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Net bowler in bookie nexus involving 2 Sri Lankan players

Sri Lanka started a probe following a complaint lodged by both Perera and Herath.

01 Jan 2016 5:34 PM

Rajapaksa colleagues face arrest

Sri Lankan investigators have found enough evidence to arrest members of the previous Mahinda Rajapaksa regime for alleged corruption and rights abuses during his 10-year rule, a senior minister said.

31 Dec 2015 6:05 AM

Lanka cricket stars sorry for Enrique concert chaos

An entertainment company owned by two Sri Lankan cricket legends apologised Monday for an Enrique Iglesias concert where local women shed their underwear, sparking outrage from the country’s President

29 Dec 2015 1:07 AM

Want to whip organisers of Enrique show: Maithripala Sirisena

Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday said that organisers of a recent concert by pop star Enrique Iglesias in Colombo should be “whipped with toxic stingray tails” because it was “unciv

27 Dec 2015 11:09 PM

Sri Lanka wicketkeeper Kusal Perera faces 4-year ban

His urine sample was tested after the ICC originally found it contained banned substance...

25 Dec 2015 12:52 PM

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Sri Lanka set to abolish executive President system

The Sri Lankan government is set to move a resolution in Parliament next month to convert the House into a Constituent Assembly which will initiate the process of drafting a new Constitution and aboli

24 Dec 2015 2:38 AM

Sirisena to resettle displaced Tamils within 6 months’

To set up special task force

22 Dec 2015 6:06 AM

Sri Lankan President vows to resettle displaced Tamils within six months

A UN panel has said around 40,000 mainly Tamil civilians were killed in final months of...

21 Dec 2015 5:24 PM

‘Sri Lanka to modernise Army with Indian help’

Sri Lanka’s military is set to be modernised with assistance from militarily advanced nations such as India, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Sunday.

20 Dec 2015 11:08 PM

No free-hold of lands in China-funded port city project: Sri Lanka

China had secured contracts to build highways, railroads and ports during Rajapakse

19 Dec 2015 3:54 PM

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159 Indians arrested in Sri Lanka for visa abuse in 2015: minister

Some of those arrested persons had overstayed or given false information on their stay.

17 Dec 2015 2:51 PM

Saudi Arabia to retry Lankan maid given death term

In an eleventh-hour reprieve, Saudi Arabia has agreed to retry a 45-year-old Sri Lankan housemaid sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, the government said on Tuesday.

09 Dec 2015 5:31 AM

Sri Lanka body: Cops violated law

In a landmark decision, the Sri Lankan police has been ordered to pay compensation for assaulting a group of students at a demonstration here, the first time they have been censured for violating inte

06 Dec 2015 6:03 AM

Top police officer, 5 others get death in Sri Lanka

A Sri Lankan court on Friday sentenced a top police officer, his son and four other police personnel to death for the abduction and murder of a businessman in 2013.

28 Nov 2015 6:12 AM

Mahinda Rajapaksa brother faces probe

A brother of former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa has been formally named in a corruption case involving the transfer of state weapons, as the new government pushes ahead with its crackdown a

27 Nov 2015 12:03 AM

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US lauds Sri Lanka for Tamil reconciliation

The United States has praised Sri Lanka’s new government for speeding up efforts towards reconciliation with ethnic minority Tamils after a separatist civil war which lasted nearly three decades and k

24 Nov 2015 10:47 PM

Sri Lanka halves list of banned Tamil groups

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has halved the number of Tamil diaspora groups banned by his predecessor for having links with the LTTE, as part of his efforts to reconcile with the ethnic m

23 Nov 2015 5:14 AM

‘Lanka never operated secret jails’

Sri Lanka’s former Navy Chief on Saturday denied operating secret jails during the country’s 37-year ethnic war, local media reported, after United Nations’ experts urged an investigation into

21 Nov 2015 10:48 PM

West Indies beat Sri Lanka to tie T20 series

Bravo's impressive all-round show sealed West Indies' 23-run win

12 Nov 2015 9:49 AM

Sri Lankan minister quits over arms scandal

In a setback to Sri Lanka’s ruling coalition, an influential minister on Monday resigned from the Cabinet for allegedly shielding a private security firm which is under probe for gun running and money

10 Nov 2015 5:14 AM

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