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Bangladeshi batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has decided to retire from international Twenty20 cricket.He states in a Twitter message that he is ready to pay more attention to ODIs and Test matches.Mushfiqur Rahim has played 102 T20 matches for Bangladesh so far, scoring 1,500 runs.Below is the relevant Twitter message,

The S-lon Lanka (Pvt) Ltd was recently recognised with accreditation from the Sri Lanka Accreditation Board (SLAB) against ISO 17025 standards for plastic pipe testing for its Mechanical Quality Assurance (QA) Laboratory. Continuing its streak of industry firsts, the S-lon QA Laboratory is the first and only laboratory in Sri Lanka to receive such accreditation for plastic pipes which recognizes the laboratory’s capability to meet international standards for testing.Mr. S.C Weerasekara, Group Director / COO of The Capital Maharaja Group, commenting on this latest achievement, stated, “For 65 years we have thrived by offering products of the highest quality to…

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, says that she is happy to be able to reach a working staff-level agreement to support Sri Lanka’s economic goals.Recently, the International Monetary Fund officially announced that Sri Lanka has reached a working group level agreement with the International Monetary Fund, and the International Monetary Fund stated that an extensive funding facility of 2.9 billion dollars will be received from the International Monetary Fund in the future.This is going to be implemented with a 48-month program.

The state-run Myanmar News Agency said on Saturday that Myanmar handed over 1000 tons of rice to Sri Lanka at a port in the commercial hub of Yangon.At the Friday handover ceremony, Union Minister for Commerce U Aung Naing Oo stated that the contribution was made as a show of solidarity from the government and people of Myanmar to the people of Sri Lanka.He wished for further improvement in the two nations’ friendship and collaboration. J.M. Bandara, the ambassador of Sri Lanka to Myanmar, praised the Myanmar government for the gift and said that Sri Lanka, which is through an…

For the academic year 2023, the Ministry of Education will offer free textbooks to students in Government schools across the nation.16,483 million rupees have been aside by the government for the purpose. For the State Printing Corporation to print 45% of the textbooks, Cabinet permission has been obtained. According to W.M. Balasooriya, Senior Director of Education for the Kurunegala District, 55% of the textbooks would be printed by the private sector. Susil Premayantha, the minister of education, has directed ministry officials to speed up the printing of textbooks for students before the start of the upcoming school year, 2023, according…

The Sri Lanka National Construction Association says that due to the government’s decision to increase indirect taxes, small and medium businessmen as well as the construction industry will be severely affected.Accordingly, its president Susantha Liyanarachchi stated that entrepreneurs will have to pay indirect taxes of nearly 22% in the future.He further mentioned that if some system is introduced for direct taxes than indirect taxes, it will be relatively bearable.

The Paris Club Members said in a statement that they are ready to start the debt relief process for Sri Lanka.The relevant announcement states that the Paris Club is ready to start a debt remedy procedure and reiterated its willingness to coordinate with the non-official bilateral creditors of the Paris Club to provide the necessary financial insurance and provide the necessary financial assurances in a timely manner.The related announcement further states that the society has accepted the official level agreement between the Sri Lankan government and the International Monetary Fund officials for a 48-month plan under extended credit facilities.Below is…

The day before Yesterday (02) 04 Covid deaths were reported and yesterday (03) 50 corona-infected people were reported. All of them are locally identified infected.With that, the total number of infected people reported in this country increases to 670,127 and the total number of corona deaths increases to 16,703.

A discussion has been held under the leadership of the Minister of Energy regarding the acquisition of fuel stocks related to the months of September and October.Accordingly, the minister stated in a Twitter message that the fuel requirements, transportation plans, and financial facilities for obtaining fuel stocks related to the months of September and October have been reviewed.Crude oil refining requirements for the next two months have also been discussed here.

Sri Lanka managed to record a 4-wicket victory in the match between the Sri Lankan team and the Afghanistan team in the Super Four round of the Asia Cup Twenty20 cricket tournament.Accordingly, in the match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, the Sri Lanka team won the toss and invited Afghanistan to bat first.The Afghanistan team, who batted first, managed to score 175 runs for the loss of 6 wickets.In batting, Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 84 runs and Ibrahim Zadran scored 40 runs for the Afghanistan team.In bowling, Dilshan Madushanka managed to take 2 wickets and Maheesh Thiekshana and Asita Fernando took…