Hima suffers back spasm, fails to finish 400m race
In a blow to India's campaign in the Asian Athletics Championships, sprint sensation Hima Das suffered a back muscle spasm during the 400m heat race on the opening day here ...
Tag: Sri Lanka
Eight serial blasts rock Sri Lanka; over 190 killed and more than 400 injured
In Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday over 156 people including 35 foreigners were killed and more than 400 others injured after eight near simultaneous blasts hit three churches and three ...
Dawood gives a portion of his narco-money to Jihadist-Islamist groups — Part I
According to a Sri Lankan newspaper Ceylon Today, startling information has been released about a huge narcotics seizure. There are indications the war on drugs has intensified in Sri Lanka ...
US commander seeks sustained engagement with Sri Lanka
A top US commander has advocated sustained American engagement with Sri Lanka despite the political and ethnic turmoil in the island nation posing a challenge to bilateral ties, amid ...
Sri Lanka keeps firebrand Buddhist monk behind bars
Sri Lanka's president resisted calls from the island's Buddhist hierarchy to release a jailed firebrand monk on Monday, even as 518 other convicts were released to mark the island nation's ...
Sri Lanka arrests four Maldivians flying drone near airport
Sri Lankan authorities have arrested four Maldivian nationals, including a woman, for shooting video footage using a drone camera in the high security zone of the country's main international airport ...
Ex Lankan prez Kumaratunga warns Sirisena against any alliance with Rajapaksa
Sri Lanka's former president Chandrika Kumaratunga on Tuesday criticised President Maithripala Sirisena for the 51-day power tussle in the island nation which ended last month, saying the party would not ...
I may score a 100 or even 200 in 3rd Boxing Day Test: Rahane
Indian vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane was on Monday confidence personified, saying his rhythm and counter-attacking mindset could help him rack up not just a ton but a double at the Boxing ...
Sri Lankan President appoints Cabinet after political crisis; keeps police under him
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Thursday named a 30-member Cabinet while rejecting some of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's nominees and retained control over the security forces and police, indicating ...
Dissolution of Parliament by President ‘unconstitutional’, rules Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the dissolution of Parliament by Maithripala Sirisena was "unconstitutional", in a major setback to the President whose controversial decisions have plunged the ...
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