News: Sri Lanka

We have started to collect the most important news related to Sri Lanka in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Sri Lanka: news

VIDEO: Iran sanctions hit Sri Lanka tea

Tuesday, November 13th 2012, 2:11
related countries: Iran

Sri Lanka tea producers say the international sanctions against Iran are causing lower sales to the country that is their second biggest customer.
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VIDEO: Sri Lanka prisoners 'massacred'

Monday, November 12th 2012, 17:53

Sri Lanka's opposition has said that the deaths of dozens of prisoners, killed during clashes at a prison in the capital was a massacre
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Sri Lanka jail clash 'a massacre'

Sunday, November 11th 2012, 16:57
related places: Colombo

Sri Lanka's opposition says the deaths of 27 prisoners, killed during clashes on Saturday at a prison in the capital, Colombo, was "a massacre".
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Sri Lanka jail death toll rises

Saturday, November 10th 2012, 12:13
related places: Colombo, Welikada

At least 27 people are killed as clashes erupt between inmates and guards at a prison in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, authorities say.
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VIDEO: Fatal clashes at Sri Lanka prison

Saturday, November 10th 2012, 8:30

At least 27 people have been killed during clashes between inmates and guards at a prison in the Sri Lankan capital, authorities say.
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S Lanka top judge denies charges

Friday, November 9th 2012, 10:29

Sri Lankan Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake denies allegations of financial impropriety levelled against her by the government.
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VIDEO: Tamils 'still tortured' in Sri Lanka

Thursday, November 8th 2012, 9:08
related countries: United Kingdom

There are calls for the suspension of special charter flights used to send home Sri Lankan Tamils who have been refused asylum in Britain because of concern they will be tortured
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S Lanka begins judge impeachment

Tuesday, November 6th 2012, 15:38

Sri Lanka's parliament begins formal impeachment proceedings against the chief justice amid government denials that it is pursuing a vendetta against her.
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S Lanka move to impeach top judge

Friday, November 2nd 2012, 0:08

Sri Lankan governing party MPs begin moves to impeach Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake, amid tension between the government and the judiciary.
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Musical tackles initiation rituals

Sunday, October 28th 2012, 0:01

Sri Lanka musical highlights 'horror' of student initiation
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Karachi to host key cricket games

Friday, October 19th 2012, 17:55
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistan is hosting its highest profile international cricket matches since militants attack the Sri Lankan team coach in 2009.
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Top Tamil Tiger now a 'free man'

Wednesday, October 17th 2012, 12:43

Sri Lanka says that the senior most surviving Tamil Tiger leader, Selvarasa Pathmanathan - also known as known as "KP" - is a free man.
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The women clearing Sri Lanka's mines

Wednesday, October 17th 2012, 12:10

The women making Sri Lanka safe after years of war
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VIDEO: Uncovering Sri Lanka's landmines

Tuesday, October 16th 2012, 22:45

It is estimated there are more than a million landmines in the north of Sri Lanka, which were buried during the country's 25 years of conflict.
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Broken survivors of Sri Lanka war

Wednesday, October 10th 2012, 23:47

The suicidal survivors of Sri Lanka's civil war
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Samuels inspires Windies to glory

Sunday, October 7th 2012, 17:03

A Marlon Samuels-inspired West Indies recover from an awful start to beat Sri Lanka and win the World Twenty20.
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Australia court in refugee ruling

Friday, October 5th 2012, 9:05
related countries: Australia

Australia's high court rules that a decision to refuse a Sri Lankan refugee a visa due to a negative security assessment is invalid.
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Sri Lanka reach World T20 final

Thursday, October 4th 2012, 17:15
related countries: Pakistan

Sri Lanka's bowlers stifle Pakistan to give the hosts a 16-run win and a place in the final of the World Twenty20.
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England women book T20 final spot

Thursday, October 4th 2012, 11:51
related countries: New Zealand, United Kingdom

England's women hammer New Zealand by seven wickets to reach the final of the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka.
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Windies super over win ousts NZ

Monday, October 1st 2012, 18:42
related countries: New Zealand, United Kingdom

West Indies claim a super over win to send New Zealand out and reach the semi-finals thanks to England's defeat by Sri Lanka.
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England knocked out of World T20

Monday, October 1st 2012, 18:12
related countries: United Kingdom

England are knocked out of the World T20 after losing by 19 runs to hosts Sri Lanka in their final Super Eights match.
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Pakistan board monitors T20 team

Monday, October 1st 2012, 17:30
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistan's Twenty20 team are being monitored by their cricket board in Sri Lanka to avoid a spot-fixing scandal.
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Tamil families 'left in jungle'

