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

Cricket: Windies seal series draw

Sunday, April 6th 2008, 20:33

West Indies beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to win the second and final Test at Queen's Park Oval and level the series at 1-1.
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Blast kills Sri Lankan minister

Sunday, April 6th 2008, 13:43

Sri Lankan Highways Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle is among 14 people killed in a suicide bombing, officials say.
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Cricket: Windies progress stalled

Friday, April 4th 2008, 21:47
related countries: Trinidad and Tobago

Muttiah Muralitharan takes three wickets as Sri Lanka stall West Indies' progress on day two of the second Test in Trinidad.
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Cricket: W Indies v Sri Lanka

Thursday, April 3rd 2008, 14:18

West Indies seek to level the series by winning the second Test against Sri Lanka in Trinidad.
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Sri Lanka probes 'bomber offer'

Friday, March 28th 2008, 10:20

Sri Lankan police investigate posters offering would-be suicide bombers cash if they change their minds.
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Cricket: Sri Lanka in historic win

Wednesday, March 26th 2008, 20:52
related countries: Guyana

Chaminda Vaas takes 5-61 as Sri Lanka wrap up a 121-run victory over West Indies in the first Test in Guyana.
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Sri Lanka navy fights Tiger boats

Tuesday, March 25th 2008, 14:02

Sri Lanka's navy fights a battle with a flotilla of Tamil Tiger boats off the island's north-east coast.
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Sci-fi writer Clarke laid to rest

Saturday, March 22nd 2008, 14:28
related countries: United Kingdom

The funeral of Sir Arthur C Clarke, the British science-fiction writer who died aged 90, takes place in Sri Lanka.
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Ten missing after S Lanka sinking

Saturday, March 22nd 2008, 7:54

Ten crew are missing after a Sri Lankan naval vessel is sunk by the Tamil Tigers, the second such attack this year.
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Sri Lanka criticised over TV boss

Thursday, March 20th 2008, 11:30

Media activists in Sri Lanka attack the appointment of a retired army officer to a top post in state-run TV.
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Sri Lanka in 'manipulation' claim

Wednesday, March 19th 2008, 17:29

The International Committee of the Red Cross accuses Sri Lanka of manipulating confidential information.
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Writer Arthur C Clarke dies at 90

Wednesday, March 19th 2008, 11:09
related countries: United Kingdom

British science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke, author of more than 100 books, dies in Sri Lanka at the age of 90.
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EU attacks Sri Lanka over rights

Tuesday, March 18th 2008, 19:34

An EU delegations says it has "serious concerns" about reports of human rights abuses in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lankan journalists detained

Wednesday, March 12th 2008, 23:49

The arrest of five Sri Lankan journalists by anti-terrorist police alarms media rights campaigners.
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Ex-Tamil Tigers win local polls

Tuesday, March 11th 2008, 12:20

A group of former Tamil Tiger rebels wins the first elections to be held in eastern Sri Lanka for more than 10 years.
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Key local polls held in Sri Lanka

Monday, March 10th 2008, 14:33

People in parts of Sri Lanka that were held by Tamil Tiger rebels for more than a decade vote in local elections.
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Tamil MP is killed in Sri Lanka

Thursday, March 6th 2008, 19:15

A Tamil member of the Sri Lankan parliament and his driver are killed in an explosion in the north of the country.
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S Lanka rapped over 'disappeared'

Thursday, March 6th 2008, 10:13

Sri Lanka's government is one of the worst perpetrators of enforced disappearances, a report says.
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Burmese migrants found dead

Monday, March 3rd 2008, 7:37
related countries: Bangladesh, Burma

Sri Lanka's navy finds 20 migrants from Burma and Bangladesh dead on a trawler drifting in the Bay Of Bengal.
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'Suicide blast' in Lanka capital

Friday, February 29th 2008, 9:36
related places: Colombo

A suspected suicide bomber kills himself and injures seven people as police raid a house in Sri Lanka's capital.
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Sri Lanka hands over rebel bodies

Tuesday, February 26th 2008, 15:22

Hospital officials in the northern Sri Lanka hand over the bodies of 14 Tamil Tigers to the international Red Cross.
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Cricket: India through to final

Tuesday, February 26th 2008, 6:38
related countries: Australia, India

India will play Australia in the CB Series final after a seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka.
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Two killed in Sri Lanka bombing

Monday, February 25th 2008, 5:35

Military officials in Sri Lanka say two people were killed in a suicide bombing by a suspected Tamil Tiger rebel.
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Sri Lanka bus bombing injures 18

Saturday, February 23rd 2008, 7:31
related places: Colombo

At least 18 people are injured by a blast on a bus in the outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, officials say.
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Sri Lanka raid 'kills civilians'

Friday, February 22nd 2008, 13:05

An air strike has reportedly killed at least five civilians in territory controlled by the Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka.
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Cricket: Australia into final

Friday, February 22nd 2008, 11:19
related countries: Australia

Australia book their place in the CB Series finals after beating Sri Lanka by 24 runs in a low-scoring encounter.
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Cricket: Crucial win for India

Tuesday, February 19th 2008, 11:41
related countries: Australia, India

Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Dhoni help India beat Sri Lanka in the one-day CB Series in Australia.
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Cricket: Gilchrist inspires Aussies

Friday, February 15th 2008, 12:15
related countries: Australia

Adam Gilchrist hits a century on his final appearance at the Waca to help Australia beat Sri Lanka by 63 runs in the CB one-day series.
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'Dozens dead' in S Lanka fighting

Tuesday, February 12th 2008, 6:42

More than 40 rebels and 10 government troops die in fresh fighting in northern Sri Lanka, the military says.
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Cricket: S Lanka win in Canberra

Tuesday, February 12th 2008, 6:10
related countries: Australia, India
related places: Canberra

Tillakaratne Dilshan hit 62 to lead Sri Lanka to an eight-wicket victory over India - their first win in the one-day CB Series.
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Policemen die in Sri Lanka attack

Monday, February 11th 2008, 8:30

Suspected rebels detonate a landmine in northern Sri Lanka, killing two police officers, the military says.
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Cricket: Aussies thump Sri Lanka

Friday, February 8th 2008, 10:02
related countries: Australia

Michael Clarke's knock of 77 and five wickets for Nathan Bracken helps Australia to a 128-run one-day victory over Sri Lanka.
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'Rising threats' to S Lanka media

Thursday, February 7th 2008, 6:40

Human rights group Amnesty International warns of a dramatic rise in threats to journalists in Sri Lanka.
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Many dead in Sri Lanka bus attack

Monday, February 4th 2008, 11:37
related places: Colombo

At least 13 people are believed dead in an attack on a civilian bus in Sri Lanka, the army says.
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Colombo station attack kills 11

Sunday, February 3rd 2008, 17:19
related places: Colombo

At least eleven people die in a suicide attack on the main railway station in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo.
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'Grenade' attack at Sri Lanka zoo

Sunday, February 3rd 2008, 6:43
related places: Colombo

At least four people are injured in a suspected grenade explosion at a zoo in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo.
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Deadly blast hits Sri Lanka bus

Saturday, February 2nd 2008, 3:30
related places: Dambulla

At least 18 people die as an explosion hits a civilian bus in the central Sri Lankan town of Dambulla.
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Children die in S Lanka bus blast

Tuesday, January 29th 2008, 17:03

Eleven children were among 18 people killed in a bomb attack on a bus in Sri Lanka, the Catholic church says.
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'Scores die' in Sri Lanka clashes

Monday, January 28th 2008, 7:25

Fighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels killed at least 55 over the weekend, the army says.
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