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508								<div class="date"><a href="https://srilankanews.lk/en/sale-of-toxic-fruit-only-for-this-year/" title="Sale of toxic fruit: Only for this year.">October 1, 2026</a> </div> <div class="by-author vcard author"><a href="https://srilankanews.lk/en/author/editor/">Editor</a> </div>							</div>
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549						<h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://srilankanews.lk/en/sanga-outlines-what-needs-to-be-done-to-revive-the-sri-lankan-team/">Sanga outlines what needs to be done to revive the Sri Lankan team.</a></h3>						<div class="entry-meta">
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552							<p>Former cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara shares his views on the Sri Lankan cricket team&#8217;s 3-0 series defeat against England in the T20 tournament. Kumar Sangakkara points out the need for&hellip; </p>
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568							<h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://srilankanews.lk/en/sri-lanka-cricket-to-be-subject-to-rti-act/">Sri Lanka Cricket to be subject to RTI Act .</a></h3>							<div class="entry-meta">
569								<div class="date"><a href="https://srilankanews.lk/en/sri-lanka-cricket-to-be-subject-to-rti-act/" title="Sri Lanka Cricket to be subject to RTI Act .">August 31, 2026</a> </div> <div class="by-author vcard author"><a href="https://srilankanews.lk/en/author/editor/">Editor</a> </div>							</div>
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582							<h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://srilankanews.lk/en/another-victory-for-romesh-tharanga/">Another victory for Romesh Tharanga.</a></h3>							<div class="entry-meta">
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611								<div class="date"><a href="https://srilankanews.lk/en/jaiswal-and-asith-fined-by-the-icc/" title="Jaiswal and Asith fined by the ICC.">August 24, 2026</a> </div> <div class="by-author vcard author"><a href="https://srilankanews.lk/en/author/editor/">Editor</a> </div>							</div>
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631							<div class="date"><a href="https://srilankanews.lk/en/court-order-against-the-arrest-of-tiran-alles/" title="Court order against the arrest of Tiran Alles.">October 1, 2026</a> </div> <div class="by-author vcard author"><a href="https://srilankanews.lk/en/author/editor/">Editor</a> </div>						</div>
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633							<p>An interim order has been issued preventing the arrest of Tiran Alles, the Managing Director of Ceylon Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd and a former Minister. This order has been issued in&hellip; </p>
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1015                    navigator.clipboard.writeText(decodedUrl).catch(function(err) {
1016                        console.log('Could not copy decoded URL:', err);
1017                    });
1018                }
1019            }, 100);
1020        }
1021    });
1022    </script>
1022
1023        
1023<script>
1024    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
1025        // Find the copyright div
1026        const copyrightDiv = document.querySelector('.copyright.col-lg.order-lg-1.text-lg-left');
1027        
1028        if (copyrightDiv) {
1029            // Find the theme-link div
1030            const themeLinkDiv = copyrightDiv.querySelector('.theme-link');
1031            
1032            if (themeLinkDiv) {
1033                // Replace with new content
1034                themeLinkDiv.innerHTML = 'Website Developed by: <a href="https://swissweb.bio.link/">Swiss Web Solutions</a>;
1035            }
1036            
1037            // Remove any additional text nodes that contain theme/wp links
1038            const childNodes = Array.from(copyrightDiv.childNodes);
1039            childNodes.forEach(node => {
1040                if (node.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE && node.textContent.trim()) {
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vendor: 1 bytes, line 1052
1052
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vendor: 1 bytes, line 1053
1053
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vendor: 1 bytes, line 1054
1054
1055<script id="newscard-owl-carousel-js" src="https://srilankanews.lk/wp-content/themes/newscard/assets/library/owl-carousel/owl.carousel-settings.js?ver=7.0.6"></script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 1055
1055
1056<script id="jquery-match-height-js" src="https://srilankanews.lk/wp-content/themes/newscard/assets/library/match-height/jquery.matchHeight-min.js?ver=0.7.2"></script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 1056
1056
1057<script id="newscard-match-height-js" src="https://srilankanews.lk/wp-content/themes/newscard/assets/library/match-height/jquery.matchHeight-settings.js?ver=7.0.6"></script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 1057
1057
1058<script id="newscard-skip-link-focus-fix-js" src="https://srilankanews.lk/wp-content/themes/newscard/assets/js/skip-link-focus-fix.js?ver=20151215"></script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 1058
1058
1059<script id="jquery-marquee-js" src="https://srilankanews.lk/wp-content/themes/newscard/assets/library/jquery.marquee/jquery.marquee.min.js?ver=7.0.6"></script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 1059
1059
1060<script id="newscard-jquery-marquee-js" src="https://srilankanews.lk/wp-content/themes/newscard/assets/library/jquery.marquee/jquery.marquee-settings.js?ver=7.0.6"></script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 1060
1060
1061<script id="jquery-sticky-js" src="https://srilankanews.lk/wp-content/themes/newscard/assets/library/sticky/jquery.sticky.js?ver=1.0.4"></script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 1061
1061
1062<script id="newscard-jquery-sticky-js" src="https://srilankanews.lk/wp-content/themes/newscard/assets/library/sticky/jquery.sticky-settings.js?ver=7.0.6"></script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 1062
1062
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vendor: 1 bytes, line 1063
1063
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1066</script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 1066
1066
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1071
1072
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