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Cricket West Indies calls for emergency meeting with legends after 'deeply hurting' loss

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July 17, 2025

West Indies folded for 27 inside 15 overs on the third day in Kingston

Cricket West Indies (CWI) has extended invitations to three former players - Brian Lara, Clive Lloyd and Viv Richards - to take part in an emergency meeting following West Indies' 3-0 series loss at home to Australia. The West Indies greats will join Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Desmond Haynes and Ian Bradshaw on the Cricket Strategy and Officiating Committee to review the team's "deeply disappointing" performances over the past few weeks.

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Globally, 450 million fans watched India–South Africa final of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025!

The India-South Africa final of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 set a new benchmark in global sports viewership. As the match unfolded at Mumbai's DY Patil Stadium on November 2, JioCinema/Hotstar’s onscreen counter touched 369 million, indicating the number of unique devices that had streamed the game live.

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November 08, 2025

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Democratic election wins send Trump and Republicans - a message: Americans blame them for government shutdown

One year and a day after Donald Trump won a second term as president - and on the 35th day of the US government shutdown, which has tied a record for the longest in history - the Democrats swept to victory in key races across the county.

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November 08, 2025

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LOLC Al-Falaah Honoured 'NBFI of the Decade' at IFFSA 2025

LOLC Al-Falaah, the Alternate Financial Services unit of LOLC Finance PLC, was once again in the spotlight at the 10th Islamic Finance Forum of South Asia (IFFSA) Awards, held on 25th of September 2025 at the Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo. The brand emerged as one of the evening's biggest winners, reaffirming its position as Sri Lanka's most awarded and trusted Alternate Financial Services provider and also being recognised as a champion of financial inclusivity amongst other NBFIs in the South Asian region.

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2 mins

November 08, 2025

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Reptiles in rock and time: Unveiling Sri Lanka’s ancient herpetological art

Hidden beneath the ancient canopy of Sri Lanka’s dry forests and shaded cliff faces lies a gallery like no other — a prehistoric museum where stone meets story.

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5 mins

November 08, 2025

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Bihar elections Phase 1 voting underway

The first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections kicked off early Thursday (November 6, 2025) with over 3.75 crore

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1 min

November 08, 2025

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Bureau Veritas Lanka achieves Gold at Presidential Environment Awards 2025

Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd, part of Bureau Veritas, has been honored with the prestigious Gold Award under the \"Environment Friendly Private Institutions\" category at the Presidential Environment Awards 2025, demonstrating remarkable progress from their Silver Award achievement last year.

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1 min

November 08, 2025

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Overcoming loneliness

Loneliness has become one of the most pervasive and least acknowledged problems of modern life.

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2 mins

November 08, 2025

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Chapman stars as New Zealand survive West Indies scare to level series

Mark Chapman unleashed a flurry of sixes in his 28-ball knock

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2 mins

November 08, 2025

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'Trailblazing moment' for New Zealand-SL bilateral economic ties

The landmark announcement of JAT Holdings' acquisition of Mirotone (NZ) Ltd, New Zealand's No. 1 industrial wood-coatings company, took place on Nov. 4th at ITC Ratnadipa, drawing leading diplomats, business leaders and industry stakeholders.

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1 mins

November 08, 2025

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Sajith expresses concern over Sri Lanka’s ability to honour agreement with IMF

Vows to implement controversial 13 Amendment

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7 mins

November 08, 2025

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