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Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis shine in Sri Lanka's 161-run triumph agains
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hambantota [Sri Lanka], Feb 26 (ANI): Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis' centuries guided Sri Lanka to a massive 161-run win against West Indies in the second ODI at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium here on Wednesday.
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Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis script highest third-wicket partnership rec
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hambantota [Sri Lanka], Feb 26 (ANI): The Sri Lankan batting pair of Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis scripted the highest third-wicket partnership record for the side on Wednesday.
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Modi plants sapling at President's Secretariat in Colombo
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the first foreign leader to visit Sri Lanka after the Easter terror attacks, planted a sapling at the President's Secretariat here on Sunday.
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Sri Lanka: Modi visits church targetted during Easter terror attacks
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 9 (ANI): Showing India's solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid his respects at the St. Anthony's Church, which was targetted during the Easter terror attacks.
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Indian nationals travelling to Sri Lanka advised to be careful, vigilant
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Acknowledging the return of normalcy in Sri Lanka following the Easter Sunday terror attacks, the Indian government on Tuesday advised its citizens to be "careful and vigilant" while traveling to the island nation, unlike the previous travel advisory where In
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Pak U-19 to play 5 ODIs against Sri Lanka
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 19 (ANI): Pakistan Under-19 are set to tour Sri Lanka to play five One-Day Internationals (ODIs), beginning May 26 in Hambantota.
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Hambantota port's security not in foreign hands: Sri Lankan PM
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 7 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday that the security and operations of the strategic Hambantota port are managed by his country and not by other nations.
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England women secure series win against Sri Lanka
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Hambantota [Sri Lanka], Mar 18 (ANI): England eves defeated Sri Lanka women on Monday by six wickets in the second ODI of the three-match series to take an unassailable lead in the series.
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Chinese cement firm to set up plant in Sri Lanka's Hambantota
Updated : 7 years, 1 month 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 gets $39 million military funding from US
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C (United States of America), Aug 14 (ANI): In a move to counter China's increasing influence on Sri Lanka, the United States has announced that it would grant the Indian ocean island a $39 million to boost its maritime security.
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Pawan Shah becomes second-highest U19 scorer
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Hambantota [Sri Lanka] July 26 (ANI): Indian cricketer Pawan Shah has become the second-highest individual scorer in the Under-19 matches playing a smashing knock of 282 runs in the final match of the ongoing four-match test series here on Wednesday.
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Pak going Sri Lankan way: Will it become a victim to Chinese debt trap?
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 28 (ANI): People these days wonder if Pakistan has started going the way of Sri Lanka with its growing engagement with China and in regard to taking loans and working in close cooperation with the latter.
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