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Sri Lanka finally took a decisive upper hand on the fourth afternoon as seamers Sanitha de Mel and Nadeera Rajaguru combined to demolish England’s top order and derail the hosts’ pursuit of an unlikely 369

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.

Sri Lanka suffered a major blow on Saturday when a knee injury ruled sling-arm fast bowler Lasith Malinga out of the second Test against India.

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.

Sri Lanka, one of the worlds biggest black tea exporters, produced nearly 30% more tea in the first half of the year and is on track for a record crop, an official said yesterday.

Sri Lankas stock market, the worlds second-best performer this year, may see a near threefold rise in share sales in the second half from the first six months amid rising investor demand, according to National Development Bank Plc.

Sri Lanka, one of the world’s biggest black tea exporters, produced nearly 30 percent more tea in the first half of the year and is on track for a record crop, an official said Friday.

Sri Lanka entered an uncertain new cricketing era on Friday minus the wiles of the world’s leading wicket-taker Muttiah Muralitharan.

Sri Lanka entered a new cricketing era on Friday, facing an uncertain future without the legendary Muttiah Muralitharan, the world’s leading wicket-taker.

Sri Lanka beat India by 10 wickets to take a 1-O lead in the three-match Test series in Sri Lanka’s southern port town of Galle.

Sri Lanka is proud of this son of our soil, who has reached the greatest height as a bowler with his new record, winning the highest respect of his contemporaries in the game the world over, stated President Mahinda Rajapaksa congratulating Muttiah Muralitharan on achieving his new record of 800 wickets in Test Cricket in [...]

Sri Lanka thumped India by ten wickets as Muttiah Muralitharan took his final, and 800th, test scalp.

Sri Lanka plans to sell a billion dollar sovereign bond this year to offset expensive short-term foreign loans, the government said Thursday.

GALLE, Sri Lanka (AFP) - World bowling record-holder Muttiah Muralitharan retired with 800 Test wickets on Thursday as Sri Lanka thumped India by 10 wickets in their first match.

Sri Lanka on Thursday thrashed India by 10 wickets in the first Test at the Galle International stadium here to take a 1-0 lead in the three match series.

Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (C) celebrates taking his 800th wicket during the fifth day of their first test cricket match against India in Galle July 22 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (C) shows the ball as team mates carry him on their shoulders after he took his 800th wicket during the fifth day of their first test cricket match against India in Galle July 22 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan receives an award from Sports Minister Chandrasiri Bandara Ratnayake (L) as President Mahinda Rajapakse (C) watches during the fifth day of their first test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka in Galle July 22 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

Sri Lanka beat India by 10 wickets on the fifth and final day of the first test at the Galle Stadium on Thursday to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

GALLE, July 22 Sri Lanka off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan became the first bowler to take 800 test wickets on the fifth day of the first test against India today. The 38-year-old Muralitharan, the leading wicket-taker in tests and one-day internationals, dismissed Indias Pragyan Ojha to reach the milestone in his final test match appearance. [...]

Sri Lanka off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan became the first bowler to take 800 test wickets on the fifth day of the first test against India on Thursday.

SRI LANKA CRICKETER MUTTIAH MURALITHARAN TAKES 800TH TEST WICKET

* Sri Lanka to sell third dollar bond

Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (2nd L) celebrates with his teammates after he took the wicket of India’s Harbhajan Singh during the fifth day of their first test cricket match in Galle July 22 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) Scoreboard Thursday at lunch on the fifth day of the first test between Sri Lanka and India at Galle International Stadium:

Sri Lanka are closing in on victory in the final day of the Test against India at Galle - follow the LIVE scorecard.

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.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A top U.S. diplomat urged Sri Lanka on Wednesday to investigate allegations of war crimes during its civil war and to resettle tens of thousands of displaced ethnic Tamils as a means of reconciliation.

The United States pressed Sri Lanka on Wednesday to improve human rights and media freedoms amid charges that security forces committed war crimes during the last days of the island’s civil war.

Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss said his players are hoping that retiring spinner Muttiah Muralitharan will bow out of the five-day game with a victory by producing another memorable performance on Thursday, the fifth day of the first Test against India, in Galle.

Sri Lanka legend Muttiah Muralitharan was left needing two more wickets to reach a Test landmark of 800 as India finished day four of the first Test in Galle on 181 for five.

DENVILLE TWP. - The 35th Sri Lanka Day, a day of celebrating the culture and traditions of both Sri Lanka and America, will be held beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 7, at Gardner Field.

Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan walks back to the pavilion after the end of India’s first innings during the fourth day of their first test cricket match in Galle July 21 2010. Muralitharan will retire from the longest form of the game after the match though he is likely to continue to play one-day internationals as [...]

GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Scoreboard Wednesday at tea on the fourth day of the first test between Sri Lanka and India at Galle International Stadium: Sri Lanka 1st Innings 520-8 dec. India 1st Innings (Overnight 140-3) Gautam Gambhir lbw b Malinga 2 Virender Sehwag c Paranavitana b Welegedara 109 Rahul Dravid run out 18 [...]

Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan has taken his 67th five-wicket haul to force India to follow on in the first test.

GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) Scoreboard Wednesday at lunch on the fourth day of the first test between Sri Lanka and India at Galle International Stadium:

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers occupying Kilinochchi are forcing the resettled civilians in Selvaanakar Eight Houses Scheme to vacate their houses claiming that their houses are built on private land, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Vanni parliamentarian Sritharan said. He added that SLA soldiers entering the Scheme during nights in the last few days have been [...]

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.

Jaffna Sri Lanka Army (SLA) high command has requested Sri Lanka Electricity Board Jaffna to supply electricity to the site where Tiger Heroes Resting Home had stood in Koappaay before being obliterated by SLA recently as it intends to construct a big permanent base for its 512 Division, sources in Jaffna said. Meanwhile, SLA, constructing [...]

Galle (Sri Lanka), July 20 : Sri Lanka declared their first innings at 520 for eight after tea on the third day of their first cricket Test against India at the Galle International Stadium here Tuesday.

Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga (R) appeals successfully for the wicket of India’s Gautam Gambhir (2nd L) during the third day of their first test cricket match in Galle July 20 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga and his teammate Mahela Jayawardene (L) celebrate after Malinga took the wicket of India’s Gautam Gambhir during the third day of their first test cricket match in Galle July 20 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

A superb rearguard action by Sri Lanka’s tailenders helped the hosts pile up 520-8 by tea on the third day of the rain-hit first Test against India on Tuesday.

A superb rearguard action by Sri Lanka’s tailenders helped the hosts pile up 520-8 by tea on the third day of the rain-hit first Test against India on Tuesday.

DENVILLE TWP. - The 35th Sri Lanka Day, a day of celebrating the culture and traditions of both Sri Lanka and America, will be held beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 7, at Gardner Field.

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.

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) from Pazhai in Thenmaraadchi handed over the body of a young soldier to Jaffna Teaching Hospital Monday claiming that he was killed in an accident, hospital sources said. Chaavakachcheari magistrate held the inquest into the death in Pazhai and ordered the victims body to be sent to his home in Colombo. [...]

Galle (Sri Lanka), July 18 (PTI) Sri Lanka blazed to a strong start against a largely ineffective Indian bowling attack as they reached 91 for one at lunch on the opening day of the first of the three-match Test series here today.

Galle (Sri Lanka), July 18 (PTI) Captain Kumar Sangakkara and Tharanga Paranavitana struck centuries as Sri Lanka laid the foundation for a mammoth first innings total in the first cricket Test against a lacklustre India here today.

Galle (Sri Lanka), July 18 (PTI) Captain Kumar Sangakkara and Tharanga Paranavitana struck centuries as Sri Lanka laid the foundation for a mammoth first innings total in the first cricket Test against a lacklustre India here today.

Sri Lanka’s Tharanga Paranavitana celebrates scoring his century against India during the first day of their first test cricket match in Galle July 18 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

Sri Lanka were 228-1 at tea on the opening day of the first test against India at the Galle Stadium on Sunday.

Sri Lanka made quick progress with the bat on the opening morning of record-breaking spinner Muttiah Muralitharan’s final Test match against India at Galle.

Sri Lanka’s captain Kumar Sangakkara (C) watches his shot as India’s captain and wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (L) and his teammate Rahul Dravid look on during the first day of their first test cricket match in Galle July 18 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

Hosts Sri Lanka made an impressive start in the first cricket Test against India on Sunday, racing to 91 for one by lunch on the opening day.

Hosts Sri Lanka got off to a strong start on the opening day of the first test against India on Sunday, reaching 91-1 at lunch at the Galle Stadium.

Sri Lanka took a steady start Sunday against a depleted Indian bowling attack reaching 91-1 in the opening session of the first cricket test.

Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara has won the toss and elected to bat against India in the opening game of the three-match Test series at the Galle International Stadium in Sri Lanka on Sunday.

Sri Lanka were 91 for one at lunch on the first day of the first test against India at the Galle Stadium on Sunday.

Sri Lanka chose to bat first on a slightly damp pitch in Galle after overnight rains delayed the start by half an hour