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The International Cricket Council has withdrawn elite panel umpire Asad Rauf from the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 that will be staged in England and Wales from 6-23 June.
The decision has been made after media reports on Wednesday which indicated that the umpire was under investigation by Mumbai Police.
“In the wake of reports [...]
The highly popular Indian Premier League has run into further problems as the Police has arrested Indian Cricket Chief N. Sirinivasan’s son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan for allegedly engaging in spot fixing.
The issue has been further complicated as Chennai Super Kings which has successfully entered the finals of the ongoing IPL edition is owned by India [...]
A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk has set fire to himself in the city of Kandy this morning, demanding an end to cattle slaughter in the Island nation.
Media reports say that the monk has poured petrol over his body and then has set fire to himself.
The incident has taken place outside the Sacred Tooth Relic, one [...]
A fire erupted at the Container Freight Station 01 of the Colombo Port at around 01.00 am this morning has been completely brought under control, announced the Ports Authority.
The authority in a statement issued said the cause behind the fire is yet to be ascertained while the Government Analyst has commenced investigation into the incident.
The [...]
Colombo Stock Exchange gained 0.42-pct during today’s trading thus resulting in ASPI closing the day at 6489 points.
Foreigners were net buyers, while foreign participation accounted for 27-pct of the day’s turnover.
Foreign inflow during the day recorded a figure of Rs. 219 million.
There was a crossing on United Motors.
The day’s turnover was recorded at Rs. [...]
Sri Lanka today appointed senior supreme court judge Saleem Masoof as the country’s acting Chief Justice.
Masoof took oaths before President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Temple Trees.
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Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigation Department has started an investigation to find out whether the Fedrick Neuman Foundation, a non profit organization operating in the country has engaged in any unlawful acts.
According to Police media, the Criminal Investigation Department has recorded a statement from Mrs. Sagarika Delgoda, the Foundations Sri Lanka representative about the activities conducted [...]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa who was in Kandy yesterday to attend some official functions took his time to inspect the cultivation work taking place the President’s House in Kandy.
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A Sri Lankan Hotelier says though the country received one million tourists during the year 2012, the impact of same was not felt by the star class properties.
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Sri Lanka will get US$ 580 million loan from China to finance its development projects, announced the Government’s Cabinet Spokesman.
Accordingly, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Finance and Planning will enter into an MOU with China Development Bank Corporation in a bid to execute the proposed loan agreement.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the move.
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