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Three quarterfinals set to thrill while Peters pull out

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May 03, 2025

THE 2025 Dialog Schools Rugby Knockouts have reached the high-stakes quarter-final stage, promising rugby fans across the island an electrifying weekend of schoolboy rugby. With eight of the nation’s top rugby-playing schools entering the final stretch, the stage is set for some fierce battles on the field.

- BY SHAMSEER JALEEL

Park and is expected to draw a significant crowd, with both sides boasting a rich rugby heritage and strong recent form. With the other quarter finals not taking place all crowd in Colombo will move towards Havelock Park which will be a sell-out crowd. Trinity ran riot against Antonians by half a century plus score while Thomians overcoming home town rivals Science College. For record purposes both schools defeated their home town rivals in the pre quarter final encounter. The victor of this quarterfinal battle will face Zahira in what is anticipated to be a thrilling semi-final encounter.

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Govt. clears Rs. 47.18 b revision for lower Malwathu Oya project

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Parliament sits tomorrow to approve Rs. 500 b spending bill for disaster recovery

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Three State agencies face Rs. 216 b Ditwah damages bill

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SRI Lanka's technology services sector (including IT, BPM, and tech services) is entering a phase of pay normalisation, with companies moving away from crisis-era salary hikes and sharpening their focus on performanceand skill-based rewards, according to the SLASSCOM Compensation and Benefits Survey Report 2025.

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Yala paddy stocks to reach market ahead of festive season

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Two changes in Adelaide as Aussies confirm XI for third Test

AUSTRALIA have locked in their playing XI for the third AshesTest against England in Adelaide.

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Tea output slips in Nov.; cumulative crop still ahead in 2025

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JVP's II Viru Samaruva

THE JVP held its 36th annual mega commemorative rally, \"Il Viru Samaruva\" in November in Colombo to salute their comrades who laid their lives at the hands of their 'enemies', when they had valiantly struggled for the supreme objective of creating a socialist society in Sri Lanka in 1971 and in the 1988-'89 period.

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