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Can International Travelers Recognize Chikungunya Infection
Precision Vaccinations
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(Vax-Before-Travel News)There is a global resurgence of chikungunya that started with increasing outbreaks in the Indian Ocean islands in March 2025, which has continued into mid-August. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), these...
Sri Lanka: Tamils demand release of prisoners, investigation into mass grave
Green Left
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August 11, 2025
The recent discovery of a mass grave at Chemmani, in Sri Lanka’s northern Jaffna district, has ignited a wave of protests by Tamils across several towns in the north and east demanding an investigation by international forensic experts. Believing...
Sunil Kumara Gamage elected President of Sri Lanka-Italy Parliamentary Friendship Association
Daily FT
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Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage (left) with Italian Ambassador to Sri Lanka Damiano Francovigh Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage has been elected President of the Sri Lanka-Italy Parliamentary Friendship...
Sri Lanka President sets greater 2026 Budget priorities for Agriculture and Livestock
On Lanka
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August 11, 2025
Posted by Editor on August 11, 2025 - 8:50 pm Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake chaired a meeting this morning (August 11) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo to review projects implemented under the 2025 budget allocations for...
Sri Lanka: Next frontier for global investors
Daily FT
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For international investors, Sri Lanka’s stock market represents more than just another emerging market rally—it’s a rare opportunity to participate in a genuine economic recovery story with multi-year potential 69% market surge creates compelling...
Sri Lanka President moots transforming dairy and livestock farming in pre-budget discussion
EconomyNext
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August 11, 2025
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent in the first quarter of 2025, down from 4.5 percent a year ago and 4.2 percent in the December quarter, data from the state statistics office show. The total employed population rose...
Sri Lanka central bank net foreign reserves fall over US$100mn in June: Analysis
EconomyNext
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August 11, 2025
ECONOMYNEXT – Net foreign reserves of Sri Lanka’s central bank which have improved steadily for three years amid deflationary policy fell in June 2025, official data show, after a rate cut and strong recovery in private credit. Net foreign assets...
MillenniumIT ESP and South Asian Technologies host Cohesity’s launch in Sri Lanka with “Catalyst on the Road: The Reality of Cyber Resilience”
Daily FT
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Representatives from MillenniumIT ESP, Cohesity, and South Asian Technologies after the event, marking a successful collaboration and knowledge-sharing session MillenniumIT ESP, in collaboration with South Asian Technologies Ltd., represented by...
Minister Anura Karunathilaka elected President of SL-Pakistan Parliamentary Friendship Association
Daily FT
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Pakistani High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Major General (Retd.) Faheem-Ul-Aziz (left) and Parliament Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne Pakistani High Commissioner discusses strengthening bilateral relations with Sri Lanka Parliament Speaker Talks...
With nocturnal surveys and awareness building, Sri Lanka steps up to protect its owls
Mongabay
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August 11, 2025
In Sri Lanka, volunteers and researchers survey owls at night along set routes to mark the International Owl Day that falls on Aug. 4. But what takes more effort is the public educational events to challenge deep-rooted superstitions about owls....
NAHTTF warns of rising human trafficking threats targeting Sri Lankans
On Lanka
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August 11, 2025
Posted by Editor on August 11, 2025 - 8:21 pm AI-generated image The National Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (NAHTTF) has issued an urgent public warning in light of alarming information about a new wave of human trafficking activities...
Elephant House Beverages, Reliance Consumer Products launch Campa Beverages in Sri Lanka
Daily FT
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Ceylon Cold Stores, in collaboration with Reliance Consumer Products Ltd., (RCPL), is introducing the Campa Beverages brand in Sri Lanka. The partnership marks a new phase in the relationship between the two organisations and builds on their...
Sri Lanka and Cuba Analyze Bilateral Rel…
Periódico 26
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Sri Lanka's leader in Parliament and Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports, and Civil Aviation, Bimal Rathnayake, and Cuban Ambassador to this nation, Andrés González, discussed their countries' ties. Colombo.- Sunil Kumara Gamage, Minister of...
Lok Sabha to take up Indian Ports Bill on Tuesday as Modi govt replaces last of British era maritime laws
ETInfra.com
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August 12, 2025
The Bill’s requirement of publication of port tariff fixed by the relevant authority is in line with international best practices. MUMBAI: The changed political equation following the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and coalition compulsions have forced the...
Sri Lanka to create sector-wide data system on state-owned land
Xinhua News Agency
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COLOMBO, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed officials of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation to establish a comprehensive sector-wide data system on state-owned land, the President's Media...
Ishara Nanayakkara named Sri Lanka richest person by Gulf-News
EconomyNext
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August 11, 2025
ECONOMYNEXT – LOLC’s Ishara Nanayakkara, has been named Sri Lanka’s richest person, in a ranking by by Gulf-News, a UAE based publication, with an estimated net worth of 1.6 billion US dollars. “As of 2025, Ishara Nanayakkara has emerged as Sri...
India, Sri Lanka hold high-level coast guard talks in New Delhi
Greater Kashmir
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August 11, 2025
New Delhi, Aug 11: The 8th High-Level Meeting between the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Sri Lanka Coast Guard (SLCG) was held in the capital on 11 August 2025, focusing on stronger cooperation in marine pollution response, maritime search and...
Indian, Sri Lankan Coast Guards Discuss Maritime Rescue Coordination
MENAFN
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August 11, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Cooperative engagements in the fields of marine pollution response and maritime search and rescue topped agenda at the 8th High-Level Meeting (HLM) between the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Sri Lanka Coast...
Coast Guards of India, Sri Lanka vow to strengthen maritime partnership
The Hindu
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August 11, 2025
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and the Sri Lanka Coast Guard (SLCG) meeting. Photo Credit: X@IndiaCoastGuard The eighth high-level meeting between the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and the Sri Lanka Coast Guard (SLCG) was held in New Delhi on Monday (August...
Sri Lanka and Cuba analyze bilateral relations
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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August 11, 2025
Sunil Kumara Gamage, Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports and President of the Sri Lanka-Cuba Parliamentary Friendship Association, also participated in the meeting, in which issues of mutual interest were analyzed to enhance bilateral cooperation...