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Sri Lanka’s digital leap forward comes under spotlight at Disrupt Asia 2025
SRI Lanka’s digital ambitions took centre stage yesterday, as Disrupt Asia 2025, the country’s flagship startup conference and innovation festival drew global investors and entrepreneurs, highlighting growing confidence in its tech future.
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September 19, 2025
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CaFFE launches 'Janani' in Matale district to enhance digital literacy of new women councillors
'JANANI', the initiative conducted across 15 districts in 2023 and 2024 (prior to the local authorities poll) by the Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) to enhance the digital literacy of female councillors of local authorities and help them stay safe online was well accepted and a tremendous success.
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September 19, 2025
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CEB unions escalate protest, disrupts traffic
HEAVY traffic congestion was reported along Sir Chittampalam A. Gardiner Mawatha in Colombo yesterday, after Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) workers staged a demonstration opposite the CEB headquarters.
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September 19, 2025
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Sri Lanka's hollow democracy: Need to awaken and reclaim our nation
I often wonder whether our nation’s founders ever paused to reflect before adopting the foundational principles of Democratic, Socialist, and Republic to define the country. A nation’s self-identification shapes not only its domestic policies but also its relationship with its people and its place in the world. Misinterpreting or inconsistently applying these terms risks deep conflict, ideological, institutional, and social, which we have adequately experienced. Before judging the merits of this identity, we must return to the fundamentals of democracy: does it serve some of the people some of the time, or all of the people all of the time?
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September 19, 2025
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Nishantha Abeysinghe appointed Director/CEO of Talawakelle Tea Estates
TALAWAKELLE Tea Estates PLC (TTE), one of Sri Lanka’s premier Regional Plantation Companies and a member of the Hayleys Group, has appointed Nishantha Abeysinghe to its Board as Director/Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 August 2025.
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September 19, 2025
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Australia’s new High Commissioner showcases Colombo, highlights deepening ties
AUSTRALIA'S newly appointed High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Matthew Duckworth chose an unconventional way to introduce himself to the country via an interesting video message highlighting trade, education, development, and people-to-people ties between the two nations.
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September 19, 2025
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Sri Lanka rising force in global digital innovation: Dr. Hans
■Says Sri Lanka's Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), powered by APIs, enables innovation across payments, identity, data and interoperable services, encouraging public-private collaboration ■Notes country produces 36,000 STEM entrants annually, with 10,000 high-tech graduates already fuelling 950 startups and 100+ funded ventures, though ecosystem still remains underfunded ■Highlights robust digital laws and \"soft law, innovation-permissive\" approach to Al and digital regulation ■Notes 80:20 balance between Govt. enablement and private sector innovation expected to unlock $ 15 b in value
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September 19, 2025
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Sampath Bank leads discourse on Sri Lanka’s recovery in a shifting global economy
SRI Lanka’s fragile yet recovering economy was placed under the spotlight at the Sampath Bank Economic Forum 2025, held recently at Cinnamon Life, Colombo.
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September 19, 2025
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Umair Wolid among Asia's 40 under 40 marketing leaders
ROAR Global yesterday announced that its Chief Marketing Officer, Umair Wolid has been named to Campaign Asia’s 40 Under 40 list 2025, a highly respected recognition of the region’s most influential leaders shaping the future of marketing.
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September 19, 2025
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AASL amends restrictions imposed on visitor entry at BIA
THE Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd. (AASL) yesterday announced that the restriction on the entry to the Departure Lobby at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) for visitors during peak hours has been amended.
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September 19, 2025
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Royal junior stickers win Dr. Kathab Roshan trophy in hockey encounter
A brilliant fight back by Royal Under-16 team led by its forward line helped Royal College, Colombo to beat Kingswood College, Kandy by 3-2 in their annual hockey encounter played for Dr. Kathab Roshan Memorial trophy held in Peradeniya University ground recently.
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September 19, 2025
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Honorary Doctor of Business awarded to Dilhan C. Fernando of Dilmah
THE School of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University (ECU), Australia, recently honoured Dilmah Tea Chairman and Chief Executive Dilhan C. Fernando, with the award of Doctor of Business, Honoris Causa. This follows his appointment at the same seat of learning as Adjunct Professor of Practice in Sustainability, a role that Fernando has fulfilled for over a year.
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September 19, 2025
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Reshan and Keya stamp their class in Hill Capital
THE Regional Junior Golf Championship 2025, sponsored by Prima Sunrise Bread and Bakery, concluded in grand style at the Victoria Golf Resort in Rajawella. Over three days of intense competition, the event produced exceptional performances across all junior divisions, underlining the strength of Sri Lanka’s emerging golfing talent.
