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Ex-captain Ranatunga leads protest against Sri Lanka Cricket
Former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga helped launch a protest on Thursday against alleged corruption in the governing body and the politicisation of its administration.
Ranatunga is now an opposi
Sri Lanka Premier League postponed to next year
The inaugural edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL), after facing a series of problems including the withdrawal of Indian players from the tournament, has been postponed to August 2012.
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BCCI holds firm on Indian players' participation in SLPL
The BCCI has turned down Sri Lanka sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage's request to revise its ban on Indian players participating in the inaugural Sri Lankan Premier League (SLPL).
In an attemp
Lankan army storm Tamil party meeting
Sri Lanka's main Tamil party Tamil National Alliance (TNA) on Friday accused the military of storming its meeting and assaulting lawmakers and their supporters in the northern Jaffna peninsula.
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Rajapaksa leaves for Russia to attend economic forum
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday left for Russia on a three day visit to attend the 15th Annual St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEP).
Lankan board goes begging after World Cup
Sri Lanka Cricket is seeking government grants and a soft loan to meet part of the $69 million it spent on co-hosting the 2011 World Cup, the island's sports minister said on Tuesday.
The governing b
NSA, Lanka minister hold talks
Against the backdrop of the Tamil Nadu Assembly passing a resolution demanding imposition of economic sanctions against Colombo, national security adviser Shivhankar Menon on Friday held talks with Sri Lankan foreign minister G.L. Peiris on the entire gamut of bilateral ties.
Work out political arrangement with Tamils: India to Lanka
Seeking a “quick” solution to Sri Lanka’s drawn out ethnic conflict, India on Saturday pressed the Mahinda Rajapaksa government to come to a “political arrangement” with the minority Tamils.
Jayasuriya recalled to international cricket
In his 40s and an active politician, veteran batsman Sanath Jayasuriya on Thursday returned to the Sri Lankan One-day and Twenty20 cricket side after more than a year for the series against England later this month.
Sri Lanka monks protest worker killing
A group of Buddhist monks with links to the Opposition JVP staged a protest walk to the President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s official residence here on Friday in continuation of action against the aborted pensions bill.
