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Sidra Amin reprimanded for breaching ICC code of conduct
Pakistan batter Sidra Amin has been reprimanded for breaching the ICC's code of conduct during the match against India at the Women's World Cup in Colombo on Sunday.
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October 09, 2025
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Transport Minister blows lid off scam involving printing driving licences by one firm for two decades
A major financial scam involving the printing of driving licences by a single private company over more than two decades had been exposed, Transport Minister Bimal Ratnayake revealed in Parliament yesterday.
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October 09, 2025
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Two SLN officers receive US recognition
The US Embassy in Colombo has recently congratulated two Sri Lankan navy officers for completing training programmes in the United States underlining deepening military cooperation between the two countries.
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October 09, 2025
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Mahanama, Royal record big wins to book semi-final berths
Mahanama College and Royal College reached the semifinals of the Under 19 Division I Tier A cricket tournament with convincing victories in the quarterfinal matches played on Wednesday.
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October 09, 2025
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Govt. to phase out plastic bottles with glass ones
The government was gearing up to phase out plastic bottles and promote the use of glass alternatives, Minister of Industries Sunil Handunetti told Parliament on Tuesday.
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October 09, 2025
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Carmart unveils Leapmotor C10 to combat EV range anxiety
One of the greatest concerns consumers have about choosing an electric vehicle is range anxiety from running out of charge, especially in a deserted area. Carmart provided a solution to this with the Leapmotor C10 REEV (Range Extender EV) — an electric SUV that doesn’t need to be plugged in and charged.
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October 09, 2025
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Sumathi IT introduces Sri Lanka's first DJI Dock 3 to boost public safety
Sumathi Information Technologies (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka's leading Geospatial Engineering Solutions provider and a subsidiary of Sumathi Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, unveiled the country's first-ever DJI Dock 3 at The View - Waters Edge, with over 180 representatives from multiple government and business sectors attending the event.
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October 09, 2025
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Curiouser and curiouser!
Former Army Commander Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka is in the news again. He has launched a propaganda offensive to vilify the Rajapaksa family as a bunch of traitors who cut secret deals with the LTTE even at the height of the Vanni war.
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October 09, 2025
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LOVI Celebrates Sri Lanka's Women Cricketers
LOVI Ceylon, in collaboration with Events by Shero and Cinnamon Grand Colombo, hosted a heartfelt sendoff dinner in honour of Sri Lanka’s national women’s cricket team ahead of their participation in the ICC Women’s World Cup.
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October 09, 2025
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Navy foils smuggling attempt at Keeri beach, Mannar
During a search operation carried out in the early hours of last Monday (06) the Navy apprehended a suspect along with a dinghy and a consignment of 56,870 prescription drugs (capsules and tablets), spices and cosmetics, being smuggled into the country, in the Keeri beach area
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October 09, 2025
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Williamson wants 'additional resources to support the growth' of Test cricket globally
Kane Williamson wants all stakeholders to give \"greater importance\" to Test cricket, especially in countries where the format faces the most challenges.
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October 09, 2025
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WWC 2025: Knight scraps to help England overcome Bangladesh scare
DRS saved Heather Knight twice against Marufa Akter in the first seven overs
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October 09, 2025
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The Colombo Academy of Hospitality Management celebrates World Tourism Day 2025, empowering youth for sustainable tourism
The Colombo Academy of Hospitality Management (CAHM) celebrated Tourism Day 2025 with a vibrant event designed to inspire the next generation of tourism leaders.
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October 09, 2025
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Day one: talks end on 'positive' note Israel-Hamas indirect
The first day of resumed indirect talks between Israel and Hamas, in Egypt, ended on a positive note, ami hopes of a potential deal to implement United States President Donald Trump's 20-point plan to end the war on Gaza, multiple sources told AI Jazeera and other media outlets.
