Topic: Sri Lanka — Neutral reports only
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[2025-12-16 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: City of Dreams Sri Lanka is marking an important milestone this December as it celebrates its first Christmas in Colombo, closing out the year with a thoughtful and community-centred festive programme.
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[2025-12-16 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: People’s Bank recently conducted the weekly draws of its ‘People’s Remittance ‘Vaasi Kotiyai 2025 – Send and Win Bangkok Tours’ campaign, selecting 18 winners for the period from July 30 to December 2, 2025. The event was held at the Overseas Customer Services premises in Colombo 10.
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[2025-12-16 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: As part of Pakistan’s ongoing humanitarian relief efforts, Pakistan yesterday handed over a consignment of 200 tonnes of humanitarian relief goods to the Sri Lankan Government, reaffirming the enduring friendship and strong bilateral ties between the two countries.
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[2025-12-16 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Samsung Sri Lanka has announced the launch of ‘Relief Sri Lanka 2025’, a nationwide service assistance initiative designed to help customers whose Samsung products were damaged during Cyclone Ditwah.
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[2025-12-16 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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[2025-12-16 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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[2025-12-16 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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[2025-12-16 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: At a moment when the world is closely watching peace efforts linked to conflicts in Thailand and Cambodia, Gaza and Ukraine, a new book by Prof. G. L. Peiris revisits one of the most closely scrutinised peace initiatives of recent times: the negotiations between the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
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[2025-12-16 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka is in a geopolitical hotspot, with both global and regional superpowers eyeing opportunities to engage with Sri Lanka on many fronts. With the increased focus on the Indo Pacific and the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) by all world powers, Sri Lanka finds itself at the intersection of competing interests in terms of defence, investment and in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah, even disaster relief.
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[2025-12-16 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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[2025-12-16 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Schoolchildren in Sri Lanka are allowed to use their November travel passes (season tickets) to travel on Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) buses during December,” Transport and Highways Deputy Minister Dr. Prasanna Gunasena said.
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[2025-12-16 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s GDP growth rate for the 3rd quarter of 2025 has reached 5.4%, the Department of Census and Statistics said yesterday.
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[2025-12-16 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has upgraded its economic growth forecasts for Sri Lanka in its December 2025 Asian Development Outlook (ADO), highlighting a robust recovery driven by strong private sector credit expansion, buoyant consumption, and improved investor confidence.
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[2025-12-16 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: BALASURIYA – LAKSHMAN – Beloved husband of Janine, loving father of Amanthi and Keshav and much-loved grandfather of Cara, Arthur, Alex and Daniel, brother of Asoka, Rohan, Lakshmi, Gayathri and the late Mahendra. Cremation at the General Cemetery, Kanatte (New Crematorium), on Wednesday, 17 December 2025 at 4.30 p.m. Remains lie at No.
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[2025-12-16 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Transport, Highways and Urban Development Ministry said that a new digital information system called ‘road-lk.org’ has been introduced to enable the public to know the current condition of national and provincial roads in Sri Lanka before embarking on a journey. Considering that several road sections across the island were damaged due to the cyclone and some roads were still being repaired, the Road Development Authority (RDA) and the Transport, Highways and Urban Development Ministry’s Digital Task Force have jointly
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[2025-12-16 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Officers from the Airport Police Narcotics Bureau arrested one of Sri Lanka’s main drug traffickers, who had concealed a consignment of the narcotic kush valued at Rs. 216,680,000 in his home.
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[2025-12-15 22:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Former Chairman of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CEYPETCO), Dhammika Ranatunga, who was arrested earlier today (15) by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), has been granted bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate.
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[2025-12-15 21:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) announced that the country has recorded its highest-ever remittances in 2025, citing data from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
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[2025-12-15 20:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Former Sri Lanka head coach Chandika Hathurusinghe has filed a lawsuit against the Sri Lanka Cricket Board (SLC) at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland, seeking $5 million in damages for financial losses and reputational harm resulting from his premature dismissal before the end of his contract.
