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South Africa restrict Sri Lanka to 120-8 in third T20

Colombo, Sept 14 (AFP/APP):South African bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Bjorn Fortuin combined to keep Sri Lanka down to 120 for eight in the third Twenty20 international on Tuesday. Sri Lanka, who have already lost the three-match series after going down in the first two matches, […]

Markram, bowlers help South Africa down Sri Lanka in T20 opener

Colombo, Sept 10 (AFP/APP):Disciplined bowling and a quickfire 48 by Aiden Markram helped South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 28 runs in the first Twenty20 international on Friday. Markram’s 33-ball knock guided South Africa to 163-5, a total they defended by restricting Sri Lanka to […]

Sri Lanka offers help with New Zealand knife attack probe

Colombo, Sept 4 (AFP/APP):Sri Lanka will cooperate with New Zealand’s investigation into a knife rampage by an Islamic State-inspired assailant from the South Asian nation, authorities said Saturday. Police shot dead the 32-year-old Sri Lankan after he attacked seven people in an Auckland supermarket on […]

Fernando ton helps Sri Lanka down South Africa in ODI opener

Colombo, Sept 2 (AFP/APP):Opening batsman Avishka Fernando hit an attacking 118 to set up Sri Lanka’s 14-run win over South Africa in the first of three one-day internationals on Thursday. The hosts scored 300 for nine from their 50 overs after electing to bat first […]

Sri Lanka raises rates as rupee falls to record low

Colombo, :Sri Lanka’s central bank raised interest rates for the first time in nearly three years Thursday as the rupee hit a record low amid a crippling foreign exchange shortage. With the country of 21 million already facing shortages of imported cooking gas and sugar […]

Sri Lanka to host Asia/Oceania Group II event

ISLAMABAD, Sri Lanka would host the Billie Jean King Cup by BNP Paribas Asia/Oceania Group II Event B after the International Tennis Federation relocated the event from Malaysia in light of the nation’s current situation relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. The nine competing nations Cambodia, […]

US airlifts medical supplies to combat coronavirus in Pakistan, Maldives and Sri Lanka

WASHINGTON, The United States, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has airlifted emergency medical supplies to Pakistan, Maldives, and Sri Lanka to help save lives and stop the spread of coronavirus and continue to meet the urgent health needs across South Asia. “The […]

Nissanka ton helps Sri Lanka set stiff target for Windies

NORTH SOUND-Pathum Nissanka scored a century on debut as Sri Lanka amassed a commanding lead on the fourth day before setting the West Indies a target of 375 to win the first Test in Antigua. The 22-year-old Nissanka and wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella spent most of Wednesday at the crease […]

Sri Lanka to ban burqa, shut more than 1,000 Islamic schools

Sri Lanka’s government says it will ban the wearing of the burqa and close more than 1,000 Islamic schools, the latest actions affecting the country’s minority Muslim population. Separately, the government on Saturday announced using a controversial anti-terror law to deal with religious “extremism” and gave itself sweeping […]

PAF Chief calls on Sri Lanka’s Secretary Defence

ISLAMABAD – Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan Saturday called on Secretary of Defence and Minister of State National Security and Disaster Management, General (R) G.D.H. Kamal Gunaratne at the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence. […]

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