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Sri Lanka announces emerging team squad for Bangladesh tour
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 15 (ANI): Sri Lanka Sports Minister Harin Fernando on Thursday announced squad for Sri Lanka emerging team tour of Bangladesh.
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Easter-bombing caused a huge loss to tourism industry: Sri Lankan Minister
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Aug 15 (ANI): Sri Lankan Tourism Minister John Amaratunga has said that post-Easter bombings, the tourism industry in his country has suffered a huge loss.
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SL-NZ Test: Akila Dananjaya takes fifer, leaves New Zealand at 203/5
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Galle [Sri Lanka], Aug 14 (ANI): Sri Lanka spinner Akila Dananjaya's fifer left New Zealand at 203/5 at stumps of the first-day play against Sri Lanka here at Galle International Stadium on Wednesday.
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Catholic bishops in Sri Lanka call for independent inquiry into Easter ter
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 14 (ANI): The Catholic Bishops' Conference in Sri Lanka (CBCSL) has urged the government to hold an "independent and impartial" inquiry into the Easter Sunday terror attacks as a matter of utmost urgency.
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We have some new plans: Dimuth Karunaratne ahead of first Test
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Aug 13 (ANI): Ahead of the two-match Test series against New Zealand, Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne said that they have 'new plans' in place.
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Parliamentary committee probing Lanka's Easter attacks seeks another month
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 13 (ANI): Term of the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC), which is probing the Easter Sunday attacks that killed more than 250 people across Sri Lanka, will be extended by another month, its chairman and Deputy Speaker Ananda Kumarasiri said on Tuesday.
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Tamil Nadu: Three more fishermen from Rameswaram arrested by Sri Lankan Na
Updated : 6 years, 7 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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Sri Lankan navy detains 4 Indian fishermen near Delft island
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Sri Lankan Navy detained four Indian fishermen near Delft Island on Tuesday morning.
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa named SLPP's presidential candidate
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 11 (ANI): Former Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sunday was named the presidential candidate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party for the election scheduled for later this year.
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Jacqueline Fernandez celebrates 34th birthday in Sri Lanka
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 11 (ANI): What's better than ringing in your special day with friends at an exotic location? Jacqueline Fernandez is doing it just right by celebrating her 34th birthday in the beautiful landscapes of Sri Lanka.
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TN: Fisher Labourer Association to hold state-wide protest against govt
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Rameshwaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Aug 9 (ANI): The Fisher Labourer Association, in a state-level conference here on Friday, decided to organise protests against state and central government demanding to resolve the issues ailing the fishing community.
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Revered Buddhist leaders of Sri Lanka welcome creation of Ladakh as UT
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 9 (ANI): Two of the most revered Buddhist religious leaders of Sri Lanka have welcomed India's move to carve out Buddhist-majority Ladakh as a Union Territory, stating that it would further strengthen ties between the two countries.
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