Sri Lanka News — Morning Edition, 27 June 2026

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Sri Lanka Overtakes Australia, Spain, Thailand, Nepal and More to Become World’s Top Trending Wellness Travel Destination for 2026 - Travel And Tour World

Sri Lanka is poised for significant international engagement in 202

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Travel And Tour World ESPN Australian Broadcasting Corporation MSN News.com.au ICC News Room Guyana Sky Sports France 24 RFI BBC NDTV Sports San Francisco Chronicle The St Kitts Nevis Observer Eagle-Tribune bastillepost.com AP News Oskaloosa Herald Yahoo Sports Canada Toronto Star Newsday Hastings Tribune Caribbean National Weekly The Statesman The Daily Gazette kare11.com The News Mill Rediff Sportstar Pressenza - International Press Agency Jamaica Observer Time Out Worldwide Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka (.gov) Forbes The Aviation Herald news - Mongabay Moodie Davitt Report Daily FT International Finance Corporation (IFC) FashionNetwork - The World's Fashion Business News Free Malaysia Today World Bank Group Atlantic Council Open Magazine Island.lk Dawn Arab News The New Indian Express International Banker Roar Media

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Vietjet opens bookings for first-ever direct flights between Sri Lanka and Vietnam - Colombo Gazette

Sri Lanka is actively enhancing its international connectivity and strategic partnerships

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Colombo Gazette AsiaNews.it U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka (.gov) Newsfirst Island.lk Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific osi.af.mil Biometric Update Al Jazeera

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Sri Lanka: President Announces Emergency Measures to Protect Economy Amid Middle East Crisis - News On AIR

Sri Lanka's economy, still navigating a recovery from its severe

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News On AIR WV News NPR Reuters Island.lk

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EXPLAINER: Sri Lanka’s latest tax amendments, breakdowns - EconomyNext

Sri Lanka's government has introduced new tax amendments aimed at broadening the

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EconomyNext Economy Next

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Sri Lanka’s dengue outbreak reaches epidemic level as cases top 50,000: Health officials - Anadolu Ajansı

Sri Lanka is currently grappling with a severe dengue fever outbreak, which health

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Anadolu Ajansı ReliefWeb Reuters

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Zydus Lifesciences, Sunshine Healthcare launch $20mn pharma plant in Sri Lanka - EconomyNext

Indian pharmaceutical giant Zydus Lifesciences and Sri Lankan conglomerate

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EconomyNext Moneycontrol.com Economy Next

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British Airways to Return to Melbourne and Colombo - Business Traveller

British Airways is set to resume flights to Colombo, Sri Lanka, and

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Business Traveller Aviation Week FlightGlobal

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‘Complete Spin’: Ram Madhav Rubbishes Reports Of India-Pakistan Track 2 Talks In Colombo - News18

Reports of informal diplomatic discussions between India and Pakistan in Colombo have

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News18 Arab News PK

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Rs. 36 Billion Allocated to modernise and expand Colombo sewerage network - dailynews.lk

A significant investment of Rs. 36 billion has been

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dailynews.lk Newswire

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Colombo to host South Asian infrastructure Expo in July - EconomyNext

Colombo is set to host a significant South Asian infrastructure expo in July

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EconomyNext Economy Next