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Aug 19

Sri Lanka bats first in the second one-dayer (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)

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India captain Mahendra Dhoni won the toss Wednesday and sent Sri Lanka to bat first in the second of the five-match, one-day international series at Rangiri Dambulla Stadium. Read the Full Article

Aug 19

Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Retains Key Interest Rates (Nasdaq)

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(RTTNews) - Sri Lanka's central bank maintained its key interest rate for the eighteenth straight session on Wednesday. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka left its repurchase rate unchanged at 10.5% and the reverse repo rate at 12%. Read the Full Article

Aug 19

Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Retains Key Interest Rates (Nasdaq)

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(RTTNews) - Sri Lanka's central bank maintained its key interest rate for the eighteenth straight session on Wednesday. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka left its repurchase rate unchanged at 10.5% and the reverse repo rate at 12%. Read the Full Article

Aug 19

Sri Lanka Keeps Key Interest Rate Unchanged at 10.5% (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)

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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged for an 18th straight meeting after inflation eased for the first time in seven months. Read the Full Article

Aug 19

Sri Lanka Keeps Key Interest Rate Unchanged at 10.5% (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)

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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged for an 18th straight meeting after inflation eased for the first time in seven months. Read the Full Article

Aug 19

Sri Lanka officials complicit in Tamil Genocide? - Washington Times (TamilNet)

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Asserting that "[t]here is reason to believe that Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has been complicit in a Srebrenica-like genocide or worse against Sri Lanka's Tamils on the installment plan. Since entering office in November 2005, he has been witness to the extrajudicial killings of more than 1,500 Tamils, torture, scores of kidnappings, countless arbitrary detentions and displacement of more than 250,000, ... Read the Full Article

Aug 19

Sri Lanka tipped as new Champions Trophy host (Times Online)

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England expect the ICC Champions Trophy to be moved from Pakistan to Sri Lanka in the next 48 hours, The Times was told last night. Read the Full Article

Aug 19

Sri Lanka: 2 SLA soldiers shot, injured in Vadamarraadchi (TamilNet)

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Unidentified armed men opened fire on a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) sentry post in Vallipuram area in Point Pedro, Vadamaraadchi Monday midnight, seriously injuring two SLA soldiers, sources in Point Pedro said. The injured soldiers were rushed to Palaali Military hospital and an intensive cordon and search was launched in Vallipuram and the areas close to it by the SLA. Read the Full Article

Aug 19

Sri Lanka: Tamil militants killed in new clashes (Adnkronos)

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Sri Lanka: Tamil militants killed in new clashes (AKI) - Twenty-two people have died in renewed fighting between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels in the north of the island, the military said on Tuesday.The government said its forces had killed 21 rebels and lost one soldier on Monday, in an offensive against separatists from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.The ... Read the Full Article

Aug 19

Tens of thousands at risk in Sri Lanka as fighting escalates (Amnesty International)

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The Sri Lankan military and the opposing Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are putting tens of thousands of displaced civilians at risk as fighting continues in the Wanni area of northern Sri Lanka. A major concern, as the situation worsens, is that there is little reliable information available from the ground, as journalists are restricted from reporting in the area. Both sides ... Read the Full Article

Aug 19