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  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/tharushi-abhisheka-s-golden-glory-elevates-sri-lankan-athletics-to-new-heights</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T12:10:37.397Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Tharushi Abhisheka's Golden Glory Elevates Sri Lankan Athletics to New Heights</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/sri-lanka-end-23-year-wait-with-historic-odi-series-win-in-west-indies-si</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T12:10:09.858Z</news:publication_date><news:title>වසර 23ක් අවසන් කරමින් වෙස්ට් ඉන්ඩීස්හිදී ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඓතිහාසික එක්දින තරග මාලා ජයක් ලබා ගනී</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/sri-lanka-end-23-year-wait-with-historic-odi-series-win-in-west-indies</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T12:09:16.938Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Sri Lanka End 23-Year Wait With Historic ODI Series Win in West Indies</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/sri-lanka-breaks-tourism-records-as-arrivals-from-india-uk-and-russia-surge-to-new-heights-si</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T12:08:50.213Z</news:publication_date><news:title>ඉන්දියාව, එක්සත් රාජධානිය සහ රුසියාවෙන් පැමිණෙන සංචාරකයන් ගණන නව උසකට — ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සංචාරක වාර්තා බිඳ දමයි</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/sri-lanka-breaks-tourism-records-as-arrivals-from-india-uk-and-russia-surge-to-new-heights</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T12:07:27.403Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Sri Lanka Breaks Tourism Records as Arrivals from India, UK and Russia Surge to New Heights</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/npp-lawmaker-vows-to-drag-bbc-sinhala-report-before-parliament-s-privileges-committee-si</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T12:06:47.867Z</news:publication_date><news:title>NPP පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරිය BBC සිංහල වාර්තාව වරප්‍රසාද කමිටුව ඉදිරියට ගෙනයාමට තර්ජනය කරයි</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/npp-lawmaker-vows-to-drag-bbc-sinhala-report-before-parliament-s-privileges-committee</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T12:05:39.905Z</news:publication_date><news:title>NPP Lawmaker Vows to Drag BBC Sinhala Report Before Parliament's Privileges Committee</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/tamil-lawmaker-slams-government-over-rapper-s-arrest-says-it-betrays-npp-s-pledges-si</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T12:05:22.343Z</news:publication_date><news:title>රැපර් ශිල්පියා අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් දෙමළ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරයා රජයට දැඩි විවේචනයක් එල්ල කරයි — එය NPP ගේ පොරොන්දු කඩකිරීමක් බව පවසයි</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/tamil-lawmaker-slams-government-over-rapper-s-arrest-says-it-betrays-npp-s-pledges</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T12:04:21.225Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Tamil Lawmaker Slams Government Over Rapper's Arrest, Says It Betrays NPP's Pledges</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/cid-implicates-gammanpila-weerawansa-and-dilith-jayaweera-in-easter-sunday-probe-obstruction-case-si</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T12:03:50.988Z</news:publication_date><news:title>පාස්කු ඉරිදා ප්‍රහාරය පිළිබඳ විමර්ශනයට බාධා කළ බවට ගම්මන්පිල, වීරවංශ සහ දිලිත් ජයවීර සම්බන්ධ කර CID චෝදනා</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/cid-implicates-gammanpila-weerawansa-and-dilith-jayaweera-in-easter-sunday-probe-obstruction-case</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T12:02:32.463Z</news:publication_date><news:title>CID Implicates Gammanpila, Weerawansa and Dilith Jayaweera in Easter Sunday Probe Obstruction Case</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/sri-lanka-under-the-spotlight-as-asian-cyber-scam-networks-seek-new-havens-si</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T12:01:58.594Z</news:publication_date><news:title>ආසියානු සයිබර් වංචා ජාල නව රැකවරණ සොයන විට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව අවධානයට ලක් වෙයි</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/sri-lanka-under-the-spotlight-as-asian-cyber-scam-networks-seek-new-havens</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T12:00:31.991Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Sri