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Friday 4th August, 2023 Never a dull day in Sri Lanka! Hardly a day passes without some controversy, and issues crop up at such a rate that one cannot keep track of them, the latest being what has come to be termed the ‘distortion’ of the national anthem at a sports event. Popular singer, Umara […]
- Singer under fire (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB calls for sacking of SLC management (Category: Breaking News)
- Unwanted Issue (Category: Business)
- SLC calls for report on Sri Lanka s heavy defeat against India (Category: Breaking News)
Wednesday 2nd August, 2023 A brouhaha has erupted over what is described as the distortion of the national anthem at the Lanka Premier League (LPL) opening ceremony. Talented young vocalist Umara Sinhawansa has been drawing heavy fire for singing the national anthem in operatic style, and mispronouncing some words therein. Her performance has sparked a […]
- National Anthem distorted at Lanka Premier League Cricket tournament? (Category: Breaking News)
- Patriots and crooks (Category: Breaking News)
- Independence Day celebrations to cost Rs. 200 mn (Category: Breaking News)
- Authorities to probe alleged distortion of national anthem at LPL opening ceremony (Category: Breaking News)
Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe says the Lanka Premier League (LPL) is illegal. The Minister said that even the players participating in the LPL are not paying taxes from the pay they get for the tournament, despite it being a requirement. Ranasinghe said that he had found that the LPL had not followed the Sports Law […]
- President snubs Sports Minister and attends LPL (Category: Breaking News)
- President sacks Sports Minister after Parliament outburst (Category: Breaking News)
- Sports Minister attacks Sagala Ratnayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya yet to submit resignation letter (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando The National Audit Office (NAO) has sought an explanation from Sports Ministry Secretary K. Mahesan regarding the sharp increase of allowances paid to the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) as well as top management level personnel in USD terms. According
- Damning report on SLC: State audit stands by its findings (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB MP alleges misuse of funds at SLC (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet sub committee recommends cricket board to be overhauled (Category: Breaking News)
- US$ 187,000 heist at SLC angers Foreign Minister (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Auditor General W.P.C Wickramaratne yesterday (26) said that the National Audit Office (NAO) firmly stood by its draft report on Sri Lanka’s tour of Australia for the T20 World Cup (Oct. 09-Nov. 13), in 2022. The National Audit Service Commission (NASC) appointed in April this year consists of retired justice Nihal Sunil […]
- Allowances in USD terms increased by over 70%, stipulation amended in favour of Sri Lanka Cricek... (Category: Breaking News)
- Moves to undermine cricket constitution of Justice Chithrasiri? (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB: SLC spent Rs 67,693,679 for 14 persons to watch cricket World Cup in Australia (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB MP alleges misuse of funds at SLC (Category: Breaking News)
Ratnapura District Member of Parliament Hesha Withanage is alleging gross misuse of funds at Sri Lanka Cricket with members of the Executive Committee using the board’s money for personal use. Pointing at facts from an audit report, the Opposition MP said that the money meant
- SJB calls for sacking of SLC management (Category: Breaking News)
- SLC files complaint with Bribery Commission against ex-Sports Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB decries govt. bid to extend SLC bigwigs’ terms (Category: Breaking News)
- SLC needs new constitution: Eran (Category: Breaking News)
Questions have been raised over the sudden and unexpected decision taken by former Sri Lanka captain Lahiru Thirimanne to retire from international cricket with immediate effect. Thirimanne today announced that he has decided to retire from international cricket with immediate effect. He said that it was a difficult decision to take but is unable to mention […]
- Legends trophy to kick off with a clash between Yuvraj and Harbhajan in Kandy (Category: Breaking News)
- Match fees of Sri Lanka Women’s cricket team increased (Category: Breaking News)
- Lahiru Thirimanne announces retirement from international cricket (Category: Breaking News)
- SLC defends decision not to cover full cost of Kusal’s surgery (Category: Breaking News)
‘It Takes One Day’ campaign connects to the Men’s CWC 2023 ‘Navarasa’ showcasing the raw emotions experienced by fans and players Campaign film featuring Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan along with cricketers including Jemimah Rodrigues, Eoin Morgan, Jonty Rhodes and Shubman Gill available to view here The campaign unveiling saw over 85 content creators, in an […]The post ‘It Takes One Day...
