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\u0d89\u0dc0\u0dad\u0da7\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-wrp trns d-f ai-c mt-7\"><div class=\"act-item\"><\/span><span class=\"act-label\">9<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">views<span><\/div><div class=\"act-item\"><span class=\"act-label\">0<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">likes<span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c mt-10 mt-7-sm pt-10 pt-7-sm bdt w-100-d\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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\u0db4\u0dd9\u0da7\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dbd\u0dca \u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dc4\u0db1 \u0dc3\u0db3\u0dc4\u0dcf \u0d89\u0db1\u0dca\u0db0\u0db1 \u0db1\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0dad\u0dca\u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd3\u0db8\u0dda \u0daf\u0dd3 &#8216;QR&#8217;\u0d9a\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0db8\u0dba \u0dc3\u0dd0\u0dbd\u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dbd\u0dca\u0dbd\u0da7 \u0db1\u0ddc\u0d9c\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dcf \u0db6\u0dc0 \u0dbd\u0d82\u0d9a\u0dcf \u0d9b\u0db1\u0dd2\u0da2 \u0dad\u0dd9\u0dbd\u0dca \u0db1\u0dd3\u0dad\u0dd2\u0d9c\u0dad \u0dc3\u0d82\u0dc3\u0dca\u0dae\u0dcf\u0dc0 \u0db4\u0dc0\u0dc3\u0dba\u0dd2. \u0d85\u0daf (11)...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%85%e0%b6%af-%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%a7-%e0%b6%85%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%9a%e0%b6%bd%e0%b7%8a-18-%e0%b6%af%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%8a%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%8f-%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%99%e0%b6%a7\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   class=\"jkd-btn wh sm mt-15 mt-10-sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead 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data-bg-full=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-540x540.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cont-wrp trns d-f d-col ai-s jc-c bg-col pos-rel z-ui p-30 p-15-sm w-100-d\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-f ai-c pos-abs t-10 r-10 z-ui\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"bk-btn o-hd md\"\n\t     data-post-id=\"36439\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-bookmark-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mb-7 mb-5-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/foreign-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #e25a00\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-view\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tForeign News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/hot-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd0000\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-fire-extinguisher\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHot News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/political-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #375df2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-a-arrow-down\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPolitical News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"p-ttl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%89%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%b1%e0%b6%ba%e0%b7%9a-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%80-%e0%b6%8b%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%ad%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%93%e0%b6%ad%e0%b6%bb-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%9a%e0%b6%ba\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0d89\u0dbb\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dba\u0dda \u0db1\u0dc0 \u0d8b\u0dad\u0dca\u0dad\u0dbb\u0dd3\u0dad\u0dbb \u0db1\u0dcf\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dba\u0dcf\u0da7 \u0db6\u0dbb\u0db4\u0dad\u0dc5 \u0dad\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dbd\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-wrp trns d-f ai-c mt-7\"><div class=\"act-item\"><\/span><span class=\"act-label\">8<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">views<span><\/div><div class=\"act-item\"><span class=\"act-label\">0<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">likes<span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c mt-10 mt-7-sm pt-10 pt-7-sm bdt w-100-d\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2fac2ae55c31c34d0e29643f0ee4fda8b2cf0d0af37bd85ffc034220e8d3640e?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"Suvindu Kumara\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSuvindu Kumara\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 11, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"small-art dark-cs-hover\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos=\"jkd-fade-up\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos-delay=\"225\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pos-abs b-0 l-0 w-100-d h-100-d\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"p-art br-md o-hd h-100 d-f pos-rel  post-36408 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hot-news category-local-news pmpro-has-access\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-wrp trns bg pos-abs t-0 r-0 w-100 h-100 ovrl ovrl--md d-f ai-c jc-c z-st\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/weather-108x108.png');\" data-bg-lqip=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/weather-108x108.png\" data-bg-full=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/weather-540x540.png\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cont-wrp trns d-f d-col ai-s jc-c bg-col pos-rel z-ui p-30 p-15-sm w-100-d\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-f ai-c pos-abs t-10 r-10 z-ui\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"bk-btn o-hd md\"\n\t     data-post-id=\"36408\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-bookmark-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mb-7 mb-5-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/hot-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd0000\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-fire-extinguisher\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHot News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/local-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd8500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-landmark\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"p-ttl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%8a%e0%b7%80%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%94-2%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a-%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%94-%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%bb%e0%b6%af%e0%b7%9a%e0%b7%81-%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%92%e0%b7%84\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0db4\u0dc3\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dbb\u0dd4 2\u0db1\u0dca \u0db4\u0dc3\u0dd4 \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0daf\u0dda\u0dc1 \u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0db4\u0dba\u0d9a\u0da7 \u0dc0\u0dd0\u0dc3\u0dd2\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-wrp trns d-f ai-c mt-7\"><div class=\"act-item\"><\/span><span class=\"act-label\">20<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">views<span><\/div><div class=\"act-item\"><span class=\"act-label\">0<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">likes<span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c mt-10 mt-7-sm pt-10 pt-7-sm bdt w-100-d\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/indusaramedia\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/44490008a799601f95e1a65070f3c8dc2968e8ea3aed498d0919918b5e6239ad?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"IndusaraMedia\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/indusaramedia\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIndusaraMedia\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 6, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3f94be7 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3f94be7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b84fc9c\" data-id=\"b84fc9c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8a6281 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jkd-ticker\" data-id=\"b8a6281\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jkd-ticker.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jkd-ticker o-hd pos-rel\" data-aos=\"jkd-fade-in\">\n\t\t<div class=\"ticker-in-wrp d-f pos-rel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tk-cont d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tk-itm d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mr-5\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/hot-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd0000\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-fire-extinguisher\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHot News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"p-ttl mt-txt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%85%e0%b6%af-%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%a7-%e0%b6%85%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%9a%e0%b6%bd%e0%b7%8a-18-%e0%b6%af%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%8a%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%8f-%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%99%e0%b6%a7\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0d85\u0daf \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0da7 \u0d85\u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dda\u0dbd\u0dca 18 \u0daf\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dcf \u0db4\u0dd9\u0da7\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dbd\u0dca \u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dc4\u0db1\u0dc0\u0dbd\u0da7 &#8216;QR&#8217; \u0d9a\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0db8\u0dba \u0d89\u0dc0\u0dad\u0da7\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tk-itm d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mr-5\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/foreign-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #e25a00\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-view\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tForeign News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"p-ttl mt-txt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%89%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%b1%e0%b6%ba%e0%b7%9a-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%80-%e0%b6%8b%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%ad%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%93%e0%b6%ad%e0%b6%bb-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%9a%e0%b6%ba\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0d89\u0dbb\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dba\u0dda \u0db1\u0dc0 \u0d8b\u0dad\u0dca\u0dad\u0dbb\u0dd3\u0dad\u0dbb \u0db1\u0dcf\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dba\u0dcf\u0da7 \u0db6\u0dbb\u0db4\u0dad\u0dc5 \u0dad\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dbd\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tk-itm d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mr-5\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/local-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd8500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-landmark\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"p-ttl mt-txt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%9c%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b6%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%8a-%e0%b6%b6%e0%b6%bd%e0%b7%8f-%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%b9%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%bb\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0d9c\u0db8\u0dca\u0db6\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dca \u0db6\u0dbd\u0dcf \u0dba\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1 \u0db8\u0dcf\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0db9\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0da7 \u0dc4\u0dcf \u0db4\u0dd2\u0da7\u0d9a\u0ddc\u0da7\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0da7 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href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%9c%e0%b6%bd%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%85%e0%b6%9f%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%94-%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%b8%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%8a%e0%b7%81%e0%b6%b1%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%a7-%e0%b6%a2%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%b0%e0%b7%92\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0d9c\u0dbd\u0dca\u0d85\u0d9f\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0dd4 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dc1\u0db1\u0dba\u0da7 \u0da2\u0db1\u0dcf\u0db0\u0dd2\u0db4\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dc1\u0db1 \u0d9a\u0ddc\u0db8\u0dd2\u0dc2\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc3\u0db7\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0d9a\u0dca \u0db4\u0dad\u0dca \u0d9a\u0dbb \u0d87\u0dad.