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October 08, 2025
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SC rejects Julampitiye Amare's appeal against death sentence for double murder in 2012
The Supreme Court yesterday (07) rejected an appeal filed by G.G. Amarasiri, aka Julampitiye Amare, against the death sentence imposed on him following a conviction for murder perpetrated on 15 June, 2012.
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October 08, 2025
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UN extends Sri Lanka accountability project for two more years, drops foreign judges in local judicial mechanism
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has adopted a new resolution extending the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ (OHCHR) mandate on Sri Lanka for two more years.
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October 08, 2025
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Alcaraz v amateurs in Million Dollar One Point Slam
Amateur players will have the chance to win A$1m when they face tennis’ top professionals - including world number one Carlos Alcaraz - in a single-point showdown before January's Australian Open.
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October 08, 2025
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Two AI Oracles, two contradictory prophecies
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) operates in a world where information travels at the speed of light, where fortunes are made and lost in milliseconds, and where the traditional gatekeepers of financial integrity regulators, auditors, and human oversight struggle to keep pace.
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October 08, 2025
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The Road from Gaza - II
The World After Gaza by Pankkaj Mishra (Fern Press, London) 2025
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October 08, 2025
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Pakistan's 'secret deals' for sending rare earths to US raise eyebrows
Pakistan has dispatched its first consignment of rare earth mineral samples to the United States, raising eyebrows in Islamabad, the Dawn newspaper of Karachi reported.
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October 08, 2025
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Brits and Gardner enter top five in women's ODI batters' rankings
Tanzim Brits' match-winning 89-ball 101 against New Zealand in the women's ODI World Cup on Monday night has placed her in the top five of the ODI rankings for women batters, where she is joined by Ash Gardner, who scored a century of her own, 115 in 83 balls, also against New Zealand at the World Cup, last week.
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October 08, 2025
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Richmond shock St. Joseph's
Defending champions eliminated
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October 08, 2025
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Govt. rejects external evidence gathering resolution
Sri Lanka has rejected the resolution 60/L.1/Rev.1 presented to the UN Human Rights Council as the government couldn't, under any circumstances, agree to external evidence gathering mechanism.
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October 08, 2025
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Self-exiled Tarique Rahman to return to Bangladesh to fight February 2026 polls
As Awami League is banned, his BNP may win, he could be next PM
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October 08, 2025
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Humans vs. Algorithms: Who will shape the future?
In every age of human history technology has reshaped the way people live, work, and understand themselves.
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October 08, 2025
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Prices realized by Ceylon Tea at Osaka charity auction enter 'Guinness Book of Records'
The 'Asia Siyaka Tea Update' said that Ceylon Tea at the recent charity auction in Osaka, Japan, garnered resounding successes.
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October 08, 2025
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Public Security Minister says govt. remains committed to protecting ex-Presidents
Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala yesterday told Parliament that the government remained committed to protecting the former Presidents, despite the repeal of the Former Presidents' Entitlements Act.
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October 08, 2025
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The Global South must demand more than symbolic recognition for Palestine
The dust rising from the rubble of Gaza has begun to settle in the Western power corridors. Ina move that sent diplomatic shockwaves, the UK, Canada and Australia—core members of the US-led alliance and traditional shields for Israel—announced their recognition of Palestinian statehood. Portugal soon followed. The headlines bloomed with a sense of historic shift, a long-overdue correction. But from the perspective of the Global South, particularly for nations like Bangladesh that have long stood in solidarity with Palestine, this moment demands a clear-eyed and critical interrogation.
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October 08, 2025
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Kenyan double, Sri Lanka's podium places mark return of Colombo Marathon
Elias Nyaga Muthani and Caroline Cherono made it a Kenyan double as Sri Lankan runners secured the rest of the podium places at the Colombo Marathon which was held after a lapse of six years on Sunday.
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October 08, 2025
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Fonseka says he can be the benevolent dictator that Sri Lanka needs
... accuses Rajapaksas of betrayal, asks AKD to set up inquiry
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