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Lankan held with fake Canadian passport at Bengaluru airport
A Sri Lankan national was detained at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru after allegedly attempting to travel to London using a forged Canadian passport and fake immigration documents.
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June 29, 2026
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Turkiye beat US with stoppage-time goal in World Cup dead rubber
Turkiye beat a heavily changed United States 3-2 with a late Kaan Ayhan winner in an action-packed dead-rubber clash that gave the 2026 World Cup co hosts their sternest test so far ahead of the knockout rounds.
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June 27, 2026
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Sri Lanka Retailers’ Association unveils strategic roadmap for the future at 9th AGM
The Sri Lanka Retailers’ Association (SLRA) successfully held its 9th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 23 June 2026 at Hilton Colombo Residencies, bringing together members of the country’s organized retail sector to review the Association’s achievements over the past year and outline its strategic priorities for the future.
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June 27, 2026
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Janashakthi Life breaks into Top Five Most Loved Life Insurance Brands in the industry
Climbs from 7th to 5th in LMD Readers’ Choice 2026, marking a strong endorsement from consumers and growing consumer preference
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June 27, 2026
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Opposition MPs sign motion demanding debate on prolonged failure to fill vacancies in superior courts
Opposition MPs yesterday signed a motion demanding an adjournment debate in Parliament on the prolonged failure to fill vacancies in Sri Lanka’s superior courts.
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June 27, 2026
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MullenLowe's Praveena Perera becomes first Sri Lankan woman named to Campaign APAC's 40 Under 40
Honoured among Asia-Pacific’s most influential emerging professionals
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June 27, 2026
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Endgame Politics
Few politicians have exhibited Benjamin Netanyahu’s talent for political survival.
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June 27, 2026
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FSP complains of irregularities in a Guinness World Record event held in Sri Lanka
The Jana Aragala Sandhanaya yesterday lodged a complaint with the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), calling for an investigation into Deputy Minister Sundaralingam Pradeep over alleged irregularities related to a Guinness World Record event held in Sri Lanka.
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June 27, 2026
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Hoarded relief goods brought to light after audit officers force open locked storerooms at Udapalatha DS
Internal audit officers, on Thursday, forced open three locked storerooms at the Udapalatha Divisional Secretariat, in Gampola, and discovered large quantities of expired food items and other relief goods allegedly withheld from being distributed to victims of the ‘Ditwah’ disaster for more than seven months.
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June 27, 2026
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Hetmyer, Stoinis and Jasdeep fire Orcas to huge win
Seattle Orcas jumped to second place on the MLC 2026 standings following a massive 88-run victory over the Washington Freedom at the Oakland Coliseum.
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June 27, 2026
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‘Go Anywhere, Get Anything’: Uber arrives in Sri Lanka’s gem capital
Uber, Sri Lanka's leading ride-hailing and delivery platform, announced the launch of Uber Eats and Uber Rides in Ratnapura, further expanding its footprint across the island.
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June 27, 2026
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Beat the flu this rainy season
The rainy season brings welcome relief from heat, but it also creates conditions that favour the spread of respiratory infections such as influenza, commonly known as the flu.
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June 27, 2026
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Justice, hypocrisy and politics
Governments of all political hues in Sri Lanka usually do not uphold the foundational legal principle of the presumption of innocence when their political rivals happen to be arrested.
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June 27, 2026
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Another Lankan desperado deported from Malaysia arrested at BIA
Suranga Sanjeewa Karunaratne, alias ‘Matiya’, an alleged underworld gunman linked to organised crime figure Kehelbaddara Padme, was arrested on arrival at the Bandaranaike International Airport in the early hours yesterday.
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June 27, 2026
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Vietjet opens bookings for first-ever direct flights between Sri Lanka and Vietnam
Vietjet has opened bookings with special launch fares for its new Colombo-Ho Chi Minh City route, scheduled to commence on 18 August 2026.
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June 27, 2026
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The cost of saying ‘no’ in South Asia
At its core, gender-based violence is not only a law-and-order issue but also a structural one
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June 27, 2026
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Ceylon Chamber re-elects Chairperson Krishan Balendra at 187th AGM
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce announced the re-election of Chairperson Krishan Balendra and the election of its Board for the Year 2026/27 at the Chamber’s 187th Annual General Meeting on June 25.
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June 27, 2026
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Month-end profit-takings drive stock trading; indices up
CSE trading was yesterday driven by month-end profit-takings, market analysts said.
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June 27, 2026
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SJB swift justice!
The SJB yesterday suspended the party membership and all positions held by its Horana Constituency Organiser Charith Abeysinghe, following his arrest and remanding in connection with an alleged bribery case.
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June 27, 2026
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India resumes visa services for Bangladeshis in bid to reset bilateral ties
India has begun restoring visa services for Bangladeshi citizens, signalling a major thaw in relations between the two neighbours after nearly two years of diplomatic strain that followed the political upheaval in Bangladesh.
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June 27, 2026
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World Cup style
The FIFA World Cup is the biggest sporting spectacle on the planet, but it is also one of the world's largest fashion stages.
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June 27, 2026
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Indian Catholics warn against damage to 17th-century church
The Our Lady of Hope Church in Thane was built by the Portuguese Franciscan missionaries in 1630
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June 27, 2026
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Thirty-eight injured as two private buses collide in Matara
Thirty-eight passengers were injured following a head-on collision between two private buses on Talalla Vajirawansha Mawatha along the Matara-Tangalle Road, yesterday morning (26), police said.
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June 27, 2026
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Fourteen intl. rights groups urge suspension of Lanka's Haiti deployment
Fourteen international human rights and victims’ organisations have called for the immediate suspension of Sri Lanka’s planned deployment of about 900 military personnel and 140 police officers to Haiti, warning that there is no credible independent vetting mechanism to screen those selected for past human rights violations.
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June 27, 2026
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Water shortages grip Gaza amid aid funding shortfalls
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that aid funding shortfalls for Gaza trigger cutbacks in services, forcing four of its humanitarian partners to begin phasing out water trucking in Gaza, which is expected to leave more than 330,000 people across 250 sites at risk of losing their primary source of drinking water.
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June 26, 2026
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Colombo hosts secret India-Pakistan peace talks
(WION) Indian and Pakistani delegates have held a fresh round of Track Two diplomacy talks in Colombo and Bangkok earlier this week.
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June 26, 2026
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KOKO and Aitken Spence Hotels open a new era for hotel payments in Sri Lanka
KOKO, Sri Lanka's leading buy now pay later platform, has entered into a landmark partnership with Aitken Spence Hotels, one of the country's most renowned and sustainable hospitality chains, to make instalment payments available directly within the group's official, real time booking engine.
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June 26, 2026
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Ex-Justice Minister's son among three arrested for allegedly demanding bribe from wife of underworld figure
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) yesterday said that the arrest of three individuals, including the son of former Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe and a Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) organiser, was in connection with a high-profile bribery investigation linked to underworld figure Nadun Chinthaka Wickramaratne alias Harak Kata.
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June 26, 2026
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President promises to repeal PTA within next few months
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday told Parliament that the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), which had remained in force for 46 years despite being introduced as a temporary measure, would be repealed within the next few months.
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June 26, 2026
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Quandary of Dengue: Some roving perspectives
Sri Lanka is currently well and truly trapped in the strangling grip of a devastating and severely enhanced dengue outbreak.
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