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  Reports | Super 4 matches of Asia Cup 2023 to be shifted from Colombo to Hambantota

  Cricket | September 04, 2023 23:22 IST

  Lahore 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 | June 28, 2023 11:33 IST

  Interacting 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 | August 22, 2022 17:48 IST

  Chinese 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 | February 27, 2018 21:29 IST

  In 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 | December 14, 2017 22:38 IST

  MEA 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 | December 09, 2017 18:17 IST

  Former 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 | July 20, 2012 21:38 IST

  Hambantota, 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 | June 19, 2012 22:34 IST

  Colombo, 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 | June 03, 2012 23:15 IST

  Hambantota, 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