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Occupying Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in Vanni has declared the villages of Mayilvaakanapuram and Kumarasaamipuram in Kilinochchi district not allowed for resettlement as they had been reserved for SLA use, sources in Kilinochchi said. 140 uprooted families of the two villages brought to be resettled two months back after detention in Vavuniyaa SLA camp by [...]

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka preserved their 1-0 lead in the three-match series when the second Test ended in a high-scoring draw yesterday.

Sri Lanka preserved their 1-0 lead in the three-match series against India when the second test ended in a high-scoring draw Friday.

Sri Lanka’s captain Kumar Sangakkara plays a shot as India’s captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (R) watches during the fifth day of their second test cricket match in Colombo July 30 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

Rivals India and Sri Lanka blasted the featherbed wicket that proved a bowlers’ graveyard after the second Test ended in a high-scoring draw on Friday.

The second Test between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo ends in an inevitable draw to leave the hosts 1-0 up going into the final match of the series.

Sri Lanka and India drew the high-scoring second test at Sinhalese Sports Club on the last day Friday. Sri Lanka leads 1-0 going into the final test starting on Tuesday at Colombo. Sri Lanka 642-4 declared (Kumar Sangakkara 219, Mahela Jayawardene 174, Tharanga Paranavitana 100, Thilan Samaraweera 76 not out, Tillakaratne Dilshan 54) and 129-3 [...]

The second test between Sri Lanka and India has ended in a tame draw after 1,478 runs and just 17 wickets over five days of cricket. Sri Lanka declared at 129-3 in its second innings and both captains decided to end the match just 13 overs after tea on the final day Friday. The hosts [...]

*Sri Lanka lead by 33 at tea

The second Test between Sri Lanka and India meandered towards a high-scoring draw on Friday as bat continued to dominate the ball even on the final day.

Sri Lanka were 98 for three wickets in their second innings at tea on the fifth day of the second test against India in Colombo on Friday.

India compiled their second-highest total ever as the big-scoring second cricket Test against Sri Lanka headed for a draw on Friday.

COLOMBO, July 30 Sri Lanka preserved their 1-0 lead in the three-match series when the second test ended in a high scoring draw today. India amassed the highest total made by a visiting team when they were all out for 707 in reply to Sri Lankas first innings of 642-4 declared. Sri Lanka were [...]

Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene (L) and wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene (C) appeal unsuccessfully for the wicket of India’s Pragyan Ojha during the fifth day of their second test cricket match in Colombo July 30 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) Scoreboard Friday at lunch on the final day of the second test between Sri Lanka and India at Sinhalese Sports Club:

Sri Lanka has been a friend and democratic partner of the United States since gaining independence in 1948 and has supported U.S. military operations overseas such as during the first Gulf War. Commercial contacts go back to 1787, when New England sailors first anchored in Sri Lankas harbors to engage in trade.

Sri Lanka were 19 for no wicket in their second innings at lunch on the fifth day of the second test against India in Colombo on Friday.

Around 98 percent of child births take place in hospitals in Sri Lanka and 79 percent of the infants receive breast milk within the first hour of birth. Around 75 percent of infants receive only breast milk during their first six months, Dr. Deepika Attygalle said.

Sri Lanka U19 reached 171-7 on the third day of the second Test against England U19 at Scarborough.

(RTTNews) - The opening hearing of a new trial against Sri Lanka’s former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka began at the High Court in capital Colombo on Thursday, with the former army chief standing accused of bringing disrepute the government.

Sri Lanka’s former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka was brought before the Colombo High Court on Thursday to answer charges of provoking violence.

Sri Lanka government gives preference mostly to Southern contractors and workers allowing them to benefit from international assistance provided to develop the infrastructure of Jaffna district and to take South the profits made while denying opportunities to local people, C. V. K. Sivagnanam, former president of Jaffna district NGOs Federation and Joint Secretary of Ilangkai [...]

The Chennai-based, state-run Indian Bank is planning to open a branch in Jaffna, and to facilitate an Indian government loan to Sri Lanka of US$ 200 million for the rehabilitation of internally displaced Tamils, media reports said. “Talks [with Sri Lanka] are in an advanced stage at the moment,” chairman and managing director Mr. TM [...]

The world salutes Sri Lanka for doing so much with so little and pushing the country from low income level to low middle income level status. Sri Lanka’s maternal and infant mortality rates have significantly gone down.

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers interrogated the residents of Kavuthaarimunai in Poonakari in Kilinochchi Friday immediately after a delegation of Sinhala Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) had visited them, Socialist Youth Association (SYA), a front organization of the JVP, claimed in a media statement. The delegation met the resettled people to learn first hand about [...]

