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Nilakshika de Silva of Sri Lanka. File | Photo Credit: ICC via Getty Images Sri Lanka’s hopes of a women’s cricket medal at the Asian Games have suffered a blow after batter Nilakshika Silva was ruled out due to a fractured finger, the country’s board (SLC) said. The middle-order batter was Sri Lanka’s top scorer…
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File image of Namal Rajapaksa (C), son of former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka’s main anti-graft body arrested lawmaker Namal Rajapaksa, the son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on Friday (September 4, 2026) in connection with a corruption probe into a 2013 Airbus aircraft purchase. The Commission to Investigate…
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How often does a draw feel like a defeat? And a stalemate assume the hue of a victory? Often enough, Shubman Gill will insist. Despite their own uneasy recent dalliance with the five-day format, India would have fancied their chances of bearding the Sri Lankan lion in its own den in a two-Test series that…
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Indian javelin ace Neeraj Chopra produced his best performance in more than a year but was pipped to the post by the rising Sri Lankan star Rumesh Pathirage for the top spot by a mere nine centimetres in the Lausanne Diamond League meet in Lausanne on Friday (August 21, 2026). The 28-year-old Chopra’s 88.05m throw…
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Wasantha Karannagoda. | Photo Credit: Shanker Chakravarty Colombo Sri Lanka’s anti-graft authorities on Friday (July 3, 2026) arrested former Navy Commander Wasantha Karannagoda in connection with the alleged illegal recruitment and overseas training of Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court later granted him bail. Issuing a statement following the arrest, the Commission to Investigate Allegations…
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Sri Lanka’s Opposition activists demanding the release of Suresh Sallay take part in a sit-in protest in Colombo. | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka’s Public Security Minister told parliament on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) the nation’s ex-intelligence chief directed the 2019 Easter Sunday attack, in the first official statement linking him directly to the bombings…
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Vaibhav Suryavanshi is a very good fielder, has got great hands, moves well, dives and anticipates, according to Rajasthan Royals assistant coach Trevor Penney. | Photo Credit: File photo: R.V. MOORTHY Rajasthan Royals assistant coach Trevor Penney on Saturday (May 23, 2026) dismissed concerns over Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s fielding abilities, insisting that the teenage batting sensation…
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is also the finance minister, said “by this order levy on imported goods specified in the schedule here to a surcharge at the rate of 50% on applicable customs duty effect from May 16 for a period of three months”. File | Photo Credit: AP The Sri Lankan government has…
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Sri Lankan authorities sealed the state-owned Lanka Coal Company’s headquarters in Colombo amid accusations of supplying low-grade coal, causing massive losses to the island nation, officials said. The Crime Investigation Department (CID) sealed the office on Saturday (April 11, 2026) following a complaint filed by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s Secretary, demanding a probe into all…
An employee collects cash after filling petrol in a motorbike at a filling station in Wellawatte on the outskirts of Colombo on March 16, 2026. Last week, the government ordered an 8% increase in retail fuel prices and introduced rationing to limit consumption. | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka raised fuel prices by 25% on…
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