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Sri Lanka extends nationwide travel restriction to prevent spread of COVID-19
Colombo , June 3 Sri Lankan authorities said on Wednesday the ongoing nationwide travel restriction had been extended to June 14 as health officials looked to stop the rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Sri Lanka's Army Commander and…
MV X-Press Pearl cargo ship sinks off coast of Sri Lanka
Colombo , June 3 Fire stricken Singapore registered MV X-Press Pearl cargo ship, which caught fire near the Colombo harbor, had sunk off the coast of Sri Lanka during an attempt to tow the vessel to deeper waters.
Captain Indika de…
NATO agrees on continued support in Afghanistan after military withdrawal
Brussels , June 2 At a NATO Foreign Minister's virtual meeting at Brussels on Tuesday (local time), Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the organisation will continue to support Afghanistan's security forces even after the…
UK’s Heathrow airport opens up for ‘red list nations’
New Delhi, Jun 1 (UNI) UK's Heathrow airport has opened a separate terminal for those arriving from the red list nations i e countries with a high risk of Covid. The officials at Heathrow said its top priority was protecting the public…
Hashmatullah Shahidi named Afghanistan’s Test, ODI skipper
Kabul , May 31 Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) members on Monday approved the proposition to go ahead with split-captaincy for the national team.
The board has also effectively removed Asghar Afghan as skipper of the men's national…
Australia pledges assistance for strategic investment, education promotion in Sri Lanka
Colombo , June 1 Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday said that Australia has pledged assistance for strategic investments and promotion in the education sector in the island nation.
This comes after Australian High…
Sri Lankan police to record statements of MV X-Press Pearl crew including captain
Colombo , May 31 A special police team on Monday will be deployed to record statements from the crew members including the captain of the container vessel MV X-Press Pearl.
Police will record the statements in connection with the…
Ban vs SL: Tamim Iqbal fined for breaching ICC Code of Conduct
Dhaka , May 29 Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the third ODI of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League series against Sri Lanka in…
FIFA WC qualifiers: ‘India to draw on 2019 experience vs Qatar’
Doha, May 29 Midfielders Rowllin Borges and Brandon Fernandes said on Saturday that the Indian football team would draw upon the experience of playing Qatar in 2019 when they take on the Asian champions in the World Cup 2022 and Asian Cup…
MHA invites citizenship applications for non-Muslim refugees
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday invited non-Muslims like Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists belonging to Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan and residing in 13 districts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Punjab to apply for…
Kusal Perera, Dushmantha Chameera shine as Sri Lanka register consolation win in 3rd ODI against…
Dhaka , May 28 Kusal Perera smashed a brilliant ton before Dushmantha Chameera registered career-best figures to help Sri Lanka win the third and final ODI against Bangladesh on Friday.
Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by 97 runs in the…
We are going to give some guys a break, but not for IPL, says Ashley Giles
London , May 27 Ashley Giles, the managing director of England men's team, has said that the England and Wales Cricket (ECB) are not planning to change their schedule for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021.
The suspended 14th…
Gayle, Shakib, du Plessis return to CPL
Kingston, May 27 Veteran West Indies batsman Chris Gayle, Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib al Hasan, and former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis will be playing in the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL) in August-September.
The CPL…
US-India partnership will help end COVID-19 pandemic, says Jake Sullivan
Washington DC , May 28 US-India strategic partnership will help to end the COVID-19 pandemic, said US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Thursday (local time).
"I met today with India's Minister Jaishankar. Our…
Rare sighting of rescued Himalayan Griffon Vulture thrills Maha bird-lovers
More so, after it emerged that the bird sighted soaring in the skies was actually the once rescued on December 28, 2020, and spending over a month at the Malabar Awareness & Rescue Centre for Wildlife (MARC) in Kerala's Kannur.
"This…
Bangladesh BNP protests against ‘withdrawal of travel ban to Israel’
Dhaka, May 26 (UNI) BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has termed the Bangladesh Home Ministry's silence on removing the word" Israel "from passports as" unprincipled position of the government ".
BNP secretary general…
US aircraft carrier leaving Asia-Pacific to support Afghan pullout
WASHINGTON, May 26 (Sputnik) - The United States is mobilizing its only aircraft carrier in the Asia-Pacific to the Middle East this summer to support the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Wall Street Journal reported citing defense…
Mohammad Amir to play for Barbados Tridents in maiden CPL stint, TKR rope in Lamichhane
St. John's (Antigua) , May 25 : Former Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir, Shoaib Malik, and Nepal spinner Sandeep Lamichhane will be playing in the 2021 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) which takes place in St Kitts and Nevis in August and…
Australia to close embassy in Afghanistan’s Kabul during withdrawal of NATO troops
Canberra, May 25 (UNI) Australia will close its embassy in Kabul on May 28 during the withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne said in a joint statement on…
Ban vs SL: I’m not Pollard or Russell, so I took some time to get in, says Mushfiqur Rahim
Dhaka , May 23 Mushfiqur Rahim might have smashed a gutsy half-century but the wicket-keeper batsman admitted that the pitch was not easy to bat on in the first ODI against Sri Lanka here on Sunday.
Mushfiqur and Mahmudullah hit…
