Azzam Ameen
@AzzamAmeen
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Journalist - Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Colombo
Joined May 2010
New Record from Sri Lanka : 59 runs in last 3 overs : Most runs a team has successfully chased in the last three overs of a T20 game 🇱🇰🏏
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Bhanuka Rajapaksa who was dropped from Sri Lanka team over fitness issues smashed 43 runs from 22 balls in his IPL debut
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Former Indian Cricketer @GautamGambhir waved a Sri Lankan flag to celebrate the Sri Lanka win after some fans criticised him over several remarks he made during commentary
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"Have we not learned anything from our recent past" Message from Cricketer Kumar Sangakkara to fellow Sri Lankans on Kandy violence @KumarSanga2
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Generational! 🇱🇰🏏. It’s a Sri Lanka cricket thing, taking us to heart attack zones 😅
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Sri Lanka's main Islamic Cleric association ACJU says Sri Lankan Muslims will not accept the bodies of Suicide Bombers and will not be allowed to buried in Mosques. "whom committed this barbaric attack on innocent civilians do not belong to us" says ACJU
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Sri Lankan 🇱🇰 Cricket fans gets Kane Williamson a cake 🎂 for his 29th birthday. He takes a bite between overs. 🏏 #Cricket
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Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara will become the first non-British President of MCC for a one-year period starting October 1st. MCC based in Lords are the custodians of the Laws of Cricket.
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Picture of the day : Sri Lanka Army officer giving a birthday cake to a little girl who celebrated her birthday at a quarantine center today 🇱🇰🎂
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Sri Lanka protesters light up Presidential Secretariat building with ‘Go Home Gota’ slogans . 📸 @ThilinaKalu
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Special thank you to the Indian team led by @SDhawan25 for completing the tour without abandoning it despite all the adversities faced due to Covid. #Respect #Brotherhood #SLvIND 🏏🇱🇰🇮🇳
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KUMAR SANGAKKARA : Today takes up his role as President of MCC (Lord's). He is the first non-British President of MCC and will hold the post for one year from today. 🇱🇰🏏
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60 Sri Lankan disabled soldiers spent an afternoon with legendary Cricketer Kumar Sangakkara at his restaurant Ministry of Crab as part of a Vesak celebration event yesterday. #VesakDay
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The most expensive Sri Lankan player in IPL auction history! Sold to RCB for $1.43 million and he’s still 24-years old. 🇱🇰. What an incredible rise for Wanindu Hasaranga 🚀
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Spotted in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 today during Covid19 Curfew 📸 by Mangalanath Liyanarachchi @NewsWireLK
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✅ Hat-trick in World Cup final.✅ Golden Boot winner.✅ 12 World Cup goals.✅ Same amount as Pele (12). Kylian Mbappe didn't deserve to be on the losing side today. An absolute superstar ❤️
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Nobel Peace Prize winning Pakistan Activist Malala Yousufzai was at Lord's today as a guest of MCC President Kumar Sangakkara 🏏🇱🇰
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Sri Lanka National Television off air at the moment, after protesters entered the station
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Youth activist who was controversially arrested over social media posts has been granted bail. Nearly 50 lawyers had voluntarily appeared for him
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Galle Face Green protest against Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa tonight looks like Colombo R. Premadasa stadium during Sri Lanka cricket matches
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Lasith Malinga ends his world cup career as the 3rd Highest wicket taker in the World cup history with 56 wickets behind Glenn Mcgrath and Muralidharan
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Picture of the day : A Sri Lanka’s Special Task Force police commando officer distributes food to a homeless man in the capital Colombo #Covid19SL
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Led by Sri Lankan flag waving Percy Indian team did a lap of honour to the Sri Lankan R Premadasa stadium crowd who supported India against Bangladesh #INDvBAN
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Sri Lanka #EasterSundayAttacksLK death toll increased to 290. Police have arrested 24 suspects now.
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“There has never been a bowler like him, and there never will be." Slinger Lasith Malinga playing his last ODI World Cup game today 🇱🇰🏏
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Great to see Indian skipper @SDhawan25 talking to the young Sri Lankan team sharing his experience. 🏏🇱🇰🇮🇳
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Protesters have broken into the private residence of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and have set it on fire - PM's office
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Former MP Palitha Thewarapperuma praised by many for his active role in providing relief for public affected by COVID19 crisis.
