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Sri Lanka win 100th test match after victory in Galle test against Ireland
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The victory was Sri Lanka's 100th Test win in their history, in what was a milestone moment for the nation. Sri Lanka first played their maiden Test match in 1982 and have played 311 Tests.
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Runs matter for batters, will boost their confidence: Sri Lanka captain Ka
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Sri Lanka outplayed the Ireland side in the second test to win the test series 2-0
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Sri Lanka beat Ireland by 10 runs and innings to clinch Test series 2-0
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The host team won all two games of the series at Galle 2-0, winning its 100th Test match and leaving the visitor still searching for their first triumph in cricket's longest format.
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Sri Lanka spinner Prabath Jayasuriya breaks 71-year-old Test record
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Sri Lanka spinner Prabath Jayasuriya broke a 71-year-old record when he dismissed Ireland's Paul Stirling to claim his 50th Test wicket on the final day of the second Test in Galle on Friday.
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US bans Sri Lankan Governor's entry for 'violation of human rights'
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"The United States is designating Wasantha Karannagoda, Governor of North Western Province in Sri Lanka, pursuant to Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2023, due to his involvement in a gross violation of human rights duri
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Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne equals SL record, scores second ton in series a
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Karunaratne, who had made 179 in the first Test at the same venue last week, stitched a 228-run opening stand with Nishan Madushka and made his 16th Test hundred in the process
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Sri Lanka's High Commissioner meets IndiGo co-founder to discuss enhancing
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The discussion between Lanka's High Commissioner Moragoda and Bhatia was centred around the critical importance of enhancing air connectivity as an essential means of increasing tourism inflows to Sri Lanka.
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SL vs IRE: Campher, Stirling's tons help Ireland hit their highest Test sc
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Stirling, 103 off 181 balls, and Campher, 111 in 229 deliveries, became the third and fourth players to score a Test century for Ireland
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Sudan clashes: Sri Lanka appreciates India for supporting evacuation of it
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka, MUM Ali Sabry on Monday said that the Foreign Ministry of Sri Lanka is closely monitoring the situation of its citizens in Sudan and that they were working to ensure their safe evacuation.
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World Malaria Day 2023: Time to deliver zero malaria, says WHO
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
To commemorate World Malaria Day 2023, World Health Organization has urged the countries affected by the disease globally to accelerate the reach of high-impact tools and strategies to prevent, detect and treat malaria, with a focus on reaching the most vulnerable, ensuring that no person or
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Sri Lankan PM Gunawardena, Indian envoy Baglay issue special commemorative
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay on Sunday issued a Special Commemorative Cover for Sita Temple near Nuwara Eliya in Sri Lanka. They also laid the foundation stone for a Meditation Centre at the Temple.
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Activists protest against Sri Lankan authorities' plan to export 100,000 m
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
After the Sri Lankan Agriculture minister announced that the authorities are planning to export 100,000 endangered toque macaque monkeys to a private Chinese company, animal rights activists staged a protest, Voice of America reported.
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