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Super Six Stage begins

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2 years ago

June 29, 2023

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The Super Six Stage of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2023 will commence today (29).

Commencing the Super Six Stage, the hosts Zimbabwe will play against Oman in Bulawayo.

In the preliminary round of the Qualifier round, 10 teams competed in two groups and the top three teams in each group qualified for the Super Six Stage.

Accordingly, Zimbabwe, West Indies and the Netherlands from Group A, and Sri Lanka, Scotland and Oman from Group B qualified for the Super Six Stage.

In the Super Six Stage, one team will play three matches each and each of those three matches will be played with new teams from the other group.

Accordingly, the Sri Lankan team will compete with Zimbabwe, West Indies and the Netherlands.

The top two teams in the points table of the Super Six Round will qualify for the 2023 Cricket World Cup to be held in India.

The first match of the Sri Lankan team is scheduled to be held tomorrow (30) against the Netherlands, the second match is scheduled to be held on July 2 against the Zimbabwe team and the third match is scheduled to be held against the West Indies team on July 7.

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“Reports of Wijepala – Nissanka meeting, fake”

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9 hours ago

April 18, 2025

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The Public Security Ministry has denied media reports claiming that the Public Security minister – Ananda Wijepala had met Nissanka Senadhipathi.

The Minister’s media secretary had clarified this in a letter to Acting IGP Priyantha Weerasuriya.
Adding that the neither the Minister or a representative had ever met Senadhipathi as claimed, the letter calls for proper investigations into the fake news and legal action against those responsible.

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Special allowance for policemen on duty at ‘Siri Dalada Vandanawa’

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13 hours ago

April 18, 2025

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A special transport allowance and a combined allowance will be provided to police personnel assigned to ensure the safety of devotees attending the exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic (Siri Dalada Vandanawa) in Kandy, the police said.

The measure has been taken over the instructions of the Acting IGP, in consideration of the fact that these police personnel will be on continuous day and night duty for over 10 days, away from their regular stations and incurring additional personal expenses.

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Ravi K’s Bill to repeal Online Safety Act, gazetted

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14 hours ago

April 18, 2025

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The Bill to repeal the Online Safety Act, No. 9 of 2024, and other regulations concerning the Act, has been gazetted.

The Online Safety Bill was passed by a majority vote in Parliament on Jan. 24, 2024.

The Bill that has been gazetted was submitted by opposition MP Ravi Karunanayake.

On Feb. 28, 2025, MP Karunanayake submitted a private member’s Bill to the Parliament Secretary-General, aiming to repeal the controversial Online Safety Act.