Commonwealth In Secret Succession Plans
The Commonwealth has secretly begun considering who might succeed the Queen as its head, the BBC has learned. The issue ...
Tag: Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Crew Averts Mid-Air Fire Caused By Phone
Crew on a Sri Lankan Airlines plane carrying 202 passengers have extinguished a mid-flight fire triggered by a mobile phone ...
India Thump Injury-Hit Sri Lanka In 1st Test
India captain Virat Kohli completed his 17th Test ton on Saturday before his bowlers demolished injury-hit Sri Lanka to claim ...
Sri Lanka Completes Controversial $1 Billion Port Deal With China
Sri Lanka on Saturday sealed a billion-dollar deal to let a Chinese state firm take over a loss-making port in ...
Sri Lanka Signs Deal On Port With China
Sri Lanka has signed a $1.1bn (£837m) deal with China for the control and development of the southern deep-sea port ...
Kohli Puts India On Target For Crushing Win
Virat Kohli and Abhinav Mukund fired quick runs off dispirited Sri Lankan bowlers on Friday to power India to a ...
Sri Lanka To Sign China Port Deal Despite Protests
Sri Lanka will proceed with the billion-dollar sale of a deep sea port to China despite protests in an effort ...
Perera Fights Back In First India Test
Sri Lanka had their backs against the wall despite a defiant 90 not out by Dilruwan Perera on the third ...
Sri Lanka’s Dilruwan Perera Digs Deep To Hold Off India In 1st Test
Sri Lanka's Dilruwan Perera scored 90 not out by lunch on the third day of the first Test against India ...
England Bat Against South Africa In Third Test
England captain Joe Root won the toss and elected to bat against South Africa in the third Test at The ...
Pradeep Picks Maiden Five-Wicket Haul In India Test
Paceman Nuwan Pradeep clinched his maiden five-wicket haul as Sri Lanka clawed back at a runaway India on day two ...
India’s Dhawan Dominates In First Sri Lanka Test
Opener Shikhar Dhawan hit an unbeaten 64 to give India a steady start on the first day of the opening ...
Sri Lanka Deploys Troops Amid Oil Workers Strike
Sri Lanka deployed troops and police to distribute fuel Wednesday as striking petroleum workers protested over plans to sell off ...
Sri Lanka Finalises $1.12 Bn Port Deal With China
Sri Lanka's government Tuesday approved the sale to China of a majority stake in a loss-making but strategically-sited deep sea ...
Hospitals Overwhelmed As Sri Lanka Dengue Toll Nears 300
Sri Lanka announced Monday it was intensifying its war on dengue fever, with schools to shut across the island to ...
Shastri On Mission To Keep India At Number One
New India coach Ravi Shastri will Wednesday look to prove his team remains the world's best Test side when they ...
China To ‘step Up’ Troop Deployment In India Border Row
China warned on Monday that it will step up its troop deployment in a border dispute with India, vowing to ...
Sri Lanka Navy Rescues Two Elephants Washed Out To Sea
Two young elephants washed out to sea were saved from drowning Sunday by the Sri Lankan navy in the second ...
Never Easy Playing Sri Lanka In Their Backyard, Says Kohli
Top-ranked India will not take Sri Lanka lightly despite the home team's recent indifferent form as well as controversies over ...
India Says It Has International Backing On China Border Dispute
India's stand in its border dispute with China is supported by other countries, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said Thursday as ...