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tk-itm d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mr-5\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/local-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd8500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-landmark\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"p-ttl mt-txt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b7%80%e0%b6%bd%e0%b6%82%e0%b6%9c%e0%b7%94-%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%bd%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%8a-%e0%b6%91%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b6%bd%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%ab%e0%b7%94-%e0%b6%b8%e0%b6%9c%e0%b7%93\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0dc0\u0dbd\u0d82\u0d9c\u0dd4 \u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dbd\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dca \u0d91\u0db1 \u0dbd\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0dab\u0dd4,\u00a0\u0db8\u0d9c\u0dd3 \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dc4\u0db1 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href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/2024-%e0%b6%a2%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b7%84%e0%b7%8f-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%92%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%8f%e0%b7%83-%e0%b7%83%e0%b6%82%e0%b6%9c%e0%b6%ab%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b6%85%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%8f\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2024 \u0da2\u0db1 \u0dc4\u0dcf \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dc3 \u0dc3\u0d82\u0d9c\u0dab\u0db1 \u0d85\u0dc0\u0dc3\u0dcf\u0db1 \u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dad\u0dcf\u0dc0 \u0db8\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tk-cont d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tk-itm d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mr-5\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/hot-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd0000\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-fire-extinguisher\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHot News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"p-ttl mt-txt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%85%e0%b6%af-%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%a7-%e0%b6%85%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%9a%e0%b6%bd%e0%b7%8a-18-%e0%b6%af%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%8a%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%8f-%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%99%e0%b6%a7\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0d85\u0daf \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0da7 \u0d85\u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dda\u0dbd\u0dca 18 \u0daf\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dcf \u0db4\u0dd9\u0da7\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dbd\u0dca \u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dc4\u0db1\u0dc0\u0dbd\u0da7 &#8216;QR&#8217; \u0d9a\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0db8\u0dba \u0d89\u0dc0\u0dad\u0da7\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tk-itm d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mr-5\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/foreign-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #e25a00\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-view\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tForeign News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"p-ttl mt-txt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%89%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%b1%e0%b6%ba%e0%b7%9a-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%80-%e0%b6%8b%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%ad%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%93%e0%b6%ad%e0%b6%bb-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%9a%e0%b6%ba\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0d89\u0dbb\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dba\u0dda \u0db1\u0dc0 \u0d8b\u0dad\u0dca\u0dad\u0dbb\u0dd3\u0dad\u0dbb \u0db1\u0dcf\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dba\u0dcf\u0da7 \u0db6\u0dbb\u0db4\u0dad\u0dc5 \u0dad\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dbd\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tk-itm d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mr-5\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/local-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd8500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-landmark\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      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\u0db4\u0dd2\u0da7\u0d9a\u0ddc\u0da7\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0da7 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dc1\u0dcf\u0dbd...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5><div class=\"activity-wrp trns d-f ai-c mt-7\"><div class=\"act-item\"><\/span><span class=\"act-label\">12<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">views<span><\/div><div class=\"act-item\"><span class=\"act-label\">0<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">likes<span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c mt-10 mt-7-sm pt-10 pt-7-sm bdt-wh w-100\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2fac2ae55c31c34d0e29643f0ee4fda8b2cf0d0af37bd85ffc034220e8d3640e?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"Suvindu Kumara\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSuvindu Kumara\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 11, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"p-art pos-rel  post-36425 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-local-news pmpro-has-access\"\t\t\t\t\t\t data-aos=\"jkd-fade-up\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pos-rel h-100 p-hdr ovrl ovrl--sh-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%9c%e0%b6%bd%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%85%e0%b6%9f%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%94-%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%b8%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%8a%e0%b7%81%e0%b6%b1%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%a7-%e0%b6%a2%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%b0%e0%b7%92\/\" class=\"link-ovrl\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 d-f pos-rel h-100 img-in\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos=\"jkd-zoom-fade-in\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" src=\"\" class=\"attachment-jkd-wide-size-small size-jkd-wide-size-small lqip\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" 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https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GMOA_1200x675px_18_11_25-64x43.jpg 64w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GMOA_1200x675px_18_11_25-108x72.jpg 108w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GMOA_1200x675px_18_11_25-153x102.jpg 153w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GMOA_1200x675px_18_11_25-204x136.jpg 204w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GMOA_1200x675px_18_11_25-288x192.jpg 288w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GMOA_1200x675px_18_11_25-384x256.jpg 384w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GMOA_1200x675px_18_11_25.jpg 1920w\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-f ai-c pos-abs t-10 r-10 z-ui\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"bk-btn o-hd md\"\n\t 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class=\"act-label\">0<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">likes<span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c mt-10 mt-7-sm pt-10 pt-7-sm bdt-wh w-100\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2fac2ae55c31c34d0e29643f0ee4fda8b2cf0d0af37bd85ffc034220e8d3640e?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"Suvindu Kumara\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSuvindu Kumara\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 11, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-2 center-side pl-10 pr-10 pl-0-lg pr-0-lg pt-10-lg mt-10-lg d-f d-col d-row-lg\"\n\t\t\t     data-aos=\"jkd-fade-in\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"p-art pb-0-lg pt-0-lg animated-hdr post-36416 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-local-news tag-658 pmpro-has-access\"\t\t\t\t\t data-aos=\"jkd-fade-up\"\n\t\t\t\t\t data-aos-delay=\"50\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pos-rel p-hdr d-f w-100-d mb-15 bg-col-sec\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-wrp trns d-f ai-c pos-abs z-ui b-10 l-10 dark-cs\"><div class=\"act-item\"><\/span><span class=\"act-label\">15<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">views<span><\/div><div class=\"act-item\"><span class=\"act-label\">0<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">likes<span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b7%80%e0%b6%bd%e0%b6%82%e0%b6%9c%e0%b7%94-%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%bd%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%8a-%e0%b6%91%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b6%bd%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%ab%e0%b7%94-%e0%b6%b8%e0%b6%9c%e0%b7%93\/\" class=\"link-ovrl\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 d-f pos-rel h-100\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos=\"jkd-zoom-fade-in\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" src=\"\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"bk-btn o-hd pos-abs t-10 r-10 z-ui md\"\n\t     data-post-id=\"36416\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-bookmark-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-bd pos-rel d-f d-col ai-s\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mb-7 mb-5-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/local-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd8500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-landmark\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal 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ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2fac2ae55c31c34d0e29643f0ee4fda8b2cf0d0af37bd85ffc034220e8d3640e?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"Suvindu Kumara\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSuvindu Kumara\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 10, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"p-art pb-0-lg pt-0-lg animated-hdr post-36413 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-local-news tag-2024------ pmpro-has-access\"\t\t\t\t\t data-aos=\"jkd-fade-up\"\n\t\t\t\t\t data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pos-rel p-hdr d-f w-100-d mb-15 bg-col-sec\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-wrp trns d-f ai-c pos-abs z-ui b-10 l-10 dark-cs\"><div class=\"act-item\"><\/span><span class=\"act-label\">14<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">views<span><\/div><div class=\"act-item\"><span class=\"act-label\">0<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">likes<span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/2024-%e0%b6%a2%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b7%84%e0%b7%8f-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%92%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%8f%e0%b7%83-%e0%b7%83%e0%b6%82%e0%b6%9c%e0%b6%ab%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b6%85%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%8f\/\" class=\"link-ovrl\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 d-f pos-rel h-100\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos=\"jkd-zoom-fade-in\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" src=\"\" class=\"attachment-jkd-wide-size-small size-jkd-wide-size-small lqip\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" data-lqip=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GMOA_1200x675px_18_11_25.webp-108x72.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GMOA_1200x675px_18_11_25.webp-540x360.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GMOA_1200x675px_18_11_25.webp-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GMOA_1200x675px_18_11_25.webp-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GMOA_1200x675px_18_11_25.webp-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GMOA_1200x675px_18_11_25.webp-768x512.jpg 768w, 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ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2fac2ae55c31c34d0e29643f0ee4fda8b2cf0d0af37bd85ffc034220e8d3640e?