Topic: Sri Lanka — Neutral reports only
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[2025-12-28 15:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Government Printing Department has released Sri Lanka’s official public holiday calendar for 2026, confirming a total of 26 public holidays for the year.
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[2025-12-28 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Veteran singer Kalasoori Latha Walpola, widely regarded as the queen of Sri Lankan music scene, passed away today (27) at the age of 91. She had been receiving medical treatment following a period of illness.
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[2025-12-27 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Rugby has announced a series of strict measures to ensure the safety of match officials and players following incidents reported during last week’s A-Division League encounter between Kandy Sports Club and CH & FC.
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[2025-12-27 21:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Former Sri Lankan fast bowler Dhammika Prasad has been appointed as the bowling coach of the United States cricket team ahead of the upcoming ICC Twenty20 World Cup. He will also serve as the assistant coach of the side.
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[2025-12-27 18:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The islandwide Made in Sri Lanka Trade Fair commenced yesterday (26) at Weligama Beach in the Matara District, aiming to support local entrepreneurs by providing access to local and international markets and strengthening domestic production.
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[2025-12-27 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals reached 2.25 million as of yesterday, despite a slowdown in the first two weeks of December due to cyclone Ditwah, a Tourism Ministry official confirmed.
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[2025-12-27 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka yesterday commemorated the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, marking the 21st anniversary of the devastating disaster that claimed more than 35,000 lives. A two minutes silence was observed around the country from 9.25 am to 9.27 a.m. to remember the victims yesterday.
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[2025-12-27 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Luxury hospitality brand Aviyana Ceylon has joined hands with the Sri Lanka Air Force as the main sponsor of the Eagles’ Monsoon Cup, scheduled to be played on January 11, 2026.at China Bay Trincomalee
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[2025-12-27 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka National Carrom team, which brought honour to the country by finishing runner-up in the Men’s team event and were placed third in the Women’s team event at the 7th Carrom World Cup held in the Maldives, met Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage, at the Duncan White Auditorium of the Youth Affairs and Sports Ministry recently.
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[2025-12-27 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka my home, my cradle, my endless green, the hills that whisper stories and the rivers that murmur in my dreams. For years, I have imagined this the hum of engines, the sudden lift beneath my feet, the world dwarfing beneath me. Now, through the oval window, I see it my island, patchwork of tea, sand, and sea, slipping slowly away, and my heart tightens with a nostalgia I did not know I carried.
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[2025-12-27 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: When Cyclone Ditwah battered Sri Lanka, the destruction unfolded with frightening speed. Rivers burst their banks overnight. Hillsides gave way without warning. Roads disappeared, homes collapsed, and families were forced to flee in darkness and rain.
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[2025-12-27 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A new theatre production set to premiere in Colombo next January aims to reframe one of Sri Lanka’s most debated historical figures. Resurrection of Kuweni will be staged on January 9, 2026, at the Elphinstone Theatre, Maradana, with performances at 3.30 pm and 6.30 pm.
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[2025-12-27 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The British School in Colombo (BSC) celebrated exceptional academic success at the Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards 2025, held at the BMICH in Colombo.
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[2025-12-27 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Herbert Perera, veteran journalist with over 40 years of experience, has launched Discovery Sri Lanka, a dynamic website covering arts, tourism, business, lifestyle, and more. The launch was attended by 30 guests, including industry leaders, friends, and creative collaborators who contributed to the event’s success.
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[2025-12-27 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka Gem Traders and Miners’ Association handed over Rs. 100 million to the Rebuild Sri Lanka Fund to Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya at Temple Trees recently. Sri Lanka Gem Traders and Miners Association President Priyantha Weliwatte handed over the donation to Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya at Temple Trees recently.
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[2025-12-27 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s recent progress across multiple sectors has been praised by Vietnamese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Trinh Thi Tam during a meeting with Health and Mass Media Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa, on Tuesday afternoon at the Health and Mass Media Ministry.
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[2025-12-27 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Air Force Commander, Air Marshal Bandu Edirisinghe said that United Nations Headquarters has praised the Sri Lanka Air Force contingents stationed in the Central African Republic for their bravery, professionalism and dedication to duty.