Thursday, September 27th 2012, 15:34

Some Sri Lankan Tamils who left a vast displacement camp this week say they were "left in the jungle" with no means to rebuild their homes and lives.
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Sri Lanka beat NZ in super over

Thursday, September 27th 2012, 14:46
related countries: New Zealand

Sri Lanka claim a five-run super-over win against New Zealand in the first Super Eight match of the World Twenty20.
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SA win opener in women's Twenty20

Wednesday, September 26th 2012, 7:56
related countries: South Africa

South Africa beat hosts Sri Lanka by six wickets in the opening match of the Women's World Twenty20 in Galle.
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Sri Lanka shuts displacement camp

Monday, September 24th 2012, 17:11

The last residents leave Menik Farm, as Sri Lanka closes what was once one of the world's largest displacement camps.
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SA thrash SL in seven-over match

Saturday, September 22nd 2012, 14:12
related countries: South Africa

South Africa ease to a 32-run win over Sri Lanka in a match reduced to seven overs per side at the World Twenty20.
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VIDEO: Fears over deported Sri Lankans

Thursday, September 20th 2012, 17:28
related countries: United Kingdom

A group of 25 Sri Lankans deported from the UK has arrived in Sri Lanka, amid warnings that Tamils among them may be tortured.
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Fears over deported Sri Lankans

Thursday, September 20th 2012, 13:24
related countries: United Kingdom

A group of 25 Sri Lankans deported from the UK arrive in Sri Lanka, amid warnings that Tamils among them may be tortured.
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Mendis record inspires Sri Lanka

Tuesday, September 18th 2012, 17:31
related countries: Zimbabwe

Ajantha Mendis records the best figures in a Twenty20 international as hosts Sri Lanka thrash Zimbabwe in the first match of the World Twenty20.
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VIDEO: Sri Lanka braced for Twenty20

Tuesday, September 18th 2012, 8:39
related countries: Afghanistan

The cricket Twenty20 World Cup begins in Sri Lanka with teams from Afghanistan to the West Indies taking part
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Arsenic, cadmium and dying farmers

Tuesday, September 18th 2012, 5:40

Are arsenic and cadmium poisoning Sri Lanka's farmers?
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World T20 to start in Sri Lanka

Monday, September 17th 2012, 16:00
related countries: Zimbabwe

The fourth ICC World Twenty20 begins on Tuesday when Sri Lanka take on Zimbabwe in Hambantota (15:00 BST).
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Mascarenhas's warning for England

Sunday, September 16th 2012, 9:04
related countries: United Kingdom

Dimitri Mascarenhas warns England it will be difficult to defend their World Twenty20 title in Sri Lanka.
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Sangakkara wins cricketer of year

Saturday, September 15th 2012, 18:57

Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara wins the ICC Cricketer of the Year award
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Aussies & India win T20 warm-ups

Saturday, September 15th 2012, 10:44
related countries: Australia, India, New Zealand

Australia and India record victories over New Zealand and Sri Lanka respectively to win their World T20 warm-up matches.
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'Robber swallowed fake diamond'

Tuesday, September 11th 2012, 12:37
related countries: China

A Chinese man accused of swallowing a diamond worth $13,000 ingested a fake gem in a ruse to enable the real thief to escape, police in Sri Lanka say.
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VIDEO: Sri Lanka's boom in war tourism

Tuesday, September 11th 2012, 8:41

Sri Lanka has long been a popular destination for foreign tourists but now its long ethnic war is giving rise to a surprising and controversial new form of tourism.
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Police arrest 'diamond swallower'

Wednesday, September 5th 2012, 11:13
related countries: China
related places: Colombo

A Chinese man accused of swallowing a diamond at a gem exhibition in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, is arrested for attempted theft, police say.
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Sri Lankan minister given bail

Monday, August 27th 2012, 17:43

A Sri Lankan cabinet minister accused of interfering in a dispute between Muslims and Catholics over a fishing settlement is given bail by a northern court.
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Oil slick near Sri Lanka resorts

Friday, August 24th 2012, 14:35

Sri Lanka mobilises armed forces to deal with an oil slick heading toward tourist resorts on the west coast after a cargo ship sank.
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Sri Lanka rally over education

Thursday, August 23rd 2012, 16:02
related places: Colombo

About 2,000 teachers and students hold a mass rally in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, a day after the government shut down most universities.
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S Lanka orders universities shut

Wednesday, August 22nd 2012, 14:18

Sri Lanka's government closes down almost all universities for an indefinite period amid a row about the future of education in the island.
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Tourists guilty for Buddha photos

Tuesday, August 21st 2012, 14:09
related countries: France

A Sri Lankan court gives suspended jail terms to three French tourists for wounding the religious feelings of Buddhists by taking pictures deemed insulting.
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