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"Suvindu Kumara\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSuvindu Kumara\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 10, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-2 r-sd pl-10 bdl mt-15-lg pt-15-lg pt-10-sm mt-10-sm pl-0-lg d-f d-col f-wrp d-row-lg\"\n\t\t\t     data-aos=\"jkd-fade-in\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"p-art pos-rel d-f d-col ai-s jc-c jc-fs-lg pr-30-lg  post-36408 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hot-news category-local-news pmpro-has-access\"\t\t\t\t\t\t data-aos=\"jkd-fade-up\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t data-aos-delay=\"50\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mb-7 mb-5-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/hot-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd0000\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-fire-extinguisher\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHot News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/local-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd8500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-landmark\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"p-ttl\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%8a%e0%b7%80%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%94-2%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a-%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%94-%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%bb%e0%b6%af%e0%b7%9a%e0%b7%81-%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%92%e0%b7%84\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0db4\u0dc3\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dbb\u0dd4 2\u0db1\u0dca \u0db4\u0dc3\u0dd4 \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0daf\u0dda\u0dc1 \u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0db4\u0dba\u0d9a\u0da7 \u0dc0\u0dd0\u0dc3\u0dd2\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-7 mt-5-sm d-f ai-c w-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c w-100-d\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/indusaramedia\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/44490008a799601f95e1a65070f3c8dc2968e8ea3aed498d0919918b5e6239ad?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"IndusaraMedia\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/indusaramedia\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIndusaraMedia\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 6, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"bk-btn o-hd ml-7 ml-5-sm md\"\n\t     data-post-id=\"36408\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-bookmark-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"p-art pos-rel d-f d-col ai-s jc-c jc-fs-lg pr-30-lg  post-36405 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hot-news category-local-news category-political-news pmpro-has-access\"\t\t\t\t\t\t data-aos=\"jkd-fade-up\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mb-7 mb-5-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/hot-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd0000\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-fire-extinguisher\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHot News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/local-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd8500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-landmark\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/political-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #375df2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-a-arrow-down\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPolitical News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"p-ttl\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/gmoa-%e0%b7%80%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%a2%e0%b6%b1%e0%b6%ba-%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%8f%e0%b7%80%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%bd%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%80-%e0%b6%85%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%8a%e0%b7%84%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%a7\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGMOA \u0dc0\u0dbb\u0dca\u0da2\u0db1\u0dba \u0dad\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dbd\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dc0 \u0d85\u0dad\u0dca\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0da7\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dba\u0dd2\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-7 mt-5-sm d-f ai-c w-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c w-100-d\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/indusaramedia\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/44490008a799601f95e1a65070f3c8dc2968e8ea3aed498d0919918b5e6239ad?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"IndusaraMedia\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/indusaramedia\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIndusaraMedia\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 6, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"bk-btn o-hd ml-7 ml-5-sm md\"\n\t     data-post-id=\"36405\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-bookmark-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"p-art pos-rel d-f d-col ai-s jc-c jc-fs-lg pr-30-lg  post-36401 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hot-news category-local-news pmpro-has-access\"\t\t\t\t\t\t data-aos=\"jkd-fade-up\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t data-aos-delay=\"150\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mb-7 mb-5-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/hot-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd0000\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-fire-extinguisher\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHot News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/local-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd8500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-landmark\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"p-ttl\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%bd%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%a7%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%9d-%e0%b6%9c%e0%b7%91%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%8a-%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%bd-%e0%b6%89%e0%b7%84%e0%b7%85%e0%b6%a7\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0dbd\u0dd2\u0da7\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0ddd \u0d9c\u0dd1\u0dc3\u0dca \u0db8\u0dd2\u0dbd \u0d89\u0dc4\u0dc5\u0da7\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-7 mt-5-sm d-f ai-c w-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c w-100-d\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/indusaramedia\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/44490008a799601f95e1a65070f3c8dc2968e8ea3aed498d0919918b5e6239ad?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"IndusaraMedia\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/indusaramedia\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIndusaraMedia\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 6, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"bk-btn o-hd ml-7 ml-5-sm md\"\n\t     data-post-id=\"36401\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-bookmark-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"p-art pos-rel d-f d-col ai-s jc-c jc-fs-lg pr-30-lg  post-36398 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hot-news category-local-news pmpro-has-access\"\t\t\t\t\t\t data-aos=\"jkd-fade-up\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t data-aos-delay=\"200\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mb-7 mb-5-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/hot-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd0000\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-fire-extinguisher\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHot News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/local-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd8500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-landmark\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"p-ttl\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b7%80%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%ad%e0%b6%bd-%e0%b6%89%e0%b6%a7%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%99%e0%b6%af%e0%b7%92-%e0%b6%9a%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%ad-%e0%b7%81\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0dc0\u0dad\u0dca\u0dad\u0dbd \u0d89\u0da7\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd9\u0daf\u0dd2 \u0d9a\u0dbb\u0dca\u0db8\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dca\u0dad \u0dc1\u0dcf\u0dbd\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0d9a \u0d9c\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0d9a\u0dca\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-7 mt-5-sm d-f ai-c w-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c w-100-d\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/indusaramedia\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/44490008a799601f95e1a65070f3c8dc2968e8ea3aed498d0919918b5e6239ad?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"IndusaraMedia\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/indusaramedia\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIndusaraMedia\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 6, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"bk-btn o-hd ml-7 ml-5-sm md\"\n\t     data-post-id=\"36398\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-bookmark-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"p-art pos-rel d-f d-col ai-s jc-c jc-fs-lg pr-30-lg  post-36395 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-foreign-news category-hot-news category-local-news tag-655 pmpro-has-access\"\t\t\t\t\t\t data-aos=\"jkd-fade-up\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t data-aos-delay=\"250\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mb-7 mb-5-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/foreign-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #e25a00\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-view\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tForeign News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/indusaramedia\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/44490008a799601f95e1a65070f3c8dc2968e8ea3aed498d0919918b5e6239ad?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"IndusaraMedia\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/indusaramedia\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link 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(11)...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-15-md mt-10-sm w-100-d d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c \">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2fac2ae55c31c34d0e29643f0ee4fda8b2cf0d0af37bd85ffc034220e8d3640e?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"Suvindu Kumara\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSuvindu Kumara\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 11, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"bk-btn o-hd ml-10 ml-7-sm md\"\n\t     data-post-id=\"36443\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-bookmark-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide h-100 d-col ai-s jc-sb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-f d-col ai-s jc-c top-wrp w-100-d\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mb-7 mb-5-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/foreign-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #e25a00\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-view\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tForeign News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/hot-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd0000\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-fire-extinguisher\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHot News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/political-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #375df2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-a-arrow-down\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPolitical News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"p-ttl\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%89%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%b1%e0%b6%ba%e0%b7%9a-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%80-%e0%b6%8b%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%ad%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%93%e0%b6%ad%e0%b6%bb-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%9a%e0%b6%ba\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0d89\u0dbb\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dba\u0dda \u0db1\u0dc0 \u0d8b\u0dad\u0dca\u0dad\u0dbb\u0dd3\u0dad\u0dbb \u0db1\u0dcf\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dba\u0dcf\u0da7 \u0db6\u0dbb\u0db4\u0dad\u0dc5 \u0dad\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dbd\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3><div class=\"activity-wrp trns d-f ai-c mt-7\"><div class=\"act-item\"><\/span><span class=\"act-label\">8<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">views<span><\/div><div class=\"act-item\"><span class=\"act-label\">0<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">likes<span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-exc mt-30 mt-20-md mt-15-sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0d89\u0dbb\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dba\u0dda \u0db1\u0dc0 \u0d8b\u0dad\u0dca\u0dad\u0dbb\u0dd3\u0dad\u0dbb \u0db1\u0dcf\u0dba\u0d9a \u0db8\u0ddc\u0da2\u0dca\u0dad\u0db6\u0dcf \u0d9a\u0db8\u0dda\u0db1\u0dd2 \u0db6\u0dbb\u0db4\u0dad\u0dc5 \u0dad\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dbd \u0dbd\u0db6\u0dcf, \u0dad\u0dc0\u0db8\u0dad\u0dca \u0daf\u0dbb\u0dd4\u0dab\u0dd4 \u0dad\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dbd \u0dc3\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0dad\u0dc0 \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dad\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dbb \u0dbd\u0db6\u0db8\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0da7\u0dd2\u0db1 \u0db6\u0dc0 \u0dbb\u0ddc\u0dba\u0dd2\u0da7\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dc3\u0dca \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dc0\u0dd8\u0dad\u0dca\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0dc3\u0dda\u0dc0\u0dba \u0db4\u0dc0\u0dc3\u0dba\u0dd2. \u0db8\u0dd0\u0daf\u0db4\u0dd9\u0dbb\u0daf\u0dd2\u0d9c \u0dba\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dca\u0db0\u0dba \u0d86\u0dbb\u0db8\u0dca\u0db7\u0dba\u0dda\u0daf\u0dd3\u0db8 \u0d91\u0dbd\u0dca\u0dbd \u0dc0\u0dd6 \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dc4\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0d91\u0dc0\u0d9a \u0d86\u0db0\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u0db8\u0d9a \u0db1\u0dcf\u0dba\u0d9a...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-15-md mt-10-sm w-100-d d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c \">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2fac2ae55c31c34d0e29643f0ee4fda8b2cf0d0af37bd85ffc034220e8d3640e?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"Suvindu Kumara\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSuvindu Kumara\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 11, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"bk-btn o-hd ml-10 ml-7-sm md\"\n\t     data-post-id=\"36439\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-bookmark-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide h-100 d-col ai-s jc-sb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-f d-col ai-s jc-c top-wrp w-100-d\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mb-7 mb-5-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/local-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd8500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-landmark\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"p-ttl\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%9c%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b6%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%8a-%e0%b6%b6%e0%b6%bd%e0%b7%8f-%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%b9%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%bb\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0d9c\u0db8\u0dca\u0db6\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dca \u0db6\u0dbd\u0dcf \u0dba\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1 \u0db8\u0dcf\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0db9\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0da7 \u0dc4\u0dcf \u0db4\u0dd2\u0da7\u0d9a\u0ddc\u0da7\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0da7 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dc1\u0dcf\u0dbd \u0da2\u0db1\u0dad\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0d9a\u0dca\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3><div class=\"activity-wrp trns d-f ai-c mt-7\"><div class=\"act-item\"><\/span><span class=\"act-label\">12<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">views<span><\/div><div class=\"act-item\"><span class=\"act-label\">0<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">likes<span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-exc mt-30 mt-20-md mt-15-sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0d85\u0dbd\u0dd4\u0dad\u0dca \u0d85\u0dc0\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dd4 \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0da9\u0dd4\u0dc0 \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0d85\u0db0\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0dda\u0d9c\u0dd3 \u0db8\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dca\u0d9c \u0dc4\u0dbb\u0dc4\u0dcf \u0d9c\u0db8\u0dca\u0db6\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dca \u0db6\u0dbd\u0dcf \u0dba\u0dd1\u0db8 \u0dc3\u0db3\u0dc4\u0dcf \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dc1\u0dcf\u0dbd \u0db4\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0d9a\u0dca \u0d85\u0daf (11) \u0d85\u0dbd\u0dd4\u0dba\u0db8 \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0da7 \u0db8\u0dcf\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0db9\u0dd4\u0dbb \u0db6\u0dc4\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0db0 \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dc4\u0db1 \u0db8\u0db0\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0dc3\u0dca\u0dae\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dba \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0dad \u0db4\u0dd0\u0db8\u0dd2\u0dab \u0d87\u0dad. \u0d92 \u0dc4\u0dda\u0dad\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0db6\u0dc3\u0dca\u0dbb\u0dae\u0dc0\u0dbd\u0da7 \u0d9c\u0ddc\u0da9\u0dc0\u0dd3\u0db8 \u0dc3\u0db3\u0dc4\u0dcf \u0daf\u0dd2\u0d9c\u0dd4...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-15-md mt-10-sm w-100-d d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c \">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2fac2ae55c31c34d0e29643f0ee4fda8b2cf0d0af37bd85ffc034220e8d3640e?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"Suvindu Kumara\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSuvindu Kumara\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 11, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"bk-btn o-hd ml-10 ml-7-sm md\"\n\t     data-post-id=\"36433\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-bookmark-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide h-100 d-col ai-s jc-sb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-f d-col ai-s jc-c top-wrp w-100-d\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mb-7 mb-5-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/local-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd8500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-landmark\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"p-ttl\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%9c%e0%b6%bd%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%85%e0%b6%9f%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%94-%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%b8%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%8a%e0%b7%81%e0%b6%b1%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%a7-%e0%b6%a2%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%b0%e0%b7%92\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0d9c\u0dbd\u0dca\u0d85\u0d9f\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0dd4 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dc1\u0db1\u0dba\u0da7 \u0da2\u0db1\u0dcf\u0db0\u0dd2\u0db4\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dc1\u0db1 \u0d9a\u0ddc\u0db8\u0dd2\u0dc2\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc3\u0db7\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0d9a\u0dca \u0db4\u0dad\u0dca \u0d9a\u0dbb \u0d87\u0dad.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3><div class=\"activity-wrp trns d-f ai-c mt-7\"><div class=\"act-item\"><\/span><span class=\"act-label\">18<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">views<span><\/div><div class=\"act-item\"><span class=\"act-label\">0<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">likes<span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-exc mt-30 mt-20-md mt-15-sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0d9c\u0dbd\u0dca\u0d85\u0d9f\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0dd4 \u0d9c\u0dd0\u0da7\u0dbd\u0dd4\u0dc0 \u0dc3\u0db8\u0dca\u0db6\u0db1\u0dca\u0db0\u0dba\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dc1\u0db1\u0dba\u0da7 \u0da2\u0db1\u0dcf\u0db0\u0dd2\u0db4\u0dad\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0dbb\u0dba\u0dcf \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0da2\u0db1\u0dcf\u0db0\u0dd2\u0db4\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dc1\u0db1 \u0d9a\u0ddc\u0db8\u0dd2\u0dc2\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc3\u0db7\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0d9a\u0dca \u0db4\u0dad\u0dca \u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd3\u0db8\u0da7 \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dba\u0db8\u0dd2\u0dad \u0db6\u0dc0 \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dc4\u0db1, \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dcf\u0db8\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dca\u0d9c \u0dc3\u0dc4 \u0db1\u0dcf\u0d9c\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0d9a \u0dc3\u0d82\u0dc0\u0dbb\u0dca\u0db0\u0db1 \u0d85\u0db8\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dba \u0db6\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dbd\u0dca \u0dbb\u0dad\u0dca\u0db1\u0dcf\u0dba\u0d9a \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dad\u0dcf \u0db4\u0dc0\u0dc3\u0dba\u0dd2. \u0d91\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dd3 \u0d85\u0daf\u0dc4\u0dc3\u0dca \u0daf\u0dd0\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dd6 \u0d92 \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dad\u0dcf, &#8221;\u0db8\u0dda...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-15-md mt-10-sm w-100-d d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c \">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2fac2ae55c31c34d0e29643f0ee4fda8b2cf0d0af37bd85ffc034220e8d3640e?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"Suvindu Kumara\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSuvindu Kumara\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 11, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"bk-btn o-hd ml-10 ml-7-sm md\"\n\t     data-post-id=\"36425\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-bookmark-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide h-100 d-col ai-s jc-sb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-f d-col ai-s jc-c top-wrp w-100-d\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mb-7 mb-5-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/local-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd8500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-landmark\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"p-ttl\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b7%80%e0%b6%bd%e0%b6%82%e0%b6%9c%e0%b7%94-%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%bd%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%8a-%e0%b6%91%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b6%bd%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%ab%e0%b7%94-%e0%b6%b8%e0%b6%9c%e0%b7%93\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0dc0\u0dbd\u0d82\u0d9c\u0dd4 \u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dbd\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dca \u0d91\u0db1 \u0dbd\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0dab\u0dd4,\u00a0\u0db8\u0d9c\u0dd3 \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dc4\u0db1 \u0db6\u0dbd\u0db4\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dc0\u0dbd\u0da7\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3><div class=\"activity-wrp trns d-f ai-c mt-7\"><div class=\"act-item\"><\/span><span class=\"act-label\">15<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">views<span><\/div><div class=\"act-item\"><span class=\"act-label\">0<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">likes<span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-exc mt-30 mt-20-md mt-15-sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0db8\u0d9c\u0dd3 \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dc4\u0db1 \u0db6\u0dbd\u0db4\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb \u0da2\u0db1\u0dad\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0da7 \u0d85\u0dba\u0dad\u0dca \u0db6\u0dd0\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0d92 \u0dc3\u0db3\u0dc4\u0dcf \u0db6\u0dbd\u0db4\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb \u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dbd \u0dc3\u0dd3\u0db8\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0d9a\u0dca \u0dc4\u0db3\u0dd4\u0db1\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0daf\u0dd3\u0db8\u0da7 \u0d85\u0db4\u0dda\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc2\u0dcf \u0d9a\u0dbb\u0db1 \u0db6\u0dc0 \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dc4\u0db1, \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dcf\u0db8\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dca\u0d9c \u0dc3\u0dc4 \u0db1\u0dcf\u0d9c\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0d9a \u0dc3\u0d82\u0dc0\u0dbb\u0dca\u0db0\u0db1 &nbsp;\u0d85\u0db8\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dba \u0db6\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dbd\u0dca \u0dbb\u0dad\u0dca\u0db1\u0dcf\u0dba\u0d9a \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dad\u0dcf \u0db4\u0dc0\u0dc3\u0dba\u0dd2.