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"I am Tamil, I'm Sinhalese, I'm Muslim & Burgher. I'm a Buddhist, I'm a Hindu, a follower of Islam & Christianity. But above all, today and always I will be a proud 🇱🇰 Sri Lankan." Kumar Sangakkara 2011 at MCC 🇱🇰 #IndependenceDay2020
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COVID19SL : 62 arrested for Curfew law violations in Sri Lanka : Stay at home 🙏
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"I'm Dickwella not desilva. I'm already out in the pavilion!!!" 🇱🇰🏏.
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Sanath Jayasuriya after 2 knee operations & a heart surgery, plays again at the age of 52 after 9 years. Thank you for the entertainment Legend @Sanath07 🇱🇰🏏
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A Buddhist temple that opened it doors to the Sunday Church service.
අද ගම්පහා ටවුන් එකෙන් මන් ගොඩ කාලෙකින් පයින් ගියා ගාඩර් එක බහිද්දි ඇහෙනවා ගීතිකා හඩක්.පල්ලියත් වහලා කව්රුත් නෑ පල්ලියේ. දැන් ගෙදර ආවාට පස්සේ අම්මායි තාත්තයි කිව්වේ අද පන්සලේ කතෝලික අපේ පූජාව තිබ්බා කියලා.මගේ හිතට මාර සතුටක් දැනුනේ. අපි ඇත්තටම පන්සල. ගැන සැලකුවා මදි : උපුටාගැනීමක්
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Breaking : Sri Lanka's SLPP Candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa has claimed victory in 2019 Presidential Election. His party in a statement has requested their supporters to celebrate the victory peacefully.
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"Please, look after each other in the fuel queues. Bring adequate fluid and food and if you’re not well please, reach out to the closest person next to you and ask for support or call 1990. We need to look after each other during these difficult times" Cricketer Roshan Mahanama
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Rohit on the mankad: “I had no idea Shami did that. Shanaka's batting on 98. We got to give it to him. We can't get him out like that"
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"I am not afraid. I don't need bullet-proof vehicles to go about. The Lord is my protector, But, I want security for my people, and for the country." Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith says he refused to accept the bullet proof Car given to him by Prime Minister.
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Picture of the day - A Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka is seen stitching PPE clothing for health sector workers to wear during treatment of Covid-19 patients #COVID19SL
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100* from 45 balls : World No 1 T20 batter : Suryakumar Yadav
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Historic ODI series win for Sri Lanka against the mighty Aussies. First ODI series win against Australia at home in 30 years 🇱🇰🏏
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Sri Lanka surprise England. England captain Eoin Morgan previously said in an interview that Sri Lanka is the biggest surprise package in this World Cup "Sri Lanka have picked 10 new players. Some of them we haven’t played against. " #LionsRoar.
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Social media ban will be lifted at 3.30 pm today : Ministry of Technology.
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Slinger Lasith Malinga wins the IPL for Mumbai Indians defending 9 runs in the last over. 2nd Title for @MahelaJay as head coach only in his 3rd season.
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Sri Lanka's only #CoronaVirus patient a Chinese tourist who arrived from Wuhan, now completly recovered after receiving treatment at a hospital in Colombo - Director General of Health Services.
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Sri Lanka : ‘Land Like No Other’ 🇱🇰. 📷 Shazmil's Photography
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📸 - Sri Lankan Airlines 🇱🇰✈️ crew that flew to Wuhan, China to bring down the Sri Lankan Students #CoronaOutbreak @flysrilankan
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"I am 89 years old, every time in the night when the light goes of I cry, I am standing in queues in my old age trying get gas and milk, what's the meaning of this, what wrong we did, God save Sri Lanka" Grand mother joins protest #SriLankaCrisis. 📸 Sachintha Devanararana
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Captain walked the talk! . Yesterday Pat Cummins said "There is nothing more satisfying than hearing a big crowd go silent & that is the aim for us tomorrow"
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The hair dryer and steam iron are being used now to dry the pitch. Sri Lanka should have taken R Premadasa stadium rain covers to India 🇱🇰🏏 #INDvsSL
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Covering the face to avoid identification of a person will be banned from tomorrow in Sri Lanka - President office.
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Sri Lankans 🇱🇰 queuing up to enter a Super Market as curfew lifted for 8 hours #SocialDistance #Discipline
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Lost the game but earned respect! . Afghanistan, all the best for the world cup !