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[2025-12-15 18:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment & Tourism has confirmed that no Sri Lankan nationals were injured in the shooting incident at a Jewish festival celebration held at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday.
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[2025-12-15 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Minister of Foreign Affairs Vijitha Herath has expressed his condolences to the victims of the recent attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.
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[2025-12-15 17:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Schoolchildren will be allowed to travel on Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) buses this month using their November season tickets, the Deputy Minister of Transport, Prasanna Gunasena, confirmed. Students can also obtain the concession by presenting last month’s travel pass.
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[2025-12-15 17:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: An Indian man’s candid social media post comparing everyday life in Sri Lanka with India has sparked a wide online debate around infrastructure, cleanliness and civic sense.
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[2025-12-15 15:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Indian government has donated 17 essential medicines to the country at the request of the Minister of Health and Mass Media
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[2025-12-15 15:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: An oil spill near Colombo Port on 14 December 2025 was swiftly brought under control, preventing a potential environmental hazard. Authorities reported that around 200 litres of crude oil leaked into the sea due to a technical fault during unloading operations. Fuel transfers at the affected mooring have been temporarily suspended while repairs and investigations continue.
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[2025-12-15 15:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A leak had been detected in a pipeline used to unload crude oil from a fuel tanker at a buoy of the Colombo Port yesterday.
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[2025-12-15 14:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation, together with the Road Development Authority (RDA), has launched a new digital platform enabling the public to report road conditions across Sri Lanka.
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[2025-12-15 13:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Officers of the Airport Police Narcotics Bureau arrested a Sri Lankan passenger early yesterday (14) while he was attempting to smuggle a consignment of 2 kilograms and 308 grams of heroin valued at Rs.69,240,000 out of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA). The suspect is a 28-year-old telephone repairman from the Hewadiwela area in Rambukkana.
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[2025-12-15 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Natural disasters unleash their fury, subjecting the innocent victims into a state of shock. As the uncertain days unfold hopelessness and abandonment sets in. Soon the human mind is submerged with fear, confusion and relentless worry. What does the future hold for us? For thousands of afflicted Sri Lankans, this question dominates their mind by day and night- as the world prepares to entre 2026.
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[2025-12-15 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Dilmini Udumbara Kumarage, the only female athlete in Sri Lanka’s nine-member contingent, stole the limelight by winning two gold medals in the Under-17 F40/41 Shot Put and Discus Throw events at the Asian Youth Para Games, which concluded yesterday in Dubai.
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[2025-12-15 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: * Strong support from both local and international contributors *‘Encouraging to see solidarity shown by Lankans, well-wishers across the world’
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[2025-12-15 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Ransalu Handloom Industry National Awards, organized by the Department of Textile Industries with the aim of promoting the local handloom industry, was held on Friday (12) at the Bandaranaike Conference Hall in Colombo under the patronage of the Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development, Sunil Handunnetti. The Department of Textile Industries, which operates under the Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development, organizes this national handloom textile competition annually in collaboration with the 9 Provincial Industries and Textile Departments.
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[2025-12-15 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Teen prodigy MF Muhammad of Zahira College delivered a stunning performance, slashing three full seconds off the long-standing mark held by double Olympian Matthew Abeysinghe, and smashed the nearly decade-old men’s 200m breaststroke senior national record on the fourth day of the HNB National and Junior National Short Course Swimming Championship at the Isipathana College Swimming Pool in Colombo yesterday.
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[2025-12-15 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Vallibel Finance PLC sustained its robust upward trajectory in the first half of FY 25/26, delivering exceptional financial results and further consolidating its position among Sri Lanka’s top five financial institutions.
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[2025-12-15 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Former Sri Lanka Chairman of Cricket Selectors Pramodya Wickremasinghe is likely to return to the post, with the Minister of Sports set to appoint a new five-member national selection committee in the coming days. Wickremasinghe has once again emerged as the frontrunner to lead the committee.