- India 2023 World Cup brand launched (Category: Breaking News)
- ICC Men’s Player of the Month for June 2023 revealed (Category: Sports)
- ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 schedule announced (Category: Sports)
17th July 2023 Statement pertaining to a fabricated story published by Hiru TV mentioning that a Sri Lanka ‘A’ team player taking part in the ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup has broken team protocols to attend a party. A news item published on July 16, 2023, on Hiru TV citing that a Sri Lanka […]The post Hiru TV’s Fabricated Story Exposed: A Clarification Statement first appeared on Sri La...
- ABC’s Hiru TV to launch on 23 May (Category: Business)
- Video: Hiru TV (Hiru Television) Introduction - www.hirutv.lk (Category: Video)
- Video: Hiru TV - 24x7 LIVE STREAM (Category: Video)
- Video: Hiru TV - 24x7 LIVE STREAM ? (Category: Video)
Sri Lanka Cricketer Wanindu Hasaranga has been awarded the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for June, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced.The post Wanindu Hasaranga wins ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for June appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Wanindu named ICC Men s Player of the Month for June 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka star Hasaranga reprimanded for breach during World Cup qualifier (Category: Breaking News)
- ICC Men’s Player of the Month for June 2023 revealed (Category: Sports)
- Kamindu Mendis named ICC Players of the Month (Category: Breaking News)
The inaugural edition of the Lanka T10 League is scheduled to be held from 12 Â 23 December 2023, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced on Monday (10 July).
By Easwaran Rutnam Businessman and former Sri Lanka Cricket captain Aravinda de Silva says it is time Sri Lanka puts aside party politics in order to create a suitable environment for investors. Speaking at an online discussion on the investment climate in Sri Lanka, Aravinda de Silva
- Aravinda de Silva inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame (Category: Breaking News)
- New IGP assumes duties in presence of Sanath, Aravinda (Category: Breaking News)
- Emirates to promote Sri Lanka as ideal destination for travellers (Category: Breaking News)
- COPF finds only 4 casinos paying taxes (Category: Breaking News)
Spinner Maheesh Theekshana took 4-31 as Sri Lanka claimed victory over Netherlands by 128 runs in the final of the 2023 Cricket World Cup qualifier tournament at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday.The post Sri Lanka win Cricket World Cup qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Chamari Athapaththu to make statement on retirement claims (Category: Breaking News)
- No DRS as teams battle it out for final two World Cup spots (Category: Breaking News)
- FIXTURES RELEASED FOR ICC MEN’S CRICKET WORLD CUP QUALIFIER 2023 (Category: Sports)
- Schedule for ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 announced (Category: Breaking News)
by S. Skandakumar Dear Mr. Taufel As you were an Umpire who was held in the highest esteem throughout your tenure, I read your comments on the Bairstow dismissal with interest. Since it was an incident that raised comments from two Prime Ministers and turned the sacred Long Room at Lord’s temporarily into an angry […]
- Hannibal was brought in for Palliyaguruge due to fatigue (Category: Breaking News)
- Hannibal unfit for international games – Hasaranga (Category: Breaking News)
- Umpire hora! (Category: Breaking News)
- Wanindu Hasaranga conundrum (Category: Breaking News)
The fourth season of the Lanka Premier League is all set to start from July 30 and continue till August 21 and Star Sports has secured the television media rights for the upcoming edition. Star Sports will be the tournament’s official broadcaster in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, and the MENA (Middle […]
- Sports Minister says LPL is illegal (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka Premier League to take place in July-August (Category: Breaking News)
- Situation in Sri Lanka forces postponement of LPL (Category: Breaking News)