Lanka Under the Spotlight as Asian Cyber Scam Networks Seek New Havens</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/sri-lanka-s-grand-wedding-tradition-under-threat-as-economic-pressures-force-couples-to-scale-back-si</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T09:10:35.249Z</news:publication_date><news:title>ආර්ථික පීඩනය හේතුවෙන් යුවළවලට සිය විවාහ උත්සව කප්පාදු කිරීමට සිදුවීමත් සමඟ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උදාර විවාහ සම්ප්‍රදාය අභියෝගයට ලක්වේ</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/sri-lanka-s-grand-wedding-tradition-under-threat-as-economic-pressures-force-couples-to-scale-back</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T09:09:12.147Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Sri Lanka's Grand Wedding Tradition Under Threat as Economic Pressures Force Couples to Scale Back</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/rain-interrupted-third-odi-still-enough-as-sri-lanka-clinch-historic-series-win-over-west-indies-si</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T09:08:36.893Z</news:publication_date><news:title>වර්ෂාපාතයෙන් බාධා වූ තෙවන එක්දින තරඟය සෑහීමකට ද — ශ්‍රී ලංකාව වෙස්ට් ඉන්ඩීස්ට එරෙහිව ඓතිහාසික තරඟාවලි ජයක් අත්කරගනී</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/rain-interrupted-third-odi-still-enough-as-sri-lanka-clinch-historic-series-win-over-west-indies</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T09:07:37.329Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Rain-Interrupted Third ODI Still Enough as Sri Lanka Clinch Historic Series Win Over West Indies</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/three-dead-after-devastating-restaurant-fire-at-thalawathugoda-junction-si</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T09:07:09.215Z</news:publication_date><news:title>තලවතුගොඩ හන්දියේ අවන්හලක ඇති වූ දරුණු ගිනි ගැනීමකින් තිදෙනෙකු මියයයි</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/three-dead-after-devastating-restaurant-fire-at-thalawathugoda-junction</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T09:06:30.013Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Three Dead After Devastating Restaurant Fire at Thalawathugoda Junction</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/sri-lanka-signs-off-on-new-skilled-worker-export-deal-with-japan-si</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T09:06:14.648Z</news:publication_date><news:title>ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ජපානය සමඟ නව දක්ෂ කම්කරු අපනයන ගිවිසුමකට අත්සන් තබයි</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/sri-lanka-signs-off-on-new-skilled-worker-export-deal-with-japan</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T09:05:06.294Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Sri Lanka Signs Off on New Skilled Worker Export Deal With Japan</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/sajith-demands-parliament-receive-treasury-report-on-2-5-billion-fund-diversion-si</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T09:04:35.149Z</news:publication_date><news:title>රු. බිලියන 2.5ක් වෙනතකට යොමු කළ බවට කියන අරමුදල් සම්බන්ධ භාණ්ඩාගාර වාර්තාව පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලෙස සජිත් ඉල්ලයි</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/sajith-demands-parliament-receive-treasury-report-on-2-5-billion-fund-diversion</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T09:03:25.946Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Sajith Demands Parliament Receive Treasury Report on $2.5 Billion Fund Diversion</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/sri-lanka-on-alert-as-international-scam-networks-eye-island-as-new-regional-hub-si</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T09:03:07.811Z</news:publication_date><news:title>ජාත්‍යන්තර වංචා ජාල නව කලාපීය කේන්ද්‍රස්ථානයක් ලෙස ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඉලක්ක කිරීමත් සමග රට අවදානම් තත්ත්වයේ</news:title></news:news></url>
  <url><loc>https://www.lankanewspapers.com/2026/06/09/sri-lanka-on-alert-as-international-scam-networks-eye-island-as-new-regional-hub</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Lanka Newspapers</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T09:01:37.762Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Sri Lanka on Alert as International Scam Networks Eye Island as New Regional Hub</news:title></news:news></url>
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