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Nidahas Trophy 2018: Bangladesh ride on Mahmudullah’s heroics to beat Sri Lanka in ill-tempered …

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Mar 162018
 

Colombo: Mahmudullah hit an unbeaten 43 to help Bangladesh edge out Sri Lanka by two wickets in a bad-tempered T20I and enter the final of the Nidahas Trophy tri-series in Colombo on Friday. Chasing 160 for victory in a virtual semi-final, Mahmudullah …

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Sri Lanka’s communal violence explained

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Mar 162018
 

Kandy is a city in Sri Lanka that is home to roughly 100,000 people. It is nestled in the hills of the tropical country, lush with religious relics and tea plantations. It is also the birthplace of recent anti-Muslim riots that have thrust the country …

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Nidahas Trophy: Tamim Iqbal fifty guides Bangladesh to victory over Sri Lanka

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Mar 162018
 

Chasing 160 after Sri Lanka had staged a recovery thanks to fifties from Kusal Perera (61) and Thisara Perera (58), Tamim got off in grand style by crashing a short ball from Nuwan Pradeep to the deep backward point boundary and straight-driving the bo…

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Sri Lanka statistics office withdraws GDP data

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Mar 162018
 

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s Department of Census and Statistics withdrew its 2017 full-year and fourth quarter gross domestic product data on Friday, a day after posting the island nation’s worst economic growth in 16 years. The data on Thursday showed the economy expanding 3.1 percent in …

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Departuring Sri Lanka; onward ticket required at airport?

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Mar 162018
 

Answered: I will be leaving next week to Kathmandu on Air India.On one-way ticket. How is it in Sri Lanka: is onward ticket asked? I always travel with one-way flights. I prefer the freedom of going with a flow and chancing plans if needed. The only…

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Bangladesh edge out Sri Lanka and reach final after bad-tempered T20 clash

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Mar 162018
 

COLOMBO: Mahmudullah Riyad hit an unbeaten 43 to help Bangladesh edge out Sri Lanka by two wickets in a bad-tempered Twenty20 and enter the final of the tri-series in Colombo on Friday. … The left-handed pair of Kusal (61) and Thisara (58) counter-at…

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Bangladesh edge out Sri Lanka in bad-tempered T20, enter final

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Mar 162018
 

COLOMBO: Mahmudullah Riyad hit an unbeaten 43 to help Bangladesh edge out Sri Lanka by two wickets in a bad-tempered Twenty20 and enter the final of the tri-series in Colombo on Friday. Chasing 160 for victory in a virtual semi-final, Mahmudullah steer…

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UPDATE 1-Sri Lanka lifts ban on Facebook imposed after spasm of communal violence

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Mar 152018
 

COLOMBO, March 15 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan officials said on Thursday they had lifted a ban on Facebook after discussions with the social network, a week after blocking access on the grounds it was being used to fuel communal violence. At least two peopl…

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Sri Lanka lifts ban on Facebook a week after it was blocked on grounds of inciting communal …

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Mar 152018
 

Sri Lanka lifts ban on Facebook a week after it was blocked on grounds of inciting communal violence … Sri Lankan officials said on Thursday they had lifted a ban on Facebook after discussions with the social network, a week after blocking access on …

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Sri Lanka must bring redress to victims of violence on all sides

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Mar 152018
 

SRI LANKA’S ferocious civil war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam came to an end in 2009, resulting in a death toll of more than 80,000 people and many citizens who remain disappeared. While the end of the war -despite its means and methods fought- was received with relief not only in Sri …

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