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Aug 31, Colombo: Media watchdog in Sri Lanka, the Free Media Movement (FMM) said it is outraged to note and expresses its serious concern …

NUWAN Kulasekara wrecked India’s top order with a career-best haul of 4-40 to bowl Sri Lanka to a consolation 112-run victory in the fifth and final one-day international in Colombo.

At least 11 LTTE cadres and three security personnel were killed in clashes between the Tamil Tigers and the army in the restive northern Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said on Sunday.

Colombo, Aug 31 : The Tamil Tigers said Sunday that military shelling in the rebel-held Kilinochchi district in Sri Lanka had killed five Tamil civilians, including two children, displaced by fighting.

NUWAN Kulasekara wrecked India’s top order with a career-best haul of 4-40 to bowl Sri Lanka to a consolation 112-run victory in the fifth and final one-day international in Colombo.

KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka, Aug. 31 (UPI) — Sri Lankan rebels say the country’s military is responsible for the deaths of five civilians at a refugee camp in the northern town of Kilinochchi.

Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka accuse the army of killing five civilians in an attack near one of their bases.

Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka accuse the army of killing five civilians in an attack near one of their bases.

Colombo, Aug 31 (IANS) The Tamil Tigers said Sunday that military shelling in the rebel-held Kilinochchi district in Sri Lanka had killed five Tamil civilians, including two children, displaced by fighting.

Colombo – At least three soldiers and 22 rebels were killed in fighting in the northern part of Sri Lanka, a military spokesman said Sunday. Weekend combat was reported from Vavuniya, Kilinochchi, Welioya, Mullaitivu and the Jaffna areas, more than 3…

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Five civilians, including two children, displaced recently from Mannaar district were killed Saturda..

Aug 31, Colombo: Government of Sri Lanka has decided to hold the elections of the rest of the Provincial Councils as scheduled once their terms end as per the schedule prepared by the Election Commissioner.

Aug 31, Colombo: An earlier travel advisory imposed by the government of Belgium advising visitors to refrain from non-essential travel to Sri Lanka has been revised since yesterday.

Aug 31, Colombo: The Board of Directors of Sampath Bank recently announced the retirement of the Bank’s Managing Director and the Chief Executive Officer, Anil Amarasuriya on reaching the retirement age.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A bomb blast blamed on separatist Tamil Tigers wounded 45 people in Sri Lanka’s capital, the military said.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | A bomb blast blamed on separatist Tamil Tigers wounded 45 people in Sri Lanka’s capital Saturday, while renewed fighting in the embattled north killed 19 rebels and six soldiers, the military said.

A bomb blast blamed on separatist Tamil Tigers wounded 45 people in Sri Lanka’s capital, the military said.

COLOMBO, Aug 29 (Reuters) Sri Lanka scored a convincing 112-run victory in the fifth and final one-dayer today to leave India as 3-2 series winners.

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka scored a convincing 112-run victory in the fifth and final one-dayer on Friday to leave India as 3-2 series winners.

Sri Lanka’s knowledge economy is not developed, therefore we are not yet ready for the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), said Rohantha Athukorala. He was addressing a seminar organised concurrent to the ProFood Propack exhibition in Colombo last week.

CRICKET: Sri Lanka cricket coach Trevor Bayliss termed the 3-2 Idea Cup One-Day International series defeat to India as a “minor hiccup”, and insisted, but for below-par batting, the hosts could have beaten the tourists considering the outstanding effort put in by their bowlers.

Colombo: Sri Lanka, playing purportedly for pride, comprehensively won the fifth ODI here at the Premadasa Stadium on Friday. The margin of defeat — 112 runs (by the Duckworth-Lewis method) — didn’t flatter India. But …

Sri Lanka A’s top order, led by centurion Tharanga Paranavitana, made South Africa’s first-innings total look innocuous as they ended day two of the first unofficial Test 208 runs behind the hosts.