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Sri Lanka Evicts Thousands of Wasps Ahead of Modi Visit

Sri Lanka has taken the unusual step of clearing thousands of wasps from a tea plantation to ensure Indian Prime...

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Sri Lanka’s Airline Sell Off Fails, Seeks New Partner

A US equity firm that bid to buy a stake in Sri Lanka's loss-making national airline has pulled its offer, officials...

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Aravinda de Silva Quits Sri Lanka Cricket Role

Former Sri Lanka captain Aravinda de Silva has stepped down as chairman of the national board's cricket committee for...

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Sri Lankan Embassies Sheltered Criminals

Sri Lanka's foreign minister on Friday accused the previous administration of using its embassies abroad as "safe...

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15-Day-Old Baby Among the 30 Rohingya Refugees Rescued By Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's coastguard have detained an Indian boat which illegally entered the island's territorial waters and rescued...

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Sri Lanka Rescues 30 Rohingya Aboard Indian Boat

Sri Lanka's coastguard Sunday detained an Indian boat which had illegally entered the island's territorial waters and...

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BoG Cautions Banks To Guard Against Cyber Attacks

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is advising the country’s banks to guard against vulnerability to cyber attacks. “The...

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Sri Lanka Overturns Ban On Adopting Elephants

Sri Lanka said Wednesday it would allow rich individuals and temples to adopt baby elephants, overturning a ban put in...

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Pakistan Drops Kamran From Champions Trophy Squad

Pakistan's selectors Tuesday dropped opener Kamran Akmal from the 15-man squad for the Champions Trophy to be held in...

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Quantum Genius M.anifest Takes Over Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana

“I think a lot about excellence and originality. I also focus on honesty, integrity and fearlessness in music. That...

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Australia Get Pace Boost For Champions Trophy

Fast bowlers Mitchell Starc and James Pattinson were Thursday named in Australia's 15-man squad for next month's ICC...

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Sri Lanka Ends Search For Garbage Survivors As Toll Hits 32

Sri Lanka on Wednesday ended the grim search for survivors five days after a huge garbage mountain collapsed onto a...

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Key Leopard Population ‘crashing’, Study Warns

The leopard population in a region of South Africa once thick with the big cats is crashing, and could be wiped out...

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Hundreds Evacuated After Deadly Sri Lanka Dump Collapse

Sri Lanka has moved over 400 families to temporary shelters after tonnes of rotting garbage collapsed onto a slum on...

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Hope Fades For Sri Lanka Missing, Garbage Toll Hits 21

Hopes of finding anyone alive under a collapsed mountain of garbage in Sri Lanka's capital faded Sunday as the death...

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Sri Lanka Garbage Mountain Buries 40 Homes, Kills Six

At least six people were killed and 10 others injured in Sri Lanka's capital Friday after a massive rubbish dump buried...

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Pakistan’s Younis Khan To Retire After West Indies Tests

Veteran Pakistan batsman and former captain Younis Khan announced on Saturday he will retire from international cricket...

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Malinga Hat-Trick Restricts Bangladesh To 176-9

Lasith Malinga became only the fifth bowler in the history of Twenty20 internationals to claim a hat-trick as Sri Lanka...

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Bangladesh Skipper Mashrafe Quits Twenty20 Cricket

Bangladesh's limited-overs captain Mashrafe Mortaza announced on Tuesday his retirement from Twenty20 international...