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August 13, 2026
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Sri Lankan Poultry Producers Honoured as Global Sustainability Leaders at Soy Connext 2026
COLOMBO : Sri Lanka, 2025’s largest market in the world for containerised US soybean meal, had its poultry sector honoured on the global stage recently, with several of the country’s leading poultry producers and feed millers recognised among global sustainability leaders for their use of the Sustainable U.S. Soy and Fed with Sustainable U.S. Soy...
Business, Economy
August 13, 2026
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Two conmen caught at SLBFE over alleged Israel employment scam
COLOMBO : Two individuals who allegedly collected money from job seekers by promising employment opportunities in Israel’s construction and hospitality sectors have been arrested. The suspects were arrested by officers attached to the Special Investigation Police Unit of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), within the premises of the Bureau. The investigation was...
Local
August 13, 2026
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President tells BASL : Judges’ retirement age extension not intended for any individual or group
COLOMBO : President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has met with representatives of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) this Wednesday, afternoon ,Gust (12) at the Presidential Secretariat. During the meeting, which lasted nearly an hour, attention was focused on the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution concerning the extension of the retirement age of judges, with...
Loc
August 13, 2026
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Navy seizes Indian fishing trawler with 9 fishermen for illegal fishing in SL waters
COLOMBO : The Navy seized an Indian fishing trawler (01) along with nine (9) Indian fishermen forengaging in illegal fishing in Sri Lankan waters off the Urumalei Point, Talaimannar in thedark hours of 12 August 2026.The trawler had reportedly crossed the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) into SriLankan waters and engaged in bottom trawling when...
Local
August 13, 2026
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Indonesian ambassador, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs open the Indonesia Cultural Centre in Colombo
RUZAIK FAROOK COLOMBO — The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Colombo officially inaugurated the Indonesia Cultural Centre on Wednesday, August 12, as part of its efforts to strengthen cultural exchange and people-to-people relations between Indonesia and Sri Lanka. The Indonesia Cultural Centre was officially inaugurated by Mrs. Dewi Gustina Tobing, Ambassador of the...
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