&nbsp; \u0d85\u0db8\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0dc0\u0dbb\u0dba\u0dcf \u0db8\u0dda \u0db6\u0dc0 \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dc1 \u0d9a\u0dc5\u0dda,...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-15-md mt-10-sm w-100-d d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c \">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2fac2ae55c31c34d0e29643f0ee4fda8b2cf0d0af37bd85ffc034220e8d3640e?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"Suvindu Kumara\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSuvindu Kumara\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 10, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"bk-btn o-hd ml-10 ml-7-sm md\"\n\t     data-post-id=\"36416\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-bookmark-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide h-100 d-col ai-s jc-sb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-f d-col ai-s jc-c top-wrp w-100-d\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mb-7 mb-5-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/local-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd8500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-landmark\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"p-ttl\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/2024-%e0%b6%a2%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b7%84%e0%b7%8f-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%92%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%8f%e0%b7%83-%e0%b7%83%e0%b6%82%e0%b6%9c%e0%b6%ab%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b6%85%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%8f\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2024 \u0da2\u0db1 \u0dc4\u0dcf \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dc3 \u0dc3\u0d82\u0d9c\u0dab\u0db1 \u0d85\u0dc0\u0dc3\u0dcf\u0db1 \u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dad\u0dcf\u0dc0 \u0db8\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3><div class=\"activity-wrp trns d-f ai-c mt-7\"><div class=\"act-item\"><\/span><span class=\"act-label\">14<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">views<span><\/div><div class=\"act-item\"><span class=\"act-label\">0<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">likes<span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-exc mt-30 mt-20-md mt-15-sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0dc1\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dd3 \u0dbd\u0d82\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dda 15 \u0dc0\u0db1 \u0da2\u0db1 \u0dc4\u0dcf \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dc3 \u0dc3\u0d82\u0d9c\u0dab\u0db1\u0dba 2024 \u0dc0\u0dc3\u0dbb\u0dda\u0daf\u0dd3 \u0db4\u0dc0\u0dad\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dcf \u0d87\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0d85\u0dad\u0dbb \u0d91\u0db8 \u0dc3\u0d82\u0d9c\u0dab\u0db1\u0dba\u0dda \u0d9a\u0dbb\u0dd4\u0dab\u0dd4 \u0dbb\u0dd0\u0dc3\u0d9a\u0dca \u0db8\u0dda \u0dc0\u0db1 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0da7 \u0d85\u0db1\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dbb\u0dab\u0dba \u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd3\u0db8\u0da7 \u0da2\u0db1 \u0dbd\u0dda\u0d9b\u0dab \u0dc4\u0dcf \u0dc3\u0d82\u0d9b\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0dcf \u0dbd\u0dda\u0d9b\u0dab \u0daf\u0dd9\u0db4\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dad\u0db8\u0dda\u0db1\u0dca\u0dad\u0dd4\u0dc0 \u0db4\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dc0\u0dbb \u0d9c\u0dd9\u0db1...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-15-md mt-10-sm w-100-d d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c \">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2fac2ae55c31c34d0e29643f0ee4fda8b2cf0d0af37bd85ffc034220e8d3640e?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"Suvindu Kumara\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSuvindu Kumara\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 10, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"bk-btn o-hd ml-10 ml-7-sm md\"\n\t     data-post-id=\"36413\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-bookmark-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide h-100 d-col ai-s jc-sb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-f d-col ai-s jc-c top-wrp w-100-d\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mb-7 mb-5-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/hot-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd0000\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-fire-extinguisher\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHot News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/local-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd8500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-landmark\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"p-ttl\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%8a%e0%b7%80%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%94-2%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a-%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%94-%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%bb%e0%b6%af%e0%b7%9a%e0%b7%81-%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%92%e0%b7%84\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0db4\u0dc3\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dbb\u0dd4 2\u0db1\u0dca \u0db4\u0dc3\u0dd4 \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0daf\u0dda\u0dc1 \u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0db4\u0dba\u0d9a\u0da7 \u0dc0\u0dd0\u0dc3\u0dd2\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3><div class=\"activity-wrp trns d-f ai-c mt-7\"><div class=\"act-item\"><\/span><span class=\"act-label\">20<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">views<span><\/div><div class=\"act-item\"><span class=\"act-label\">0<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">likes<span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-exc mt-30 mt-20-md mt-15-sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0d8b\u0dad\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0dd4, \u0db1\u0dd0\u0d9c\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0dbb, \u0d8b\u0dad\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0dd4\u0db8\u0dd0\u0daf, \u0db8\u0db0\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0db8 \u0dc3\u0dc4 \u0dc3\u0db6\u0dbb\u0d9c\u0db8\u0dd4\u0dc0 \u0db4\u0dc5\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dbd\u0dad\u0dca \u0db4\u0dd4\u0dad\u0dca\u0dad\u0dbd\u0db8, \u0d9c\u0dcf\u0dbd\u0dca\u0dbd \u0dc3\u0dc4 \u0db8\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dbb \u0daf\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0dca\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dca\u0d9a\u0dc0\u0dbd\u0dad\u0dca \u0db4.\u0dc0 2.00\u0db1\u0dca \u0db4\u0dc3\u0dd4\u0dc0 \u0dad\u0dd0\u0db1\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0dad\u0dd0\u0db1 \u0dc0\u0dd0\u0dc3\u0dd2 \u0dc4\u0ddd \u0d9c\u0dd2\u0d9c\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0dd4\u0db8\u0dca \u0dc3\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0dad \u0dc0\u0dd0\u0dc3\u0dd2 \u0d87\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dba \u0dc4\u0dd0\u0d9a\u0dd2 \u0db6\u0dc0 \u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dbd\u0d9c\u0dd4\u0dab \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0dcf \u0daf\u0dd9\u0db4\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dad\u0db8\u0dda\u0db1\u0dca\u0dad\u0dd4\u0dc0 \u0db4\u0dc0\u0dc3\u0dba\u0dd2....\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-15-md mt-10-sm w-100-d d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c \">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/indusaramedia\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/44490008a799601f95e1a65070f3c8dc2968e8ea3aed498d0919918b5e6239ad?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"IndusaraMedia\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/indusaramedia\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIndusaraMedia\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 6, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"bk-btn o-hd ml-10 ml-7-sm md\"\n\t     data-post-id=\"36408\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-bookmark-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jkd-swiper-nav st-4 pos-abs t-0 r-0 h-100 d-col mt-15-md ai-e z-ui\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pag\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"divider\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"nav-wrp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-btn btn-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-arrow-left\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-btn btn-next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc2375a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc2375a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d3db29\" data-id=\"0d3db29\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c8c55d elementor-widget elementor-widget-jkd-sect-ttl\" data-id=\"3c8c55d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jkd-sect-ttl.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"jkd-sect-ttl w-100 pos-rel o-hd d-f ai-c  st-3 ttl-left\"\n     data-aos=\"jkd-fade-in\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"in-ttl w-100-d d-f pos-rel  ta-l jc-c ai-s d-col d-col-sm\"><h3 class=\"sect-ttl z-ui pr-0-sm pl-0-sm w-100 mb-5\">Explore Categories<\/h3><p class=\"sect-ttl-sub d-f mt-txt z-ui op-sm\">Top picks from each content category.<\/p><\/div><span class=\"sect-link-wrp lnh-1 ml-a d-n-sm pl-20 pl-15-md r-0\"><a class=\"jkd-btn primary sm\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\"><span>View All<span class=\"icon-arrow-right ml-3\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1096ac4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jk-categories-slider\" data-id=\"1096ac4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jk-categories-slider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"cat-sl st-3\"\n     id=\"cat-sl-1096ac4\"\n     data-loop=\"yes\"\n     data-nav=\"yes\"\n     data-pag=\"\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"swiper-container\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd0000\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"in-wrp d-f ai-c bg-col ovrl ovrl--sh-md p-hdr\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos-delay=\"40\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos=\"jkd-fade-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/hot-news\/\" data-aos=\"jkd-zoom-fade-in\" data-aos-delay=\"40\" class=\"link-ovrl img-wrp w-100 h-100 pos-abs t-0 l-0 bg\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hot-102x153.png&#039;);\" data-bg-lqip=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hot-102x153.png\" data-bg-full=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hot-512x768.png\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-body p-20 w-100-d d-f d-col jc-sb pos-abs b-0 l-0 z-ui dark-cs o-hd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon cat-col pos-rel mr-5 d-f ai-c jc-c br-md o-hd icon-fire-extinguisher\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/hot-news\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHot News\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mt-txt count mt-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t811 articles\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd8500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"in-wrp d-f ai-c bg-col ovrl ovrl--sh-md p-hdr\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos-delay=\"80\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos=\"jkd-fade-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/local-news\/\" data-aos=\"jkd-zoom-fade-in\" data-aos-delay=\"80\" class=\"link-ovrl img-wrp w-100 h-100 pos-abs t-0 l-0 bg\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/local-102x153.png&#039;);\" data-bg-lqip=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/local-102x153.png\" data-bg-full=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/local-512x768.png\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-body p-20 w-100-d d-f d-col