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Sri Lankan court blocks gender equality bill

Sri Lanka’s highest court has shot down a government bill seeking gender equality, arguing it could set a legal precedent for the decriminalisation of homosexuality and same-sex marriage, parliament said on Tuesday....

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Tigers keep nerve to make winning start

Bangladesh had the game in the bag, then they did not, then they did, then they did not again, and finally, they got the two points – would be the summary of the...

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Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka to make winning start

Bangladesh made an impressive start to the ICC T20 World Cup as they registered a two-wicket victory over their Sri Lanka in a nail-biting encounter at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas on Friday.

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SL take confidence from recent series win 

Sri Lanka will take confidence from their recent series win over Bangladesh when the two sides collide in their Group D match of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup at the...

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Shanto backs top-order to shine

Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto hoped their fragile top-order would shine when the Tigers start their ICC T20 World Cup campaign against Sri Lanka at the...

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Bangladesh face under pressure SL

Bangladesh national team, who are depleted with a couple of injury worries and a poor run of form, will look to overcome their woes when they take on...

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Taskin confident despite Shoriful injury

Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed believes that they are ready to fight hard against Sri Lanka in their opening game of the 2024 T20 World Cup despite left-arm pacer Shoriful Islam being ruled out of the tie due to an injury to his bowling hand...

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Nortje breaks record to bury Sri Lanka

South Africa's Anrich Nortje took a remarkable four wickets for just seven runs as the Proteas dismissed Sri Lanka for a record low 77 on their way to a six-wicket win in the teams' T20 World Cup opener in New York on Monday.

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Wickremasinghe’s commitment and reconciliation

ON NUMEROUS occasions, Sri Lanka’s president Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that he was elected president to get Sri Lanka out of its economic morass and will do his utmost to fulfil that obligation. This has led to much speculation regarding the president’s intentions with...

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Sri Lanka’s Tamils mark 15 years since end of civil war

Sri Lanka’s minority Tamil community marked 15 years since the end of the island nation’s civil war on Saturday in an emotional ceremony that proceeded despite fears authorities would attempt to prevent its staging....

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Sri Lanka steps up security for war memorial

Sri Lanka has stepped up security for a contentious weekend ceremony marking 15 years since the end of the nation’s long civil war and thousands of civilians...

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16 Lankan citizens killed in Ukraine fighting

At least 16 Sri Lankan mercenaries have been killed fighting in the war between Russia and Ukraine, the island’s deputy defence minister said on Wednesday...

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Lanka: free and fair elections

ELECTIONS provide a unique situation where people become equal regardless of their class or ethnic and religious identity. This offers space to rival politicians to address their unmet needs. The government has commenced several development initiatives..

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Valuing Japan’s moral ethos and economic help

THE visit of Japan’s foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa to Sri Lanka is an indication that the relationship between the two countries is on the mend. The manner in which Japan was ousted from the special status it had once held by the previous government headed by...

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SL, Scotland qualify for WT20 WC

Sri Lanka survived a scare against the United Arab Emirates on Sunday to secure the last place at this year’s women’s T20 World Cup, after Scotland also...

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No escape from international human rights scrutiny

IN MARCH 2020, the Sri Lankan government believed that the massive mandate president Gotabaya Rajapaksa had received gave it a licence to get out of the cycle of UN Human Rights Council resolutions by unilaterally opting...

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Iran president slates West in Sri Lanka visit

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi inaugurated a power and irrigation project in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, but arrived in the country without his interior minister, who is...

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