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Sri Lanka: 1,047 booked in 24 hrs for violating COVID related quarantine r
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 1 (ANI): At least 1,047 people were arrested on Monday (May 31) for violating COVID-19 related quarantine rules and regulations in Sri Lanka.
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Philippines extends ban on travel from India, six other countries
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], June 1 (ANI): Philippines government has extended the ban on inbound travel from seven countries, including India, until June 15 to prevent transmission of the COVID-19 variant -- B.1617.
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Australia pledges assistance for strategic investment, education promotion
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sril Lanka], June 1 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday said that Australia has pledged assistance for strategic investments and promotion in the education sector in the island nation.
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S&P affirms CCC-plus/C on Sri Lanka ratings with stable outlook
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Singapore, May 31 (ANI): S&P Global Ratings on Monday affirmed its long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Sri Lanka at CCC-plus.
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Bangladesh have to challenge themselves to get up to 300, 350 in ODIs, say
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 31 (ANI): Bangladesh might have won the series against Sri Lanka but head coach Russell Domingo wants the side to come out victorious in games away from home.
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Sri Lankan police to record statements of MV X-Press Pearl crew including
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sril Lanka], May 31 (ANI): A special police team on Monday will be deployed to record statements from the crew members including the captain of the container vessel MV X-Press Pearl.
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High-price Chinese COVID vaccine sparks row in Sri Lanka
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 30 (ANI): Disclosure of procurement price of China's Sinopharm vaccine in Sri Lanka has sparked a row after reports emerged that Colombo had to shell out a higher per-dose price than its fellow South Asian country Bangladesh.
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Non-stop firefighting efforts on MV X-Press Pearl yield positive results:
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): Indian and Sri Lankan authorities' joint efforts to extinguish the massive fire onboard a container vessel off Colombo have yielded positive results with increasing signs of fire being under control, said Indian Defence Ministry on Sunday.
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Ban vs SL: Tamim Iqbal fined for breaching ICC Code of Conduct
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 29 (ANI): Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the third ODI of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League series against Sri Lanka in Dhaka.
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Joint rescue operation of X-Press Pearl ship container ship continues
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 29 (ANI): The joint operation involving India-Sri Lankan assets to extinguish flames of the X-Press Pearl ship, a container ship anchored at Port of Colombo, that caught fire on May 25, is underway, as per Saturday morning visuals sent by the High Commission of India
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SL players should start winning rather than complaining about contracts, s
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 29 (ANI): Former Sri Lanka captain and incumbent Cricket Committee Chairman Aravinda de Silva has said the current crop of cricketers should focus on winning games for the country rather than complaining about players' contracts.
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Ban vs SL: We won the series, but we didn't play well, says Tamim
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 29 (ANI): Bangladesh ODI skipper Tamim Iqbal has said that his side might have won the three-match series against Sri Lanka, but the team did not well play as a unit in each and every match.
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