With their four top bowlers all out injured, Bangladesh hopes that team spirit will carry them to victory in the series-deciding second Test against Sri Lanka, which begins on Monday. On all five days of the drawn first Test in Chittagong, bowlers from both teams struggled to make an impression. The wicket at Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla … Read more
Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Lahore Qalandars always find the rarest talent among the youths. This time around the Qalandars unearthed a unique talent during the Player Development Program (PDP), that made it difficult for Aaqib Javed, Sameen Rana and Darren Gough to believe. Young bowler Tayyab Abbas, who made an appearance at Qalandars’ PDP, … Read more
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka named nine new ministers yesterday to a “all-party government” tasked with guiding the country out of its economic crisis, but the critical finance job remains vacant. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe took over earlier this month after Mahinda Rajapaksa, the president’s elder brother, resigned as mounting demonstrations blamed his administration for … Read more
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka appointed nine new ministers on Friday to an “all-party government” tasked with guiding the country out of its economic crisis, but the critical finance portfolio remains vacant. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe took over earlier this month after the president’s elder brother, Mahinda Rajapaksa, resigned amid escalating protests accusing his administration of driving … Read more
Debt-ridden Sri Lanka named nine new cabinet members on Friday in an effort to maintain stability until the island nation’s greatest economic crisis since independence is resolved. Former minister Nimal Siripala de Silva of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), as well as independent MPs Susil Premajayantha, Wijayadasa Rajapaksha, and Tiran Alles, were among the … Read more
After a crucial seventh-wicket stand between Dinesh Chandimal and Niroshan Dickwella, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka drew the first Test in Chittagong on Thursday. The two teams agreed to a draw 45 minutes before the scheduled end of play on the fifth and final day, with Sri Lanka on 260-6 in their second innings. At the … Read more
Pakistan have called two uncapped players – wicketkeeper-batter Gul Feroza and legspinner Tuba Hussain – into the T20I squad against Sri Lanka for the home series. Feroza is also a part of the ODI squad along with uncapped batter Sadaf Shamas, while spinner Sadia Iqbal has been called back to both squads after recovering from … Read more
Four Members of Parliament (MPs), including two former ministers, have been questioned by Sri Lanka Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over last week’s violence against protestors at two demonstration sites in Colombo, the country’s main city, according to local media. According to sources, a CID team arrived at the Parliament Complex on Wednesday to question … Read more
For the first time beyond the minority’s homeland in the north and east of the country, thousands of Tamils killed in Sri Lanka’s decades-long separatist war were honored on Wednesday. Clergy from Buddhist, Hindu and Christian communities offered prayers in Colombo and lit a clay lamp for those who perished between 1972 and May 2009 … Read more
Sri Lankan police detained two governing party MPs on Wednesday for allegedly inciting mob violence that shook the country for days and killed nine people last week, authorities said. Criminal investigators questioned the members of parliament, both from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s party, on Tuesday evening and held them overnight, a police officer said on condition … Read more
On Tuesday, Sri Lanka’s governing party blocked a no-confidence resolution against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, whose departure from office has been pivotal to widespread protests sparked by the country’s worst economic crisis in its history. The South Asian island country is on the verge of bankruptcy, and the government is looking for a financial lifeline from … Read more
The owner of Peshawar Zalmi, Javed Afridi, has pledged economic support to Sri Lankan cricket in the midst of the economic downturn. By extending a sponsorship offer, a prominent Pakistani businessman has expressed his devotion to Sri Lankan cricket. Sri Lankan cricket, like everything else in the country, is in jeopardy due to economic and … Read more
Sri Lanka’s beleaguered president avoided a censure motion On Tuesday after his fractured coalition rallied to postpone a resolution blaming him for the country’s worst economic crisis. The shaky coalition of Gotabaya Rajapaksa voted against taking up the unprecedented “displeasure of parliament” motion. The main opposition Tamil party, the Tamil National Alliance, proposed the non-binding … Read more
Bangladesh finished day two on 76/0, 321 runs behind Sri Lanka, as Angelo Mathews just missed out on a double-century. Bangladesh started well in their first innings after bowling Sri Lanka out for 397 in the last session of day two, with both openers unbeaten at the crease with the score at 76/0. The visitors’ … Read more