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[2025-12-27 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Customs officers took three Sri Lankan nationals into custody for attempting to bring undeclared goods worth Rs. 8.6 million into the country yesterday morning (26), during an operation at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA).
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[2025-12-27 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The High Commission of Sri Lanka in Kuala Lumpur hosted an Evening High Tea programme under the theme #VisitSriLanka, reaffirming Sri Lanka’s commitment to promoting tourism and people-to-people ties with Malaysia yesterday.
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[2025-12-27 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A 25-member delegation of dairy farmers from Sri Lanka visited India from December 14 to 20,2025 to participate in a specialised Training and Capacity-Building Programme. The delegation represented dairy farmers from across Sri Lanka.
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[2025-12-27 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Embassy and Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka in Bangkok hosted a Christmas celebration on December 23 2025 at the Embassy premises, bringing together members of the Sri Lankan and Thai communities, religious representatives, and Embassy staff.
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[2025-12-27 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2025-12-27 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: JAYASURIYA – MARLENE (Baby Girl)*. Devoted wife of Briary Jayasuriya, beloved mother of Monroe (LEADS) and Angelene (CIS). Cherished mother-in-law of Melissa Jayasuriya (Ladies’ College) and Rajith Sooriyagamage (Heritage Lanka Apparel), Adored grandfather of Mikayla and Mikael, loving sister of Blodwen Weeraatunga (STPS) and Rev. Sunil De Silva (UK), sister-in-law of Roxy Weeratunga (late) and Priyani De Silva (UK).
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[2025-12-26 22:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Crimes Division at the Gampaha Police Station has been remanded until January 6 over an alleged bribery incident, following an order issued by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (26).
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[2025-12-26 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: As Sri Lanka continues its recovery from Cyclone Ditwah, one of the most severe climate disasters in the history of the country the debate over debt relief, climate risk, and economic resilience shows no signs of abating. The cyclone battered the country which is facing crisis of balancing emergency spending, international assistance, and debt commitments.
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[2025-12-26 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: After back to back defeats Sri Lankan women’s cricket team led by Chamari Athapaththu aim to rectify their mistakes especially in batting to come back in the third T -20 of the five match series against India women today at Thiruvananthapuram .
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[2025-12-26 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Exactly 21 years ago, Sri Lanka witnessed the biggest natural disaster in living memory – the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. Today, in the wake of the destruction caused by Cyclone Ditwah in November, the bitter memories of that episode have also come back to haunt us. While the tsunami and the Covid-19 pandemic took a higher toll of lives, Ditwah was more destructive, having battered all nine provinces.
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[2025-12-26 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2025-12-26 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In this judgment by Chandra Ekanayake, J., the Court addressed an appeal (Sri Lanka Co-operative Marketing Federation Ltd. Vs. Ambewela Livestock Co. Ltd. – SC CHC – APPEAL NO. 54/2007-2014) by the defendant-appellant (Markfed) against a Commercial High Court decision favouring the plaintiff-respondent (Ambewela Livestock Company Limited). The core of the dispute involved a claim for Rs.
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[2025-12-26 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith stated that although the commercial economy has turned Christmas into a trade festival, everyone must clearly understand that it is not merely another event for making money.
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[2025-12-26 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Ministry of Justice and National Integration has finalised plans to launch an ‘e Court’ project to Digitalise Sri Lanka’s Judicial system, aiming to establish a National Judicial Data Grid.
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[2025-12-26 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Government has decided to spend Rs. 46,317 million to implement 16 new infrastructure development projects in State universities. These projects will be carried out under the 2026–2030 Public Investment Plan. The new initiatives will focus on the Universities of Moratuwa, Peradeniya, Vavuniya, Sri Jayewardenepura, Ruhuna, Eastern, and Uva Wellassa, as well as the Open University of Sri Lanka.
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[2025-12-26 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Hill Country Malayagam community has made a financial donation of Rs. 1 million to the Government’s ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ Fund to provide relief to those affected by Cyclone Ditwah.
