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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.
Sri Lanka were 57 for four wickets in their second innings, trailing by 356 runs after following on, against India at the close on the third day of the second test on Thursday.
Sri Lanka's main opposition party said on Thursday it would back former military chief General Sarath Fonseka in his bid to unseat President Mahinda Rajapakse in upcoming elections.
Sri Lanka were bowled out for 229 shortly after tea on the third day of the second test against India on Thursday.
Sri Lanka were 219 for eight at tea on the third day of the second test against India on Thursday.
Kanpur, Nov 26 (PTI) S Sreesanth's five-wicket haul rocked Sri Lanka and the islanders were on the verge of follow on at tea on the third day of their second cricket Test against India here today.
Amnesty International has called on Commonwealth leaders to press the Sri Lankan government about the plight of the displaced.
Amnesty International welcomes the government of Sri Lanka’s promise to lift by 1 December any restrictions on movement of at least 130,000 people displaced by the war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Gold advanced to a record for the third time this week after Sri Lanka’s central bank purchased bullion and the dollar extended its decline, spurring investors to find an alternative.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- John Keells Holdings Plc ., Sri Lanka’s biggest diversified company, plans to invest about $100 million building new resorts to benefit from an economic resurgence after the end of the South Asian island’s civil war.
The International Monetary Fund said Wednesday it had sold 10 tonnes of gold to Sri Lanka's central bank for 375 million dollars, as part of a restructuring of IMF financial resources.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- John Keells Holdings Plc ., Sri Lanka’s biggest diversified company, plans to invest about $100 million building new resorts to tap the economic resurgence after the end of the South Asian island’s civil war.
Sri Lanka's navy on Tuesday seized two fishing trawlers carrying 60 illegal migrants heading for Australia, a spokesman said.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The head of Sri Lanka's armed forces, fresh from a civil war-ending victory over Tamil Tiger rebels and a promotion, has quit, government officials say.
Sri Lanka's ex-military chief will challenge President Mahinda Rajapakse in upcoming elections, an opposition party said Tuesday, after the pair engineered the defeat of a bloody Tamil Tiger revolt.
(RTTNews) - The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday said it has sold 10 metric tonnes of gold to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The lender said the sale was conducted on the basis of the market prices prevailing on November 23, with the sale proceeds equaling US$375 million.
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