After losing the opportunity to boost their net run rate against Hong Kong on Thursday, Bangladesh batter Towhid Hridoy defended their strategy by saying that they 鈥榮tuck to the demands of the situation鈥� and stated that they had played 鈥榮mart cricket鈥�.
Former champions Sri Lanka launched their Asia Cup campaign in emphatic fashion on Sunday, cruising to a six-wicket victory over Bangladesh in Abu Dhabi.
Sri Lanka鈥檚 parliament voted on Wednesday to evict former president Mahinda Rajapaksa and two others from state-owned mansions under austerity measures introduced by the new leftist government...
Sri Lanka鈥檚 Supreme Court cleared the final legal hurdle on Tuesday to evict former presidents from their stately mansions and strip them of their luxury cars, bodyguards and pensions.
IN A viral YouTube clip, a young boy was asked why Bangladesh cannot recover from economic crisis if Sri Lanka, after bankruptcy, managed to rebound. His response was disarmingly sharp: 鈥楽ri Lanka鈥檚 government was corrupt, but its citizens were decent people. That is why the country managed to recover.鈥� He then added with brutal candour: 鈥業n Bangladesh, the...
Pakistan's cricket board announced Sunday it will host a Twenty20 international tri-series with Afghanistan and Sri Lanka in November, as teams get ready for next year's World Cup.
FOR decades, voters have heard promises of integrity, justice and accountability. These promises have come with every election, but they have invariably ended in disappointment. Investigations have faltered, commissions have been wound up and the very leaders who promised to end corruption and impunity have, too, often joined the ranks of those who...
Sri Lanka鈥檚 most-wanted man was extradited from Indonesia along with five other criminal suspects arrested in a joint operation, police said on Sunday.
Sri Lanka鈥檚 deflationary streak ended in August, with prices climbing 1.2 per cent, official data showed Friday, as the cash-strapped economy emerges from a meltdown three years ago.
A Sri Lankan ex-government minister surrendered himself to a court on Friday after two months on the run, the latest high profile detention in a sweeping anti-corruption crackdown.
Sri Lanka鈥檚 most-wanted man has been arrested in Indonesia and will be extradited to face charges including gunning down a rival inside a court, officials said Thursday.
Sri Lanka鈥檚 former president Ranil Wickremesinghe was granted bail on Tuesday, four days after his arrest on the charge of misusing state funds for an overseas visit.
Three former presidents of Sri Lanka expressed solidarity with jailed ex-leader Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday and condemned his incarceration as a 鈥榗alculated assault鈥� on democracy...
Sri Lanka鈥檚 jailed former president was rushed to intensive care at a state hospital on Saturday, a day after being charged with misusing government funds for foreign travel...
Sri Lankan police arrested former president Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday, making him the most senior opposition figure to be detained under an anti-corruption crackdown by the new leftist government.
Sri Lanka's suspension this week from the World Anti-Doping Agency was due to 鈥榩rocedural challenges鈥� in updating the island's sports law, the local governing body said Wednesday.
Owners of a Singapore-registered vessel urged Colombo on Friday to consider more 鈥榬ational鈥� compensation after they were ordered to pay $1 billion in damages for causing Sri Lanka鈥檚 worst case of environmental pollution...
The UN human rights chief Wednesday urged Sri Lanka鈥檚 new government to seize the 鈥榟istoric opportunity鈥� to end its entrenched culture of impunity for war crimes and other abuses...
THE news from the US trade office was better than expected. Sri Lanka which had been shocked by the sudden imposition of a 44 per cent tariff by the US authorities in April 2024 has seen it reduced to 20 per cent. This is a major concession for a country that is perceived to have strong trading and political ties with China, which the United States views as its main...
Sri Lanka鈥檚 parliament voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to dismiss Police Chief Deshabandu Tennakoon for misconduct and criminal behaviour, making him the island鈥檚 first inspector-general to be impeached.
Sri Lankan investigators arrested a former navy chief on Monday over the abduction and disappearance of a suspect 15 years ago, a police officer said...
Sri Lanka鈥檚 police chief is set to be sacked, the country鈥檚 speaker of parliament announced Tuesday after he was found guilty of heading a criminal network at an impeachment hearing...
Sri Lanka's independent regulator has sacked a senior police officer for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people including 45 foreigners...
Bangladesh were just one point away from retaining the title after defeating Sri Lanka 5-0 in their fifth match of the SAFF Under-20 Women鈥檚 Championship at the Kings Arena Training Ground in the city on Saturday...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday named an unchanged 16-member squad for the forthcoming three-match T20I series against Pakistan following their tour of Sri Lanka.
Proud Bangladesh captain Liton Das said that his team always had the belief to turn things around after the Tigers鈥� historic series win over Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
Mahedi Hasan took 4-11 while Tanzid Hasan smashed 73 off 47 balls as Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the third and final T20I to claim a historic 2-1 series win over the hosts at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday.
THERE has long been speculation that the Easter bombing of April 2019 had a relationship to Sri Lankan politics. The near simultaneous bombings of three Christian churches and three luxury hotels, with a death toll of 270 and over 500 injured, by Muslim suicide bombers made no sense in Sri Lanka where there has been no history of conflict between the two religions...
Bangladesh will be looking to win their first white-ball series in Sri Lanka when they face the hosts in their third and final T20I at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo today.
Bangladesh made a comeback in the T20I series against Sri Lanka with a record 83-run win in the second of the three-match series at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Sunday.