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LPL: Angelo Mathews bats for IPL-style playoff structure
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hambantota [Sri Lanka], December 14 (ANI): Sri Lanka all-rounder Angelo Mathews has called for an Indian Premier League (IPL) style play-off structure after his side Colombo Kings, who were the table toppers, bowed out of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) in the semi-final.
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Afridi cleared to play Galle Gladiators' opening LPL match
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], November 27 (ANI): Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi has been allowed to end his quarantine early and will feature for Galle Gladiators in their opening Lanka Premier League (LPL) match against Jaffna Stallions on Friday.
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Ravi Bopara pulls out of Lanka Premier League
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], November 20 (ANI): England all-rounder Ravi Bopara has joined the growing list of players who have pulled out of the inaugural Lanka Premier League.
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LPL will boost cricketing interest and offer real opportunities for youngs
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], October 25 (ANI): Lanka Premier League (LPL) will boost cricketing interest among young cricketers in the Island nation and offer real opportunities in the future, according to Jaffna Stallions franchisee CEO, Selva Waran.
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Jaishankar welcomes opening of Jaffna airport, says will bring India, Sri
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 17 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday welcomed the opening of the Jaffna International Airport in Sri Lanka and congratulated Air India for inaugural flight to the island nation's northern town, saying it is a "historic moment" which will bring t
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Tamil Nadu: Four Rameswaram fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Aug 20 (ANI): Sri Lankan Navy on Tuesday apprehended four Indian fishermen on charges of trespassing into their waters.
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Tamil Nadu: Three more fishermen from Rameswaram arrested by Sri Lankan Na
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Just hours after it detained four Rameswaram based fishermen and seized a country-made boat, Sri Lankan Navy on Tuesday apprehended three more Indian fishermen on charges of trespassing into their waters.
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Modi plants sapling at President's Secretariat in Colombo
Updated : 6 years, 11 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, 11 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, 12 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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India hands over two new school building in Jaffna
Updated : 7 years, 3 months 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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Sri Lankan Navy recovers dead body of Rameswaram fisherman
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu), [India], Jan 14 (ANI): The body of a 55-year-old Rameswaram fisherman was recovered by the Sri Lanka Navy during a dedicated rescue mission to locate a group of distressed Indian fishermen near the Delft Island on Sunday, an official statement from the Sri Lankan Nav
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