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Sri Lanka to host Asia Cup T20 tournament from Aug 27 to Sept 11

Sri Lanka were supposed to host the 2020 edition, but the pandemic pushed event to 2021 before finally being moved to 2022

The Hindu

Sri Lanka to host Asia Cup T20 tournament from August 27 to September 11

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will host the Asia Cup T20 tournament from August 27 to September 11, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced on Saturday after its annual general meeting here.

The Times of India

Broke Sri Lanka out of paper, exams cancelled

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has cancelled exams for millions of students as the country has run out of printing paper and is short on dollars to finance imports, officials said on Saturday.

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Search on to tracemissing Sri Lankan national

The Tamil Nadu police have been alerted to look for a man reported missing in Sri Lanka along with his boat after an abandoned vessel was found along the shore at Devipattinam in Ramanathapuram district.

The Hindu

Children’s magazine ‘Thumbi’ brings out braille stories for visually-impaired readers in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka

Stories from Thumbi, a bilingual children’s magazine, are now available in braille, and will be distributed at 60 schools for the visually-impaired in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka

The Hindu

How Rishabh Pant combined impactful knocks with improved safe glovework

Man of the series Rishabh Pant showed against Sri Lanka that he had improved his glovework by leaps bounds to add to his considerable batting skills

The Times of India

Sri Lankan leader seeks IMF help as economic crisis deepens

Sri Lanka’s president says his government is in discussions with the International Monetary Fund, other agencies and countries on deferring loan repayments

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Iraq food protests against spiralling prices echo early stages of the Arab Spring

Iraq has been seeing protesters take to the streets as food prices spiral upwards because of the Ukraine war. Around 500 people protested in Iraq’s southern city of Nasiriyah a few days ago as flour suddenly rose in price by nearly a third. With food-related protests subsequently taking place in…

The Conversation

Egypt Says Cooperation with African Partners a ‘Top Priority’

The Egyptian government views cooperation with African nations as a “top priority,” said Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, whose country concluded training workshops for 32 envoys from 11 African states, in addition to India, Armenia and Sri Lanka, in partnership with the World Food Program (WFP) through the Luxor Coordination Center…

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Protesters blame Sri Lanka leader for severe economic crisis

Tens of thousands of protesters have demonstrated in Sri Lanka’s capital, calling for the president to resign as the country suffers its worst economic crisis within memory

The Independent UK

Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman congratulate Team India for winning Test series against Sri Lanka

MUMBAI: Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar praised Team India on sweeping the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka for a resounding triumph.

The Times of India

2nd Test: India crush Sri Lanka to win 15th consecutive home Test series

Dominant India put Sri Lanka out of their misery in 3 days again to wrap up series 2-0; Karunaratne's brave ton goes in vain

The Times of India

India vs Sri Lanka | Ticked a lot of boxes, says Rohit

India skipper Rohit Sharma felt that the clinical 2-0 win over Sri Lanka was a necessary balm to get over the pain of the series loss in South Africa in January.

The Hindu

Ind vs SL | We did well in patches, says Karunaratne

Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne felt that his side paid the price for not being consistent enough through the series.

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Dominant India scripts series win with a pink-ball demolition job

Karunaratne’s century shows the Lankans have the stomach for a fight, but it is not enough to deny a brilliant start to Rohit’s journey as captain

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Two juveniles booked, two held for entering pitch at Chinnaswamy stadium during India-SL match

Two juveniles were booked and two others were arrested for allegedly barging into the pitch of Chinnaswamy Stadium to click a selfie with Virat Kohli during a break in the India-Sri Lanka test cricket match on Sunday evening.

The Hindu

NITTTR launches training for technical teachers under ITEC

30 Sri Lankans are participating in the online session that began on Monday

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Ind vs SL, 2nd Test | India completes Sri Lanka series with massive win

The visitors are chasing a mammoth target of 447

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How to get around the world on budget airlines - for £1,035

Exclusive: Wizz Air will now take you from the UK to Sri Lanka in two budget hops. What happens if you want to continue around the world?

The Times of India

Shreyas Iyer named ICC 'Player of the Month'

DUBAI: Fast-rising India batter Shreyas Iyer was on Monday voted the ICC 'Men's Player of the Month' for February, while New Zealand all-rounder Amelia Kerr bagged the honour among women.

The Times of India

India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test: Four Virat Kohli fans arrested for breaching security to click selfies

BENGALURU: Four fans of cricketer Virat Kohli have been taken into custody for breaching security cover to click selfies with their favourite star in Bengaluru, the police said on Monday.

The Times of India

2nd Test: India set to go for the kill against Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka chase a mammoth target of 447; Pant cracks fastest half-century by an Indian

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Shreyas, Pant’s knocks leave Sri Lanka with near-impossible chase

Former’s 67 and the latter’s blistering 50 help India set a mammoth target of 447; Bumrah’s first five-for at home bundles out the visitors for 109 in their first innings

The Times of India

Pant backs his strengths and that's a good sign for team: Bumrah

BENGALURU: Rishabh Pant backs his naturally aggressive style of batting and that is a positive sign for the Indian team, vice captain Jasprit Bumrah said on Sunday after stumper's fiery knock helped them set Sri Lanka a massive 400-plus target in the second Test.

The Times of India

WATCH: Fans enter ground, click selfie with Kohli before being chased away by police

BENGALURU: In a minor security breach, three fans entered the playing area towards the end of the second day of the second Test between India and Sri Lanka and one of them managed to click a selfie with Virat Kohli before being whisked away by the security personnel.

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