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Sri Lanka's COVID-19 cases top 30,000
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Sri Lanka surpassed the 30,000-mark on Thursday after more than 700 people tested positive for the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, showed statistics from the Health Ministry.
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COVID-19: Sri Lanka consider calling off tour of South Africa
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 9 (ANI): Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is considering cancelling the forthcoming tour of South Africa or may offer to host the Proteas at home after the three-match ODI series between England and South Africa was called off due to outbreak of coronavirus cases.
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Sri Lanka's COVID-19 patient count surpasses 28,000
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of positive COVID-19 patients in Sri Lanka surpassed the 28,000-mark on Tuesday after over 600 patients were detected during the previous day, statistics from the Health Ministry showed here.
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Afridi to return to Pakistan from LPL for 'personal emergency'
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hambantota [Colombo], December 2 (ANI): Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi, who is currently playing in the Lanka Premier League (LPL), will head back home to attend a 'personal emergency'.
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Sir Lanka Minister appoints five-member committee to probe prison riot
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 1 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Justice Minister Ali Sabry on Monday appointed a special five-member committee to probe the unrest which erupted in a maximum-security prison near Colombo.
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8 inmates killed, 50 others inmates and two prison officers injured in Mah
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], November 30 (ANI): At least eight inmates were killed and 50 other inmates and two prison officials were injured when unrest erupted at the Mahara prison here, said Colombo Page citing police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana.
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India, Sri Lanka, Maldives review maritime security environment, agree to
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], November 28 (ANI): India, Sri Lanka and Maldives on Saturday reviewed the current maritime security environment in the region, exchanged views on common security threats and agreed to expand the scope of cooperation to include issues such intelligence sharing and terr
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India, Maldives, Sri Lanka trilateral meet on maritime security begins
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], November 28 (ANI): A trilateral meeting on maritime security cooperation between India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives began on Saturday, the Indian High Commission said.
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NSA Ajit Doval meets Sri Lanka PM, Defence Secretary
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], November 27 (ANI): National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Friday met Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Defence Secretary Major Gen (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne, during the fourth NSA Level Meeting on Trilateral Maritime Security Cooperation hosted by Sr
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Afridi cleared to play Galle Gladiators' opening LPL match
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], November 27 (ANI): Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi has been allowed to end his quarantine early and will feature for Galle Gladiators in their opening Lanka Premier League (LPL) match against Jaffna Stallions on Friday.
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Ajit Doval arrives in Colombo for trilateral talks with Sri Lanka, Maldive
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], November 27 (ANI): National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Friday arrived in Colombo for trilateral India, Sri Lanka and Maldives consultations on maritime and security cooperation.
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Amid Chinese aggression in Indo-Pacific, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka rev
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): At a time when China has ramped up aggression in the Indo-Pacific region, National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval will be in Colombo on Friday for trilateral discussions among India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives on maritime security cooperation.
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