Latest Sri Lanka News
RSS-
Cricket-Canny Jayawardene lifts Sri Lanka to 253-8
By Ed Osmond LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - Mahela Jayawardene's classy unbeaten 84 lifted Sri Lanka to a competitive total of 253 for eight in their must-win Champions Trophy Group A match against Australia on Monday. Sri Lanka, who need victory to reach the semi-finals, recovered from a poor start thanks to Jayawardene's patient knock and an assured 57 from youngster Lahiru ...
-
Cricket Sri Lanka victory ends NZ hopes
In a surreal game-within-a-game scenario, New Zealand have missed a place in the semi-finals at cricket's Champions Trophy. They needed Australia to beat Sri Lanka by a narrow margin in the final round robin match at the Oval in London. Sri Lanka won by 20 runs after being asked to bat and making 253 for eight. Mahela Jayawardene top scored with 84 from 81 balls. Australia ...
-
Sri Lanka pile up 425 India 280
Thilan Samaraweera made an unbeaten 137 as Sri Lanka piled up 425 in their first innings against India on the second day of the third cricket Test here ...
More Sri Lanka News
RSS-
Cricket-Sri Lanka 253-8 v Australia
LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka made 253-8 from 50 overs in their Champions Trophy Group A match against Australia on Monday. Sri Lanka 253-8 off 50 overs (M.Jayawardene 84 not out, L.Thirimanne 57, M.Johnson 3-48) (Editing by Ed ...
-
Sri Lanka provides harbour state endorsement to Chinese fishing
In a move delicately endangering local fishing of the peoples of entire southern South Asia, the Rajapaksa Establishment in Colombo has provided facilities of a state-of-the-art fishing harbour near Colombo and State endorsement to Chinese vessels fishing beyond the Exclusive Economic Zone of the ...
-
UNP expels 10 members including Shiral Maithri
The Working Committee of the United National Party (UNP) has decided to expel 10 members including provincial councilors Maithri Gunaratne and Shiral Lakthilake from the ...
-
Cricket-Australia win the toss Sri Lanka to bat first
Sri Lanka into bat in the final Champions Trophy Group A match at the Oval on Monday. Sri Lanka will qualify for the semi-finals if they beat the Australians who need a convincing win to edge out New Zealand on net run rate. England have booked their place in the last four from Group A, with India and South Africa progressing from Group B. Australia captain Michael Clarke was again ruled ...
-
Cricket Australia ask Sri Lanka to bat in key game
Sri Lanka in to bat in the last group match at the Oval in London on Monday. Sri Lanka will join hosts England in the semi-finals from group A if they ...
-
Australia Win the Toss Sri Lanka to Bat First
LONDON ...
-
Chinese man dies after eating poisonous yams in rural Sri Lanka
A Chinese man died and another admitted to hospital after eating a wild yam in rural Sri Lanka while they were engaged in a dam project, an official said in Colombo on Monday.The two Chinese were employed at the Moragahakanda dam project in the rural north central part of Sri Lanka, police spokesman B. Siriwardene told Xinhua."The yams were growing wild in the forest and were poisonous. One ...
-
UPDATE 2-Sri Lanka GDP grows 6.0 pct yy in Q1 helped by state spending
Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:38am EDT * Growth tops poll forecast of 5.7 pct * Construction booms, thanks to govt projects (Adds cenbank governor comments, byline) By Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO, June 17 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's first quarter economic growth beat market expectations, which economists attributed to high state investment in construction that compensated for sluggish private ...
-
Extortions being carried out by fake CID officials Police warns
Public was today cautioned against threatening and extortion of money by individuals posing as CID. Police asked public to report such incidents immediately to the phone numbers ...
-
Tamil Nadus Rajya Sabha elections present new partnerships
Chennai : The Rajya Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu, scheduled for next month, are forging new alliances and testing old ones.Seven candidates are now competing for the six seats that will go up for grabs on July 22.The ruling party, the AIADMK, had originally announced it would contest all five seats. However, since it had the numbers to win only four seats, the party has now withdrawn one ...
