Rameswaram, Jan 28 (UNI) Sri Lankan Navy arrested 12 Indian fishermen and confiscated three mechanised fishing boats on the alleged charges of fishing in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Island Nation on Sunday. Fisheries officials said the incarcera…
For Qatar, Sri Lanka is a strategic partner in South Asia, Vice Chairman of Qatar’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mohammed Bin Ahmed Bin Towar Al Kuwari has said. According to ‘The Peninsula’, he had expressed these views at an event held recently under the theme ‘Employment Promotion in …
The 213-run stand between Boyagoda (116, 124b, 17×4,1×6) and Lakshan (98, 119b, 12×4, 1×6) put Sri Lanka in a position of strength to overtake the Windies’ total of 254-5 but a batting collapse made things difficult for the 2000 finalists and they ultimately won with only two balls to spare. In the Super …
After spending four years in wilderness, spinner Abdur Razzak has returned to Bangladesh squad announced for the first Test against Sri Lanka in Chittagong. With all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan sidelined with a finger injury he sustained in the final of th…
In 1505 landed in then Sinhale, the Portuguese, the first of the European Christian explorers. Thereafter, came the Dutch and finally the British who gave an independence with dominion status in 1948. Sri Lanka is marking the 70th anniversary of an ind…
Jan 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka Police announced that part of the main Galle Road in the heart of capital Colombo will be closed from today until next Saturday due to the rehearsals of 70th Independence Day ceremony being held in Galle Face. Accordingly, ro…
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza and Sri Lanka opener Danushka Gunathilaka have been fined and reprimanded respectively by ICC on Sunday (January 28) for breaching Article 2.1.7 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel dur…
But a Sri Lankan collapse gave the West Indies hope of an unlikely turnaround before they recovered to reach their target with two balls to spare. "We kept them under 260 and after that we put on a big partnership so that we could win easily,"…
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza has been fined 20 per cent of his match fee for a breach the ICC code of conduct during the tri-nation one-day tournament final against Sri Lanka on Saturday. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka opener Danu…
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza and Sri Lanka opener Danushka Gunathilaka have been found guilty of breaching Article 2.1.7 in two separate incidents during the tri-series final in Mirpur on Saturday, the ICC said today. In a statement, it said Mor…