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[2025-12-26 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka today marks the 21st anniversary of the devastating tsunami that claimed over 35,000 lives.
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[2025-12-26 06:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Police Narcotics Bureau has obtained a seven-day detention order to question 11 suspects arrested in connection with a large quantity of narcotics seized from a fishing trawler off the Southern coast by the Sri Lanka Navy. Police stated the detention order was granted after the suspects were presented before the Aluthkade Magistrate’s Court.
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[2025-12-26 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The 10th annual Financial Assistance and School Supplies donation ceremony organised by the Being Kind Foundation, for children from low-income families pursuing education, was held recently at the auditorium of Mahanama College, Colombo 3.
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[2025-12-26 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The MKS Group of Companies in Melbourne made a generous financial donation of AUS$ 30,000/- (LKR 6,027,039.00) 2025 to the ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ Fund established by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, to support the rebuilding and resettlement efforts for the victims affected by the floods and landslides in Sri Lanka caused due to Cyclone Ditwah.
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[2025-12-26 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Royal College Colombo beat Nalanda College Colombo by innings and 65 runs in their Under 19 Two days inter schools cricket fixtures conducted by Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association with sponsorship by Sri Lanka Cricket on Wednesday.
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[2025-12-26 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Rugby on Wednesday secured the hosting rights for the Asia Rugby Under-19 15-a-side Championship 2026, marking a major early success for the country’s new rugby administration and a historic return of elite age-group international rugby to the island.
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[2025-12-26 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Defending joint champions Devapathiraja College Rathgama, Richmond College Galle and St. Joseph’s College Wattala advanced to the quarter finals of the Under 13 division 1 inter schools cricket tournament conducted by Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association and sponsored by Sri Lanka Cricket.
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[2025-12-25 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Customs have seized over six kilograms of kush which worth over Rs.60 million at the Central Mail Exchange (CME) on Tuesday (23).
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[2025-12-25 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: India Women once again dominated the second T20I at Visakhapatnam on Tuesday, cruising to a seven-wicket win with 49 balls to spare against Sri Lanka Women to take a 2–0 lead in the five-match series. Sri Lanka’s batters again failed to post a challenging total, resulting in a second successive defeat.
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[2025-12-25 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Squash (SLS) is set to host the 45th Senior National Squash Championship 2025 from December 27 to 30 at the Air Force Squash Complex in Ratmalana.
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[2025-12-25 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Intense action from last week’s A Division Inter-Club Rugby matches in Sri Lanka, as players battle hard for every yard on the field. Picture courtesy: Sri Lanka Rugby
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[2025-12-25 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In an environment where Sri Lanka is recovering from its third shock in six years, our economy it not capable of withstanding much. The social landscape stands vulnerable as almost 1/4th of Sri Lankan’s live below the middle-income poverty line earning less than Rs. 1100 a day. About 33% of households goes into debt to cover their basic day-to-day needs, such as food, education and medical treatments.The prevailing common theme is pawning jewellery meet regular income needs.A further, quarter of
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[2025-12-25 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Colombo Additional Magistrate Lahiru Silva yesterday (24) ordered the withdrawal of the warrant issued against Member of Parliament Archchuna Ramanathan.
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[2025-12-25 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Sri Lanka, AdelIbrahim, paid a courtesy call on the Defence Deputy Minister, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), at the Deputy Minister’s Office on Tuesday (23).
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[2025-12-25 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lankan Ambassador to France and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, Manisha Gunasekera, met with UNESCO Director-General Khaled El-Enany, at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on December 19. The meeting focused on UNESCO’s emergency assistance and medium- to long-term support to Sri Lanka following Cyclone Ditwah.
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[2025-12-25 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A Sri Lankan man who illegally brought in a stock of ornamental plants worth seven hundred thousand rupees into the country was arrested by a group of airport customs officers at the arrival terminal of the Katunayake Airport yesterday.
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[2025-12-25 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Pagnananda National School Raddoluwa and Kegalu Vidyalaya advanced to the pre quarter final round of the Under 13 division 2 inter schools cricket tournament conducted by Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association and sponsored by Sri Lanka Cricket.
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