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18-year-old Vijayakanth Viyaskanth from Jaffna Central College set make his LPL debut for Jaffna Stallions today 🏏🇱🇰
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Former Cricketer Kumar Sangakkara & Indian playback Singer SP Balasubramaniam were felicitated at "Kamban Vizha" Tamil Cultural Festival which was held in Colombo last night
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Defending Champions Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 beat Pakistan 🇵🇰 5-4 to win the West Asia Baseball Cup 2019 ⚾🧢
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President Maithripala Sirisena, in terms of powers vested in him as the under Emergency Regulations No. 01 of 2019, has taken steps to ban the organizations National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ) and Jamathei Millathu Ibraheem (JMI) in Sri Lanka - PMD.
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Request from a Sri Lankan to @elonmusk.
@elonmusk Elon, Hi, My country Sri Lanka just defaulted. 3 Billion would save us, 20B will transform us. For 40 we will make you the King.! Pick something and invest your money here. You won't be disappointed. 20 Million amazing people will forever be greatful.!
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"I request the people not to take the law into their own hands and to extend their fullest cooperation to the law enforcement authorities and the armed forces to solve this problem. We must remember that terrorists have no religion" Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa
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The Greatest Rival we had! . Warne vs Murali race for the highest wickets tally in Tests made up our Childhood! Thank you legend 💔
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Don't worship politicians : දරුවනි,.දෙමව්පියන්ට වඳින්න! ගුරුවරුන්ට වඳින්න! හැබයි දේශපාලකයන්ට වඳින්න යන්න එපා! ඔබ ඔවුන්ට වැඳිය යුතු නැහැ! මංගල සමරවීර - @MangalaLK
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Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to donate all the income from tickets sales of Australia tour of Sri Lanka to Sri Lankan public suffering from the Economic crisis.
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Sri Lankan party continues at Headingly after the stunning win against England #LionsRoar @DANUSHKAARAVIND #CWC19
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Wishing Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating ! May this occasion and the times hereafter be of reflection, happiness and peace. Enjoy the day with closest family - Stay indoors and stay safe.
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I'm deeply humbled by this recognition. I will continue to strive towards unbiased journalism with your support. Thank you !
BBCs @AzzamAmeen won the award for the Most Popular Journalist in Social Media at the Social Media Awards 2018. Congratulations #Lka #SriLanka
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe congratulated Chamari Atapattu & the Sri Lanka Women's Cricket Team on winning the Asia Cup
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📸 Protesters cool down in President's swimming pool after storming his official residence in Fort.
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What a run chase from Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka qualify for Super 4 : Highest successful run chase in Asia Cup
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"Sri Lankan-Americans owe so much to Black Americans who have tirelessly fought for the rights we now benefit from. It is time for us as a community to show up for our Black brothers and sisters." Mihiri Weerasinghe, Sri Lankan living in US
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Solar eclipse over the Lotus tower in Colombo. Picture - Priyantha Bandara 🇱🇰🌅
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Sri Lanka team thanking the RPS crowd after historic 3-2 win against Australia
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Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 playing without several first-choice players beat World no 1 ranked T20I team Pakistan by 64 runs to win the 1st T20I in Lahore 🏏
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I don't post personal opinion on social media very often, but I am disappointed seeing how we are treating our cricketing greats, over a statement made without any evidence, 9 years after the World Cup final in question.
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Sri Lankan protesters continue to occupy both the President's house and office in Colombo. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's whereabouts are still unknown
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📸 of the day - Colombo Cityscape . Picture taken from the 37th Floor of Prime Grand Colombo 07. Captured by : Sagara Wickramasinghe
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🏆 Historic Victory! Sri Lanka women's team clinches their first ever Asia Cup title, defeating India 🇱🇰🏏
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Champions! . Sri Lanka wins the Asia Cup 2022 beating Pakistan in the finals. Everyone who sticked with the team in bad times, this for you, enjoy! ❤️🇱🇰🏏
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Fake News Alert - I have not said or reported anything like this. It is clearly maliciously fabricated. Whatever I report is posted on my Twitter and FB page. I urge everyone to use them as reference of my reporting.
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M.Muralitharan 🇱🇰 Test 800 Wickets .M.Muralitharan 🇱🇰 ODI 534 Wickets .Lasith Malinga 🇱🇰 T20I 99 Wickets. Sri Lankan players now, highest wicket-takers in all formats of Cricket 🏏.
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In Solidarity: Some protesters disribute snacks and water to fellow dissidents, at the Galle Face protest today #SrilankaCrisis
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Former Sri Lanka Cricket Captain Mahela Jayawardene has been appointed as the Cricket Committee Chairman of the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC).
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