jc-sb pos-abs b-0 l-0 z-ui dark-cs o-hd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon cat-col pos-rel mr-5 d-f ai-c jc-c br-md o-hd icon-landmark\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/local-news\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mt-txt count mt-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t530 articles\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #e25a00\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"in-wrp d-f ai-c bg-col ovrl ovrl--sh-md p-hdr\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos-delay=\"120\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos=\"jkd-fade-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/foreign-news\/\" data-aos=\"jkd-zoom-fade-in\" data-aos-delay=\"120\" class=\"link-ovrl img-wrp w-100 h-100 pos-abs t-0 l-0 bg\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/foring-scaled.png&#039;);\" data-bg-lqip=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/foring-scaled.png\" data-bg-full=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/foring-512x768.png\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-body p-20 w-100-d d-f d-col jc-sb pos-abs b-0 l-0 z-ui dark-cs o-hd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon cat-col pos-rel mr-5 d-f ai-c jc-c br-md o-hd icon-view\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/foreign-news\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tForeign News\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mt-txt count mt-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t120 articles\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #375df2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"in-wrp d-f ai-c bg-col ovrl ovrl--sh-md p-hdr\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos-delay=\"160\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos=\"jkd-fade-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/political-news\/\" data-aos=\"jkd-zoom-fade-in\" data-aos-delay=\"160\" class=\"link-ovrl img-wrp w-100 h-100 pos-abs t-0 l-0 bg\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/political-scaled.png&#039;);\" data-bg-lqip=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/political-scaled.png\" data-bg-full=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/political-scaled.png\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-body p-20 w-100-d d-f d-col jc-sb pos-abs b-0 l-0 z-ui dark-cs o-hd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon cat-col pos-rel mr-5 d-f ai-c jc-c br-md o-hd icon-a-arrow-down\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/political-news\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPolitical News\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mt-txt count mt-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t191 articles\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #59d600\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"in-wrp d-f ai-c bg-col ovrl ovrl--sh-md p-hdr\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos-delay=\"200\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos=\"jkd-fade-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/sport-news\/\" data-aos=\"jkd-zoom-fade-in\" data-aos-delay=\"200\" class=\"link-ovrl img-wrp w-100 h-100 pos-abs t-0 l-0 bg\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sport-scaled.png&#039;);\" data-bg-lqip=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sport-scaled.png\" data-bg-full=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sport-scaled.png\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-body p-20 w-100-d d-f d-col jc-sb pos-abs b-0 l-0 z-ui dark-cs o-hd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon cat-col pos-rel mr-5 d-f ai-c jc-c br-md o-hd icon-play\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/sport-news\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSport News\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mt-txt count mt-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t16 articles\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #8224e3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"in-wrp d-f ai-c bg-col ovrl ovrl--sh-md p-hdr\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos-delay=\"50\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos=\"jkd-fade-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/education-news\/\" data-aos=\"jkd-zoom-fade-in\" data-aos-delay=\"50\" class=\"link-ovrl img-wrp w-100 h-100 pos-abs t-0 l-0 bg\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/edu-scaled.png&#039;);\" data-bg-lqip=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/edu-scaled.png\" data-bg-full=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/edu-512x768.png\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-body p-20 w-100-d d-f d-col jc-sb pos-abs b-0 l-0 z-ui dark-cs o-hd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon cat-col pos-rel mr-5 d-f ai-c jc-c br-md o-hd icon-a-arrow-down\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/education-news\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEducation News\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mt-txt count mt-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t20 articles\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #2096c9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"in-wrp d-f ai-c bg-col ovrl ovrl--sh-md p-hdr\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos-delay=\"50\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos=\"jkd-fade-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/business-news\/\" data-aos=\"jkd-zoom-fade-in\" data-aos-delay=\"50\" class=\"link-ovrl img-wrp w-100 h-100 pos-abs t-0 l-0 bg\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/biz-102x153.png&#039;);\" data-bg-lqip=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/biz-102x153.png\" data-bg-full=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/biz-512x768.png\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-body p-20 w-100-d d-f d-col jc-sb pos-abs b-0 l-0 z-ui dark-cs o-hd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon cat-col pos-rel mr-5 d-f ai-c jc-c br-md o-hd icon-a-arrow-down\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/business-news\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBusiness News\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mt-txt count mt-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3 articles\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"jkd-swiper-nav st-1 mt-15\" data-aos=\"jkd-fade-up\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-nav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-btn btn-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-arrow-left\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-btn btn-next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a7da9d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a7da9d5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9415061\" data-id=\"9415061\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cb8e82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jkd-sect-ttl\" data-id=\"4cb8e82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jkd-sect-ttl.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"jkd-sect-ttl w-100 pos-rel o-hd d-f ai-c  st-3 ttl-left\"\n     data-aos=\"jkd-fade-in\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"in-ttl w-100-d d-f pos-rel  ta-l jc-c ai-s d-col d-col-sm\"><h3 class=\"sect-ttl z-ui pr-0-sm pl-0-sm w-100 mb-5\">Weekly Roundup<\/h3><p class=\"sect-ttl-sub d-f mt-txt z-ui op-sm\">A summary of this week\u2019s top content.<\/p><\/div><span class=\"sect-link-wrp lnh-1 ml-a d-n-sm pl-20 pl-15-md r-0\"><a class=\"jkd-btn primary sm\" href=\"https:\/\/fabula-theme.jkdevstudio.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>View All<span class=\"icon-arrow-right ml-3\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6267c8e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6267c8e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b070fdd\" data-id=\"b070fdd\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2.jpg 1920w\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-f ai-c pos-abs t-10 r-10 z-ui\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"bk-btn o-hd md\"\n\t     data-post-id=\"36443\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-bookmark-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-wrp trns d-f ai-c pos-abs z-ui b-10 l-10 dark-cs\"><div class=\"act-item\"><\/span><span class=\"act-label\">9<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">views<span><\/div><div class=\"act-item\"><span class=\"act-label\">0<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">likes<span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"p-bd pos-rel d-f d-col ai-s w-50 pl-10 pl-0-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mb-7 mb-5-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/hot-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd0000\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-fire-extinguisher\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHot News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/local-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd8500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-landmark\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n<h4 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\u0dc0\u0dd0\u0db1\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dcf \u0daf\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dcf \u0db4\u0dd9\u0da7\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dbd\u0dca \u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dc4\u0db1 \u0dc3\u0db3\u0dc4\u0dcf \u0d89\u0db1\u0dca\u0db0\u0db1 \u0db1\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0dad\u0dca\u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd3\u0db8\u0dda \u0daf\u0dd3 &#8216;QR&#8217;\u0d9a\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0db8\u0dba \u0dc3\u0dd0\u0dbd\u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dbd\u0dca\u0dbd\u0da7...\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c mt-10 mt-7-sm\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2fac2ae55c31c34d0e29643f0ee4fda8b2cf0d0af37bd85ffc034220e8d3640e?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"Suvindu Kumara\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSuvindu Kumara\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 11, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"grid-item p-art pos-rel post-36439 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-foreign-news category-hot-news category-political-news tag-659 pmpro-has-access\">\n<div class=\"in-wrp d-f ai-c d-col-sm animated-hdr\" data-aos=\"jkd-fade-up\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"pos-rel d-f pr-10 pr-0-sm mb-15-sm\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 d-f pos-rel p-hdr\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%89%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%b1%e0%b6%ba%e0%b7%9a-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%80-%e0%b6%8b%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%ad%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%93%e0%b6%ad%e0%b6%bb-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%9a%e0%b6%ba\/\" class=\"link-ovrl\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-f pos-rel\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos=\"jkd-zoom-fade-in\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" src=\"\" class=\"attachment-jkd-wide-size-small size-jkd-wide-size-small lqip\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" data-lqip=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-108x72.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-540x360.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-64x43.jpg 64w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-108x72.jpg 108w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-153x102.jpg 153w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-204x136.jpg 204w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-288x192.jpg 288w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-384x256.jpg 384w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3.jpg 1920w\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-f ai-c pos-abs t-10 r-10 z-ui\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"bk-btn o-hd md\"\n\t     data-post-id=\"36439\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-bookmark-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-wrp trns d-f ai-c pos-abs z-ui b-10 l-10 dark-cs\"><div class=\"act-item\"><\/span><span class=\"act-label\">8<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">views<span><\/div><div class=\"act-item\"><span class=\"act-label\">0<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">likes<span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"p-bd pos-rel d-f d-col ai-s w-50 pl-10 pl-0-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mb-7 mb-5-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/foreign-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #e25a00\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-view\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tForeign News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/hot-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd0000\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-fire-extinguisher\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHot News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/political-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #375df2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-a-arrow-down\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPolitical 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\u0dbd\u0db6\u0dcf, \u0dad\u0dc0\u0db8\u0dad\u0dca \u0daf\u0dbb\u0dd4\u0dab\u0dd4 \u0dad\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dbd \u0dc3\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0dad\u0dc0 \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dad\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dbb \u0dbd\u0db6\u0db8\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0da7\u0dd2\u0db1 \u0db6\u0dc0 \u0dbb\u0ddc\u0dba\u0dd2\u0da7\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dc3\u0dca \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dc0\u0dd8\u0dad\u0dca\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0dc3\u0dda\u0dc0\u0dba...