🇱🇰 HISTORY MADE! 🥇
Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage wins the men’s javelin throw at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship with a massive 91.09m throw! 🔥
World champion! 🇱🇰🏆
5–6 months ago, very few knew his name. Today, Eshan Malinga is living a dream that feels straight out of a movie script.
Coming from the gem-rich lands of Sri Lanka, perhaps Muttiah Muralitharan and the SRH management have unearthed another precious gem for the cricketing world.
Eshan’s journey is built on sacrifice, resilience, and family. Raised in a humble household, with his father working as a tuk-tuk driver, the road was never easy. There was even a point when Eshan was ready to give up his cricket dream to help support his family. But his family refused to let him walk away from his passion they chose to carry the burden so he could continue chasing his dream.
And today, that dream has come full circle. He is part of an SRH side that has already reached the playoffs, and now he gets to take his entire family to watch him play on one of cricket’s biggest stages. If that isn’t what success looks like, what is?
In the early stages of this IPL season, Eshan became a key pillar of the SRH bowling attack, consistently removing some of the biggest white ball stars and playing an important role in SRH’s victories.
Who said IPL success stories belong only to India? Sometimes they begin in a small Sri Lankan home, powered by sacrifice, belief, and a family that simply refused to give up. ✨🏏
3 partner banks listed as PayPal moves toward 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka rollout
⭕ PayPal is set to launch in 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka on May 15, 2026.
⭕ PayPal has listed Sampath Bank, Commercial Bank of Ceylon and Bank of Ceylon as partner banks for 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka,
⭕ Users are directed to create a new PayPal account or link an existing account to a local bank account to receive and withdraw funds.
⭕ Fees may apply from both PayPal and the partner banks when users receive or withdraw funds, but PayPal and the listed partner banks are yet to issue an official statement on the fee structure, charges or rollout process.
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Sri Lanka has achieved a historic education milestone, with literacy rising to 97.4% in 2024, up from 95.7% in 2012.
For the first time since 1881, the literacy gender gap has closed, with males at 97.9% and females at 97.0%.
Digital literacy has reached 67.6%, while computer literacy stands at 34.7%, highlighting Sri Lanka’s growing digital transformation.
— Census 2024