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New report details Sri Lanka's economic performance in Q2 2026
This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. Sri Lanka’s economy expanded by 4.2 per cent in the second quarter of 2026, slowing from the 5.0 per cent growth recorded during the same period last year. The latest economic data shows mixed performance across key sectors. Industrial activity grew 7.3 per cent and the services sector expanded 2.7 per cent, while agriculture contracted by 2.3 per
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Australia women’s cricket team set for Sri Lanka tour
This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. The Australia Women’s cricket team is set to tour Sri Lanka in December 2026 for a three-match ODI series. The matches will be played in Dambulla and will count towards the ICC Women’s Championship 2025–2029. The Australian squad is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka on 10 December 2026, ahead of the series. The tour will provide both teams with an
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Hambantota International Port surpasses one million TEU milestone
This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. The Hambantota International Port (HIP) has surpassed one million TEUs in cumulative container throughput since new quay cranes were introduced in 2025. According to Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG), the port handled 428,036 TEUs in 2025 and a further 574,196 TEUs in 2026 so far, bringing the combined total to 1,002,232 TEUs. HIPG CEO Wi
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What Does Australia Need: A Migration Strategy or Short-Term Politics?
At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. A broad group of Australian industry, business, community, multicultural, regional and migration organisations is calling for a National Migration Summit to develop a long-term plan for Australia’s migration system. The call follows a week of competing proposals on migration, including calls to reduce temporary migration and cut Australia’s humanitarian intake. The groups say the debate sho
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ශ්රී ලංකාව සැප්තැම්බර් මාසයේදී සංචාරක පැමිණීමේ සුළු අඩුවීමක් වාර්තා කරයි...
At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Sri Lankan community informed with timely updates. ශ්රී ලංකා සංචාරක සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය (SLTDA) නිකුත් කළ නවතම දත්ත අනුව, 2026 සැප්තැම්බර් මාසයේදී ශ්රී ලංකාවට පැමිණි විදේශීය සංචාරකයින් සංඛ්යාවේ සුළු පහළ යාමක් වාර්තා වී තිබේ. එම මාසය තුළ ජාත්යන්තර සංචාරකයින් 158,557 දෙනෙකු ශ්රී ලංකාවට පැමිණ ඇති අතර, එය 2025 සැප්තැම්බර් මාසයට සාපේක්ෂව 0.26%ක අඩුවීමක් බව ශ්රී ලංකා සංචාරක සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය සඳහන් කළේය. සැප්තැම්බර් මාසයේදී ශ්රී ලංකාවට සංචාරකයි
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Akalanka Peiris Breaks Three Sri Lankan Swimming Records in Australia
This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. Sri Lankan swimmer Akalanka Peiris has produced an outstanding series of performances at the Australian Nationals, setting three new Sri Lankan national records in two days. On Thursday, October 1, Peiris broke the national record in the Men’s 50m Backstroke twice in the same day. He first clocked 24.45 seconds in the heats, improving his own prev
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