Tag: Sri Lanka

Pace bowler Deepak Chahar hammered 69 off 82 deliveries and shared an unbeaten 84-run partnership for the eighth wicket to bring India back from the dead and win the second One-day International by three wickets and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. ....

The second T20 International between India and Sri Lanka scheduled to be played on Tuesday night has been postponed by a day after Indian all-rounder Krunal Pandya tested positive for Covid-19. ....

A depleted India, who were forced to make seven changes in the XI after nine players were ruled out due to Covid-related issues, stretched Sri Lanka before losing by four wickets in the last over of the second T20 International here on Wednesday night. India had made 132/5 at the R Premadasa Stadium. Sri Lanka, riding on Dhananjaya de Silva's 40 off 34 balls, won with two balls to spare.....

Fully vaccinated international Indian tourists can move freely around Sri Lanka, after an on-arrival test as the country reopens borders to India after a long anticipated wait. ....

Sri Lanka's Public Utilities Commission announced that there will be 10-hour daily power cuts from Wednesday. ....

India may help Sri Lanka with $2 billion more to help the island nation deal with the economic crisis, in line with the neighbourhood policy. New Delhi has already helped Sri Lanka with $2.5 billion for rapid post Covid-19 economic recovery. ....

Anura Dissanayake, leader of the Marxist-leaning Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party, was sworn in on Monday as the ninth President of Sri Lanka, marking a historic moment as the country's first leftist head of state.....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held bilateral talks with Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Colombo, aimed at bolstering the strategic and developmental partnership between the two neighbours. ....

Sri Lanka has reported its first confirmed coronavirus case, a Chinese woman in her 40s.....

Leader of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party Mahinda Rajapaksa took oath as the nation's new Prime Minister on Sunday after his party secured a landslide victory in the recently concluded parliamentary election. ....