Hambantota
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Reports | Super 4 matches of Asia Cup 2023 to be shifted from Colombo to Hambantota
Cricket | Sep 04, 2023, 11:22 PM ISTLahore host the first Super 4 game while Colombo's R Premadasa Stadium is scheduled to host the remaining matches of Asia Cup 2023, including the final.
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Sri Lanka won't become base for threats against India: President Wickremesinghe
World | Jun 28, 2023, 11:33 AM ISTInteracting with media on his tour to the UK and France, Wickremesinghe said, "We are a neutral country, but we also emphasise the fact that we cannot allow Sri Lanka to be used as a base for any threats against India."
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Chinese satellite-tracking ship, docked at Sri Lanka's Hambantota port, leaves island nation
World | Aug 22, 2022, 05:48 PM ISTChinese ship leaves Sri Lanka: The Chinese ship arrived in the southern Sri Lankan port of Hambantota on August 16 at 8:20 am local time. It was docked there for replenishment. The ship left the port at 4 pm local time, harbour master Nirmal Silva told reporters.
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Hambantota port won't be used as military base: Lankan official
World | Feb 27, 2018, 09:29 PM ISTIn an address at a conference here, Sri Lanka's Chief of Defence Staff Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne also invited Indian companies to invest in the industrial areas of the Hambantota port.
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India expects Lanka to keeps its security concerns in mind: MEA
India | Dec 14, 2017, 10:38 PM ISTMEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar made it clear that India's relation with Sri Lanka "stand on its own and is not dependent on our relations with any third country."
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Sri Lanka formally hands over Hambantota port to China
World | Dec 09, 2017, 06:17 PM ISTFormer Sri Lankan Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayaka, last year had said that the island country owed China $8 billion.
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Need to adapt quickly to Hambantota conditions, says Dhoni
Cricket | Jul 20, 2012, 09:38 PM ISTHambantota, Jul 20: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Friday said adapting quickly to the conditions would be key to his team's success in the first cricket one-dayer against Sri Lanka here on Saturday.A rejuvenated
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India to play opening ODI against Sri Lanka in Hambantota on July 22
Cricket | Jun 19, 2012, 10:34 PM ISTColombo, Jun 19: India's five-match ODI series and one T20 International against Sri Lanka will be played from July 22 to August 7 across three venues.Sri Lanka tour marks the beginning of a fresh season
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Pakistan beat Sri Lanka in second T20 international
Cricket | Jun 03, 2012, 11:15 PM ISTHambantota, Jun 3: Pakistan beat Sri Lanka in Hambantota on Sunday to win the second Twenty20 international by 23 runs and square the two-match series.Earlier, Shahid Afridi smashed an unbeaten 52 off 33 balls to