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  Sri Lanka cricket team resume outdoor training

  Agence France-Presse . Colombo | Updated at 10:56pm on May 31, 2020

  Sri Lanka’s cricket team will resume training Monday under strict health measures after a two-and-a-half-month hiatus forced by coronavirus, the country’s governing body said. Cricket...

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  Sri Lanka suspends cricket player after arrest

  Agence France-Presse. Colombo, Sri Lanka | Updated at 11:02pm on May 26, 2020

  Sri Lanka's cricket board Tuesday suspended pace bowler Shehan Madushanka from all forms of the game, two days after he was arrested allegedly in possession...

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  Sri Lanka lifts wedding reception ban

  Agence France-Presse . Colombo | Updated at 11:10pm on May 22, 2020

  Sri Lanka lifted a ban Friday on wedding receptions as part of an easing of coronavirus restrictions, but grooms may not kiss the bride —...

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  Sri Lanka president warns UN over war crimes claims

  Agence France-Presse . Colombo | Updated at 12:49am on May 21, 2020

  Sri Lanka Tuesday threatened to pull out of the UN Human Rights Council if it pursued war crimes claims allegedly committed by government forces during...

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  Bilateral series not a priority

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 09:56pm on May 20, 2020

  ICC events are the first priority for Bangladesh, not bilateral series, said Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan, which once again put Bangladesh’s Sri Lanka...

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  Sri Lanka lights ray of hope for Bangladesh

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 09:30pm on May 18, 2020

  Bangladesh cricket finally sees some light at the end of the tunnel, as Sri Lanka Cricket on Monday expressed their willingness to go ahead with...

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  Facebook apologises for role in 2018 Sri Lanka unrest

  Agence France-Presse . Hong Kong | Updated at 01:04am on May 14, 2020

  Facebook has apologised for its role in the deadly communal unrest that shook Sri Lanka two years ago after an investigation found that hate speech...

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  Uncertainty thickens over Sri Lanka tour

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:05pm on May 13, 2020

  The Bangladesh cricket team’s tour of Sri Lanka was thrown into more uncertainty after the International Cricket Council decided to postpone July’s ICC Women’s World...

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  Lanka workers asked to give May pay for virus recovery aid

  Agence France-Presse . Colombo | Updated at 11:16pm on May 07, 2020

  Sri Lanka Thursday appealed to its 1.5 million government employees to donate their May salary to the government to boost the economy reeling from the...

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  Lanka faces cash crunch without parliament

  Agence France-Presse . Colombo | Updated at 01:10am on April 30, 2020

  Sri Lanka’s opposition Wednesday called on the government to urgently recall parliament which was dissolved in March ahead of elections now postponed to June due...