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Lankan factory manager's lynching: Remains sent to Colombo
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], December 6 (ANI): The remains of Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana - a Sri Lankan factory manager who was lynched in Pakistan last week -- were sent off to Colombo on Monday, reported local media.
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LPL will benefit Sri Lanka's cricket, says Angelo Matthews
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 6 (ANI): Sri Lanka all-rounder and Colombo Stars skipper Angelo Matthews said that tournaments like Lanka Premier League would benefit the country's cricket by getting new young players.
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LPL 2021: Rajapaksa stars as Galle Gladiators win tournament opener
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 6 (ANI): Skipper Bhanuka Rajapaksa led by example clobbering a cameo 31-ball 56 in Galle Gladiator's 54-run triumphant to kick off the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2021 second edition curtain-raiser over Jaffna Kings on Sunday.
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Pak Defence Minister says, mob lynching of Sri Lankan man should not be li
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 6 (ANI): The ghastly mob lynching of the Sri Lankan man should not be linked to the lifting of the ban on Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), said Pakistan Defence Minister Pervez Khattak.
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Pak Church leaders condemn lynching of Sri Lankan national, demand justice
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 5 (ANI): The Pakistani church leadership has condemned the killing and burning of the body of a Sri Lankan Christian by a Sialkot mob on Saturday.
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Pak human rights body seeks speedy justice in Sialkot lynching
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 5 (ANI): The National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR) has demanded a speedy and impartial probe into the lynching of Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana in Sialkot.
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Sri Lankan national killed in Pakistan was tortured to an extreme degree,
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 5 (ANI): A Sri Lankan factory manager, who was killed by a mob in Pakistan over alleged blasphemy, was tortured to an extreme degree and his skull and other bones of the body also had severe damage, the post-mortem report revealed, reported local media.
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Rights group condemns brutal murder of Sri Lankan in Pakistan's Sialkot
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 5 (ANI): Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has condemned the horrific incident in Pakistan's Sialkot where a man from Sri Lanka was beaten and burnt alive on December 3 by a mob alleging a blasphemous act.
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124 arrested so far in connection with mob lynching of Sri Lankan executiv
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 5 (ANI): As many as 124 people have been arrested so far in Sialkot after a mob of factory workers and others lynched a Sri Lankan export manager of a factory and burnt his body.
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Protest in Colombo against lynching of Sri Lankan executive in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 5 (ANI): A protest was held outside Pakistan High Commission in Colombo on Sunday by a large crowd, including a group of monks, against the killing of a Sri Lankan national in Sialkot city of Pakistan's Punjab province.
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Sri Lankan Prez urges world to support vaccination drive of less wealthy n
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 4 (ANI): Underlining the threat posed by the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday called upon nations that have the wherewithal to support the vaccination drive of less wealthy countries more effectively.
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Sri Lankan PM shocked over lynching of his country's citizen in Pakistan,
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 4 (ANI): Expressing grief over the lynching of his country's citizen in Pakistan, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksha said that he was "shocked to see the brutal and fatal attack" on Priyantha Diyawadana by "extremist mobs in Pakistan".
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