Another six members of banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, including the mastermind of the deadly attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team on March 3, 2009, were arrested, the city police chief on Tuesday. “We have also recovered a suicide jacket, four Klashnikoves, eight hand grenades and hundreds of bullets from them,” Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) […]
Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana in Los Angele (Pix by Reuters) New Zealand captain Daniel Vittori will quit Cricket twenty20 and captain of the national team after the defeat of his team at Colombo’s R. Premadasa cricket gtounds, the New Zealand Herald reported. “Vettori, … confirmed after the match that he’ll step down as […]
Sri Lanka 220 for 5 (Dilshan 73, Sangakkara 54) beat New Zealand 217 (Styris 57, Mendis 3-35) by five wickets Sri Lanka overcame a serious bout of the jitters to book their place in Saturday’s World Cup final in Mumbai, as New Zealand bowed out in the last four for the sixth time in ten […]
For the second match in succession, Sri Lanka are sweating over the fitness of Muttiah Muralitharan who is nursing a leg injury ahead of the semi-final against New Zealand tomorrow. “Murali and everyone around him is trying to get him as fit as possible and fit enough to play,” Kumar Sangakkara said. […]
Security arrangements have been strengthened by the Police with the assistance of the Special Task Force and the three Forces for today’s World Cup semi-finals between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at the R Premadasa Cricket Stadium, Colombo, said Inspector General of Police Mahinda Balasuriya. […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP)—As his cricketing career winds down, Sri Lanka’s superstar Muttiah Muralitharan, the man who can spin a cricket ball like magic, is turning his sights on dragging war-shattered youngsters out of poverty and nurturing the country’s next generation of athletes. Who else but Murali, as he’s known to the whole country, could […]
Gangaramaya Viharaya Chief Incumbent Ven Galaboda Gnanissara Thera yesterday called on Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to support President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s efforts to rebuild and develop the country. The Thera said so during a ceremony attended by both the President and the Opposition Leader at the Temple premises yesterday morning. […]
Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana (Pix by Getty Images) “We were thoroughly outplayed we can’t hide away from that, we go home with our tail between our legs,”said England captain Andrew Strauss after being defeated by the Sri Lankan team at R.Premadasa stadium in Colombo. Following is the full story published by London’s Daily […]
Come the National New Year, he may have expected to partake the traditional sweetmeats of kevun and kokis as the new leader of the main opposition United National Party (UNP). For months, he campaigned on his own, visiting Buddhist temples countrywide. That was part of his efforts to become leader of his party. His images […]
Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga set an emphatic seal on Sri Lanka’s place in their home semi-final against New Zealand next Tuesday, as England’s chaotic World Cup campaign came to an abrupt and anticlimactic end under the floodlights at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. […]
COLOMBO – The internet can be a cruel mistress. There was a time when what was said on the cricket field stayed on the cricket field. Now, thanks to the wonders of noise-cutting stump-microphone technology and video-sharing websites, the past refuses to stay where it should be. […]
One of Sri Lanka’s leading politicians and former Trade Minister Ravi Karuanayake has forayed into logistics with the vision of making Goldstar Transport Lanka headed by him, country’s leading transport operator and the preferred choice for customers. With this mission in mind, Goldstar Transport Limited, one of the largest transportation companies in the UK, proudly […]
England lost a fourth player from their original World Cup squad with the shock withdrawal of Mike Yardy, who is suffering from depression. Just two days before the quarter-final against Sri Lanka, Yardy became the second England cricketer to admit to having the illness after Marcus Trescothick’s well-documented problems and immediately flew home to his […]