- President snubs Sports Minister and attends LPL (Category: Breaking News)
ශ්රී ලංකා ක්රිකට් කණ්ඩාම එක්දින ලෝක කුසලාන ක්රිකට් තරගාවලියට සුදුසුකම් ලබාගැනීමට ඊයේ (02) සමත් විය. සිම්බාබ්වේදී පැවැත්වෙන ලෝක කුසලාන සුදුසුකම් […]The post Sri Lanka Cricket : ලෝක කුසලානයට සුදුසුකම් ලබයි appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
- කාන්තා ක්රිකට් පිල T20 ලෝක කුසලානයට සුදුසුකම් ලබති (Category: Sinhala)
- ICC ලෝක කුසලාන සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ තරගාවලිය:ශ්රී ලංකාව සුපර් සික්ස් වටයට (Category: Sinhala)
- ICC ලෝක කුසලාන සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ තරගාවලිය:ශ්රී ලංකාවට ඇති ප්රධානම අභියෝගය කුමක්ද? (Category: Sinhala)
by Rex Clementine A new controlling body for cricket in Ceylon was formed on the 25th of June 1948 and was named Board of Control for Cricket in Ceylon. Today marks the 75th anniversary of the formation of the cricket board. At a meeting held at the Malay Cricket Club at Rifle Green, P. […]
- Sri Lanka’s World Cup campaign goes from bad to worse (Category: Breaking News)
- The corrosive Impact of Politics on India-Pakistan Test Cricket (Category: Breaking News)
- A repeat of 1992 World Cup final at MCG (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan brand of cricket is back (Category: Breaking News)
The membership of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has unanimously approved the Audited Financial Statements for the financial year 2022, which recorded a net surplus of Rs. 6.3 billion and a total income of Rs. 17.5 billion, which is 120% over the 2021 revenue.
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has been ordered to expedite the investigations into the death of businessmen Dinesh Schaffter. The order was issued by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today which also instructed the CID to obtain reports from the Government analyst on samples sent for testing. The remains of Dinesh Schaffter were exhumed at the Colombo, Borella […]
- Contradictory JMO reports on Schaffter’s death questioned (Category: Breaking News)
- Contradictory JMO reports on Schaffter’s death questioned (Category: Breaking News)
- Report sought on probe into Dinesh Schaffter’s murder (Category: Breaking News)
- Dinesh Schaffter’s remains exhumed (Category: Breaking News)
Dilshan Madushanaka, Dunith Wellalage and Sahan Arachchig are set to link up with the senior squad on June 23, after Sri Lanka Cricket announced that the trio would be flown in to Zimbabwe for the World Cup Qualifiers as “standby options”.
Champions once, runners-up twice, a semi-final and quarter-final thrown in for good measure, and ever present in the tournament since making their first appearance in 1975. Safe to say, Sri Lanka’s World Cup record is far from shabby. But now, for the first time in their history, they are in genuine danger of missing out […]
- SLC secretary resigns after Sri Lanka’s World Cup exit and board criticism (Category: Breaking News)
- Injured Chameera and Hasaranga miss out, Shanaka to lead Sri Lanka at the World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- 2023 ODI World Cup schedule finally out (Category: Breaking News)
- Healy, Mooney make short work of chase after Schutt four-for (Category: Breaking News)
by Rex Clementine The greatest batsman the nation has produced Aravinda de Silva never had a central contract from Sri Lanka Cricket worth US$ 92,000. Pay for cricketers two decades ago were so low. Dilshan Madushanka, from the tiny fishing village of Hungama from deep down south is barely
- Madushanka to miss rest of Bangladesh tour due to injury (Category: Breaking News)
- New Director General appointed to TRCSL (Category: Breaking News)
- Binura Fernando to replace injured Dilshan Madushanka (Category: Breaking News)
- 21-year-old Molligoda Bhuthaya arrested (Category: Breaking News)
Ahead of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) auction, Pakistan's captain and star batter Babar Azam, who was a pre-auction direct signing by the Colombo Strikers franchise, said that he and his team are looking forward to developing the strongest side in the tournament.The post Colombo Strikers will look to form strongest side at LPL auction, Pakistan captain Babar Azam says appeared first on ONLANKA N...
