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Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa to step down as PM to 'ensure stability'
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 14 (ANI): Mahinda Rajapaksa will on Saturday step down as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka "to ensure stability of the nation", his son Namal confirmed on Friday.
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Malinga to lead Sri Lanka T20 and ODI team against Kiwis
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 14 (ANI): Fast bowler Lasith Malinga has been named as the captain of the Sri Lanka T20 and ODI team for their upcoming tour to New Zealand. Wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella, on the flip side, will serve as the deputy captain.
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Sri Lanka: SC overturns Sirisena's decision to dissolve Parliament
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 13(ANI): The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka here on Thursday said that the decision of President Maithripala Sirisena to dissolve the country's Parliament was unconstitutional and illegal.
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Jon Lewis named Sri Lanka's batting coach
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 13 (ANI): Former English cricketer Jon Lewis has been appointed as the batting coach of the Sri Lanka cricket team.
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Sri Lanka: President Sirisena fails to meet deadline to end political cris
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 11(ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirirsena's deadline to find a solution to the ongoing political crisis in the island nation has ended on Tuesday.
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Kirstie Gordon to miss England's tour to India and Sri Lanka
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Dec 11 (ANI): Aberdeenshire-born spinner Kirstie Gordon is likely to miss England's tour to India and Sri Lanka with a stress fracture in her lower back.
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Akila Dananjay banned after found to have illegal bowling action
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Dec 10 (ANI): Sri Lanka spinner Akila Dananjay has been suspended from bowling with an immediate effect after his delivery action was found to be illegal by the International Council of Cricket (ICC).
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Hansraj Ahir stresses CISF role in tackling terrorism
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Dec 09 (ANI): Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir on Sunday said that Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officers should be ready to effectively meet emerging challenges posed by new forms of terrorism and insurgency.
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Rajapaksa bribed parliamentarians to prove majority: President Sirisena
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 9(ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena here on Saturday said that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had tried to bribe politicians in order to show majority in the country's Parliament.
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Injunction order extended against dissolution of Sri Lankan Parliament
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka] Dec 08 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has extended the injunction order against the dissolution of Sri Lankan Parliament while suspending the Gazette notification by President Maithripala Sirisena until the judgment is delivered
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Sri Lanka: Court issues interim order against Rajapaksa
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 3(ANI): A Sri Lankan court here on Monday issued an interim order barring the functioning of the respondents as Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Cabinet ministers, deputy ministers and state ministers, reported the Daily Mirror.
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Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa calls for fresh elections
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 3 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa here on Sunday said that it is imperative to conduct general elections in the country in order to restore democracy and put an end to the ongoing political crisis.
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