob of factory workers and others killed and burned the...
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Facebook changes its name to Meta in major rebrand

Facebook changes its name to Meta in major rebrand

Facebook has changed its corporate name to Meta as part of a major rebrand. The company said it would better...
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T20 World Cup: Quinton de Kock refuses to take knee and pulls out of West Indies game

T20 World Cup: Quinton de Kock refuses to take knee and pulls out of West Indies game

Wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock made himself unavailable for South Africa's T20 World Cup match against West Indies after refusing to...
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Local News

Paralympic Gold Medallist Dinesh Priyantha Herath promoted from Sergeant to Warrant Officer 1

Dinesh Priyantha, who set a new world record at the Tokyo Paralympics and won a gold medal for Sri Lanka, ...
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6:25 pm / Local News, Sports

Another Medal for Sri Lanka at Paralympics

Sri Lanka's Samitha Dulan Kodithuwakku wins the Bronze medal in Men's F64 Javelin Throw event at Tokyo Paralympic Games. This ...
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4:49 pm / Local News, Sports

Sri Lanka Squad for the ODI and T20I series against South Africa named, Chandimal,Lahiru Madushanka,Kamindu Pulina & Maheesh called

SLC: The following 22 member squad was selected by the Cricket Selection Committee to take part in the ODI and ...
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3:35 pm / Local News, Sports

Sri Lankans allowed to re-enter Italy

Steps have been taken to relax the ban on entry into Italy from today (30). Accordingly, a number of countries, ...
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3:30 pm / Local News

Herath Dinesh Priyantha wins the Gold Medal at the Paralympic

Herath Dinesh Priyantha wins the Gold Medal while establishing a World Record in the Javelin Throw event (67.79m) at the ...
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9:49 am / Local News, Sports

Watch: Dinesh Priyan establish a World Record in the Javelin Throw at the Paralympic

Herath Dinesh Priyan establish a World Record in the Javelin Throw event (67.79m) which is currently taking place at the ...
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8:36 am / Local News, Sports

34 children reported with post-covid multisystem inflammatory syndrome: Pediatrician

About 34 children have been infected with the post-covid syndrome called “Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children’ so far in Sri ...
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8:01 am / Local News

192 more COVID-19 related deaths confirmed today

A total of 192 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (28) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services ...
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8:48 pm / Local News

Uruwarige Wannila aththo’s wife and brother tested positive for Covid-19

44 people around the village including the family members of the Uruwarige Wannila aththo of the Dambana Indegenous village have ...
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7:19 pm / Local News

Afghan woman gives birth to baby girl on US evacuation plane

A woman evacuated from Afghanistan amid the continuing chaos in the country has given birth to a baby girl on ...
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3:20 pm / International, Local News

International

Vienna terrorist attack: three dead, including one suspect 

Gunmen armed with rifles have opened fire in six different locations in central Vienna, killing two people and wounding several ...
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10:18 am / International

WHO chief in quarantine after contact tests positive for Covid-19

The World Health Organization chief said late Sunday that he was self-quarantining after someone he had been in contact with ...
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9:33 am / International

Covid 19: Prince William ‘tested positive in April’

The Duke of Cambridge contracted Covid-19 earlier this year, palace sources have told the BBC. It is believed he tested ...
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9:22 am / International

Sean Connery: James Bond actor dies aged 90

Sir Sean Connery, James Bond actor has died at the age of 90. Sir Sean died last night in his ...
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6:46 pm / Entertainment, International

US announce opening of an embassy in Maldives

United States of America today announced opening of an embassy in Maldives. The announcement was made by Secretary of State ...
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8:11 pm / International, Local News, Politics

Lee Kun-hee, Samsung’s Chairman, Dies at 78

SEOUL—Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, who transformed a second-tier electronics parts maker into the world’s biggest manufacturer of smartphones and televisions, ...
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3:21 pm / International

Kapil Dev, India’s 1983 WC winning captain stable after angioplasty

Cricket great Kapil Dev, who captained India to their 1983 World Cup triumph, is in a stable condition after undergoing ...
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4:29 pm / International, Sports

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