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Colombo – Thousands of people have started leaving refugee camps in northern Sri Lanka, six months after the civil war with the Tamil rebels ended, but remain stranded without any means of getting home, aid workers in the area said Wednesday. Since t...
Sri Lanka will need Muttiah Muralitharan to rediscover his rhythm in the final test in Mumbai if they are to come back from a humbling defeat against India and square the series.
* Sehwag falls short of third triple century
The stage is set for master spinner Muttiah Muralitharan to weave his magic against India in his farewell overseas test, Tillakaratne Dilshan said after guiding Sri Lanka to a fighting score on Wednesday.
India opener Virender Sehwag said on Friday he was not disappointed after failing to score a world record third triple-century by seven runs.
* India chase number one ranking
India defeated Sri Lanka by an innings and 144 runs on the fourth day of the second test on Friday, taking a 1-0 lead in the three-game series.
India were two wickets away from snatching an innings victory after reducing Sri Lanka to 206-8 by lunch on the fourth day of the second cricket Test here on Friday.
India's opening batsmen Gautam Gambhir will miss the third test against Sri Lanka next week to attend his sister's wedding, the Indian cricket board said Friday. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a statement that Gambhir had been granted permission to skip the final test in Mumbai, so that he could be present at his sister's wedding in New Delhi.
Kolkata, Nov 25 (PTI) Sri Lankan security officer Lawrance Fernando today did a recce of Eden Gardens for the India-Sri Lanka fourth cricket one-dayer to be held here on December 24.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka gave permission Tuesday to nearly 127,000 Tamil refugees to leave squalid and overrun government camps where they have been detained since the country’s civil war ended six months ago, an official said.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lankan elections officials said Friday that the nation would hold early presidential elections on Jan. 26 in what is expected to be a battle between two men revered for their efforts to crush the Tamil Tiger rebels.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange is planning its first exchange-traded fund and to increase stock listings as investor interest grows in Asia’s best-performing market following the end of the country’s 26-year civil war.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's president signed a decree Monday calling for early elections, hoping to take advantage of his popularity after ending the country's 25-year civil war to win a new six-year term.
Under intense pressure, the Sri Lankan government has begun to open the gates of a camp where 130,000 civilians have been waiting for their lives to begin since the end of the nation's civil war in May
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka must ensure that Tamil war refugees receive assistance now they are allowed to leave transit camps where they were held since the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam were defeated in May, the United Nations and human rights groups said.
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