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September 19, 2025
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HNB Assurance wins Silver at Dragons of Sri Lanka 2025
HNB Assurance has bagged a Silver at Dragons of Sri Lanka 2025 Awards for its Virtual Avurudu Village campaign under the Digital Category.
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September 19, 2025
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First Capital drives financial empowerment in Jaffna with expert-led investor awareness sessions
FIRST Capital Holdings PLC, a subsidiary of JXG (Janashakthi Group) and a pioneering full-service investment institution, successfully hosted a two-day event in Jaffna on 28 and 29 August, aimed at educating the region on wealth creation and growth opportunities through capital markets.
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September 19, 2025
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The year that was: thrashing towards NPP’s thriving nation
AS the first year of a House commandeered by the NPP has come round, it is timely, appropriate and opportune to examine the track record of a tyro government in the 365 days just past.
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September 19, 2025
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Nobility of professions is being traded for silver and gold
DESPITE the general acceptance of a ‘stakeholder model’ of governance replete with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) frameworks and Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA) thinking, the modern world is still, primarily, structured around a seemingly unassailable principle of the pursuit of profit much in keeping with Milton Friedman’s assertion that “The business of business is business,” where he argued that a corporation’s sole social responsibility is to maximise profits for its shareholders while operating within the bounds of the law and basic societal ethics.
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September 19, 2025
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All set for SLB Novices Championship 2025 in Ratnapura
ALL arrangements have been made in place to host the Sri Lanka Badminton Novices Championship 2025, between 28 September and 2 October at three selected venues in Ratnapura.
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September 19, 2025
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Kusal Mendis strikes form as Sri Lanka knock Afghanistan out of Asia Cup
Bangladesh qualify with Sri Lanka for Super Four
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September 19, 2025
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Secondary Bond market yields drop on US Fed rate cut announcement
IT was announced that the US Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to a target range of 4.00%—4.25%, marking the first reduction since December 2024.
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September 19, 2025
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From saving to investing: Why Sri Lankans need a smarter wealth strategy
FOR generations, saving has been the foundation of financial planning in Sri Lanka. Fixed deposits, savings accounts, and Government securities have long been trusted as the safest ways to secure one's future. But in today's economic reality, saving alone is no longer enough.
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September 19, 2025
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Crossing the Tax Rubicon
Like Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon, every tax decision carries lasting consequences
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September 19, 2025
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JVP-led NPP Govt. must take meaningful action to end illegal Indian fishing in northern waters
THE ongoing problem of illegal fishing and bottom trawling in Sri Lanka’s northern territorial waters by Indian fishers from Tamil Nadu state was described in detail in the first part of this article published last week.
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September 19, 2025
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Ex-Sabaragamuwa Minister remanded over Rs. 70 m fraud
FORMER Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council Minister Athula Kumara Rahubadda has been remanded until 2 October for allegedly misappropriating Rs. 70 million worth of State funds.
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September 19, 2025
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Zahira College honours sporting excellence at Colours Night
ZAHIRA College held Colours Awarding Ceremony for the years 2022, 2023, and 2024 on Saturday, 13 September at the College Ghafoor Hall.
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September 19, 2025
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MPs explore UK support to boost youth, women political participation
THE Parliament Secretariat yesterday said Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus has held discussions with representatives of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) and the Law and Society Trust (LST) on potential areas of support and ways to encourage greater political participation by young women.
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September 19, 2025
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Ex-Lotteries Board Director Halloluwa gets bail
THE Colombo Magistrate’s Court yesterday granted bail to former National Lotteries Board Director Thusitha Halloluwa, who had been in remand custody.
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September 19, 2025
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BOC connects Analaitivu to nation and beyond
BANK of Ceylon (BOC), in collaboration with Sri Lanka Post, inaugurated the BOC Agent Banking Centre in Analaitivu, a small island off the Jaffna Peninsula with nearly 650 families and a population of around 3,000.
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September 19, 2025
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CDB Monthly Medal begins today
THE CDB sponsored Monthly Medal is set to tee off at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) today and tomorrow drawing a record field of over 290 golfers.
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September 19, 2025
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Barefoot and Netherland's POLSPOTTEN announce landmark design collaboration
TWO design powerhouses, Sri Lanka’s celebrated handloom brand Barefoot, and Dutch luxury interiors brand POLSPOTTEN, are joining forces for the first time in a landmark collaboration set to debut in 2025/2026.
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