-
Schools in Germany operated by LTTE front orgs GL
External Affairs Minister Professor G.L. Peiris today expressed appreciation of the action taken by the German Parliament (Bundestag) to defeat a recent Resolution critical of Sri Lanka. He also urged the German authorities the activity of several LTTE front organizations operating in Germany under the guise of community ...
-
8 Rameswaram fishermen arrested in Sri Lanka
The issue of Indian fishermen allegedly poaching in Sri Lankan waters has resurfaced again, with the Sri Lankan Navy apprehending eight fishermen off Mannar on Saturday. Based on the Mannar district judge's order on Sunday they were remanded to custody, until June ...
-
Colombo Uni female student jumps off third floor
A female student of Colombo University has been admitted to the Colombo National Hospital after jumping off the third floor of a university building, Police media spokesman told Ada Derana. [if gte mso ...
-
Enhanced screening is jeopardising Sri Lankan asylum claims | Emily Howie
As a new screening process increases the likelihood of irreversible mistakes, Australia should rethink its attitude towards Sri Lankan asylum ...
-
Errant PC remanded further school closed after protests
North Western Provincial Council member Ananda Sarath Kumara who was remanded for allegedly punishing a school teacher has been further remanded till June 27 by Puttalam ...
-
Lack of funds halts heart surgery at Colombo hospital
Lack of funds has brought heart surgeries to a halt at the Sri Jayewardenepura hospital in Colombo. This has been the case since April this year, according to hospital sources. The cardio thoracic unit of the hospital is said to have incurred a loss of 100 million Sri Lankan rupees (US$776,700) last year as the Health ministry provided only 500 million rupees (US$3.88 million) for the bypass ...
-
Chinese national dead after consuming yam
A Chinese national(45) working at the Moragahakanda water project died after consuming an unidentified wild yam, Police said today. Two other Chinese nationals have been also admitted to the Dambulla hospital after consuming the same ...
-
TNA delegation reach New Delhi to discuss 13A
A six-member delegation of the Sri Lankan Tamil National Alliance reached New Delhi on Sunday evening, to discuss with Indian leaders the Lankan ...
-
Hatton-Nuwara-Eliya road obstructed by landslides
The Hatton-Nuwara-Eliya road has been obstructed due to landslides as a result of heavy rains in the area while those traveling on the road have been advised to find alternate routes, police ...
-
Sinhalese getting India-funded houses - TNA MPs
Three Tamil MPs from the eastern Sri Lankan district of Batticaloa have complained that attempts are being made to include in the India-financed housing project about 350 Sinhalese families who are not war-displaced families, ignoring the claims of Tamil families which were really displaced by the ...
-
Sri Lankan Government Must Reconsider Ethics Code For Media
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins partners and affiliates in Sri Lanka in calling on the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) to reconsider its move to introduce a code of ethics for the country's media.Early in June, the Ministry of Mass Media and Information in the GoSL introduced a three-thousand word document titled "Code of Media Ethics" in Parliament. ...
-
Betting Zone Aussies tipped to bow out of Champions Trophy
Australia's disastrous Champions Trophy campaign is being tipped to end in defeat and a humiliating early exit from the tournament, at the hands of Sri Lanka on Monday night.The Aussies opened favourites for the match but solid money for Sri Lanka means the Aussies will now go into the match as underdogs in a match they have to win convincingly to overtake New Zealand in second spot and ...
Sri Lankan Focus
-
Sri Lanka sees major tourism industry investment
Sri Lanka’s tourism industry, especially the cruising scene, is getting back on its feet following the war, with significant interest being shown by major cruise lines wanting to schedule Sri Lankan ports on Indian Ocean Cruises, while the local yachting scene is seeing exciting growth and a local cruise industry may be emerging from infancy.
Sri Lanka, following the long and devastating civil war, which lasted around two and a half decades, is now making renewed attempts to redevelop its tourist industry. The industry is extremely import to the economy of Sri Lanka and is a vital part of the country’s access to foreign currency reserves, but saw marked declines in tourist arrivals during periods in which the ongoing civil war was perceived to be increasing in intensity and violence. Read more
News from around our Network
