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  • Sri Lanka denies scuttling power devolution

    Sri Lanka denied Wednesday plans to roll back power sharing mechanisms with the Tamil minority despite attempts to stop long overdue elections in the former war-torn north. Technology and Research Minister Champika Ranawaka announced Tuesday plans to present an act in parliament next week to abolish provincial councils and the India-backed 13th constitutional amendment, reports Xinhua. The ...

  • Sri Lanka to use summit to showcase developments

    The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday said that it will use a key Commonwealth summit in November to showcase the post-war developments in the ...

  • Welegedara blow for Sri Lanka

    Colombo - Sri Lanka left-arm fast bowler Chanaka Welegedara has been ruled out of the Champions Trophy starting in England and Wales next month with an ankle ...

  • Uganda Sri Lanka Uganda Agree to Stronger Links

    Kampala - Uganda signed a bilateral trade partnership with the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka last week. President Mahinda Rajapaksa was in Uganda to hold talks with President Yoweri Museveni and meet a cross section of the business community. He also officially opened the new Sri Lanka High Commission in Kampala. This is expected to strengthen the diplomatic and business ...

  • Welagedara to be replaced by Dilhara Lokuhettige

    Sri Lanka Cricket has announced that Chanaka Welagedara will be replaced by Dilhara Lokuhettige for the ICC Champions Trophy in England following an ankle injury to ...


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  • Cricket - Sri Lanka lose Welegedara for Champions Trophy

    Sri Lanka left-arm fast bowler Chanaka Welegedara has been ruled out of the Champions Trophy starting in England and Wales next month with an ankle ...

  • Tamil film CSK — Life is not a Game stands for Charles Shafiq Karthiga

    Entertainment News: It is the cricket season and Chennai Super Kings CSK is very much in the news with its top-notch performance. No wonder, the forthcoming Tamil film, 'CSK -- Life is not a Game' seems to be getting a lot of attention. But CSK here stands for Charles Shafiq Karthiga. Playing the role of Charles is ...

  • Dilhara Lokuhettige replaces injured Welegedara

    Welegedara has been one of Sri Lanka's premier Test bowlers of late, but the Champions Trophy was to be his first ODI tournament since mid-2010. Injury has repeatedly held him back over the last year; in the last 12 months, he completed only one Test match, and suffered groin, shoulder and hamstring injuries. He was one of four specialist fast bowlers named in Sri Lanka's 15-man squad ...

  • Emirates to increase flights to Colombo from 30th June

    Emirates, one of the world's fastest growing airlines, will increase capacity on its services to Colombo from 30th June 2013, with the addition of three more flights per week, the airline announced ...

  • Medical Council to recognize degree from Defence University

    The Cabinet has approved a proposal to allow the Sri Lanka Medical Council to recognize the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence ...

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