DUBAI: The matches schedule for the 15th edition of the ICC U-19 Men’s World Cup 2024 has been revealed as hosts Sri Lanka prepare to welcome the future stars of world cricket to the island nation for the first time since 2006.A total of 16 teams were set to compete for the silverware across 41 matches from Jan 13 to Feb 4, comprising 11 best-placed full member teams at the last edition and five teams who earned their World Cup spot through qualification — Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Scotland a

The United People’s Force can only count on 54 votes but hopes to win votes from smaller opposition parties and defections from the ruling Sri Lanka People’s Front party.... The country faces repayments of$ 7 billion of foreign loans this year of the$ 25 billion it is scheduled to pay by 2026.... Sri Lanka has less than than$ 1 billion in foreign reserves. The foreign currency crisis has limited imports and caused severe shortages of essential goods like fuel, cooking gas, medicine and food...

COLOMBO( Reuters)-Thousands of shops, schools and businesses closed on Friday as public and private sector workers in Sri Lanka went on strike, demanding the president and the government step down for their mishandling of the island's worst financial crisis in decades.... Some hung their underwear on the barricades as an insult to the political leadership.... Messages like" Gotta go home"-a rallying cry from the protests-were scrawled on some of the underpants and vests." We are here because w

Join our Whatsapp channel The International Cricket Council( ICC) on Monday announced dates and venues for the 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup, with Pakistan set to play its matches in Sri Lanka.A press release issued today said the 13th edition of the eight-member tournament would run from September 30 to November 2. The five stadiums being used include India’s Chinnaswamy Stadium( Bengaluru), ACA Stadium( Guwahati), Holkar Stadium( Indore) and ACA-VDCA Stadium( Visakhapatnam), and Sri Lanka’s R

The shooting occurred in Rambukkana, 90 kilometers( 55 miles) northeast of the capital, Colombo. Public Security Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said Wednesday that police had been patient but needed to use minimal force to stop the protests from escalating into major violence.... Police said the demonstrators in Rambukkana blocked railway tracks and roads and ignored police warnings to disperse.... Police also said protesters threw rocks at them. Much of the anger expressed in weeks of growing pr

Perera had asked for a guitar, which he wasn’t provided.... So he turned to what couldn’t be denied.“ The doctor told me that the day before he died, he was singing and entertaining everyone there, ” said Piyal Perera, Sunil’s brother and bandmate.Mr.... Perera had been recovering from Covid-19 when he was rushed into intensive care, Piyal Perera said. Few have made such a large impact on Sri Lanka’s cultural and entertainment scene as Mr....

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s prime minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, resigned on Monday with his country in economic free fall, bowing to months of protests in a significant blow to the fortunes of a family dynasty that has dominated the island’s politics for nearly two decades.Mr.... Rajapaksa, the family patriarch and a former president, said on Twitter.... Rajapaksa had been rumored in recent weeks to be seeking to calm the protests by asking his brother to resign as prime minister and open

Join our Whatsapp channel Sri Lankans began voting on Thursday in a snap election to decide if the Indian Ocean island will give its new leftist president greater strength to help the poor as it recovers from a financial meltdown. not satisfied at work what to do next 5 5 Next Stay Playback speed 1x Normal Back 0. 25x 0.5x 1x Normal 1.5x 2x 5 5/ Skip Ads by Just over 17 million Sri Lankans are eligible to elect lawmakers to the 225-member parliament for a five-year term....

Our arrangements and hospitality are second to none and this will be a great opportunity to once again showcase this at an international level.“ For Pakistan, it will be the homecoming of the ACC Asia Cup after 15 long years.... As President of the Asian Cricket Council, I extend my warmest regards and heartfelt wishes to all participating teams.” He added that the “ Asia Cup holds a special place in the hearts of cricket enthusiasts across the continent ”.... “ It goes beyond being just a tou