The new prime minister of Sri Lanka won crucial support from the island’s two main opposition parties on Monday, relieving pressure on the ruling Rajapaksa clan in the face of the island’s worsening economic crisis. The main opposition SJB party appeared to abandon its demand that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigns before joining a coalition to … Read more
Sri Lankan authorities on Sunday fully lifted a nationwide curfew to mark the Buddhist holiday of Vesak, offering the people a chance to celebrate as the nation weathers its economic and political crisis. The curfew was imposed on May 9 after once-peaceful protests turned violent, killing at least nine people and injuring hundreds of others. … Read more
RAWALPINDI: Awami Muslim League (AML) Chief and former interior minister Sheikh Rashid on Sunday warned the government that if Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan was arrested then the country would be turned into Sri Lanka. In a press conference, pointing towards the anti-government protests which led to chaos and anarchy in Sri … Read more
For an important Buddhist festival, Sri Lankan authorities lifted a statewide curfew on Sunday, but celebrations were muted as the island nation’s new premier tried to find his feet and deal with a growing economic crisis. After attacks on nonviolent demonstrations by government loyalists, a statewide stay-at-home order has been in effect for much of … Read more
Sri Lanka named the first ministers of a “unity” government tasked with rescuing the country from a crippling economic crisis, but which has so far failed to gain opposition support. Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was appointed Prime Minister on Thursday, has attempted to form a cross-party coalition to begin repairing the island nation’s shattered finances. However, … Read more
After United National Party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on Thursday, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa nominated four members to the new government on Saturday. According to the President’s Media Division, new appointments include Dinesh Gunawardena as Minister of Public Administration, G.L. Peiris as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prasanna Ranatunga … Read more
On the verge of bankruptcy, Sri Lanka, an island nation of 22 million people, is preparing to lift the curfew for 12 hours as the country undergoes political turmoil in the midst of the world’s worst economic crisis. The country is experiencing food and fuel shortages, skyrocketing costs, and widespread power outages. Even after Mahinda … Read more
Protestors in Sri Lanka displeased even after appointment of new PM The arrangement of another state leader in Sri Lanka has neglected to pacify government nonconformists requesting the renunciation of the president for the country’s appalling financial emergency. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa selected veteran resistance government official Ranil Wickremesinghe as the island country’s head of the … Read more
Sri Lanka’s new high minister struggled Friday to forge a harmonious government and forestall a forthcoming financial fall apart as opposition lawmakers refused to join his cabinet and demanded clean elections. Ranil Wickremesinghe became sworn in past due Thursday to navigate his us through the worst downturn in its records as an independent country, with … Read more
COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan court on Thursday barred former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, his politician son Namal, and 15 of their associates from leaving the country due to acts of violence against anti-government protesters. The magistrate in Colombo’s capital has also urged police to look into mob attacks on peaceful protestors on Monday, which resulted … Read more
Soldiers stood behind wrought-iron barricades and next to burned-out buses in the heart of Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, on Wednesday, guarding nearly deserted streets following a flurry of fatal battles. Troops halted the occasional car as it drove by long rows of closed stores, casting watchful glances over its passengers as they enforced a statewide … Read more
Sri Lanka deployed thousands of troops and police on Tuesday to enforce a curfew after five people were killed in the worst violence in weeks of protests over an unprecedented economic crisis. Nearly 200 people were also injured on Monday when Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned, but this did little to quell public outrage. He … Read more
According to Defense Ministry spokesman Nalin Herath, any anyone harming public property or threatening life has been ordered to be shot. Anti-government protesters in Sri Lanka set up a checkpoint on the road leading to the Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo on Tuesday to prevent Rajapaksa family loyalists from fleeing the country. This happens as … Read more
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana today requested that embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa convene the House as soon as possible to discuss the current situation, which includes unprecedented violence and widespread protest against the government over the country’s worst economic crisis in decades, a media report said. According to Serjeant-at-Arms Narenda Fernando of … Read more