\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c mt-10 mt-7-sm\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2fac2ae55c31c34d0e29643f0ee4fda8b2cf0d0af37bd85ffc034220e8d3640e?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"Suvindu Kumara\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSuvindu 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z-ui\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"bk-btn o-hd md\"\n\t     data-post-id=\"36433\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-bookmark-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-wrp trns d-f ai-c pos-abs z-ui b-10 l-10 dark-cs\"><div class=\"act-item\"><\/span><span class=\"act-label\">12<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">views<span><\/div><div class=\"act-item\"><span class=\"act-label\">0<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">likes<span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"p-bd pos-rel d-f d-col ai-s w-50 pl-10 pl-0-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mb-7 mb-5-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/local-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd8500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-landmark\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n<h4 class=\"p-ttl\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%9c%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b6%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%8a-%e0%b6%b6%e0%b6%bd%e0%b7%8f-%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%b9%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%bb\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\u0d9c\u0db8\u0dca\u0db6\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dca \u0db6\u0dbd\u0dcf \u0dba\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1 \u0db8\u0dcf\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0db9\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0da7 \u0dc4\u0dcf \u0db4\u0dd2\u0da7\u0d9a\u0ddc\u0da7\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0da7 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dc1\u0dcf\u0dbd \u0da2\u0db1\u0dad\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0d9a\u0dca\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"p-exc mt-10 mt-7-sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\u0d85\u0dbd\u0dd4\u0dad\u0dca \u0d85\u0dc0\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dd4 \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0da9\u0dd4\u0dc0 \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0d85\u0db0\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0dda\u0d9c\u0dd3 \u0db8\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dca\u0d9c \u0dc4\u0dbb\u0dc4\u0dcf \u0d9c\u0db8\u0dca\u0db6\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dca \u0db6\u0dbd\u0dcf \u0dba\u0dd1\u0db8 \u0dc3\u0db3\u0dc4\u0dcf \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dc1\u0dcf\u0dbd \u0db4\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0d9a\u0dca \u0d85\u0daf (11) \u0d85\u0dbd\u0dd4\u0dba\u0db8 \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0da7 \u0db8\u0dcf\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0db9\u0dd4\u0dbb \u0db6\u0dc4\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0db0 \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dc4\u0db1...\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c mt-10 mt-7-sm\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2fac2ae55c31c34d0e29643f0ee4fda8b2cf0d0af37bd85ffc034220e8d3640e?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"Suvindu Kumara\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSuvindu Kumara\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 11, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"grid-item p-art pos-rel post-36425 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-local-news pmpro-has-access\">\n<div class=\"in-wrp d-f ai-c d-col-sm animated-hdr\" data-aos=\"jkd-fade-up\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"pos-rel d-f pr-10 pr-0-sm mb-15-sm\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 d-f pos-rel p-hdr\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%9c%e0%b6%bd%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%85%e0%b6%9f%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%94-%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%b8%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%8a%e0%b7%81%e0%b6%b1%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%a7-%e0%b6%a2%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%b0%e0%b7%92\/\" class=\"link-ovrl\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-f pos-rel\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos=\"jkd-zoom-fade-in\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" src=\"\" class=\"attachment-jkd-wide-size-small size-jkd-wide-size-small lqip\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" data-lqip=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GMOA_1200x675px_18_11_25-108x72.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GMOA_1200x675px_18_11_25-540x360.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GMOA_1200x675px_18_11_25-540x360.jpg 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\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0da2\u0db1\u0dcf\u0db0\u0dd2\u0db4\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dc1\u0db1 \u0d9a\u0ddc\u0db8\u0dd2\u0dc2\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc3\u0db7\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0d9a\u0dca \u0db4\u0dad\u0dca \u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd3\u0db8\u0da7 \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dba\u0db8\u0dd2\u0dad \u0db6\u0dc0 \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dc4\u0db1, \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dcf\u0db8\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dca\u0d9c \u0dc3\u0dc4 \u0db1\u0dcf\u0d9c\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0d9a \u0dc3\u0d82\u0dc0\u0dbb\u0dca\u0db0\u0db1 \u0d85\u0db8\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dba...\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c mt-10 mt-7-sm\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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\u0dc4\u0db3\u0dd4\u0db1\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0daf\u0dd3\u0db8\u0da7 \u0d85\u0db4\u0dda\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc2\u0dcf \u0d9a\u0dbb\u0db1 \u0db6\u0dc0 \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dc4\u0db1, \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dcf\u0db8\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dca\u0d9c \u0dc3\u0dc4 \u0db1\u0dcf\u0d9c\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0d9a \u0dc3\u0d82\u0dc0\u0dbb\u0dca\u0db0\u0db1...\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c mt-10 mt-7-sm\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2fac2ae55c31c34d0e29643f0ee4fda8b2cf0d0af37bd85ffc034220e8d3640e?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"Suvindu Kumara\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/suvindu-nimsara\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSuvindu Kumara\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 10, 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384w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GMOA_1200x675px_18_11_25.webp.jpg 1920w\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-f ai-c pos-abs t-10 r-10 z-ui\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"bk-btn o-hd md\"\n\t     data-post-id=\"36413\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-bookmark-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-wrp trns d-f ai-c pos-abs z-ui b-10 l-10 dark-cs\"><div class=\"act-item\"><\/span><span class=\"act-label\">14<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">views<span><\/div><div class=\"act-item\"><span class=\"act-label\">0<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">likes<span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"p-bd pos-rel d-f d-col ai-s w-50 pl-10 pl-0-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mb-7 mb-5-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/local-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd8500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-landmark\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n<h4 class=\"p-ttl\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/2024-%e0%b6%a2%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b7%84%e0%b7%8f-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%92%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%8f%e0%b7%83-%e0%b7%83%e0%b6%82%e0%b6%9c%e0%b6%ab%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b6%85%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%8f\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t2024 \u0da2\u0db1 \u0dc4\u0dcf \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dc3 \u0dc3\u0d82\u0d9c\u0dab\u0db1 \u0d85\u0dc0\u0dc3\u0dcf\u0db1 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href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%8a%e0%b7%80%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%94-2%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a-%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%94-%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%bb%e0%b6%af%e0%b7%9a%e0%b7%81-%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%92%e0%b7%84\/\" class=\"link-ovrl\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-f pos-rel\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos=\"jkd-zoom-fade-in\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" src=\"\" class=\"attachment-jkd-wide-size-small size-jkd-wide-size-small lqip\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" data-lqip=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/weather-108x72.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/weather-540x360.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/weather-540x360.png 540w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/weather-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/weather-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/weather-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/weather-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/weather-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/weather-1440x960.png 1440w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/weather-64x43.png 64w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/weather-108x72.png 108w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/weather-153x102.png 153w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/weather-204x136.png 204w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/weather-288x192.png 288w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/weather-384x256.png 384w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/weather.png 1920w\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-f ai-c pos-abs t-10 r-10 z-ui\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"bk-btn o-hd md\"\n\t     data-post-id=\"36408\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-bookmark-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-wrp trns d-f ai-c pos-abs z-ui b-10 l-10 dark-cs\"><div class=\"act-item\"><\/span><span class=\"act-label\">20<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">views<span><\/div><div class=\"act-item\"><span class=\"act-label\">0<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">likes<span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"p-bd pos-rel d-f d-col ai-s w-50 pl-10 pl-0-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<ul 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\u0db4\u0dd4\u0dad\u0dca\u0dad\u0dbd\u0db8, \u0d9c\u0dcf\u0dbd\u0dca\u0dbd \u0dc3\u0dc4 \u0db8\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dbb \u0daf\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0dca\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dca\u0d9a\u0dc0\u0dbd\u0dad\u0dca \u0db4.