LNP - Cricket Australia bans ex-Sri Lankan cricketer Dulip Samaraweera for 20 years

2024-09-19   |   Sports

Cricket Australia (CA) has banned former Sri Lankan Test player Dulip Samaraweera for 20 years after he “committed a serious breach” of the organi...

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LNP - Prize money announced for T20 World Cup 2022

2022-09-30   |   Sports

The ICC announced that the winning side at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 in Melbourne on November 13 would receive prize money of $1.6 million, wit...

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LNP - RW, Modi discuss Sri Lanka’s economic crisis in Tokyo

2022-09-29   |   Sports

President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed Sri Lanka's debt restructuring when the two held informal discussions...

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LNP - IMF team to visit Sri Lanka by month-end for staff-level agreement

2022-08-19   |   Sports

The Governor of the Central Bank says that Sri Lanka’s negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is making good progress and that an I...

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LNP - Mahinda thanked Modi

2022-03-24   |   Sports

While thanking Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for providing Indian economic development assistance and credit facilities, said that he would expe...

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LNP - Sri Lanka beat Australia by 5 wickets in 5th T20I

2022-02-21   |   Sports

Sri Lanka defeated Australia by 5 wickets in the fifth and final T20I game between the sides at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. Kusal Mendis' unbe...

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LNP - Only 3 out of 10 locos in operation; 120 coaches not used yet; SLSMU says

2021-12-31   |   Sports

Only three locomotives imported from India have been commissioned and none of the imported train coaches have been added to the drive, the Sri Lanka S...

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LNP - Patients bear the brunt as GMOA strike enters third day

2021-12-23   |   Sports

With the trade union action by the Government Medical Officers Association entering the third day, patient care services have been highly affected acr...

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LNP - Basil lands in India for talks with Modi

2021-12-01   |   Sports

Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa landed in New Delhi a short while ago and was received at the airport by High Commissioner Milinda Moragoda. During h...

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LNP - Sri Lanka four wickets away from big win over West Indies

2021-11-25   |   Sports

Sri Lanka need just four wickets to win the first Test against West Indies in Galle after setting the all-but-impossible target of 348 today's penulti...

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LNP - Basil to visit India for bilateral talks with PM Modi

2021-11-23   |   Sports

Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa will visit India to hold talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, foreign minister GL Peiris said today. His w...

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LNP - Sri Lanka, India to co-host T20 World Cup 2026

2021-11-17   |   Sports

ndia and Sri Lanka are set to co-host the 2026 T20 World Cup, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced. The ICC announced the names of the 12...

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LNP - You’re one of most important players in Lankan cricket history: Muttiah tells Mahela

2021-11-15   |   Sports

Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan has called his former teammate and the ICC's latest Hall of Fame inductee Mahela Jayawardene one of the ga...

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LNP - England defeat Sri Lanka by 26 runs in Sharjah

2021-11-02   |   Sports

Jos Buttler smashed a magnificent 101 not out, as England registered their fourth consecutive win, beating Sri Lanka by 26 runs in a Super 12 match to...

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LNP - Australia beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets

2021-10-29   |   Sports

Australia beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in a Super 12 contest at the ICC Twenty20 World Cup in Dubai on Thursday. Kusal Perera and Charith Asalanka ...

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LNP - ICC allows Sri Lanka’s beloved, noisy papare bands play at T20 World Cup in Dubai

2021-10-28   |   Sports

The infectious music of the wildly popular Sri Lankan papare bands will soon be heard at the T20 World Cup. Hundreds of Sri Lankan cricket fans in the...

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LNP - SDIG Ranmal Kodituwakku transferred

2021-10-27   |   Sports

Senior DIG in charge of the Sabaragamuwa Province Ranmal Kodituwakku who was allegedly involved in an incident in Kiriella where a civilian was assaul...

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LNP - Rugby legend Chandrishan Perera passes away

2021-10-25   |   Sports

Former Sri Lanka national rugby captain and prominent sports personality Chandrishan Perera passed away at a private hospital yesterday. Chandrishan w...

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LNP - Sri Lanka defeat Bangladesh in feisty World Cup clash

2021-10-25   |   Sports

Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by five wickets in a feisty T20 World Cup clash on Sunday, hammering home their status as surprise title contenders. Cha...

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LNP - Mahela to leave SL team after today’s game

2021-10-22   |   Sports

Former national cricket captain Mahela Jayawardene has decided to leave the Sri Lankan squad before the Super 12 stage of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup ...

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LNP - Sri Lanka qualifies to ICC T20 World Cup Super 12

2021-10-21   |   Sports

Sri Lanka booked their place in the Super 12 stage of the 2021 T20 World Cup after completing a comfortable 70-run victory over Ireland in Abu Dhabi. ...

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LNP - If inter-provincial travel restrictions extended, buses will run under special permission: Dilum

2021-10-18   |   Sports

If the inter-provincial travel restrictions are extended again, steps will be taken to run several buses between provinces for the benefit of the work...

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LNP - SLC to consider ending domestic cricket ban for bubble breachers

2021-10-12   |   Sports

A partial reduction of the blanket ban handed to Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka, for breaching the bio-secure bubble during...

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LNP - Sri Lanka make four changes to T20 World Cup squad

2021-10-11   |   Sports

Fast bowlers Lahiru Kumara and Binura Fernando were included in Sri Lanka’s final 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup this month, with Akila Danan...

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LNP - Our Goal is One Million Chinese Tourists to Sri Lanka

2021-10-05   |   Sports

Ambassador of Sri Lanka to China Dr. Palitha Kohona speaking at the Innovation and Development of Cities Summit, attended by many Chinese tour operato...

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