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Australian team donates Sri Lanka tour prize money for supporting children
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Led by Pat Cummins, a United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Australia ambassador, the team will donate $45,000 to the organisation's Sri Lanka appeal.
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China's aim to boost country's economy collapses as Belt and Road Initiati
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 11 (ANI): China's belt and road initiative, which was launched in 2013 with an audacious plan to harness the juggernaut of the Chinese economy to the goal of Asian economic development, is on the verge of crisis as BRI has become a burden for Beijing rather than a ben
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China's spy ship at few nautical miles away from Sri Lanka's Hambantota de
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 11 (ANI): Yuan Wang 5, the Chinese research and Survey vessel, continues to sail to Sri Lanka's port of Hambantota despite a request from the island country authorities to defer the visit, local media reported.
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Sri Lankan SC extends travel ban on Mahinda Rajapaksa, Basil Rajapaksa
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 11 (ANI): Sri Lankan Supreme Court on Wednesday extended the travel ban imposed on the country's former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Basil Rajapaksa until September 5.
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Virat Kohli has all tools to come out of form slump: Sri Lanka legend Mahe
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
India named a 15-member squad for Asia Cup earlier this week with Virat Kohli and KL Rahul returning to the national side.
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9 Indian fishermen arrested for 'trespassing' in Sri Lankan waters
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 10 (ANI): A total of nine fishermen travelling in a boat from the coastal district of Tamil Nadu have been arrested for trespassing and fishing in Sri Lankan waters.
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Thailand denies reports of ex-Lankan Prez Gotabaya seeking asylum
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 10 (ANI): Thailand has denied reports that former Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has sought asylum in the country.
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Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to go to Thailand: Report
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 10 (ANI): Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was ousted from power in July, is expected to arrive in Thailand on Thursday after he fled the island nation last month following a large-scale uprising, media reports said.
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Bangladesh's foreign reserves are good, won't see repeat of Lankan crisis:
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Amid raging protests against skyrocketing fuel prices, the Bangladesh government has asserted that Dhaka won't see a similar fate to the Sri Lankan crisis because the country has a substantial amount of foreign reserves.
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China curbs social media presence of Lankan embassy after its vessel was d
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 9 (ANI): In response to the Sri Lankan government's move to suspend the visit of a Chinese ship to Hambantota port, Chinese social media platform TikTok has barred a promotional campaign by the Sri Lankan embassy on Douyin - the TikTok application for China - medi
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India gets an opening to regain influence in South Asia amid Sri Lanka cri
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 9 (ANI): Sri Lanka's economic crisis has resulted in a serious political and socio-economic impact on its residents. But for India, analysts regard this situation as an opportunity to regain lost ground in the island nation.
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Rights experts condemn repeated use of emergency in Sri Lanka to crack dow
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 9 (ANI): UN human rights experts on Monday (local time) condemned the extensive, prolonged and repeated use of state of emergency measures since April 2, 2022 by Sri Lankan authorities to crack down on peaceful protesters and prevent them from voicing their griev
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