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[2025-12-15 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative in Sri Lanka, Dr. Rajesh Sambhajirao Pandav said that the WHO would provide all necessary support for requests made by the Ministry of Health on a priority basis.
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[2025-12-15 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: SIP Academy successfully conducted the 19th SIP National Prodigy 2025 contest and 19th National Abacus, Brain Gym and Mental Arithmetic Competition at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium Colombo yesterday (14).
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[2025-12-15 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Foreign Secretary of India, Vikram Misri today handed over a consignment of urgently required essential medicines to Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India, Mahishini Colonne, in New Delhi. The assistance, extended in response to a request from the Government of Sri Lanka, forms part of Operation Sagar Bandhu, India’s humanitarian mission supporting Sri Lanka’s relief, recovery, and reconstruction efforts following the devastating Cyclone Ditwah.
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[2025-12-15 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Government of Sri Lanka and the Government of Italy formally renewed the Bilateral Agreement for Mutual Recognition of Driving Licenses between Italy and Sri Lanka on Friday (12) in Rome, Italy. The Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Italy, Satya Rodrigo, signed the Agreement on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka while the Deputy Minister and Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Maria Tripodi, signed the Agreement on behalf of the Government of Italy.
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[2025-12-15 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Lakbima Rice Mills (Pvt) Ltd, based in Polonnaruwa, has contributed Rs. 100 million to the Government’s ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ Fund, established to provide relief to communities affected by Cyclone Ditwa.
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[2025-12-15 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A discussion between U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung and President’s Senior Advisor on Science and Technology, Prof. Gomika Udugamasooriya, took place recently at the U.S. Embassy in Colombo.
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[2025-12-15 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: As part of ‘Operation Sagar Bandhu’, a full-fledged para field hospital, along with a 78 member team of the Integrated Task Force of the Shatrujeet Brigade of the Indian Army, was airlifted to Sri Lanka on December 2, in the wake of severe destruction and service disruptions caused by Cyclone Ditwah.
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[2025-12-15 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: With a view to exploring avenues for enhanced tourism promotion in the Turkish market in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah, the Sri Lankan Ambassador to Turkiye, Niluka Kadurugamuwa, met on December 11 in Ankara with the Board President, Muhammet Saritas, and other representatives of the Central Anatolia Regional Representative Board of the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TURSAB).
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[2025-12-15 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Mora Racing, a leading Sri Lankan Karting Team, has made significant strides in developing motorsports talent from the entry-level to international formula racing. The team, whose name “Mora” was chosen to give the team a distinct local identity while competing globally, was founded in 2023.
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[2025-12-15 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Wellness at Work: Powered by Wellbeing, hosted by Great Place To Work Sri Lanka, is a transformative conference created to help organisations rethink performance, innovation and retention through a people-first wellbeing lens.
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[2025-12-15 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Farah Rumy who was officially elected Second Vice-President of the National Council of Switzerland recently, became the first Sri Lankan-born person elected to the Swiss Federal Parliament.
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[2025-12-15 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Romania Madurika Joseph Weninger met Romania’s Foreign Affairs Ministry Director-General for Asia and the Pacific Calin Mitri in Bucharest for discussions aimed at further strengthening bilateral cooperation.
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[2025-12-15 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Golf has picked the country’s top-ranked amateur golfer Dhanushan Kanas Kumar and S. Dhuwarshan for the 39th Bangladesh Amateur Golf Championship, which will be played in Dhaka from December 16 to 19.
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[2025-12-15 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd South Asia and Southeast Asia, working in close coordination with the Sri Lanka Army, the Road Development Authority (RDA), local authorities and surrounding communities, has recently completed the emergency clearing of the A5 highway, restoring a vital transportation link that had been severely obstructed by landslides and debris in the aftermath of Cyclone ‘Ditwah’.
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[2025-12-15 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka and the Maldives Mastercard Country Manager Sandun Hapugoda, speaking at the National Management Excellence Awards, (NMEA) 2025, organised by The Institute of Management of Sri Lanka (IMSL).
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