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Sri Lanka drops skipper Chandimal from SA tour, Karunaratne named captain
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Feb 5 (ANI): Sri Lanka have dropped skipper Dinesh Chandimal from their recently-announced squad for the upcoming two-match Test series against South Africa and have named opener Dimuth Karunaratne as captain for the entire tour.
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Angelo Perera scores record double centuries in first-class game
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Feb 4 (ANI): Sri Lankan cricketer Angelo Perera has become the second player in history to smash two double-centuries in the same first-class match.
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Akila Dananjaya to undergo bowling Test in Chennai
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Feb 1 (ANI): Sri Lanka spinner Akila Dananjaya is all set to undergo a bowling Test in Chennai Center for Sports Science (CSS) of the Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research.
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Sri Lanka coach removed as selector-on-tour
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jan 30 (ANI): Curtailing the role of coach Chandika Hathurusingha in team selection, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has removed him from the position of selector-on-tour in order to form “an effective and transparent selection mechanism.”
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India hands over two new school building in Jaffna
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Jan 29 (ANI): Two new school buildings constructed with Indian assistance in Sri Lanka were handed over to the people at Navatkuli and Chavakachcheri in Jaffna district.
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SL: PM Wickremesinghe to establish new political alliance soon
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jan 23 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe stated that the new political alliance National Democratic Front led by the United National Party will be set up within the next two weeks.
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Chinese cement firm to set up plant in Sri Lanka's Hambantota
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Jan 23 (ANI): A Chinese firm is to set up a cement plant in Hambantota where Beijing already controls the strategic port, in an indication of China's increasing footprint in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka releases Indian fishermen, asks to appear before court
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jan 21 (ANI): Vanni court in Sri Lanka on Monday released 11 Indian fishermen who were caught by the Sri Lankan navy on January 13.
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Malinda Pushpakumara takes all ten wickets in an innings
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Moratuwa (Colombo) [Sri Lanka], Jan 7 (ANI): Sri Lanka left-arm spinner Malinda Pushpakumara has achieved the rare feat of claiming all ten wickets in a first-class match.
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Sri Lanka: Collegial leadership in talks for new UNP-led front
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 31 (ANI): A collegial leadership of ten members has been tabled for the new political front to be formed by the United National Party (UNP).
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Sri Lanka initiates action against violations of local language laws at Ch
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 31 (ANI): Sri Lanka has initiated action against Chinese projects that are flouting local language laws in the country.
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Sri Lanka moves out of political crisis as new Cabinet swears-in
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 21 (ANI): Sri Lanka is slowly moving out of the political crisis that engulfed the south-Asian island nation, as the new cabinet was sworn-in here on Thursday.
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