Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) boss Shammi Silva has claimed that the ICC‘s suspension of the nation was five months in the making. The ICC suspended SLC with immediate effect due to extensive government interference in the board’s administration this week following a dismal World Cup campaign. Silva claimed that ICC …
Read More »India thrash Sri Lanka to book Cricket World Cup semifinal spot
India romp to 302 run victory in Mumbai as the World Cup hosts maintain their perfect record with a seventh win. Some fiery fast bowling from India’s Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj lit up their Cricket World Cup encounter with Sri Lanka and helped the unbeaten hosts secure a thumping …
Read More »Debt & Crisis of Survival in Sri Lanka & the World
Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka on April 13, 2022. Credit: Wikipedia Opinion by Asoka Bandarage (washington dc) Friday, August 25, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Aug 25 (IPS) – Sri Lanka has been faced with an unprecedented political and economic crisis since the beginning of 2022. The dominant narrative attributes …
Read More »Sri Lanka: Right Turn, Wrong Move
Opinion by Neville de Silva (london) Tuesday, August 01, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Aug 01 (IPS) – When this Indian Ocean- island gained independence from Britain in 1948 after some 450 years of colonial rule under three western powers, it was simply named the “Dominion of Ceylon”. This country which …
Read More »Jungles, jackfruit and community tourism: this is Sri Lanka at its best
There is a moment of absolute stillness – the battered football whizzing through the air, all eyes following it, before it crashes down into the glass case and tiny gasps escape little mouths. Thankfully, it rolls off, leaving the glass and the encased Buddha statue unharmed. We are playing football …
Read More »Sri Lanka probes casino ‘fight’, other ‘incidents’
Sri Lanka Cricket has launched an investigation into what it says are ”various alleged incidents” that took place during the T20 World Cup in Australia. While no details have been given, the implication is there are other matters besides the arrest of batter Danushka Gunathilaka on rape charges. He was …
Read More »Photos: Soup kitchens in crisis-hit Sri Lanka feeding the poor
With no fuel and no money for food, HG Indrani and her family of nine trudged for an hour to a community kitchen in Colombo in hopes of finding a simple vegetarian meal. Rampant food inflation and chronic shortages of cooking gas and petrol are making daily life a battle …
Read More »New Sri Lanka leader Wickremesinghe – an opportunist or saviour?
Colombo, Sri Lanka – Ranil Wickremesinghe has been elected Sri Lanka’s new president, less than a week after his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa was forced to flee the country amid mass protests over the country’s crippling economic crisis. Wickremesinghe, a shrewd politician with a career spanning more than four decades, is due …
Read More »Sri Lanka crisis: How do you fix a broken country? | CNN
CNN — For years it had been one of Sri Lanka’s grandest and most heavily guarded buildings, serving as the official residence and state office of the President. But all that changed on July 9, when protesters stormed in and took control, demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa before …
Read More »Live updates: Sri Lanka in crisis after president flees
A man carries a Liquefied Petroleum Gas cylinder after collecting it at distribution point in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 12. (Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images) Sri Lanka, an island nation of 22 million, is suffering from its worst financial crisis since it gained independence in 1948. Crippling inflation is sending the …
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