A glass door was shattered by someone from the Bangladeshi dressing room immediately after they beat Sri Lanka to reach the final of the T20I tri-series. Match referee Chris Broad has reportedly seen the CCTV footage of the incident and spoken with the…
“Sri Lanka agreeing to a well-defined, time-bound action plan for simultaneous operation of all transitional justice processes should be the top priority for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC),” says the Global Tamil Forum (GTF). No doubt Sri Lanka is…
Having collapsed to 41 for 5 at the start of the ninth over, in front of a home crowd that had only recently begun repairing its relationship with the team, Sri Lanka were on the verge of embarrassment. Only Thisara Perera and his namesake Kusal were s…
Bangladesh’s thrilling two-wicket win over Sri Lanka in pursuit of 160 was soured by a fracas in the last over which saw their skipper Shakib Al Hasan, arguing furiously with the umpires and reportedly calling his batsmen back. (Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh, Nidahas Trophy, Colombo, Highlights).
( March 17, 2018, London, Sri Lanka Guardian) As Sri Lankan issues will be taken up at the UNHRC next week, the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) would like to highlight the following for the careful considerations of the key countries at the UN Human Rights Co…
I am a Sinhalese from the majority community in Sri Lanka. I have campaigned for the past 70 years for the Tamil people to live with equality, dignity, safety and without discrimination. I cannot think of any time in the past seven decades that the out…
The social media giant was also blamed for contributing to anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka that left three people dead and the country in a state of emergency. Facebook has come under increasing pressure to do more to snuff out hate speech and inflammat…
Mahmudullah smashed a six off the second-to-last delivery in a dramatic final over for Bangladesh to beat Sri Lanka by two wickets this morning and qualify for the Twenty20 tri-series final. Bangladesh’s Mahmudullah reacts after scoring the winning run to defeat Sri Lanka by 2 wickets during their …
Hello you there in Sri Lanka, we planned a journey through SL for two weeks during easter holidays (34.3.-7.4.) with all ouf family. As news are very rare about the latest situation, and as we would like to be sure during the holidays we would like…
The final league match of the Nidahas Trophy between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh on Friday was marred by some unpleasant actions on the ground. Although Bangladesh edged past Sri Lanka in a nail-biter match, they could have done it in a better way. When B…