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Overseas visits of Gotabaya, Mahinda Rajapaksa cost Sri Lanka LKR 40mn in
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
This report is based on details provided by the Presidential Secretariat and the Prime Minister's Office on a directive issued by the Right to Information Commission. Gotabaya and Mahinda, who were ousted from power after a large-scale uprising, spent a staggering LKR 44, 739,184.91 for f
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Centre step-motherly towards Tamil refugees; CAA arbitrary: DMK to SC
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has told the Supreme Court that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019 is "arbitrary" as it only considers religious minorities from three countries while keeping Sri Lankan Tamils staying in India as refugees.
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Afghanistan confirm automatic qualification for 2023 Cricket World Cup
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The five extra points received by the Asian side has taken them to a total of 115 points in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League standings. They are sitting at the seventh spot, safely among the top eight nations which will earn automatic qualification for the cricketing spectacle wh
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China announces to provide free fuel to farmers, fishermen in Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
China has announced to provide 10.6 million litres of diesel free of cost to farmers and fishermen in Sri Lanka on Sunday. Over 1232,749 farmers will be provided with the fuel and over 3,796 fishing vessels below 40 feet in Sri Lanka.
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Protest outside Pakistan High Commission in Sri Lanka, demands to take ste
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The New Democratic People's Front, a political party, held a protest outside the High Commission of Pakistan in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo and remembered the victims of 26/11 Mumbai attack, asking Islamabad to take steps to end terrorism.
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Rajapaksa opts for break from ODI cricket as Sri Lanka announce squad for
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
For the three-match series against Afghanistan, Sri Lanka initially selected a 16-player team.
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Lankan MP claims Test match against Pak fixed, probe ordered
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The accusation is in respect to the first Test of Pakistan's red-ball tour of Sri Lanka in July. Pakistan comprehensively chased down a seemingly improbable target of 342 in the fourth innings, on a turning pitch and went 1-0 up in the series.
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Sri Lanka emerging as transit hub for narcotics smugglers
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Sri Lanka is emerging as a transit hub for narcotics smugglers evidenced by Sri Lankan Navy raids resulting in the seizure of large amounts of dangerous drugs and poisonous drugs.
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Pakistan faces currency crisis danger, says Nomura
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Apart from Pakistan, the Japanese bank said that there were seven countries including Egypt, Romania, Sri Lanka, Turkey, the Czech Republic, and Hungary now at a high risk of currency crises.
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Sri Lanka player Chamika Karunaratne handed one-year suspended ban from al
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Sri Lankan Cricket found Karunaratne to have breached multiple clauses. The all-rounder pleaded guilty to all charges levelled against him.
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T10 goes global as it makes grand arrival on Sri Lankan shores with Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The journey of T10 in Sri Lanka was kicked off with Sri Lanka Cricket's President Shammi Silva and Honorary Secretary Mohan de Silva, making the official announcement. Also present on the auspicious occasion were the Chairman of TTen Global Sports Shaji Ul Mulk and the COO TTen Global Sports
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Sri Lanka likely to miss IMF deadline: Report
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The Sri Lankan newspaper said if the country missed the December IMF deadline, it would have to wait for March 2023 to secure a USD 2.9 billion loan from the IMF in eight equal tranches.
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