Dissanayake will directly oversee key ministries, including Defence, Finance, Planning, and Digital Economy. Harini Amarasuriya was appointed as the Prime Minister of the new government.
Men in Blue played five bilateral series this year and won all of them. Be it Afghanistan and Bangladesh at home, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and South Africa away from home, all of them suffered the wrath, audacity and explosiveness of a young Indian line-up. In all India won 24 of their 26 matches
In his recent Book "Negotiating India's Landmark Agreements" author AS Bhasin identifies five seminal Indian bilateral agreements viz., (i) India-China Agreement on Tibet (1954), (ii) Indo-Soviet Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation (1971), (iii) Th Shimla Agreement (1972), (iv) In
Sharing a post on X, the High Commission of India in Colombo wrote, "HC Santosh Jha called on the President & Leader of NPP Anura Kumara Dissanayake to congratulate on NPP's victory in Sri Lanka #ParliamentaryElections2024. As a fellow democracy, India welcomes the mandate & remains
Sri Lanka's famed spinner Rangana Herath revealed the factor that contributed to Mitchell Santner being the most effective in Pune during the second Test against India.
The Left-leaning coalition won 159 seats in the 225-member parliament, according to the Sri Lanka election commission website as per the final results of the polls that were held on November 14.
"Proteas Men's fast bowler Lungi Ngidi has been ruled out of the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka, as well as the all-format tour against Pakistan, due to a groin injury," CSA stated in a statement.
Addressing a campaign rally of the NPP on November 11, President Dissanayake said that Sri Lanka will be transformed into a country free of poverty by his government.
Supported by UNICEF, the youth delegates from India, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Baku advocated for the inclusion of children's needs in the COP 29 outcome document and the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) 3.0 on Monday.
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) Secretary General, Anil Kumar, who attended the FIFA Financial Governance Workshop in Sri Lanka recently, said such events would go a long way in improving and strengthening the financial management of the members' associations.