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Sri Lanka Signs Deal On Port With China

Sri Lanka has signed a $1.1bn (£837m) deal with China for the control and development of the southern deep-sea port of...

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Sri Lanka To Sign China Port Deal Despite Protests

Sri Lanka will proceed with the billion-dollar sale of a deep sea port to China despite protests in an effort to slash...

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Ranatunga Seeks Probe Into 2011 World Cup Defeat

Former Sri Lanka skipper Arjuna Ranatunga on Friday demanded an investigation into the country's 2011 World Cup final...

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Sri Lanka Opens Landmark Inquiry Into 2012 Jail Massacre

Sri Lanka announced Thursday a long-awaited investigation into the massacre of 27 prisoners that became a symbol of the...

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Sri Lankan Cricket Captain Mathews Resigns After Zimbabwe Defeat

Sri Lankan cricket captain Angelo Mathews has stepped down amid intense criticism over his side's series defeat to...

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Sri Lanka Monks Vow To Resist Deal With Tamil Minority

Sri Lanka's hardline monks on Monday broadened a growing campaign by the Buddhist clergy against the government,...

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India To Play Tests, ODIs and T20s On Sri Lanka Tour

Sri Lanka and India will play three Tests, five one-day internationals and one T20 in their first series involving all...

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Former AFP Journalist’s Murderer Gets Death Sentence

Sri Lanka's High Court handed the death sentence Wednesday to a labourer who was found guilty of murdering former...

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Nic Pothas Promoted To Sri Lanka Interim Coach

Sri Lanka on Tuesday placed the national cricket team in the charge of fielding coach Nic Pothas before finding a...

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Ford Steps Down As Sri Lanka Cricket Coach

Sri Lanka's cricket coach Graham Ford has quit, officials said Saturday, midway through a 45-month contract and just...

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Jayawardene Pulls Out of Lancashire Cricket Stint

Sri Lanka great Mahela Jayawardene has withdrawn from his planned spell with Lancashire during English county cricket's...

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Sri Lanka Vows Tougher Laws After Wave of Hate Crimes

Sri Lanka's prime minister Wednesday promised tougher legislation to deal with hate crimes after an upsurge in attacks...

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Sri Lanka Vows Tougher Laws After Wave of Hate Crimes

Sri Lanka's prime minister Wednesday promised tougher legislation to deal with hate crimes after an upsurge in attacks...

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Sangakkara Inspired Sri Lanka Stunner

Angelo Mathews says an inspirational session in the nets with Kumar Sangakkara laid the foundations for Sri Lanka's...

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Sri Lanka’s Mathews Says No Pressure Ahead of India Clash

Anelo Mathews insists there is no pressure on Sri Lanka in their crucial Champions Trophy clash against India on...

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Proteas Eager To Maintain Sri Lanka Run In ICC Champions Trophy

South Africa begin their Champions Trophy challenge at the Oval on Saturday by taking on a Sri Lanka side against whom...

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Sri Lanka Pressed Over Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes

Sri Lanka-based Western diplomats Thursday urged Colombo to investigate a wave of anti-Muslim violence in the...

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Jayawardene Named Coach of Bangladesh League Team

Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene was Friday named as the head coach of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL)...

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Sri Lanka’s Firebrand Buddhist Monk Goes Into Hiding

A controversial Sri Lankan Buddhist monk linked to a wave of hate attacks targeting the country's Muslim minority has...