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Lanka Premier League: Jaffna Kings defeat Dambulla Giants by 23 runs to re
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hambantota [Sri Lanka], December 22 (ANI): Jaffna Kings reserved a place in the Lanka Premier League (LPL) final after beating Dambulla Giants by 23 runs despite Chamika Karunaratne's fighting knock on Tuesday.
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LPL: Kusal Mendis shines as Galle Gladiators book place in final
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hambantota [Sri Lanka], December 20 (ANI): Galle Gladiators beat Jaffna Kings by 64 runs in qualifier 2 on Sunday to book a place in the Lanka Premier League (LPL) final.
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Ranjan Madugalle among 3 ICC referees to officiate in LPL
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], November 23 (ANI): The 2nd edition of the Lanka Premier League 2021 will be officiated by a highly recognised Match Referee Panel and an Umpiring Panel, respectively, consisting of Chief Match Referee of the ICC, Ranjan Madugalle, and ICC Elite Panel Umpire Kumar Dharmas
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Colombo Port City Project approved in haste, will serve China's strategic
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], November 23 (ANI): Colombo Port City Project has been approved in haste by the Sri Lankan government to serve China's strategic interest in the island nation, according to a report by Policy Research Group Strategic Insight.
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Afghanistan-Pakistan ODI series shifted from Sri Lanka to Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], August 23 (ANI): Afghanistan's three-match ODI series against Pakistan has been moved from Sri Lanka's Hambantota to Pakistan because of logistical challenges in the Afghanistan team's travel.
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China building another enclave in Sri Lanka: Colombo Port City
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 15 (ANI): China is building yet another enclave in Sri Lanka, Colombo Port City (CPC), raising concerns not only about its impact on local livelihood and traditional ways of being but even on the environment and the sovereign status of the land that would constitute
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Chinese men seen in military uniform at Sri Lankan dredging site continues
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 4 (ANI): As China moves ahead to take control of Sri Lankan infrastructure, the alleged deployment of Chinese military personnel in Hambantota continues to evoke furore and concerns.
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Row over dredging of ancient irrigation tank Sri Lanka by military camoufl
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 3 (ANI): A controversy erupted over the dredging of an ancient irrigation tank Tissa Wewa in Tissamaharama in Hambantota District in Sri Lanka after media reports showed Chinese men clad in military camouflage outfits at the site.
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SLC looking to build on success of inaugural season of Lanka Premier Leagu
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 23 (ANI): The inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) which was played in a bio-secure bubble at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota from November 26 till December 16, 2020, reached a cumulative audience of 557 million peopl
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Chinese loans to other countries are predatory, opaque in nature: Report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], June 21 (ANI): Chinese loans have surpassed lending by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund combined together. It has become the largest global overseas creditor accounting for close to 65 per cent of the world's official bilateral debt with outstanding forei
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Sri Lanka: China-bound ship carrying nuclear material sent out of Hambanto
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 22 (ANI): Sri Lankan authorities expelled a China-bound cargo ship that entered the Port of Hambantota on Tuesday without revealing that it had stored radioactive uranium.
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No re-negotiation with China on Hambantota port lease, says Sri Lankan env
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 22 (ANI): Sri Lanka's ambassador to China Palitha Kohona on Monday dismissed suggestions that the country is planning to extend a 99-year lease granted to Beijing to run the Hambantota port.
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