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"๐’๐ซ๐ข ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ค๐š ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ."Sri Lanka Police marks 159 years today under the theme โ€œUphold the Law, Value...
03/09/2025

"๐’๐ซ๐ข ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ค๐š ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ."

Sri Lanka Police marks 159 years today under the theme โ€œUphold the Law, Value Peace.โ€ Established on September 3, 1866, the service traces its roots to 1797 under British rule. Sir George William Robert Campbell was the first IGP.

Over 3,000 officers have sacrificed their lives in service.

Today, the Police continue to evolve with modern technology, striving for independence and a people-centered approach while upholding law and safeguarding peace.

"๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ."A powerful magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit Afghani...
03/09/2025

"๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ."

A powerful magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit Afghanistanโ€™s eastern Kunar province on Sunday, killing over 800 people.

Entire villages were destroyed, with roads blocked by landslides forcing helicopter rescues.

Survivors are being airlifted to hospitals, while the UN is providing hot meals and blankets.

The Taliban has appealed for international aid, with the UK pledging ยฃ1m.

The shallow quake (8km depth) was felt from Kabul to Islamabad, and the death toll is expected to rise as many remain trapped under rubble.

"๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค - ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐š ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ."Tren de Aragua is a Venezuelan prison-born gang turned transn...
03/09/2025

"๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค - ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐š ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ."

Tren de Aragua is a Venezuelan prison-born gang turned transnational crime network, involved in trafficking, extortion, kidnapping, and drugs across Latin America and the US.

It once operated from Tocorรณn prison and was designated a terrorist group by the US.

In September 2025, Trump announced a strike on one of its drug boats, killing 11.

"๐๐ซ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ'๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ซ๐จ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ : ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐”๐’ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐."Brazilโ€™s Supreme Court has begun a ...
03/09/2025

"๐๐ซ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ'๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ซ๐จ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ : ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐”๐’ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐."

Brazilโ€™s Supreme Court has begun a landmark trial against ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, accusing him of plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election.

He faces charges including leading a criminal organization, planning to abolish democracy, and inciting the January 2023 riots.

Evidence includes coup plans, assassination discussions, and a draft asylum request to Argentina.

If convicted, Bolsonaro could face over 40 years in prison, though appeals may delay sentencing.

The case has sparked tension with the US: Donald Trump condemned the trial, imposed tariffs and sanctions on Brazil, and defended Bolsonaro, escalating a diplomatic clash.

"๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ข๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐—๐ข ๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐š."The parade showcased hundreds of advanced weapons and featured ...
03/09/2025

"๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ข๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐—๐ข ๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐š."

The parade showcased hundreds of advanced weapons and featured more than 10,000 troops, revealing Chinaโ€™s growing military power under Xiโ€™s push to modernize the worldโ€™s largest standing army.

"๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ'๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ."The Attorney Generalโ€™s Department has ...
03/09/2025

"๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ'๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ."

The Attorney Generalโ€™s Department has announced that indictments will soon be filed in connection with more than 20 controversial incidents that took place in recent times.

According to the Department, a special team is currently engaged in preparing the indictments.

Among those set to face charges are several former ministers and state officials.

The indictments are expected to include allegations of misuse of state property during the previous administration.

"๐ˆ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ'๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐’๐ซ๐ข ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ค๐š ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ."Italyโ€™s Deputy Fore...
03/09/2025

"๐ˆ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ'๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐’๐ซ๐ข ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ค๐š ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ."

Italyโ€™s Deputy Foreign Minister Maria Tripodi arrives in Sri Lanka today (Sept 3) for an official visit until Sept 5. She will meet Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya and Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath, and co-chair the first Sri Lankaโ€“Italy Political Consultations with Deputy FM Arun Hemachandra.

A MoU establishing a Political Consultations Mechanism will also be signed.

"๐€๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐š - ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ซ๐š๐ž๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐ญ ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ. ๐๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ."Australiaโ€“Israel relation...
03/09/2025

"๐€๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐š - ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ซ๐š๐ž๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐ญ ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ. ๐๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ."

Australiaโ€“Israel relations have hit their lowest point in decades, with bitter exchanges between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Benjamin Netanyahu after Australia pledged to conditionally recognise a Palestinian state.

Protests in Sydney and other cities pressured Canberra to act, but pro-Palestinian groups say the move is symbolic since Australia still supplies parts used in Israeli weapons.

Israel revoked visas, and Albanese faced accusations of "appeasement."

Despite the public spat, experts say little has materially changedโ€”defence and trade ties continue, and relations are likely to recover over time.

"๐”๐’ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐  ๐›๐จ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ณ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ."A Venezuelan prison-born gang turned regional cri...
03/09/2025

"๐”๐’ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐  ๐›๐จ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ณ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ."

A Venezuelan prison-born gang turned regional crime syndicate, involved in human trafficking, extortion, drugs, and violence. Once based in Tocorรณn prison, it now operates across Latin America and the US.

In 2025, the US struck a drug boat tied to the group, killing 11.

"๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐‚๐ฎ๐›๐š ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ. ๐ˆ๐‚๐„ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ."A US deportation flight sent 161 Cubans back...
03/09/2025

"๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐‚๐ฎ๐›๐š ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ. ๐ˆ๐‚๐„ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ."

A US deportation flight sent 161 Cubans back to Havana, the largest such return in years.

Many deportees complained of harsh ICE treatment and painful family separations.

One woman, Yudierquis Reyes, was deported without her 2-year-old US-citizen daughter after pleading no contest to an assault charge.

DHS labeled her a โ€œcriminal illegal alien,โ€ though CNN found no child abuse conviction.

Deportees described feeling devastated, with some vowing to risk the dangerous journey again to reunite with family.

The policy shift marks a sharp break from the preferential treatment Cubans once received in the US.

"๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐‘๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐†๐ข๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ข ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐๐จ๐ฆ."Donald Trump announced that former NYC mayor Rudy G...
02/09/2025

"๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐‘๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐†๐ข๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ข ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐๐จ๐ฆ."

Donald Trump announced that former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Giuliani, hailed as โ€œAmericaโ€™s Mayorโ€ after 9/11, was recently injured in a car crash.

Despite his past acclaim, he has faced lawsuits, bankruptcy, and loss of his law license over false 2020 election claims.

"๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ง๐ฎ๐ซ๐š ๐Š๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ."President Anura Kumara Diss...
02/09/2025

"๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ง๐ฎ๐ซ๐š ๐Š๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ."

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, on his Northern Province tour, today (02) launched the National Coconut Cultivation Promotion Programme in Mullaitivu and attended the Vattuvakal Bridge groundbreaking.

Yesterday (01) in Jaffna, he opened several projects including the Jaffnaโ€“Myliddy Fisheries Harbour phase three, Jaffnaโ€“Mannativu International Cricket Stadium foundation, Jaffna e-library, and Regional Immigration Office, while also meeting fishermen in Kachchativu.

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