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The Education Ministry today announced that the GCE Advanced Level Examination and the Grade Five Scholarship Examination will be held in October. The A/L Examination will begin on October 4 and continue till October 31, and the…
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Sri Lanka’s gross domestic product grew 4.3 percent in the first quarter of 2021 recovering from a contraction of 1.8 percent in 2020, the state statistics office said. Agriculture grew 6.1 percent, industry grew 5.5 percent and services…
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The National Water Supply and Drainage Board says water supply to several areas in Colombo District will be suspended for 21-hours from 9am tomorrow (July 10) till Sunday 6am (July 11) The areas affected are: Colombo 1, 2, 3, 7,…
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World number one Ashleigh Barty will play Czech eighth seed Karolina Pliskova in today's Wimbledon final. Australian Barty beat former champion Angelique Kerber 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) before Pliskova came from a set down to defeat Aryna…
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Zimbabwe added 95 runs in a fast-scoring morning session on Day 3 of the one-off Test, bringing the deficit down to 259 runs in response to Bangladesh's 468 on a flattening pitch in Harare yesterday. A lot of momentum that the…
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The Sports Ministry yesterday granted a sum of Rs. 350,000 to the Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka (TTASL) for the construction of a Sports Complex in Bandaragama. Sports Ministry Director-General (DG) Amal Edirisooriya…
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A depleted and inexperienced England thrashed Pakistan by nine wickets for a stunning win in the first One-Day International (ODI) in Cardiff on Thursday. After a Covid outbreak forced the hosts to name an entirely new squad,…
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Former Sri Lanka Skipper Mahela Jayawardene is set to join the Sri Lanka Under-19 Cricket Team as a Consultant from October. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Technical Committee Chairman Aravinda de Silva yesterday confirmed that…
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Sixteen year old Volleyball player and athlete Herath Mudiyanselage Chathuri Poornima Abeyratne has brought honour and fame for her school Tissapura Vidyalaya Ampara. She was born on 22nd April 2005 and she was admitted to Tissapura…
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LOVI will dress the Sri Lankan Olympic athletes and the delegates for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23. “Like many kids, I loved watching the Olympic Games on TV and dreamt of somehow representing Sri Lanka…
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