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  10 international universities to open campuses in Sri Lanka

  World | April 23, 2014 18:35 IST

  Colombo: Sri Lanka is opening up its public university system attracting significant investment with plans to allow 10 private universities to operate locally by 2020, an official said Wednesday.Sunil Jayantha Navaratne, secretary in the country's

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  Colombo rejects Britain's call for human rights probe

  World | November 16, 2013 15:38 IST

  Colombo: Sri Lanka says there's no need for an international probe into its human rights record as proposed by British Prime Minister David Cameron.Sri Lanka's Head of Parliament and Cabinet Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva

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  Lankan capital to be under tight security for CHOGM

  World | November 05, 2013 23:30 IST

  Colombo: Sri Lankan police will deploy 20,000 police personnel to provide security for next week's Commonwealth summit here that will witness participation of the heads of government of over 50 countries.  The Commonwealth Heads of

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  Khurshid arrives in Lanka for bilateral talks

  World | October 07, 2013 11:32 IST

  Colombo : External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid arrived here today to hold talks with the top Sri Lankan leadership on a host of issues, including that of Indian fishermen languishing in jails and devolution of

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  Lanka court orders release of 31 Indian fishermen

  World | October 01, 2013 19:17 IST

  Colombo: Thirty-one Indian fishermen arrestedby the Sri Lankan Navy two months ago for allegedly breaching the country's maritime boundary were today freed by a court.The fishermen had been arrested on July 30 off the eastern

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  Sri Lanka wants Manmohan to attend Commonwealth summit in Colombo

  World | August 19, 2013 9:13 IST

  New Delhi: Sri Lanka on Sunday  said it would like Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to attend the upcoming CHOGM meeting in Colombo despite opposition from political parties in Tamil Nadu on his participation on the

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  Colombo tense after Buddhist mob attacks mosque

  World | August 11, 2013 14:47 IST

  Colombo, Aug 11: A section of Sri Lanka's capital was tense Sunday after a mosque was attacked by a group led by Buddhist priests, in another standoff between the two communities, an official said.The as

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  Protests in Colombo over attacks on Lankan monks in Tamil Nadu

  World | March 19, 2013 17:19 IST

  Colombo, Mar 19 :  Sinhala Ravaya, a Sinhalese Buddhist pressure group, today staged a march to the Indian High Commission here to protest the repeated attacks against Buddhist monks in Tamil Nadu.Several dozens of monks

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  T20 World Cup gift for fans worldwide: Windies Cricket chief

  Cricket | October 09, 2012 15:09 IST

  Colombo, Oct 9: West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Julian Hunte says the West Indies' sensational performance to win the Twenty20 World Cup was a great gift to supporters all over the world.The West Indies

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  2009 Terror attack changed cricket and me : Taufel

  Cricket | October 07, 2012 16:35 IST

  Colombo, Oct 7, 2012: Australian umpire Simon Taufel, who retires after Sunday's World Twenty20 final, said a terror attack that killed eight people including the driver of his bus in 2009 had left a profound

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  West Indies celebrates 'Gangnam style' at T20

  Cricket | October 06, 2012 16:26 IST

  Colombo, Oct 6: West Indies batsman Chris Gayle led his teammates in a "Gangnam style" victory dance after their emphatic 74-run win over Australia in the World Twenty20 semifinals on Friday.Gayle, who smashed an unbeaten

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  Pak diplomat in Colombo named in espionage FIR

  India | September 21, 2012 14:07 IST

  Chennai, Sep 21 :  A Pakistan High Commission diplomat in Sri Lanka has been named in the FIR filed by Tamil Nadu police in the suspected espionage case busted in Thanjavur district recently, a senior

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  T20 World Cup: Yuvraj gets into groove facing 'throwdowns' for an hour

  Cricket | September 18, 2012 18:56 IST

  Colombo, Sep 18th: In a throwback to the Gary Kirsten days when the then India coach would always help Sachin Tendulkar with throwdowns, the Nondescripts Cricket Club (NCC) ground on Tuesday witnessed Yuvraj Singh going

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  England, Ireland, S. Africa, W. Indies win warm-up matches

  Cricket | September 18, 2012 18:56 IST

   Colombo, Sep 17:  Reigning Champions England,  along with Ireland, South Africa and West Indies today won their warm-up matches played a day before the opening of ICC World Twenty20 Cup tournament here. England defeated Australia by

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  Sri Lanka HC grants bail to Fonseka

  World | May 18, 2012 13:16 IST

  Colombo, May 18: Jailed former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka was today granted bail by the High Court here in a case for harbouring military deserters, ahead of an imminent presidential pardon for him.

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  BCCI Showdown With Lanka Cricket Averted

  Cricket | April 21, 2011 18:45 IST

  Colombo/New Delhi, Apr 21: The possibility of a bitter showdown between the BCCI and Sri Lanka Cricket appears to have been averted with the island nation's government hinting that the deadline for its players' return

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  Sri Lanka Players Need Not Go Back On May 5

  Cricket | April 21, 2011 12:14 IST

  Mumbai , Apr 21: “Playing for Sri Lanka is more important than playing in the IPL,” Tillakaratne Dilshan said in Colombo on Wednesday. “We're committed to return by May 5,” the newly-appointed Sri Lanka captain

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  Berlusconi In Rare Appearance At Fraud Case Hearing

  World | March 28, 2011 16:24 IST

  Milan, Mar 28: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attended a legal hearing today for the first time in eight years, over allegations of fiscal fraud and breach of trust in his business interests.The hearing in