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Indian aircraft carrier due this week
...first since signing of Defence MoU
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November 24, 2025
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Sri Lanka Insurance Life shines at SLIM National Sales Awards 2025
Sri Lanka Insurance Life marked a momentous achievement at the prestigious SLIM National Sales Awards 2025, with its sales team being recognized for their unwavering dedication and excellence in the field.
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November 24, 2025
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Sri Lanka's digital transformation
Digital transformation has become a cornerstone of modern economic growth, driving efficiency, productivity, and innovation across sectors. The integration of digital tools, automation, and AI has optimised operations in manufacturing, services, and public administration while enabling new business models, startups, fintech solutions, e-commerce platforms, and digital services.
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November 24, 2025
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India win Blind Women’s World Cup in Colombo
India won the inaugural Blind Women’s T20 World Cup after defeating Nepal by seven wickets in the final played at the P Sara Oval in Colombo on Sunday.
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November 24, 2025
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Janashakthi Life shines at SLIM NSA Awards 2025 showcasing its excellence in salesmanship
Janashakthi Life, a subsidiary of JXG (Janashakthi Group), emerged at the SLIM National Sales Awards (SLIM NSA) 2025, as Sri Lanka’s most prestigious platform dedicated to recognising the country’s most outstanding sales professionals.
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November 24, 2025
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Indian gene editing technology to aid cheaper, commercial GE crop breeding
In a boost to indigenous efforts at genome-edited (GE) crop breeding, Indian scientists have developed what is claimed to be a \"miniature alternative\" to the proprietary CRISPR-Cas proteins-based technology to precisely cut and tweak the DNA of plants.
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November 24, 2025
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Nations Trust Bank partners with Colombo Fashion Week's Luxury Edit
Nations Trust Bank PLC (NTB) has renewed its partnership with Colombo Fashion Week’s (CFW) Luxury Edit: Couture + Trousseau 2025 as the Official Fashion Card, marking the ninth consecutive year of collaboration.
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November 24, 2025
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Review: Simon’s Thomia: For School and Country
‘ames Chapman set sail for Ceylon from England in 1845, to become the first Anglican Bishop of Colombo. He was studying Sinhala on board the Malabar. Chapman was determined to embark on the greatest mission of his life, to create S.Thomas’ College, to resemble his alma mater Eton and his King’s College Cambridge.
6 min |
November 24, 2025
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Winless tour heaps pressure on Sri Lanka
Very little has gone right for Sri Lanka during the tour of Pakistan.
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November 24, 2025
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Defying the Raj - II
The inherent bond of revolutionary freedom fighters was evident in the Ghadar party’s formation.
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November 24, 2025
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Norris and Piastri disqualified from Las Vegas GP
Lando Norris and McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri have been disqualified from the Las Vegas Grand Prix for technical infringements.
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November 24, 2025
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Sri Lanka's Halal Council recognised for quality as certified exports hit $1.9 billion
The Halal Assessment Council (HAC) received a Merit Award at the prestigious Sri Lanka National Quality Awards 2023.
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November 24, 2025
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Teen inventor's weather-smart device wins global acclaim
Eighteen-year-old Sugame Gunawardena, a student of Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya, Colombo, is rapidly emerging as one of Sri Lanka's brightest young innovators.
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November 24, 2025
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PIMA partners with SLPA for 70th Anniversary Convention
The Postgraduate Institute of Management Alumni (PIMA) has partnered with the Sri Lanka Press Association (SLPA) as the Strategic Partner for SLPA’s 70th Anniversary Convention, scheduled for Wednesday (26) at the Hilton Colombo.
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November 24, 2025
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Alleged leak of A/L Economics paper: CID called in for probe
The Department of Examinations has asked the CID to probe an allegation that this year's GCE A/L Economics question paper was leaked.
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November 24, 2025
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Teachers, principals to launch strike on 12 Dec.
TU affiliated with govt. among protesting associations
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November 24, 2025
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Book donation campaign to mark World Reading Day
The British School in Colombo (BSC) organised a book donation campaign as one of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities recently.
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November 24, 2025
The Island
Flood warnings issued for several areas
The Irrigation Department has issued a warning of potential flooding in several low-lying areas across the Deduru Oya and Attanagalu Oya basins, following heavy rainfall in the catchment areas.
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November 24, 2025
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Pakistan, Lanka vow closer ties at Brussels forum
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, on Friday met Sri Lanka’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment, Arun Hemachandra, on the sidelines of the 4th EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum held from 20-21 November 2025 in Brussels, said a news story by Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), a government-operated national news agency of Pakistan.
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November 24, 2025
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Marlbo set to empower Sri Lanka's electrical sector with Expo and year-end event
Marlbo Trading Company is set to empower Sri Lanka's electrical sector with its upcoming Technical Expo and Year-End Sale, a landmark event from November 27 to 29 at its Colombo 03 headquarters.
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November 24, 2025
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India, Japan collaborate to search for water ice on Moon's South Pole
India and Japan are preparing for possibly the most ambitious space mission of this decade: a joint lunar exploration that could change the way humanity looks at the Moon.
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November 24, 2025
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Lanka fields teen powerhouse at World Scrabble Championship
Sri Lanka made a spirited showing at the World Scrabble Championship 2025 held recently in Accra, Ghana, with a youthful quartet carrying the nation’s hopes against the world’s finest.
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November 24, 2025
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Prime Lands Residencies' success story is shared by over 7,200 Sri Lankan investors
Company's public shareholding stands at 24.71%
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November 24, 2025
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Weather-related tragedies claim nine lives; havoc continues
The death toll from weather-related tragic events had risen to nine, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said yesterday.
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November 24, 2025
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Is the Compass heading in the right direction?
Governments are elected in Sri Lanka with massive majorities, and huge expectations, due to protest votes against failed administrations.
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November 24, 2025
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KL Rahul named stand-in captain for South Africa ODIs
India's first-choice wicketkeeper-batter in ODIs, KL Rahul, has been named the stand-in skipper for the upcoming ODI series against South Africa. With regular skipper Shubman Gill and vice-captain Shreyas Iyer not being available for selection owing to injuries, Rahul was appointed the skipper for the three-match series.
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November 24, 2025
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Food prices drive October inflation uptick, posing dilemma for policymakers
Sri Lanka's headline inflation accelerated in October 2025, according to the latest Weekly Economic Indicators Report from the Central Bank, driven by a sharp increase in food prices.
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November 24, 2025
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American words gaining currency in English
The place is a tourist hotel in the South. An American tourist asks the receptionist, “Where’s the elevator?” After some hesitation, the receptionist replies, “Sir, the lift is over there.” It is not clear whether she knew that ‘elevator’ is the American word for ‘lift’ in British English. Anyway, there was no misunderstanding. Many tourist hotels and private hospitals prefer the word elevator to lift. Maybe the American word is more fashionable than the British English word lift.
4 min |
November 24, 2025
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How Lee Kuan Yew turned a small island into a global powerhouse
Singapore’s founding father, Lee Kuan Yew (LKY), explained in a guest lecture at Harvard University in October 2000 how he confronted national challenges and transformed a fragmented, vulnerable island into a unified, prosperous state.
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November 24, 2025
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MEPA Chief says govt. spent 'not a single cent' on beach clean-ups after X-Press Pearl and Elsa 3 spills
Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) Chairman Samantha Gunasekara says the Sri Lankan government has not spent any public funds on the extensive beach cleanup operations, following the X-Press Pearl disaster or the more recent Elsa 3 nurdle spill.
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