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  • Dhonis boys doing well as a batting unit Lankan selector Jayasuriya

    Former Sri Lanka captain and now national selector Sanath Jayasuriya has said the Lankans must keep in mind India's unbeaten performance in the ICC Champions Trophy tournament when planning their strategy for Thursday's second semi-final encounter. Jayasuriya, who attended yesterday's practice session to boost the confidence of his country's players, said the Indian team is doing well as a ...

  • Sri Lanka are a dangerous side Dhoni

    India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said Wednesday that Sri Lanka were a dangerous side and it was not possible to focus only on their two frontline batsmen " Mahela Jayawardene or a Kumar Sangakkara" during the semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy slated for Thursday. "Sri Lanka are a dangerous squad. We just can`t focus on a Mahela (Jayawardene) or a (Kumar) Sangakkara. We have to think of ...

  • Team India would not focus on individual Lankan players Dhoni

    Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday said Sri Lanka is a dangerous side, and hence his team would not focus on individual players. "They are a dangerous side, hence we cannot focus on individual players. If you look at their top six or seven, they are good. But yes, the duo has done really well and will always pose a threat," he said, when asked whether Kumar Sangakara and Mahela ...

  • Sri Lankans will target Indian bowling Jayasuriya

    Former captain Sanath Jayasuriya said Sri Lanka will target the Indian bowlers during the Champions Trophy semifinal slated for Thursday at the Sophia Gardens here. "Their (India) bowling isn't the best, so we need to have a very good plan. The goal was to make the semifinals. Anything can happen now," Jayasuriya told the BBC. Jayasuriya, who led Sri Lanka when it shared the Champions Trophy ...

  • 80 Sri Lankans held while trying to migrate to Australia

    At least 80 Sri Lankans were detained by the navy Wednesday for attempting to illegally migrate to Australia, the navy said. The trawler in which the detainees were travelling was intercepted by the navy. They were handed over to police for investigation, Xinhua reported. On May 30, as many as 52 Sri Lankans were detained, and later handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department. The ...


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  • Sri Lanka calls for Tamil refugees in Australia to return

    Sri Lankan external affairs minister has asked the Tamil refugees in Australia who fled the nation's bloody civil war to come home. The Tamils had quietly slipped into Canberra for talks on combating people smugglers. According to the Age, G.L. Peiris said Sri Lanka was now in a perfectly stable condition, with an economic boom in the once devastated northern Tamil regions. He, however, ...

  • Sri Lankan media code threatens free speech

    A new media code proposed by the Sri Lankan government contains overbroad and vague language that could have a severe and chilling effect on free speech, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. On June 17, the mass media and information ministry officially proposed a Code of Media Ethics that would apply to print and electronic media, including the Internet. The proposed code comes at a time when ...

  • Dhonis men practice ahead of semi-final clash against Sri Lanka

    The Indian cricket team with a clean record in the preliminary stages of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy in England had a strenuous session at the nets in Cardiff ahead of Thursday's semi-final clash against Sri Lanka. With this practice session yesterday, the in form Indian players are confident of facing the Sri Lankan team. The players were busy in enhancing their skills at Glamorgan County ...

  • Top firm to invest in Sri Lankas multi-million property project

    After Sri Lanka's government attracted US$500 million from Hong Kong based Shangri-La to develop the country's first ever seven-star hotel in Colombo, the country's Board of Investment (BOI) is in the process of finalising a $640 million mixed-development project in the heart of the country's commercial capital. Minister of Investment Promotion Lakshaman Yapa Abeywardena ...

  • Seven held digging for treasure in Kolonna

    Police arrested seven individuals engaging in excavation activities in the Egodakanda area in Kolonna with the intention of recovering hidden treasures.Kolonna Police said the suspects were arrested in an operation carried out according to information received by the police emergency hotline service. Police officers also confiscated various equipment used for excavations and religious ...

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