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Sri Lanka Cricket postpones series against Ireland
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 18 (ANI): Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Wednesday announced that the upcoming series against Ireland has been postponed.
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Dengue kills 120 in Sri Lanka, affects over 87,000 others
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 16 (ANI): A severe dengue outbreak has claimed the lives of at least 120 people and affected over 87,000 others across 11 districts in the island country, health officials said here on Monday.
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Sri Lanka firmly committed to SAARC: Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 9 (ANI): Sri Lanka remains firmly committed to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Charter and its objectives and attributes high importance to its purposes and principles which aims to promote peace, stability, amity, and progress in the reg
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Sri Lanka to accelerate Colombo Port city development
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 8 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government will firmly support and accelerate the development of the Colombo Port City project constructed by China to ensure that it will emerge as a new business hub in the island country, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said at a grand cer
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Mickey Arthur appointed Sri Lanka's consultant head coach
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 5 (ANI): Former South African cricketer Mickey Arthur was on Thursday appointed as Sri Lanka men's consultant head coach.
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Honours for Karunaratne, Malinga in SLC awards
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 4 (ANI): Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne was awarded the 'Best Test Batsman' and legendary bowler Lasith Malinga was crowned as both the 'Best ODI Bowler' and 'Best T20 Bowler' at Sri Lanka Cricket's Annual awards night on Tuesday.
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Pak President invites Gotayaba to visit Islamabad
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 02 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotayaba Rajapaksa here on Monday met Pakistan Foreign Minister Mehmood Qureshi and discusses issues related to bilateral trade and investment.
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Look forward to maintaining warm, mutually beneficial relations with India
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 02 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday said that he looks forward to "maintaining warm and mutually beneficial bilateral relations" with India in all aspects.
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Sri Lanka President assures to take steps to release Indian fishermen's bo
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 29 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Gotayaba Rajapaksa on Friday assured that his country will take steps to release the Indian fishermen's boats which are in the island nation's custody.
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Big guns return for Sri Lanka, management names full-strength squad for Te
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 29 (ANI): Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Friday named the full-strength squad for playing the two-match Test series in Pakistan later this year.
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Sri Lankan President 'personally invites' Muralitharan to become governor
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 27 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has "personally invited" legendary spinner Muttiah Muralitharan to accept the post of the Governor of the country's Tamil-dominated Northern Province, Daily Mirror reported on Wednesday.
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UTS organises Foreign Correspondent Study Tour supported by New Colombo Pl
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Nov 27 (ANI): Five undergraduate Journalism students from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) are collaborating with Indian students at the IIJNM as part of the UTS Foreign Correspondent Study Tour (FSCT).
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