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Three killed, 32 injured after bus crashes in Sri Lanka
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 20 (ANI): At least seven people were killed and 20 others injured after a bus plunged off a road in central Sri Lanka on Saturday.
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Bangladesh to play two-Test series in Sri Lanka from April 21
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 19 (ANI): Bangladesh will be playing a two-Test series in Sri Lanka, announced Sri Lanka Cricket on Friday. Both the matches will be played at the Pallekele International Stadium in Kandy.
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Sri Lanka's COVID-19 cases exceed 89,000
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 19 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of COVID-19 cases in Sri Lanka surpassed 89,000 on Friday after over 300 new infections were detected a day earlier, statistics from the Health Ministry showed here.
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Pakistan's hypocrisy on Sri Lanka's burqa ban exposed
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 18 (ANI): Pakistan's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Saad Khattak, publicly intervened in the country's internal affairs, commenting on a ban on the wearing of the burqa and niqab in the country and the imposition of strict state regulation on unregulated Islamic s
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On This Day: Dinesh Karthik's carnage helped India snatch Nidahas Trophy f
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New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): On this day three years ago, wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik's carnage helped India snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in the final of the Nidahas Trophy against Bangladesh at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
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Days after Imran Khan's visit, Sri Lanka likely to ban burqa on grounds of
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 16 (ANI): Days after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's visit to Colombo, Sri Lanka is likely to ban the burqa on grounds of "national security".
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Proposal for Burqa ban in Sri Lanka under discussion
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 16 (ANI): The Foreign Ministry of Sri Lanka on Tuesday issued a statement on a proposed ban on wearing burqa and niqab in Sri Lanka, saying that the government is yet to impose a ban and a proposal in this regard is being discussed.
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Adani Ports-led consortium to develop West Container Terminal in Colombo
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka]/Ahmedabad [India], March 15 (ANI): Adani Ports and Special Economic Zones Ltd (APSEZ), a key subsidiary of the diversified Adani Group, has received a Letter of Intent (LOI) from Sri Lankan authorities for development and operations of West Container Terminal (WCT) in Col
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Indian high commissioner hands over training aids worth Rs 22 million to S
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Colombo (Sri Lanka), March 15 (ANI): India's High Commissioner to Colombo has handed over training aids worth Rs 22 million to the Sri Lankan Navy.
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Indian envoy in Sri Lanka meets political leaders of northern and eastern
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 14 (ANI): Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Gopal Baglay recently held a series of meetings with leaders of various political parties of northern and eastern provinces in the Island nation.
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Amazon removes China-made Sri Lankan flag doormat
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 14 (ANI): Amazon has removed the advertisement of the controversial doormat with the Sri Lankan flag produced by a Chinese firm from its website after Colombo raised the matter with Beijing and the e-commerce company.
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Sri Lanka to ban burqa, shut over 1000 Islamic schools: Minister
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than a thousand Islamic schools, a minister said on Saturday.
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