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1. 🇺🇸 United States - No fixed age; life tenure 2. 🇲🇬 Madagascar - No fixed mandatory age reported 3. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - 75 4. 🇨🇦 Canada - 75 5. 🇧🇷 Brazil - 75 6. 🇦🇷 Argentina - 75 7. 🇮🇶 Iraq - 72 8. 🇦🇺 Australia - 70 9. 🇯🇵 Japan - 70 10. 🇳🇿 New Zealand - 70 11. 🇳🇱 Netherlands - 70 12. 🇮🇪 Ireland - 70 13. 🇮🇱 Israel - 70 14. 🇬🇭 Ghana - 70 15. 🇰🇪 Kenya - 70 16. 🇱🇷 Liberia - 70 17....
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1st: France 🇫🇷 vs Spain 🇪🇸 2nd: Argentina 🇦🇷 vs England 🏴 ⭕ After 100 matches involving 48 teams, the top 4 pre-tournament ranked sides have become the World Cup’s final four. ⭕ This is the first time this has happened since the FIFA World Ranking was introduced in 1992. #FIFAWorldCup
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1. 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka ❤️ 2. 🇵🇫 Mo'orea, French Polynesia 3. 🇾🇪 Socotra, Yemen 4. 🇵🇹 Madeira, Portugal 5. 🇪🇨 Galápagos Islands, Ecuador 6. 🇧🇸 Great Exuma, Bahamas 7. 🇸🇨 Seychelles 8. 🇮🇪 Achill Island, Ireland 9. 🇹🇭 Koh Lipe, Thailand 10. 🇬🇷 Milos, Greece Source: Enjoy Travel (Big 7 Travel), "The 50 Best Islands in the World – 2026 ⭕️Big 7 Travel is a prominent UK based global digital travel platform...
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⛽ Petrol 92: Rs. 434 → Rs. 414, 🔻Rs. 20 🚛 Auto Diesel: Rs. 407 → Rs. 382, 🔻 Rs. 25 Other fuel prices remain unchanged. ⭕️Still above Feb. 28 pre-war levels: Petrol 92: +Rs. 122🔺 Diesel: +Rs. 105🔺 #SriLanka #fuelPrices
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1. 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka (+100%) ❤️ 2. 🇦🇺 Australia (+85%) 3. 🇲🇦 Morocco (+83%) 4. 🏴 England (+82%) 5. 🇪🇸 Spain (+80%) 6. 🇳🇵 Nepal (+52%) 7. 🇹🇭 Thailand (+48%) 8. 🇲🇽 Mexico (+44%) 9. 🇨🇷 Costa Rica (+42%) 10. 🇨🇦 Canada (+36%) 📊 Source: State of Retreats 2026 Report by BookRetreats[.]com. ⭕️ The ranking is based on the fastest-growing global interest in wellness travel, with Sri Lanka...
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1. 🇩🇪 Julian Weber — 1,360 2. 🇱🇰 Rumesh Pathirage — 1,333 ❤️ 3. 🇬🇩 Anderson Peters — 1,326 4. 🇹🇹 Keshorn Walcott — 1,314 5. 🇮🇳 Neeraj Chopra — 1,308 6. 🇺🇸 Curtis Thompson — 1,283 7. 🇰🇪 Julius Yego — 1,276 8. 🇧🇷 Luiz Maurício da Silva — 1,268 9. 🇮🇳 Sachin Yadav — 1,258 10. 🇵🇰 Arshad Nadeem — 1,234 After an impressive run of performances, Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage has made an impressive rise to...
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1. 🇵🇰 Arshad Nadeem, 92.97m, 2024 2. 🇱🇰 Rumesh Tharanga, 92.62m, 2026 🆕❤️ 3. 🇹🇼 Chao-Tsun Cheng, 91.36m, 2017 4. 🇮🇳 Neeraj Chopra, 90.23m, 2025 5. 🇨🇳 Zhao Qinggang, 89.15m, 2014 6. 🇯🇵 Kazuhiro Mizoguchi, 87.60m, 1989 7. 🇮🇳 Kishore Jena, 87.54m, 2023 8. 🇺🇿 Viktor Zaytsev, 87.20m, 1992 9. 🇯🇵 Yuta Sakiyama, 87.16m, 2025 10. 🇯🇵 Ryohei Arai, 86.83m, 2014 Rumesh is now No. 2 in Asia all-time....