- Colombo Strikers to construct a formidable squad for LPL auction (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo strikers announce Simon Helmot as head coach for LPL 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Star Sports To Telecast LPL 2023 in India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo Strikers announce four Icon players for LPL (Category: Breaking News)
by Rex Clementine One Day International (ODI) cricket has been played for over half a century now and early this year the sport saw the biggest ever defeat in that format of the game in the Indian city of Trivandrum when Sri Lanka suffered an ignominious defeat by a massive 317 runs at the hands […]
- India registers largest margin of victory in ODI cricket history (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka thrash Afghanistan in 3rd ODI to complete 3-0 series sweep (Category: Breaking News)
- Selection Committee to appoint three new captains? (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan, Sri Lanka in talks for ODI series (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lanka Cricket Team will leave for Zimbabwe today (10). Sri Lanka are scheduled to play warmup games against Nederlands (13th June) and USA (15th June) before taking on UAE on 19th June, Oman on 23rd June, Ireland on 25th June and Scotland on 27th June in the group stage of the ICC World
- Finance Move (Category: Business)
- Price Moves (Category: Business)
- Leaf Trend (Category: Business)
- Power Dose (Category: Business)
Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka will stand trial on a rape charge stemming from an alleged incident which occurred while he was in Australia to play in the Twenty20 World Cup last year.The post Danushka Gunathilaka to face rape trial in Australia appeared first on ONLANKA News - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Live Updates - Sri Lanka News.
- Sexual assault trial against Danushka Gunathilaka hit by delay (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka accused of rape returns to court as new details emerge (Category: Breaking News)
- Danushka Gunathilaka formally pleads not guilty (Category: Breaking News)
- Danushka Gunathilaka seeks no jury after being accused of sexual assault (Category: Breaking News)
The Colombo Strikers announced their coaching staff for the upcoming season of the Lanka Premier League slated to be held in July-August 2023. The highly experienced Australian coach Simon Helmot will be the Head Coach of the Colombo Strikers, meanwhile, Jerome Jayaratne and Chaminda Vaas will work with the team as Assistant Coach and Bowling Coach respectively. […]
- Colombo Strikers to construct a formidable squad for LPL auction (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo Strikers target Dambulla Aura (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia tour of Sri Lanka to go ahead as scheduled (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo Strikers unveil jersey for Lanka Premier League 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
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- Perks For Gota’s Personal Posse: Rs 400 Million To Move Ali Sabry’s Justice Ministry To WTC For ... (Category: Breaking News)
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- Perks For Gota’s Personal Posse: Rs 400 Million To Move Ali Sabry’s Justice Ministry To WTC For ... (Category: Breaking News)
Amid the uncertainty over the venue, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has expressed interest to host the Asia Cup 2023 and said it is prepared to host the championship if Asian Cricket Council (ACC) decide to allot the tournament to the island nation.
The remains of Sri Lankan businessman Dinesh Schaffter were exhumed at the Colombo, Borella General Cemetery. The remains were exhumed on a court order to conduct further investigations over the suspicious death. Schaffter, was found in critical condition, tied inside his car at the Borella General Cemetery last December. The 52-year-old businessman was later admitted […]
- CID ordered to expedite probe into Dinesh Schaffter’s death (Category: Breaking News)
- Contradictory JMO reports on Schaffter’s death questioned (Category: Breaking News)
- Contradictory JMO reports on Schaffter’s death questioned (Category: Breaking News)
- Dinesh Schaffter’s remains to be returned to family (Category: Breaking News)
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