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: Society wedding Sri Lankan style

Thursday, April 14th 2011, 9:59
related countries: United Kingdom

With just two weeks to go until Britain's royal wedding the BBC is looking at how different countries and cultures celebrate their big day as part of the Extreme World series
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Lanka 'must account for missing'

Friday, April 8th 2011, 15:02

Sri Lanka's government should account for all those detained at the end of the war with Tamil Tiger rebels nearly two years ago, Human Rights Watch says.
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Law named interim Sri Lanka coach

Thursday, April 7th 2011, 7:20
related countries: United Kingdom

Former Australia batsman Stuart Law is promoted to interim head coach of Sri Lanka ahead of their tour of England.
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Sri Lanka rocked by resignations

Wednesday, April 6th 2011, 13:14
related countries: India

Sri Lanka vice-captain Mahela Jayawardene and the country's selectors resign following their World Cup final defeat by India.
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Sangakkara quits Sri Lanka role

Tuesday, April 5th 2011, 11:29
related countries: India

Kumar Sangakkara stands down as captain of Sri Lanka's one-day and Twenty20 sides, three days after the defeat by India in the World Cup final.
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Cricket frenzy

Saturday, April 2nd 2011, 21:00
related countries: India

Joy in India and desolation in Sri Lanka after World Cup final
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Indians dedicate win to Tendulkar

Saturday, April 2nd 2011, 18:19

India's cricketers dedicate their World Cup victory to legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar, after a stunning six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka.
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India power to World Cup triumph

Saturday, April 2nd 2011, 17:24
related countries: India

Mahendra Dhoni hits an unbeaten 91 as India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in a pulsating Mumbai final to deliver World Cup glory to their cricket-mad population for the first time since 1983.
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Live - India v Sri Lanka World Cup final

Saturday, April 2nd 2011, 8:23
related countries: India
related places: Mumbai

Gautam Gambhir hits 97 and captain Mahendra Dhoni an unbeaten 91 to steer India to an emphatic six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in an absorbing World Cup final in Mumbai.
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Muralitharan set to defy injury

Friday, April 1st 2011, 15:44
related countries: India

Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is set to put his body on the line in a bid to end his career with victory over India in Saturday's World Cup final.
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Sri Lanka web editor is arrested

Thursday, March 31st 2011, 15:24

Police in Sri Lanka arrest the editor of a news website critical of the government.
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Sri Lanka edge NZ to reach final

Tuesday, March 29th 2011, 17:00
related countries: New Zealand

Sri Lanka reach the World Cup final after holding their nerve to beat a spirited New Zealand by five wickets.
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Sri Lanka edge NZ to reach final

Tuesday, March 29th 2011, 17:00
related countries: New Zealand

Sri Lanka reach the World Cup final after holding their nerve to beat a spirited New Zealand by five wickets.
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Live - New Zealand v Sri Lanka

Tuesday, March 29th 2011, 8:27
related countries: New Zealand
related places: Colombo

Sri Lanka lose three wickets in quick succession to set up a tense finish as they chase New Zealand's total of 217 with a place in the World Cup final on the line.
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Sri Lanka & NZ ready for battle

Monday, March 28th 2011, 13:44
related countries: New Zealand
related places: Colombo

Sri Lanka and New Zealand prepare for Tuesday's Cricket World Cup semi-final in Colombo.
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Sri Lanka knock out jaded England

Saturday, March 26th 2011, 16:43
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Colombo

England crash out of the World Cup as Sri Lanka openers Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga both score centuries in an emphatic 10-wicket quarter-final win.
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Live - Sri Lanka v England

Saturday, March 26th 2011, 8:16
related countries: New Zealand, United Kingdom
related places: Colombo

Sri Lanka are cruising towards their victory target of 230 in the World Cup quarter-final against England in Colombo.
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England hit by Yardy withdrawal

Thursday, March 24th 2011, 8:05
related countries: United Kingdom

England all-rounder Michael Yardy flies home from the World Cup because he is suffering from depression.
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Recovery road

Tuesday, March 22nd 2011, 0:40

How is Sri Lanka faring seven years after its tsunami?
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India win sets up Aussie showdown

Sunday, March 20th 2011, 16:25
related countries: Australia, India

India set up a World Cup quarter-final against holders Australia with a 80-run victory over West Indies, who face Pakistan in the last eight.
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Sangakkara helps S Lanka beat NZ

Friday, March 18th 2011, 17:39
related countries: New Zealand

Captain Kumar Sangakkara scores his first World Cup century and Muttiah Muralitharan takes four wickets as Sri Lanka thrash New Zealand by 112 runs.
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Sri Lanka PM retracts camp claim

