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Sri Lankan Navy arrests 4 Indian fishermen
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 25 (ANI): Sri Lankan Navy has arrested four Indian fishermen for allegedly breaching International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and illegally fishing in Colombo's waters.
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Malinga to retire from ODIs after first match against Bangladesh
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 23 (ANI): Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga will be retiring from ODI cricket after the first game of the three-match series against Bangladesh, skipper Dimuth Karunaratne confirmed on Monday.
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Sri Lankan Navy detains 6 Indian fishermen near Delft Island
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 12 (ANI): Sri Lankan Navy apprehended six Indian fishermen from Namputhalai near Delft Island on Friday morning.
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Alerted by Indian agencies, Sri Lankan coast guard intercepts boats carryi
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Two boats carrying banned drugs from Pakistani coast city Karachi to Sri Lanka were intercepted by Sri Lankan Coast guards on Wednesday. The operation was successfully executed based on the inputs by Indian security agencies.
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Lanka to revive suspended visa on arrival programme for 39 countries; excl
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 10 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government plans to revive the visa on arrival and free visa programme, which was suspended after the Easter terror attacks that killed more than 250 people on April 21, for citizens of 39 countries from August 1.
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Sri Lanka: Security beefed up as Buddhist monks meet over presidential vot
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 7 (ANI): Security was beefed up in the Sri Lankan highland town of Kandy on Sunday as hardline Buddhist monks gathered for their first big assembly since Easter attacks by Islamist militants on churches and luxury hotels that killed more than 250 on April 21.
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Sri Lankan SC suspends execution till October 30
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 05 (ANI): A week after President Maithripala Sirisena announced the execution of four individuals, Sri Lankan Supreme Court on Friday issued an interim order staying the implementation of the execution till October 30.
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CWC'19: Sri Lanka did not play well, says Angelo Mattews
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Leeds [UK], July 5 (ANI): Sri Lankan all-rounder Angelo Mathews stated that his team has failed to display consistent performance in the ongoing ICC Men's World Cup on Thursday.
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Sri Lanka: CID arrests former Defence Secretary, IGP over mishandling repo
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 2 (ANI): Sri Lankan authorities on Tuesday arrested former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara on charges of mishandling intelligence reports that came before the Easter Sunday terror attack killing more than 250 pe
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Madurai: Sri Lankan refugees submit petitions to seek Indian citizenship
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 2 (ANI): More than 200 Sri Lankan refugees living in Tamil Nadu's Madurai district for 29 years submitted petitions to collector's office on Monday to seek the Indian citizenship.
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Sri Lanka: 10 fundamental rights petitions filed in SC against death penal
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 1 (ANI): Ten fundamental rights petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court here against the Sri Lankan government's decision to implement death penalty in the nation.
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Nuwan Pradeep ruled out of World Cup, Kasun Rajitha replaces him
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], June 29 (ANI): Sri Lankan pacer Nuwan Pradeep has been ruled out of the World Cup due to varicella (chickenpox) on Saturday. Kasun Rajitha will replace him for the remaining matches, quoted ICC (International Cricket Council).
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