Topic: Sri Lanka — Neutral reports only
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[2025-12-24 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is rapidly emerging as one of the most pressing global health challenges of the 21st century, threatening the effectiveness of life-saving medicines, food security, and public health worldwide. As resistant infections continue to rise, they undermine routine medical procedures and impose growing economic burdens. In this context, New Anthoney’s Farms is taking decisive steps in Sri Lanka to address AMR at its roots, demonstrating that responsible, sustainable farming practices are both achievable and essential.
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[2025-12-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Thurstan College Colombo, St. Joseph’s College Colombo and St. Sylvester’s College Kandy advanced to the quarter final round 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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[2025-12-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: S.Thomas’ College Mt. Lavinia ‘B’ and Nalanda College Colombo ‘B’ advanced to the pre quarter final round of the Under 13 division two inter schools cricket tournament conducted by Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association and sponsored by Sri Lanka Cricket.
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[2025-12-24 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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[2025-12-24 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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[2025-12-24 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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[2025-12-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The call by a group of the world’s top economists for Sri Lanka’s debt repayments to be suspended in the wake of the devastation caused by cyclone Ditwah, is indeed quite reasonable, given the scale of the damage caused in its wake. This, perhaps, is the first time that such a call has gone out from influential sections abroad.
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[2025-12-24 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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[2025-12-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A special Police traffic and security plan has been implemented for the festive season for central Colombo today (24).
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[2025-12-23 20:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Four entry lanes have been opened at the Seeduwa Interchange on the Colombo–Katunayake Expressway with effect from today (23) to improve services for expressway users.
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[2025-12-23 20:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Gold prices have recorded a notable increase in both the global and local markets. In line with the upward trend in the international market, gold prices in Sri Lanka have also risen.
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[2025-12-23 19:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: India’s External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya today (23) at Temple Trees during his official visit to Sri Lanka as the Special Envoy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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[2025-12-23 19:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sugath Rathnayake, a Sri Lankan academic and lecturer at Yunnan University in China, has been awarded the prestigious Yunnan Friendship Award, one of the highest honours conferred on foreign experts by the Yunnan Provincial Government.
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[2025-12-23 16:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: India has committed a US$450 million reconstruction package to assist Sri Lanka in recovery and rebuilding efforts following the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah. The package includes US$350 million in concessional lines of credit and US$100 million in grants, and will support sectors worst affected by the cyclone, including roads, railways, bridges, housing, health and education systems, agriculture, and disaster preparedness.
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[2025-12-23 16:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: India’s External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar met with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Colombo this morning (23) to begin bilateral discussions, the President’s Media Division said.
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[2025-12-23 14:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Fatal motorcycle accidents in Sri Lanka’s North Central Province have declined by 47 percent following the implementation of a special traffic operation, Police said.
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[2025-12-23 14:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: 22nd December, Colombo.Sri Lanka Insurance Life and Sri Lanka Insurance General, in collaboration with the National Disaster Relief Services Centre (NDRSC), extended vital assistance to 1,000 families affected by the recent ‘Ditwah’ cyclone. The relief initiative was carried out in two phases on 30th November and 2nd December 2025, reflecting the company’s continued commitment to supporting communities in times of distress.
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[2025-12-23 14:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar, who arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday (22nd) afternoon, is scheduled to meet President Ranil Kumara Dissanayake today (23) morning.
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[2025-12-23 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s export sector has continued its strong upward trajectory, recording a significant 5.8 % y-o-y growth during the period from January to November 2025. Based on Sri Lanka Customs statistics and estimated export figures for Gems & Jewellery, Petroleum Products and services, total exports reached US$ 15,776.36 Mn, the performance signals sustained growth and improved external trade conditions.
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[2025-12-23 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Jemimah Rodrigues scored an unbeaten 69 in 44 balls as India women’s team notched up an eight wickets win over Sri Lanka women in their first T-20 cricket fixture of the five match series played at Vishakhapatnam on Sunday.
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[2025-12-23 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: India’s External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar arrived in the country yesterday for talks with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and senior Government officials. He was welcomed at the airport by Deputy Tourism Minister Ruwan Ranasinghe and Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha.
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[2025-12-23 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: All seeded players have qualified to play men’s and women’s singles quarter finals in the 73rd National Badminton championships which is now in progress at S. Thomas Gymnasium Mt Lavinia. The eight-day tournament is conducted by Sri Lanka Badminton with over 1500 shuttlers including junior age groups from Under 11 to 19.
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[2025-12-23 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s national inflation rate decreased to 2.4 percent in November 2025, down from the 2.7 percent recorded in October, the Census and Statistics Department announced yesterday.
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[2025-12-23 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: As industries struggle to recover from the impact of the cyclone Ditwah, which has caused widespread damage to industrial operations, supply chains, and export activities across the country, the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI) has intensified its engagement with affected enterprises to assess losses and coordinate recovery efforts.
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[2025-12-23 06:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Cyclone Ditwah has caused an estimated US$ 4.1 billion in direct physical damage to buildings and contents, agriculture and critical infrastructure, according to a World Bank Group Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) report released yesterday (22). This damage is equivalent to about 4 percent of Sri Lanka’s GDP.
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[2025-12-23 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The unit trust industry of Sri Lanka reported a 16.5% year-over-year growth of its assets under management (AUM) to Rs. 597 Bn by the end of November 2025. These assets are currently managed across 85 funds by 16 management companies.
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[2025-12-23 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $3 million grant to help address water shortages in Sri Lanka’s Northwestern and Uva provinces by constructing modern pipe distribution network (PDN) systems. The project will provide irrigation to 877 hectares (ha) of farmland, supporting improvements in the country’s agriculture sector.