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⭕ Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 reported 7,916 suspected dengue cases in Week 27, covering June 29 to July 5, 2026, a 32% rise compared with the previous week. ⭕ According to NaDSys surveillance, 47...
1. 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka — 255.1 2. 🇧🇩 Bangladesh — 249.1 3. 🇮🇷 Iran — 213.7 4. 🇮🇳 India — 205.1 5. 🇮🇩 Indonesia — 192.7 6. 🇯🇴 Jordan — 190.0 7. 🇹🇷 Turkey — 186.5 8. 🇱🇧 Lebanon — 183.8 9....
⭕ The Inland Revenue Department now lets taxpayers retrieve their Taxpayer Identification Number online via its e-Services portal. ⭕ Users can verify their identity through an OTP sent to their...
18-year-old Yevan David delivered a defensive driving masterclass to finish P2 in the FIA Formula 3 Sprint Race at Silverstone, securing Sri Lanka's 🇱🇰 first-ever FIA Formula 3 podium finish. 👏...
⭕ Yevan David delivered a defensive driving masterclass to finish P2 at Silverstone, securing Sri Lanka’s first-ever FIA Formula 3 podium and the country's first points in the championship. ⭕ Calm...
⭕ Yevan David delivered a defensive driving masterclass to finish P2 at Silverstone, securing Sri Lanka’s first-ever FIA Formula 3 podium and the country's first points in the championship. ⭕ Calm...
⭕ Sri Lanka 🇱🇰’s Yevan David qualified P11 in Round 5 of the FIA Formula 3 Championship at Silverstone 18 places ahead of the next AIX Racing driver. ⭕ David recorded a 1:46.215 lap, finishing...
⭕ The World Bank reclassified 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka from lower-middle-income to upper-middle-income status, based on its 2025 gross national income per person. ⭕ Under the World Bank’s fiscal 2027 limits,...
⭕ 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka recorded 41,921 suspected dengue cases by Week 24 of 2026, up 58.3% from 26,487 cases during the same period in 2025. ⭕ The first 24 weeks of 2025 averaged about 1,104 cases per...
⭕ The government has retained the annual turnover threshold for mandatory VAT and SSCL registration at Rs. 60 million. ⭕ A proposed reduction to Rs. 36 million, scheduled to take effect from July...
⭕ 🇱🇰 Rumesh Tharanga won the men’s javelin throw at the 65th Golden Spike athletics meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on June 16. ⭕ The 23-year-old secured the gold medal with a best throw of 86...
⭕ Real GDP rose from Rs. 3,476.7 billion in Q1 2025 to Rs. 3,652.5 billion in Q1 2026. 5.1% 🔼 ⭕ Real GDP growth measures the increase in goods and services produced after removing price changes....
⭕️ 23-year-old Sri Lankan javelin sensation Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage won the men’s javelin throw at the Rome Diamond League with a massive 92.62m throw. The throw set: ✅ New Sri Lankan National...
⭕ The IMF Executive Board has completed the combined 5th and 6th reviews of Sri Lanka’s EFF programme. ⭕ This gives Sri Lanka immediate access to SDR 508 million, equal to around US$695 million. ⭕...
⭕ Today’s CBSL USD selling rate has moved down to around Rs.328, reflecting the rupee’s recovery after last week’s FX panic. ⭕ However, for duty calculations, Sri Lanka Customs is still using Rs.353...
⭕ CBSL raised the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) by 100 basis points to 8.75% at its May 2026 Monetary Policy Review. ⭕ Expected outcome: inflation pressure may ease over time as higher rates slow...
Announced ratios: 💵 Commercial vehicles: 60% 🚗 Cars, SUVs, vans: 40% 🛺 Three-wheelers: 40% 🚙 Other vehicles: 40% ⭕ LTV (Loan-to-Value) ratio is the maximum % of a vehicle's value that a bank...
