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The egg scene…Who needs expensive masks when your fridge has the secret? Eggs are packed with protein, vitamin A, D, E, ...
06/08/2026

The egg scene…

Who needs expensive masks when your fridge has the secret? Eggs are packed with protein, vitamin A, D, E, and biotin — all amazing for skin and hair.

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From a whisper in rainforest to a national treasure: The Serendib Scops Owl still guards its secretsAs dusk settles over...
06/08/2026

From a whisper in rainforest to a national treasure: The Serendib Scops Owl still guards its secrets

As dusk settles over Sri Lanka’s ancient rainforests, the forest comes alive in ways few people ever witness. Cicadas begin their nightly chorus, frogs call from hidden streams, and somewhere beneath the towering canopy, a tiny owl announces its presence with a haunting call that, for years, puzzled even the country’s most experienced ornithologists.

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Pakistan’s NWFP and Myanmar: silent suffering mountsPakistan’s North-West Frontier Province or Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) a...
06/08/2026

Pakistan’s NWFP and Myanmar: silent suffering mounts

Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province or Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Myanmar could be considered two Asian theatres of conflict and war where human suffering has been on a relentless and silent spiral over the years. The conflicts have all but been forgotten, it could be said, by the world community.

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Former Pakistan players could face bans for playing in Asian Legends LeagueA number of former Pakistan cricketers could ...
06/08/2026

Former Pakistan players could face bans for playing in Asian Legends League

A number of former Pakistan cricketers could face PCB bans for taking part in an unsanctioned league. More than a dozen of them signed up for the Asian Legends League in Zambia. Last week, the Zambia Cricket Union, the country’s official governing body, put out a statement clarifying that the league was “not sanctioned, approved or endorsed by ZCU”.

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Faleel shines as Petes, Royal reach quarter-finalsA decisive six wicket haul by paceman Mickhaeel Faleel was the highlig...
06/08/2026

Faleel shines as Petes, Royal reach quarter-finals

A decisive six wicket haul by paceman Mickhaeel Faleel was the highlight of the day in the Under 17 Division I cricket tournament pre quarter finals as St. Peter’s College Bambalapitiya and Royal College Colombo completed the quarter-final line up on Wednesday.

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Give them rank turnersThe Indian team landed in Colombo this week and held their first training session at the NCC yeste...
06/08/2026

Give them rank turners

The Indian team landed in Colombo this week and held their first training session at the NCC yesterday. Unsurprisingly, there was a fair bit of chaos. The Indian team seems to carry chaos wherever it goes.

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Dr. Harsha Suranga Fernando appointed as the new Governor C PSpecialist Dr. Harsha Suranga Fernando took oaths as the ne...
06/08/2026

Dr. Harsha Suranga Fernando appointed as the new Governor C P

Specialist Dr. Harsha Suranga Fernando took oaths as the new Governor of the Central Province yesterday (05) afternoon before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

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Free Lawyers orgnnisation warns of possible prolonged pre-trial detention of large numbers of individualsThe Free Lawyer...
06/08/2026

Free Lawyers orgnnisation warns of possible prolonged pre-trial detention of large numbers of individuals

The Free Lawyers organisation said yesterday that the Anti-Corruption (Amendment) Bill gazetted by the government, particularly the proposed amendments to section 149 of the Anti-Corruption Act, No. 9 of 2023, concerning bail, would increase pressure on the country’s already crowded prisons system.

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Joint operation launched in Malaysia to arrest ‘Kanjipani Imran’In a major international law enforcement crackdown, a ke...
06/08/2026

Joint operation launched in Malaysia to arrest ‘Kanjipani Imran’

In a major international law enforcement crackdown, a key police operation has been launched in Malaysia to apprehend notorious underworld leader and international drug kingpin Mohamed Najeem Mohamed Imran, alias “Kanjipani Imran”.

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AI demands justice for aid workers killed in Muttur two decades agoAmnesty International has said that Sri Lanka should ...
06/08/2026

AI demands justice for aid workers killed in Muttur two decades ago

Amnesty International has said that Sri Lanka should publicly explain the steps taken to date and set out how they intend to overcome the long-standing obstacles that have prevented justice for 17 aid workers, from the French humanitarian association Action contre la Faim (ACF), killed in Muttur.

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