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Two persons were taken into custody by Sri Lanka Customs in the early hours of 02 October, for allegedly attempting to smuggle over 50,000 foreign-made cigarettes. MORE..
3 Oct 2023 (2:21 PM)
Sri Lanka s Nadeesha Dilhani Lekamge bagged a silver medal in the women s javelin throw, making this the first Asian Games medal Sri Lanka has won in Athletics for 17 years. MORE..
3 Oct 2023 (9:00 PM)
The 2023 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L Huillier for creating "flashes of light that are short enough to take snapshots of electrons extremely rapid movements," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced in Stockholm on Tuesday. MORE..
3 Oct 2023 (6:04 PM)
The World Bank revised up its forecasts for Sri Lanka s economy on Tuesday, noting the crisis-hit nation had made strides in reducing inflation and had benefited from tourism revenue as well as an appreciation in its currency. MORE..
3 Oct 2023 (5:08 PM)
At least 24 patients, half of them newborns, have died in the last 24 hours at a government-run hospital in India s Maharashtra state. MORE..
3 Oct 2023 (12:23 PM)
