The 25 best places to travel in 2025: Sri Lanka ninth in BBC’s Top 25 Travel list

The BBC has selected Sri Lanka as the ninth best destination for 2025, giving further recognition to the country’s efforts to develop tourism. In announcing the winners of its Top 25 Destinations, the BBC said, “From its misty hilltop tea plantations and roaming wild elephants to its ancient temples and rolling surf, Sri Lanka is a country that ticks lots …

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Why didn’t Trump place his hand on the Bible while taking oath ?

Donald Trump’s inauguration had to be moved indoors Monday due to a particularly frigid wintry spell across much of the United States, causing significant changes to the event after years of tedious planning. But the weather wasn’t the only unusual aspect of the 47th president’s swearing-in ceremony. Here are some memorable moments from a historic occasion. No hand on Bible …

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Trump curtails protections around diversity, LGBTQ rights

US President Donald Trump repealed numerous executive orders promoting LGBTQ equality and issued new ones decreeing only two genders and ending government diversity programs Monday, definitively breaking with what he decries as “woke” culture. On the campaign trail, Trump vilified diversity, equity and inclusion policies in the federal government and corporate world, saying they discriminated against white people — men …

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Files 75 cases under new Anti-Corruption Act – Bribery Commission

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption announced that it has filed approximately 75 court cases under the newly enacted Anti-Corruption Act within the past nine months. The Anti-Corruption Act No. 9 of 2023 was enacted in September 2023, repealing the Bribery Act No. 11 of 1954, the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption Act No. …

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This year’s budget will be presented with the aim of decentralizing the concentrated economy by involving every segment of the population

President Anura Kumara Disanayake stated that this year’s budget will be prepared with the objective of involving every segment of the population in the country’s economic processes. The President expressed these views during a preliminary discussion held today (21) at the Presidential Secretariat with officials from the Ministry of Finance regarding the formulation of the 2025 budget. The discussion focused …

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Financial and Technical Assistance from the World Bank for Key Government Projects

Martin Raiser, Vice President for South Asia at the World Bank, stated that the organization is committed to providing financial and technical assistance for Sri Lanka’s key government projects. This statement was made during a meeting between President Anura Kumara Disanayake and representatives of the World Bank held today (21) at the Presidential Secretariat. During the discussion, consensus was reached …

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Central Bank of Sri Lanka launches the Digital Payments Promotion Campaign 2025

The Digital Payments Promotion Campaign 2025 under the theme of “Shaping the Future through Digital Transactions” was launched by Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) on 9th January 2025, at the Magam Ruhunupura Administrative Complex in Hambantota. The campaign was organized by CBSL with the support of Mr. Bimal Indrajith De Silva, District Secretary …

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Towards the Agri-entrepreneurship

Agriculture has an unchanging demand, mainly due to its heavy contribution to food security. It is one of the key sectors that contribute significantly to the development of any country’s economy, interacting with other sub-sectors related to increasing economic growth, reducing poverty, creating rural development, and achieving environmental sustainability. Agriculture accounted for 8.3% of Sri Lanka’s GDP in 2023. The …

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Indian scientists develop wearable device that mimics pain to detect stress

The scientists from the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru have developed a device that senses strain, mimics pain perception and adapts its response accordingly. By recreating these pain-like responses, the device can help in detecting stress. The team developed the Neuromorphic device which is an electronic system that mimics the functions of neurons and synapses. The …

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Deepika Padukone to Rani Mukherjee, 7 best on-screen pairings of Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan has given many hit films on the big screen. The actresses with whom Saif has been paired over the years are often discussed. Saif Ali Khan’s pairing with Kareena Kapoor Khan has worked off-screen but on-screen he shared a good deal with several actresses. Let’s have a look at Saif Ali Khan’s onscreen hit pairings. Saif Ali …

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