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Sri Lanka’s apparel exports in May 2025 remained relatively flat with a slight dip of 0.63% compared to the same month last year, totaling US$365.08 million. While shipments to the EU grew by 5.15% and exports to other markets rose sharply…
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UN experts unequivocally condemned the recent United States military attack against three nuclear facilities in Iran. “These attacks violate the most fundamental rules of world order since 1945 – the prohibition on the aggressive use of…
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Sri Lankan Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez was honoured at the ongoing Italian Global Series Festival 2025. The ‘Housefull 5’ actress took to her Instagram handle to share the photos from the festival’s opening night. Jacqueline…
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Indian actress Fatima Sana Shaikh took a break from her busy schedule to enjoy a spontaneous holiday in Sri Lanka where she took on the challenge of learning how to surf in just five days. Sharing the experience with her fans, Fatima posted…
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At least eight people have died in a hot air balloon accident in southern Brazil, the governor of Santa Catarina state has said. There were 21 people on board the balloon in the city of Praia Grande on Saturday morning, Jorginho Mello…
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Academy Award winning actor Jeremy Irons is in Sri Lanka to act in a movie Directed by Chandran Rutnam. Irons told reporters he will be in Sri Lanka for 2 weeks to play the role of an Englishman who attempts to rescue a Sri Lankan girl who…
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Global markets are in turmoil as a direct and unprecedented military conflict has erupted between Israel and Iran, sending shockwaves across the world and causing an immediate spike in global oil prices. The escalating series of missile…
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged Sri Lanka to sustain the ongoing reform momentum through the remainder of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program. Julie Kozack, Director of the IMF Communications Department said that Sri Lanka…
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Iran has launched a wave of missiles at Israel in a revenge attack it vowed to inflict after some of its most powerful military and nuclear targets were destroyed. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had carried out attacks on…
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The British man who was the sole survivor of Thursday’s Air India plane crash said he managed to escape the wreckage through an opening in the fuselage. “I managed to unbuckle myself, used my leg to push through that opening, and crawled…
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