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[2025-12-23 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Rail services along the Northern Railway Line between Kankesanturai (KKS) and Colombo Fort have been resumed from yesterday, the Railways Department announced.
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[2025-12-23 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Two Sri Lankan air passengers who attempted to smuggle a stash of gems worth Rs. 32 million hidden on their persons and in their luggage, to China on the night of December 21 have been arrested by a team of Customs officers working at the Departure Terminal of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA).
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[2025-12-23 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A high-level delegation from the Communist Party of China (CPC) led by Member of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC and Secretary of the CPC Committee of Xizang Autonomous Region Wang Junzheng, will arrive in Sri Lanka today (23) for a two-day official visit, the Chinese Embassy in Colombo said.
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[2025-12-23 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Tharushi Anjalika of Dutugemunu Maha Vidyalaya Thellambura made an unbeaten century against Sanghamitta Balika Vidyalaya Galle in their first round fixtures of the Under 19 Girl’s Division Two Inter Schools Cricket tournament conducted by Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association and sponsored by Sri Lanka Cricket.
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[2025-12-23 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A group of the world’s top economists – including the Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz – have called for Sri Lanka’s debt payments to be suspended as it tackles the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah.
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[2025-12-23 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka is working to protect its water sources, improve water treatment plants to handle floods and salty water, and fix water distribution systems to reduce water losses and service problems, said Professor Yuansong Wei of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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[2025-12-23 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Responding to the initiative launched by the Sri Lankan Embassy in Riyadh, Sri Lanka Quantity Surveyors – Saudi Arabia (SLQS-KSA) donated SAR 35,000 and essential relief items worth SAR 10,000, as a first phase contribution, to support the Ditwah disaster relief efforts in Sri Lanka.
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[2025-12-23 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Best athletes Sayuri Lakshika Mendis from Gampaha District (on right) and KA.D Malshan from Gampaha District are seen here with the Chairman of the NYSC , Director General of Youth Affairs of Sri Lanka, Attorney-at-Law Supun Wijeratne.
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[2025-12-23 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Members of the Sri Lankan community in the Washington DC metropolitan area made a generous donation of US$ 10,000 (LKR 3,095,000) on December 18 to the ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ fund established by the Central Bank in support of the ongoing flood relief efforts.
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[2025-12-23 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The High Commission of Sri Lanka in Islamabad, received a cheque amounting to PKR 500,000 from GAK HealthCare International, Pakistan, as a gesture of its commitment to the Sri Lankan people and in support of the ongoing Relief activities in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah.
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[2025-12-23 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Businessman Dudley Sirisena has pledged Rs. 10 million to support the social welfare programmes of the Samastha Lanka Kidney Patients’ Association in 2026.
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[2025-12-23 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Nadeesh Yasiru made a fine knock of 58 in 35 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes while Ruchira Koshitha had fine figures of 3 for 17 as TVS Lanka emerged champions at the MCA ‘E’ division T- 20 league final defeating John Keels Holdings (JKH)by 42 runs played at MCA grounds on Saturday .
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[2025-12-23 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: KOKO, Sri Lanka, a pioneering Buy Now, Pay Later Platform (BNPL) added Softlogic Holdings PLC, one of the country’s largest conglomerates to its portfolio.
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[2025-12-23 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s real estate sector took centre stage at the 2025 PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards, with the International Luncheon at The Athenee Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Bangkok, recognising the island’s most outstanding developments and design achievements.
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[2025-12-23 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Technocity (Pvt) Ltd, a leading authorised IT distributor in Sri Lanka for globally reputed brands such as HP, ASUS, MSI, Lenovo, BenQ, Raidmax, Kaspersky and more, has donated Rs. 50 million relief initiative, to assist impacted children and schools, during Cyclone Ditwah .
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[2025-12-23 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Aberdeen Holdings, a diversified conglomerate operating across seven industries in Sri Lanka, continues to demonstrate its commitment to sustainability and responsible business practices across all its subsidiaries.
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[2025-12-23 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sampath Bank PLC announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Toyota Lanka (Private) Limited recently at the Toyota Lanka Head Office, marking a strategic collaboration aimed at providing enhanced financial and value-added benefits to customers purchasing Toyota vehicles across Sri Lanka.
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[2025-12-23 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Prima invites families across Sri Lanka to celebrate festivities with a new selection of products, catered to make holidays even more special.
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[2025-12-23 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: DS Senanayake College Colombo and Visakha Vidyalaya Colombo emerged victorious in the Under-20 Boys and Girls Championships of the Sri Lanka Schools Age Group Water Polo Championships 2025. The tournament was organized by the Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union (SLASU) and held at the Air Force Aquatic Sports Complex in Ratmalana on Saturday.
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[2025-12-23 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah, while Sri Lanka Police Officers worked tirelessly to safeguard lives and property across the country, many of their own families endured significant hardship.
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[2025-12-23 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Association of Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes (APHNH), the apex body representing Sri Lanka’s private healthcare providers, has announced the appointment of its new Governing Council for the 2025–2027 term. The announcement was made at the Association’s Annual General Meeting, held recently at the Waters Edge Hotel in Battaramulla.The newly elected Governing Council will be led by Raveen Wickramasinghe, Chief Executive Officer of the Ruhunu Hospital Group, who assumes office as President of APHNH.
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[2025-12-23 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Thurstan College Colombo advanced to the pre quarter final round of the Under 13 division 1 inter schools cricket tournament conducted by Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association and sponsored by Sri Lanka Cricket yesterday.
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[2025-12-23 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In response to the recent floods that impacted communities across Sri Lanka, Cargills Food City launched an islandwide relief initiative to support those affected and stand by the nation during this critical time of need.
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