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A Sri Lankan Navy boat sprays water on the New Diamond, a very large crude carrier (VLCC) chartered by Indian Oil Corp (IOC), that was carrying the equivalent of about 2 million barrels of oil, after a fire broke out off east coast of Sri Lanka September 8, 2020.                                                                                                              Image: Sri Lankan Airforce media/Handout via REUTERS
MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AUTHORITY

Sri Lanka to take legal action against tanker’s owner after fire

Sri Lanka will take legal action against the owner of the oil supertanker that caught fire on Thursday as there is a large leakage of bunker oil from the stricken vessel, an official at the Marine Environment Protection Authority said.…

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A file photo of cricket legend Wasim Akram, pictured here with the Sri Lankan cricketers in Colombo, has encouraged officials to keep searching for alternatives.                                                                              Image: Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP
COVID 19

Cricket legend Wasim Akram warns saliva ban will make bowlers ‘robots’

Legendary Pakistan paceman Wasim Akram has warned that bowlers would become “robots” after cricket officials temporarily banned shining the ball with saliva as a coronavirus precaution. Bowlers traditionally get the ball to move or swing…

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