India’s Amul to sponsor Sri Lanka team for T20 World Cup

In a bid to mitigate the pharmaceutical drugs abuse menace, the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) will back police and excise officials to identify and crackdown the trends of misusing psychoactive medicines.

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Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne requested Sri Lanka’s war heroes not to become victims of human smugglers who are recruiting people to serve in the armed forces on the Russian-Ukrain war front.

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The Supreme Court is to deliver tomorrow (8) its judgment over an appeal application filed on State Minister Diana Gamage’s parliamentary seat.

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The decision to annul the Surgery Long and Short Cases components of the ERPM Part B Examination, conducted at the Examinations Centre of the Eastern University in Batticaloa, has ignited a storm of controversy as the members of the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) have not been informed of the appeal sent by the group of affected students.

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Venerable Bengamuwe Nalaka Thera cautioned parliamentarians against returning to their villages to seek votes if they support the same-sex marriage bill in parliament.

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Sri Lanka is moving towards protecting women from discrimination based on sexual orientation.

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The Government Medical Officers’ Forum (GMOF) urged the government to refrain from including the Health Ministry in centralized drug procurement to reduce corruption.

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Son of the former Minister A.H.M. Fowzie Nauzer Fowzie has been apprehended by Kollupitiya Police on charges of assault following a vehicular incident involving his car, Police said.

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Two 15-year-old schoolboys who had threatned to share on the internet the manipulated nude photos of two schoolgirls of 17 and 20 years of age were produced before Galle Additional Magistrate Lakmini Vidanagama and released on personal bail in Rs. 100,000 with two sureties each.

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A revision application filed by Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe challenging the legality of the enjoining order issued by the Colombo District Court preventing him from functioning as the acting chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) was today dismissed by the Court of Appeal.

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President Vladimir Putin was sworn in for a new six-year term on Tuesday at a Kremlin ceremony that was boycotted by the United States and a number of other Western countries due to Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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The Israeli military took control of the vital Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Tuesday, pushing into the southern Gazan town after a night of air strikes and as prospects for a ceasefire deal hung in the balance.

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The Road Development Authority (RDA) has assigned two special teams to carry out a comprehensive investigation into the collapse of a concrete beam in the first section of the Central Expressway project, the RDA Director General said.

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The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has failed to act swiftly to stop financial scams operating online, allowing fraudsters to swindle about one billion rupees from over 1,000 account holders, Parliamentarian Gamini Waleboda said today.

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The body of a youth from Kuliyapitiya, who had gone missing a few days ago while visiting his girlfriend’s house, has been recovered in the Panirendawa area of Madampe, the police said.

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Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) officials are to be summoned before Parliament for declaring itself as an independent institution, it was revealed in Parliament today.

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Roads leading to the Town Hall area have been blocked due to a protest launched by university non-academic workers in front of the University Grants Commission (UGC), police said.

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Shakib Al Hasan did not seem happy when a fan tried to click a selfie with him before the DPL 2024 match between Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and Prime Bank Cricket Club.

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An organised group is operating to disconnect the power supplies of electricity consumers who had defaulted in paying their bills to disrepute and embarrass the government, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said today.

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A member of an organized crime gang involved in the murder of the Treasurer of the Public Health Inspectors’ Association was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) last night.

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T20 World Cup in the Americas has received a terror threat, Trinidad’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has revealed even as the ICC asserted that a ’’comprehensive and robust security plan’’ is in place

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The International Centre for Foreign Studies (ICFS) is set to host the second session of ’Education Yalpanam’ on May 11th and 12th at the Jaffna Public Library from 9 am to 5 pm. The event aims to provide aspiring students in the Northern Province with insights into higher education opportunities abroad.

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The government has given the green light for the development of 484 Mega Watt wind power stations in Mannar and Pooneryn.

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Notorious criminal Ramesh Mihiranga, alias ‘Manna Ramesh’, who was arrested by the Dubai Police, was brought to Sri Lanka from the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake this morning.

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A massive racism scandal has come to light after pilots and crew members of Sri Lankan Airlines lodged a strong complaint against an Air Belgium pilot and crew who were operating a UL Flight on April 30, after they were body-shamed and racially discriminated against, the Daily Mirror learns.

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Colombo will be among the first set of destinations to be served by Emirates’ A350 aircraft entering service in September 2024, the airline announced yesterday.

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While Sri Lanka’s petroleum industry awaits the establishment of a new regulator, concerns are being raised about the potential for unauthorised players to enter the market, particularly in the lubricant sector.

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VFS Global, which is currently facing a backlash, vows to boost Sri Lanka’s global image through a robust marketing plan with Sri Lanka Tourism. However, the details remain under wraps from the tourism authorities, Mirror Business learns.

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Indo-Pacific Regional Director of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Ben Mellor met NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the JVP Head Office this afternoon.

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Sri Lanka and Scotland will battle it out in the final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2024 at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi

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Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said today that the Singapore government has agreed to send a five-member team to Sri Lanka to conduct a comprehensive study of the country’s airport and immigration systems.

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While issuing a heat index forecast until tomorrow evening, it has been indicated today that the temperature experienced by the human body is forecast to rise to the extreme caution level, the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre of the Meteorology Department said.

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The Cabinet decided to uphold the existing visa fee of USD 50 for a 30-day visa for foreign visitors to Sri Lanka, the President’s Media Division announced today.

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In a collaborative effort to bolster healthcare accessibility, UNFPA Sri Lanka, with financial backing from the Government of Japan, orchestrated the official handover of three ’’Health on Wheels’’ trucks to the Ministry of Health.

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The university system’s administration is on the brink of a standstill due to trade union actions initiated by the Joint Committee of University Trade Unions and the University Executive Officers’ Association (UEOA), UEOA President M. W. Vanninayake said.

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Top-order batter Michael Jones and fast bowler Brad Wheal make a return to Scotland’s T20I squad for the upcoming mega event in West Indies and USA.

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