Scoreboard at the close on the third day of the second test between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka’s spinners grabbed four wickets to stifle India’s chances of rescuing the second test on Wednesday.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) Scoreboard at lunch Wednesday on the third day of the second test between Sri Lanka and India at Sinhalese Sports Club:

Sri Lanka Justice Ministry has decided to appoint Jayawardne, a Sinhala magistrate to Mullaiththeevu magistrate court in Vanni which had begun to function after a period of nearly 20 years, sources in Mullaiththeevu said.

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara reached the seventh double century of his Test career to help his side rack up a huge first innings total on the second day of the second Test against India in Colombo.

Sri Lanka will take a 547-run lead into day three of the second Test against India after another day of high scoring in Colombo on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka declared their first innings on 642-4 on the second day of the second test against India on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka’s captain Kumar Sangakkara plays a shot against India during the second day of their second test cricket match in Colombo July 27 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

Sri Lanka’s captain Kumar Sangakkara celebrates after scoring a double century against India during the second day of their second test cricket match in Colombo July 27 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

Sri Lanka’s captain Kumar Sangakkara (R) is congratulated by team-mate Mahela Jayawardene after he scored 150 runs against India on the second day of their second test cricket match in Colombo July 27 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

Sri Lanka have taken the upper hand over India after posting an impressive opening day score in the second Test in Colombo.

Sri Lanka were 312 for two wickets at the close of the first day of the second test against India on Monday.

Sri Lanka’s captain Kumar Sangakkara acknowledges the crowd after scoring his century against India during the first day of their second test cricket match in Colombo July 26 2010. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Sri Lanka’s Tharanga Paranavitana raises his bat and helmet to celebrate scoring his century against India during the first day of their second test cricket match in Colombo July 26 2010. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Scoreboard at tea Monday on the first day of the second cricket test between Sri Lanka and India at Sinhalese Sports Club: Sri Lanka 1st Innings Tharanga Paranavitana not out 89 Tillakaratne Dilshan c Laxman b Ojha 54 Kumar Sangakkara not out 80 Extras: (4b, 5lb, 3nb) 12. TOTAL: (for [...]

Sri Lanka’s captain Kumar Sangakkara plays a shot during the first day of their second test cricket match against India in Colombo July 26 2010. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Sri Lankas inflation may slow in July for a fifth straight month as cheaper liquefied petroleum gas pushed utility costs lower, according to the chief of the prices division in the statistics department.

Sri Lanka got off to an excellent start in the second cricket Test against India on Monday, racing to 128-1 by lunch on the opening day.

Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan watches the ball after playing a shot during the first day of their second test cricket match against India in Colombo July 26 2010. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and opted to bat in the second Test against India at the Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo. At the time of writing this report, Sri Lanka was 56 for no loss.

Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan plays a shot during the first day of their second test cricket match against India in Colombo July 26 2010. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat Monday in the second test against India at Sinhalese Sports Club. Suraj Randiv will make his test debut for Sri Lanka as a replacement for Muttiah Muralitharan, who retired from test cricket with a record haul of 800 wickets following victory last week [...]

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat in the second cricket Test against India at the Sinhalese Sports Club on Monday.

Colombo, July 26 : Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and opted to bat against India in the second Test match of the three-match series at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground here Monday.

Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first on the opening day of the second cricket test against India on Monday.

Sri Lanka hope to overcome a weakened bowling attack and secure a series-clinching win in the second Test against India, which starts today, their first match in the post-Muttiah Muralitharan era.

Sri Lanka Army’s 52 Division has launched dengue awareness programs in the peninsula to educate the people on prevention of the disease, with the rising toll of dengue cases and deaths in Jaffna.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa opened the Sri Lanka-Singapore Friendship College in Weeraketiya funded by the Singapore Red Cross Society and pioneered by the Singapore Sinhala Association.

Come Monday, Sri Lanka will begin a new phase in Test cricket without the player who decisively turned its fortune as a Test-playing nation

Sri Lanka’s bowling attack will look much less intimidating to India for the second Test in Colombo.

Sri Lanka government which allows only a few Non-government Organizations (NGO) to serve in Vanni, now imposes restrictions on NGOs serving in Jaffna too through its Presidential Task Force (PTF), headed by Basil Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan Minister and brother of SL President Mahinda Rajapaksa, NGO circles in Jaffna said. It is alleged that PTF favours [...]

Sri Lanka will look to their third ‘M’ to bring victory over India in the second test as they bid to replace the visitors atop the ICC test rankings.

Sri Lanka’s spin bowler Ajantha Mendis arrives at a practice session ahead of the second cricket test match against India in Colombo July 24 2010. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Sri Lanka will look to their third ‘M’ to bring victory over India in the second test as they bid to replace the visitors atop the ICC test rankings.

Sri Lanka’s bowling attack will look much less intimidating to India for the second Test in Colombo and not just because of the retirement of record wicket taker Muttiah Muralitharan.