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Lanka player under lens for bookie link - Times of India
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2010-09-06 00:08:14 EST.
LONDON: The spot-fixing scandal could engulf cricketers outside Pakistan. There were reports on Sunday that a leading Sri Lankan player was under suspicion for links with a bookie. And this has led to fears that IPL was also not immune to investigation by the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit.The disclosure that a leading Sri Lankan cricketer was under suspicion for too much late-night conviviality with a bookmaker is a warning that the Twenty20 Indian Premier League (IPL) is not immune to investigation by ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU). A senior figure in world cricket said the ICC has been probing Sri Lankan betting links with the IPL since its second edition, if not earlier.
The ICC's interest has been trained on Thilanga Sumathipala, a former chairman of the Sri Lankan cricket board (BCCSL), whose family operates betting shops all over the island, especially in the capital Colombo. Sumathipala denied any involvement with this aspect of his family's businesses.
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Published: Mon Sep 6 13:02:12 EDT 2010
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Sri Lanka civil society organizations oppose constitutional change - Lanka Business Online
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2010-09-06 08:22:47 EST.
Sept 06, 2010 (LBO) - Civil society organization representing several interest groups in Sri Lanka have come out against proposed changes to the constitution as a move that will further destroy democratic values and individual freedom.
Sri Lanka's organization of professional associations said the constitution change which lifts a two-term limit on the president and has also come under fire for undermining the judiciary and the election office was not promoting good governance.Discuss this story
The change would also effective repeal a previous amendment which aimed to increase the ability of the public service to act justly towards the people and establish rule of law through a constitutional council, critics have said.
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Published: Mon Sep 6 13:02:50 EDT 2010
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Indian army chief pays floral tributes in IPFK memorial - IBNLive.com
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2010-09-06 20:03:48 EST.
T V Sriram Colombo, Sept 6 (PTI) General V K Singh today visited the memorial for the 1,165 soldiers of the Indian Peacekeeping Force, who died during the war with the LTTE, the first Indian Army Chief to pay tributes to the fallen Army men here.Singh, who arrived here yesterday on a five-day visit, paid floral tributes at the IPKF memorial here that is dedicated to the Indian soldiers who died in combat over 20 years back."I appreciate from the bottom of my heart on behalf of the entire Indian army our gratitude to the government of Sri Lanka for this memorial to pay homage to the brave martyrs of the IPKF who laid down their lives from 1987 to 1989," the army chief said in his comments in the visitors book
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Published: Mon Sep 6 13:00:30 EDT 2010
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