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Gossip Girl and Buffy actress Michelle Trachtenberg dies aged 39

Gossip Girl and Buffy actress Michelle Trachtenberg, who rose to fame as a child star in the 1990s and 2000s, has died aged 39. Police in Manhattan said they responded to an emergency call on Wednesday morning and found Trachtenberg “unconscious and unresponsive”. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The US actress was best known for playing Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s younger sister Dawn Summers, and later took on the role of manipulative socialite Georgina Sparks in Gossip Girl as an adult.

27 Feb, 2025

ICRC to provide technical assistance to strengthen OMP

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has agreed to provide technical assistance and capacity-building support to strengthen the Office on Missing Persons (OMP) in Sri Lanka. President Anura Kumara Disanayake met with Ms. Severine Chappaz, the Head of Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), at the Presidential Secretariat on Tuesday. Discussions focused on the ICRC?s support for the new government?s policy framework. As part of this collaboration, the i

25 Feb, 2025

Sri Lanka to establish gambling regulation authority

The Sri Lankan Government has decided to establish a Gambling Regulation Authority to standardize gambling institutions in the country. Approval of the Cabinet of Ministers had been granted at their meeting held on 26.06.2023 to establish the Gambling Regulation Authority as an independent establishment with a broad and complete subject arena to standardize gambling institutions, minimize social damage, promotion of tourism sector and ensure economic growth. The Legal Draftsman has informed th

25 Feb, 2025