\u0dc0 2.00\u0db1\u0dca \u0db4\u0dc3\u0dd4\u0dc0 \u0dad\u0dd0\u0db1\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0dad\u0dd0\u0db1 \u0dc0\u0dd0\u0dc3\u0dd2 \u0dc4\u0ddd \u0d9c\u0dd2\u0d9c\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0dd4\u0db8\u0dca...\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c mt-10 mt-7-sm\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/indusaramedia\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/44490008a799601f95e1a65070f3c8dc2968e8ea3aed498d0919918b5e6239ad?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"IndusaraMedia\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/indusaramedia\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIndusaraMedia\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 6, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"grid-item p-art pos-rel post-36405 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hot-news category-local-news category-political-news pmpro-has-access\">\n<div class=\"in-wrp d-f ai-c d-col-sm animated-hdr\" data-aos=\"jkd-fade-up\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"pos-rel d-f pr-10 pr-0-sm mb-15-sm\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 d-f pos-rel p-hdr\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/gmoa-%e0%b7%80%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%a2%e0%b6%b1%e0%b6%ba-%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%8f%e0%b7%80%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%bd%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%80-%e0%b6%85%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%8a%e0%b7%84%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%a7\/\" class=\"link-ovrl\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-f pos-rel\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos=\"jkd-zoom-fade-in\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" src=\"\" class=\"attachment-jkd-wide-size-small size-jkd-wide-size-small lqip\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" data-lqip=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gmoa-108x72.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gmoa-540x360.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gmoa-540x360.png 540w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gmoa-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gmoa-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gmoa-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gmoa-1536x1024.png 1536w, 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mb-15-sm\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 d-f pos-rel p-hdr\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b7%81%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%93-%e0%b6%bd%e0%b6%82%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%8f%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%99%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a-%e0%b6%87%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%99%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%8f%e0%b7%80%e0%b6%a7\/\" class=\"link-ovrl\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-f pos-rel\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos=\"jkd-zoom-fade-in\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" src=\"\" class=\"attachment-jkd-wide-size-small size-jkd-wide-size-small lqip\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" data-lqip=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/annie-spratt-CVbLiyjweG8-unsplash-1920x1280-45-8-108x72.png\" 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https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/annie-spratt-CVbLiyjweG8-unsplash-1920x1280-45-8.png 1920w\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-f ai-c pos-abs t-10 r-10 z-ui\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"bk-btn o-hd md\"\n\t     data-post-id=\"36395\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-bookmark-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-wrp trns d-f ai-c pos-abs z-ui b-10 l-10 dark-cs\"><div class=\"act-item\"><\/span><span class=\"act-label\">25<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">views<span><\/div><div class=\"act-item\"><span class=\"act-label\">0<\/span><span class=\"act-prefix\">likes<span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"p-bd pos-rel d-f d-col ai-s w-50 pl-10 pl-0-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mb-7 mb-5-sm\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/foreign-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #e25a00\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-view\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tForeign News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/hot-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd0000\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-fire-extinguisher\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHot News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/local-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-4\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd8500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-landmark\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n<h4 class=\"p-ttl\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b7%81%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%93-%e0%b6%bd%e0%b6%82%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%8f%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%99%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a-%e0%b6%87%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%99%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%8f%e0%b7%80%e0%b6%a7\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\u0dc1\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dd3 \u0dbd\u0d82\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca 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\u0db4\u0dcf\u0d9c\u0db8\u0db1\u0dda...\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c mt-10 mt-7-sm\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/indusaramedia\/\" class=\"auth-img avtr mr-7 mr-5-sm avtr--xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/44490008a799601f95e1a65070f3c8dc2968e8ea3aed498d0919918b5e6239ad?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t     alt=\"IndusaraMedia\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name-wrp d-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"prefix h-col op-md mr-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/author\/indusaramedia\/\" class=\"name h-col ttl-link m-fw\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIndusaraMedia\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 6, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"grid-item p-art pos-rel post-36389 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hot-news category-local-news tag-654 pmpro-has-access\">\n<div class=\"in-wrp d-f ai-c d-col-sm animated-hdr\" data-aos=\"jkd-fade-up\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"pos-rel d-f pr-10 pr-0-sm mb-15-sm\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 d-f pos-rel p-hdr\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%a2%e0%b6%bd-%e0%b6%9a%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%af%e0%b7%94-%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%bd%e0%b6%ba-%e0%b6%85%e0%b6%a9%e0%b7%94-%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%99%e0%b6%ba%e0%b7%92\/\" class=\"link-ovrl\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-f pos-rel\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos=\"jkd-zoom-fade-in\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" src=\"\" class=\"attachment-jkd-wide-size-small size-jkd-wide-size-small lqip\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" 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h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 11, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-art \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"p-hdr p-hdr-ext-sm d-f ai-c jc-c mr-15\" href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%89%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%b1%e0%b6%ba%e0%b7%9a-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%80-%e0%b6%8b%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%ad%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%93%e0%b6%ad%e0%b6%bb-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%9a%e0%b6%ba\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-bd o-hd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mb-5\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/foreign-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-2\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #e25a00\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-view\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tForeign News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"p-ttl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%89%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%b1%e0%b6%ba%e0%b7%9a-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%80-%e0%b6%8b%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%ad%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%93%e0%b6%ad%e0%b6%bb-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%9a%e0%b6%ba\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0d89\u0dbb\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dba\u0dda \u0db1\u0dc0 \u0d8b\u0dad\u0dca\u0dad\u0dbb\u0dd3\u0dad\u0dbb \u0db1\u0dcf\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dba\u0dcf\u0da7 \u0db6\u0dbb\u0db4\u0dad\u0dc5 \u0dad\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dbd\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c mt-5\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 11, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-art \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"p-hdr p-hdr-ext-sm d-f ai-c jc-c mr-15\" href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%9c%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b6%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%8a-%e0%b6%b6%e0%b6%bd%e0%b7%8f-%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%b9%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%bb\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/11.4-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/11.4-1-150x150.jpg 150w, 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100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-bd o-hd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cat-list f-wrp mb-5\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"cat-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/category\/local-news\/\" class=\"cat-lb cat-lb-st-2\" style=\"--jkd-pr-col: #dd8500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon mr-3 icon-landmark\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t      aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"p-ttl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%9c%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b6%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%8a-%e0%b6%b6%e0%b6%bd%e0%b7%8f-%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b1-%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%b9%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%bb\/\" class=\"ttl-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0d9c\u0db8\u0dca\u0db6\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dca \u0db6\u0dbd\u0dcf \u0dba\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1 \u0db8\u0dcf\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0db9\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0da7 \u0dc4\u0dcf \u0db4\u0dd2\u0da7\u0d9a\u0ddc\u0da7\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0da7...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"post-meta up-txt d-f ai-c mt-5\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-item lnh-1 d-f ai-c h-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"op-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 11, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-art \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"p-hdr p-hdr-ext-sm d-f ai-c jc-c mr-15\" href=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/%e0%b6%9c%e0%b6%bd%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%85%e0%b6%9f%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%94-%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%b8%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%8a%e0%b7%81%e0%b6%b1%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%a7-%e0%b6%a2%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%b0%e0%b7%92\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ceylontimes.lk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GMOA_1200x675px_18_11_25-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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