Friday, March 11th 2011, 13:34
related countries: India

Sri Lanka's prime minister retracts his suggestion that the Tamil Tiger rebels are being revived in camps in southern India.
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Record stand helps Sri Lanka win

Thursday, March 10th 2011, 16:33
related countries: Zimbabwe

Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne Dilshan share a World Cup record opening partnership of 282 as Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 139 runs to secure a place in the quarter-finals.
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Sri Lanka army HQ on Tiger graves

Monday, March 7th 2011, 16:19

It has emerged that a new military headquarters in northern Sri Lanka has been built on the site of a Tamil Tiger graveyard earlier flattened by the army.
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Rain forces Colombo abandonment

Saturday, March 5th 2011, 14:22
related countries: Australia
related places: Colombo

Sri Lanka's match against Australia in Colombo is abandoned as a no-result after heavy rain strikes the Premadasa Stadium in the 33rd over of the match.
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VIDEO: What was UFO sighting in Sri Lanka?

Thursday, March 3rd 2011, 9:50

Classified files released by the National Archives have revealed an RAF officer had a close encounter while on holiday in Sri Lanka.
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Malinga hat-trick hammers Kenya

Tuesday, March 1st 2011, 14:34
related countries: Kenya

Pace bowler Lasith Malinga claims six wickets - including a hat-trick - as Sri Lanka ease to a comfortable nine-wicket victory over Kenya in Group A.
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US warns Sri Lanka over war probe

Tuesday, March 1st 2011, 12:56
related countries: United States

The US warns Sri Lanka to apply international standards to its investigation into the deaths of civilians in the final months of its civil war.
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Jayawardene outraged by TV remark

Tuesday, March 1st 2011, 9:16

Sri Lanka vice-captain Mahela Jayawardene is considering legal action in response to commentary that implied he was guilty of match-fixing.
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Efficient Pakistan beat Sri Lanka

Saturday, February 26th 2011, 17:18
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Colombo

Misbah-ul-Haq and Shahid Afridi star as Pakistan earn an 11-run World Cup Group A win over Sri Lanka in Colombo.
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Live - Pakistan v Sri Lanka

Saturday, February 26th 2011, 8:33
related places: Colombo

Sri Lanka have it all to do after falling well behind the required run rate in their reply after an unbeaten 83 from Misbah-ul-Haq helps Pakistan to 277-7 from their 50 overs in Saturday's World Cup Group A match in Colombo.
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Sri Lanka urges finance overhaul

Friday, February 25th 2011, 16:08

The president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, calls for a new financial order to prevent future financial crises in the world.
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Muralitharan joins Gloucestershire for Twenty20

Wednesday, February 9th 2011, 18:29

Gloucestershire sign Sri Lanka off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan to play Twenty20 for the next two seasons.
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VIDEO: Fonseka supporters demand release

Tuesday, February 8th 2011, 19:51

Several thousand opposition activists in Sri Lanka have protested outside the prison where the former head of the armed forces, Sarath Fonseka, is being held.
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Thousands attend Sri Lanka rally

Tuesday, February 8th 2011, 13:53

Opposition supporters in Sri Lanka take part in a rally to mark a year since the detention of losing presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka.
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Thousands flee Sri Lanka flooding

Sunday, February 6th 2011, 2:40

Heavy rain has caused widespread flooding in northern and eastern Sri Lanka, and officials say at least five people have been killed and more than 80,000 forced to flee their homes.
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German police seek church killer

Friday, February 4th 2011, 13:33
related countries: Germany

German police search for an escaped Sri Lankan mental health patient who made a deadly 2005 samurai sword attack on a church.
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Peace dividend

Tuesday, February 1st 2011, 0:16

Sri Lanka sees tourism boost after end of conflict
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Sri Lanka web offices set on fire

Monday, January 31st 2011, 10:53

Unidentified attackers in Sri Lanka set fire to the offices of a website critical of the government.
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Missing reporter

Sunday, January 30th 2011, 13:08

Sri Lankan book fair discusses journalist's plight
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Author boycotts S Lanka book fair

Thursday, January 27th 2011, 17:39
related countries: South Africa

A Sri Lankan book festival is marred by a South African writer's withdrawal because of concerns over the country's human rights record.
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ICC admits Sri Lanka venues delay

Wednesday, January 26th 2011, 19:51

The International Cricket Council admits that some work still needs to be completed at Cricket World Cup venues in Sri Lanka.
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Fonseka loses seat in legal blow

Tuesday, January 25th 2011, 11:50

Sri Lanka's former military chief Sarath Fonseka loses a Supreme Court appeal to retain his parliamentary seat.
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Sri Lanka shooting 'kills inmates'

Monday, January 24th 2011, 17:12

Inmates of a prison in north-central Sri Lanka accuse the prison authorities of shooting dead protesting prisoners.
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