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Test series win in South Africa is a significant memory: Dimuth Karunaratn
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 11 (ANI): Sri Lanka Test and ODI skipper Dimuth Karunaratne on Sunday recalled his glorious cricketing moments and said the Test series win against South Africa under his leadership is a significant memory for him.
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Dimuth Karunaratne wants Sri Lanka to be in top 4 of ODI, Test cricket
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 10 (ANI): Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne on Sunday said that he wants the side to reach the top four in both Test and ODI rankings.
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On this day: Aravinda de Silva became first player to score two unbeaten c
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): It was on this day in 1997, that the former Sri Lanka batsman Aravinda de Silva became the first player in the history of cricket to score two unbeaten centuries in the same Test.
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COVID-19: Sri Lanka Cricket offers relief measure to clubs and umpires
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 28 (ANI): As sporting action across the world has come to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has decided to provide relief to the affected segments of the country's cricketing community.
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Combating COVID-19: India gifts medical gloves to Sri Lanka
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 27 (ANI): India on Monday gifted a consignment of medical gloves to Sri Lanka in a bid to assist the island nation in its fight against coronavirus.
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COVID-19 cases top 500 in Sri Lanka
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 27 (Xinhua/ANI): The number of COVID-19 cases in Sri Lanka has risen to 505, according to the latest data from the country's health ministry on Sunday (local time).
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Sri Lankan flight leaves today to bring 101 students stranded in India
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 23 (ANI): A Sri Lankan Airlines special flight has left Katunayake this morning to bring back 101 stranded Sri Lankan students, who were pursuing higher studies in India and were unable to return home since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out globally earlier this year
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UN calls for solidarity among communities as Sri Lanka marks a year of Eas
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 21 (ANI): Remembering the 259 lives lost and those injured in the Easter Sunday attacks a year ago, the office of United Nations in the country on Tuesday called for solidarity between communities to safeguard the health and rights of every citizen as terrorism has
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Sri Lanka to hold parliamentary elections on June 20
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 21 (ANI): Chairman of the National Election Commission Mahinda Deshapriya has announced that the parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka that were postponed due to the coronavirus spread will be held on June 20.
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COVID-19: Sri Lanka Cricket launches 'Coach Education App'
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 18 (ANI): The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has launched 'Coach Education App' a digital facility to help its coaches develop and enhance knowledge at their home amid the rising coronavirus concerns.
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Sri Lanka makes cremations compulsory for virus-related deaths
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka has made cremations compulsory for coronavirus victims, ignoring protests from the country's Muslim population which says the rule goes against Islamic tradition.
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Sri Lanka Cricket hands LKR 25 million to COVID-19 Relief Fund
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 10 (ANI): Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has handed LKR 25 million, to COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund as promised earlier, to the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
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