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Luxury retirement living in Negombo by Grand Leisure Care
Sri Lanka’s premier luxury aged care facility, Grand Leisure Care & Wellness Resort, (www.grandleisure.lk) is now open in Negombo, offering seniors a unique blend of comfort, professional care, and resort-style living.
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October 06, 2025
The Island
What did we learn from the Rugby Championship?
The southern hemisphere sides have wrapped up the Rugby Championship for another year.
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October 06, 2025
The Island
Reforming Dhamma education
The time has come for the Sri Lankan intelligentsia to admit, grudgingly as it may be, that Buddhism has come to a crisis state just as other social institutions in the country.
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October 06, 2025
The Island
Ayurveda docs on warpath to win back discontinued service allowance
Government Ayurveda Medical Officers yesterday threatened to launch a countrywide agitation and strike unless their additional service allowance is restored.
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October 06, 2025
The Island
Dijital Team reinforces commitment to Sri Lankan IT industry Opens an office in Kandy
Dijital Team recently marked a new milestone on the 23rd of September 2025 with the opening of its second office in Sri Lanka, located in Kandy.
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October 06, 2025
The Island
'Habitat gridlock': Asian elephants' range shifting east, says CMS Report
As most elephants from India and Sri Lanka cannot go east, human-pachyderm conflicts will escalate
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October 06, 2025
The Island
Lanka must make polluters pay: CEJ Chief calls for plastic levy implementation without delay
Sri Lanka’s long-delayed effort to curb plastic pollution must now move from talk to tangible action, says Hemantha Withanage, Executive Director of the Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ), warning that awareness campaigns and voluntary measures have failed to address the country’s growing plastic crisis.
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October 06, 2025
The Island
Toss confusion marks start of India-Pakistan clash in Colombo
In a confusing start to the India-Pakistan encounter in the 2025 World Cup, in Colombo on Sunday, an incorrect decision was made at the toss.
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October 06, 2025
The Island
Amid shutdown, Trump blocks funding For Democrat-run Chicago
The US government shutdown stretched into its third day, with Republicans and Democrats yet to reach a breakthrough.
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October 06, 2025
The Island
Nations Trust Bank facilitates strategic foreign investment in Sri Lanka's apparel sector
Nations Trust Bank PLC (NTB) has successfully facilitated a landmark foreign investment in Sri Lanka's apparel industry, reinforcing its position as a trusted financial partner for complex cross-border transactions and structured finance solutions.
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October 06, 2025
The Island
UK withdraws cousin marriage guidance amid political outrage
+ Health secretary calls the advice ‘shocking,’ says such unions are ‘high-risk and unsafe’ + MP Iqbal Mohamed defends such marriages as culturally significant, urges genetic screening over bans
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October 06, 2025
The Island
Lanka, Antigua and Barbuda forge diplomatic ties
The governments of Sri Lanka and Antigua and Barbuda have established diplomatic relations with immediate effect following the signing of an agreement on Friday (03).
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October 06, 2025
The Island
The Timeless Bloom:
How Sri Lanka’s Horton Plains awaken every 12 Years
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October 06, 2025
The Island
Poor sleep may make your brain age faster – new study
We spend nearly a third of our lives asleep, yet sleep is anything but wasted time. Far from being passive downtime, it is an active and essential process that helps restore the body and protect the brain. When sleep is disrupted, the brain feels the consequences – sometimes in subtle ways that accumulate over years.
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October 06, 2025
The Island
NSBM brings student-led fashion show to the fore
NSBM Green University presented Elevate ; the official press conference and Alumni Night for Finora 2025, the premier student-led fashion show that celebrated innovation, artistry, and timeless expression.
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October 06, 2025
The Island
Gold awards honour excellence in arts, media and literature
Fifteen distinguished individuals were honoured for their outstanding contributions to the arts, media, and literature at the 2025 Gold Awards Ceremony organised by the National Catholic Writers’ Association.
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October 06, 2025
The Island
UNICEF Report: Children “feeding profit” amid global surge in junk food marketing
Children around the world are being relentlessly targeted by the ultraprocessed food and beverage industry, according to a new UNICEF report that warns of a deepening crisis in global child nutrition.
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October 06, 2025
The Island
Nation Lanka Finance clarifies fraud allegations
Nation Lanka Finance PLC (NLFP) would like to address and correct the inaccuracies circulating in certain media reports and on social media platforms concerning the Company, its Chairman, Victor Ramanan, and its Board of Directors stated in a press release, issued last week.
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October 06, 2025
The Island
Lightning marching orders for 14 DIGS
Fourteen Deputy Inspectors General of police, including two female DIGs, have been transferred with immediate effect.
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October 03, 2025
The Island
Major drug bust at Seenimodera: Trawler owner arrested
The owner of a trawler has been arrested by the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) in connection with the recent seizure of over 700 kilos of drugs in Seenimodara, Tangalle.
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October 03, 2025
The Island
An alternative to IMF needed
The IMF claims success in helping poor countries to recover from economic crises.
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October 03, 2025
The Island
Mahinda's former Security Chief remanded
Neville Wanniarachchi, who served Chief Security Officer of Mahinda Rajapaksa, when the latter was the President, was yesterday arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) and produced before the Colombo Magistrate's Court. He was remanded till Oct 17 by Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S Bodaragama.
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October 03, 2025
The Island
Musk becomes world's first half-trillion-dollar man: BBC
Tesla boss Elon Musk has become the first person ever to achieve a net worth of more than $500bn (£370.9bn), as the value of the electric car company and his other businesses have risen this year, BBC has reported.
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October 03, 2025
The Island
How a clerk steals INR 100 crore from world's richest temple in Tirupati, and goes scot-free! Well, almost!
BYS VENKAT NARAYAN QUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
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October 03, 2025
The Island
External Sector Performance – August 2025
Sri Lanka’s external sector continued to strengthen in August 2025, as the current account maintained its streak of monthly surpluses.
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October 03, 2025
The Island
DG Bribery Commission denies any past links with JVP
Challenges his critics to go to CC with their grievances
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October 03, 2025
The Island
Andre Fletcher bags top bid, Ashwin goes unsold at ILT20 auction
West Indies' Andre Fletcher stole the spotlight at the first-ever ILT20 Auction, becoming the most expensive pick of the day at USD 260,000.
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October 03, 2025
The Island
CSE’s robustness sustained as Haycarb amalgamates fully-owned subsidiary
Haycarb PLC announced that it had merged its fully-owned subsidiary Ultracarb (Private) Limited, effective October 1.
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October 03, 2025
The Island
Govt. makes SLS certification mandatory for plastic feeding bottles, lunch boxes,etc., from next April
Trade Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe yesterday announced that it would be mandatory for manufacturers to obtain Sri Lanka Standards (SLS) certification for plastic feeding bottles, lunch boxes and water bottles used by schoolchildren with effect from April 1, 2026.
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October 03, 2025
The Island
NDB Bank becomes the only local bank to be named a ‘Great Place to Work’
NDB Bank announces that it has once again been certified as a Great Place to Work for the period July 2025 to July 2026, affirming its status as a leading employer and the only local bank in Sri Lanka to receive this esteemed recognition.
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