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Mathews urges batsmen to give bowlers `a fair chance` against Proteas
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec.10 (ANI): Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews, who has returned to the national side after recovering from a leg injury, has called on his batsmen to give his bowlers `a fair chance` to perform in the upcoming tour of South Africa by getting runs in tough conditions.
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Mathews, Chandimal declare themselves fit for Proteas tour
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec. 1 (ANI): Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews and his deputy Dinesh Chandimal have declared themselves fit for the upcoming tour to South Africa that begins in mid-December.
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Australia announces scholars for New Colombo Plan 2017
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov.30 (ANI): The Australian Government will provide prestigious New Colombo Plan scholarships to three talented Australian youth to live, study and intern in India in 2017.
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Trump must pressure UN to drop war crime charges against Lanka, says Presi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov.27 (ANI); Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena has asked U.S. president elect Donald Trump to put pressure on the UN Human Rights Council to drop war crimes allegations against his country's troops.
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BCCI, PCB officials to meet in December to discuss strained bilateral cric
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Nov. 27 (ANI): The cricket officials of India and Pakistan's cricket authorities will be holding an important meeting on December 17 in Colombo, Sri Lanka to discuss the strained and suspended bilateral cricket ties between the two nations.
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Sri Lanka cops arrest four foreign nationals with heroin worth Rs. 20 mill
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov. 20 (ANI): Four foreign nationals, three Maldivians and a Pakistani, were arrested in Mount Lavinia by Sri Lanka's Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) for the possession of two kilograms of heroin worth Rs. 20 million during a raid conducted early this morning.
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MCSL objects to Justice Minister's statement on Muslim community
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov. 20 (ANI): The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka (MCSL) has objected to the statement made by Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe in Parliament regarding the Muslim community.
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Sri Lanka, Turkey resume trade talks after 26 years
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov. 13 (ANI): After a gap of 26 years, Sri Lanka and Turkey held trade talks on Friday as Colombo's trade with Ankara surged by more than 130 percent.
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'I am Sri Lanka's Finance Minister, not China's', says
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov. 5 (ANI): Sri Lankan Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said his job is to look into the welfare of the country and not China's as he lashed back at comments made by Chinese Ambassador Yi Xianliang.
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Lanka becomes first South Asian nation to join OGP
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct. 30 (ANI): Sri Lanka has become South Asia's first member of the Open Government Partnership as it formally joined the 70-nation Open Government Partnership (OGP) following an invitation from the group.
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Colombo to host ICC Women's WC Qualifier 2017
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Oct. 30 (ANI): Sri Lanka's capital Colombo was today unveiled as the host of the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier 2017, a 10-team event which will be staged from February 7 to 21, 2017.
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EU parliament delegation to visit Lanka from Oct 31 to Nov 3
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct. 29 (ANI): European Parliament's four-member delegation is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka from October 31 to November 3 to discuss national reconciliation and greater women's empowerment as part of groundwork to review the country's application to regain
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