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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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A black box has been found at the site of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, India’s civil aviation minister said on Friday. The flight data recorder was recovered within 28 hours by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau…
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President Donald Trump finally took questions on his stunning public feud with Elon Musk, after laying low for most of Friday – while repeating his threat to probe a litany of Musk contracts. ‘We’ll take look at everything,’ Trump told…
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Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has announced his retirement from ODI cricket. Maxwell made his debut in August 2012, scoring 3,990 runs and picking up 77 wickets from his 149 ODI games. Maxwell’s career saw the all-rounder win two ICC…
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Multiple people have been injured after a man shouting “free Palestine” tossed Molotov cocktails at a gathering in support of Israeli hostages in Colorado, authorities say. Police said eight people – aged 52 to 88 – were injured in the…
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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has raised the alarm over the widespread use of rape as a weapon in Sudan’s war. In Darfur region, hundreds of women and girls some as young as five, have come forward with accounts of brutal, public, and…
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The United Kingdom (UK) has been briefed on the importance of Sri Lanka’s apparel sector to the country’s export economy. Lord John Hannett of Everton, UK Trade Envoy to Sri Lanka, visited the MAS Holdings’ Silueta facility in Biyagama. The…
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A movie ‘Tourist Family’, based on a family fleeing Sri Lanka, has become the highest-grossing Tamil film of 2025, the Indian media reported. The Tamil family drama Tourist Family, starring Sasikumar and Simran, is now all set for its OTT…
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