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After 24 exciting matches, the Mahindra Sri Lanka Premier League is finally drawing to a close at the R. Premadasa International Stadium today. The tournament, which kicked off on the 10th of August with the grand opening ceremony at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, provided the cricket-loving public of Sri Lanka an opportunity to watch the ...

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Robinson Crusoe is very much alive! He has been living alone in Australia’s Restoration Island for 20 years. Well, not quite alone. He has some company, a dog and a mannequin. The Aussie Government handed a third of the island to businessman David Glasheen who promised to build a fishing resort. But fate had other ...

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“Did you really have to tell the whole world you were in a bad mood?” Kuraishini Navaratne, a friend, e-mailed from Turkey. “It’s the Olympics, man, cheer up!” she admonished. Can the Olympics cheer me up? Tuned into the games to find out. Watching Queenie jump off a helicopter was too much to handle but ...

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T20 tourney to take up over 7,000 room nights in lean tourism season; bring in over Rs. 130 m revenue for hotels Destination Sri Lanka to get a fillip via global TV coverage The inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL), ready to kick off in two weeks’ time, is expected to give a big boost ...

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The Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL), aimed at being Sri Lanka’s most prestigious, annually-held, domestic Twenty20 cricket competition and featuring the best and upcoming cricketing talent from Sri Lanka playing alongside national Sri Lankan cricketers as well as some of the world’s biggest Twenty20 cricket stars, has made several new announcements. An introduction to the ...

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Heads turning attraction! Biggest sporting event in post-war Sri Lanka aims to boost future cricket talent at provinces; leisure and entertainment industry to get a fillip 21-day contest from 10 August involving local and global stars to be promoted as “village, country and the world” coming together as one to celebrate Sri Lanka’s passion MCC ...

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Players are set for the first-ever Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL), with West Indies showpiece Chris Gayle as the most valuable as he was contracted for $ 100,000 (over Rs. 13 million), whilst top local stars fetched $ 50,000 (Rs. 6.5 million) each. Sri Lanka Cricket yesterday concluded the player

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In a major breakthrough for Sri Lanka Cricket, all seven Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) Franchises have been snapped up with bids worth over $ 30 million received, above the targeted minimum of $ 21 million. When the deadline for bids closed yesterday, the seven franchises had racked in an average

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Around two weeks back when I was invited to address the business chambers of Pakistan in Karachi, I realised that the bond between the people of Pakistan and Sri Lanka was not due to business or commerce but the game of cricket. Whenever I mentioned cricket in my addresses, there was a round of applause ...

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Parliamentary accountability The Parliament, as the country’s foremost representative institution, has the sole authority over national resources and financial allocations and concurrently has a prominent role to play in fiscal responsibility, the budgetary process, economic development and effective transparent economic and financial management, with a view to assuring sustainable growth an...

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This year a Tangalle politician saw fit to celebrate Christmas by firing a T56 assault rifle in the air and allegedly assaulting and killing a British tourist. In October, two ruling party politicians ended a local election by shooting each other on the streets of Colombo. How President Mahinda Rajapaksa deals with these violent and ...

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By Manoj Ridimahaliyadda espncricinfo.com: Sidath Wettimuny, the former Sri Lanka batsman, has suggested a radical restructuring of the country’s domestic cricket structure, which involves promoting provinces over clubs. The financial uncertainty surrounding Sri Lankan cricket and the upcoming board elections could, however, overshadow Wettimuny’s proposal. As a member of Sri Lanka Cri...

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MANY are the articles penned and opinions aired over Sri Lanka’s bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games bid, but now the only question that needs to be answered is, where to from here? Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal told media that the cost for the promotion of Hambantota as the venue was US$ 8 ...

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Cricket stadiums handed over to the military Three of Sri Lanka’s international cricket stadiums , including the newly built stadiums in Pallekele and Hambantota, have been handed over to the military indefinitely because Sri Lanka Cricket is unable to afford the maintenance costs. The navy

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The tourism industry is at the zenith in Sri Lanka today. So is cricket. We won the World Cup in 1996. Thereafter we became runners up twice, which is a rare distinction. There are ups and downs in any game. Cricket is no exception. But the fact that we are in the zenith of the ...

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Indian Stars and Sri Lankan Cricketers team up for former child soldiers

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