The Revival of Underperforming Enterprises and Underutilized Assets Bill that is to be presented to parliament soon has in it economic and political objectives that spell doom for Sri Lankan democracy as well as the economy. It would vest in the Sri Lankan government Hotel Developers (Lanka) PLC which owns the Colombo Hilton that has ...

This is the seventh article in the Daily FT’s fortnightly series titled ‘Business of Sports,’ focusing on the back office of the various sports administered and played in this country. Readers are invited to share their views and express their opinion via email to editor@ft.lk on the features carried in this column so that a ...

The Sri Lanka Cricket board confirms that national players have not been paid for months as a result of the financial crisis after hosting the World Cup.

Sri Lanka Cricket is yet to grant its annual allocation to the school cricket association. According to school cricket association sources, SLC owes Rs. 2.8 million, at Rs. 700,000 per quarter. Due to SLC’s failure to grant the money, the association is facing a severe financial

The UNP has said it would ensure legal action against persons found guilty of robbing public funds and gambling with public funds. Deputy Leader of the UNP, Karu Jayasuriya says that a series of recent events have awakened Sri Lankans to gross mismanagement and rampant corruption within nearly every branch of governance and to the ...

A Sri Lanka Cricket official says the country has postponed a scheduled Twenty20 league this month because of a financial crisis and the possibility of further losses after India pulled out of the event. Sri Lanka Cricket spokesman Brian Thomas said Friday the league's first edition

(Lanka-e-News -05.July.2011, 4.45P.M.) Kumar Sangakkara has chosen the MCC Spirit of Cricket lecture to launch a scathing attack on the endless political power-struggles that bedevil Sri Lanka Cricket...

Kumar Sangakkara has chosen the MCC Spirit of Cricket lecture to launch a scathing attack on the endless political power-struggles that bedevil Sri Lanka Cricket and to reflect upon the heavy responsibilities on Sri Lankan cricketers to promote reconciliation after the end of the civil war

Chairman of the Sri Lanka Cricket Interim Committee Nishantha Ranatunge has pointed out that there is no financial crisis within Sri Lankan Cricket as projected by certain media.Mr. Ranatunge said there was a deficit of about 600 million rupees when they took over. They were very much determined

Sooriyawewa Pallekele Kettarama By Frederica Jansz Financially bankrupt Sri Lanka Cricket is to commission the three forces, Army, Navy and Air Force to help it maintain three cricket stadiums – Sooriyawewa, Kettarama and Pallekele. Top officials at SLC said that the cash-strapped institution

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has sought financial help from the government and state banks. SLC treasurer Sujeewa Rajapakse told the BBC that the board has sought a grant from the two bodies. .

By Sonali Samarasinghe Despite President Mahinda Rajapaksa distributing countless letters of referral for his personal shaman Eliyantha White, he told a friend the controversial healer was a dangerous man as he dabbled in the spirit world. In a recent conversation with a Colombo businessman and a close friend of slain editor Lasantha Wickrematunge, Rajapaksa confided ...

by Prof Michael Roberts Many Sri Lankan fans expected the cricket team to win the World Cup and even stocked up with firecrackers to mark the celebratory moment. The disappointment has been commensurate with this high expectation. It has generated...

Apr 16, Colombo: The Indian Premier League is hopeful that the crisis Sri Lanka Cricket has created by recalling the Sri Lankan cricketers playing in the (IPL) before the end of the series by May 5 to prepare for the England tour will be resolved next week.

By Dinouk Colombage World Cup Organising Committee Chief Suraj Dandeniya speaking to The Sunday Leader dismissed allegations that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) was facing bankruptcy. He insisted that once the International Cricket Council (ICC) gives SLC their hosting fees the debts will be repaid

(Lanka-e-News -11.April.2011, 1.30PM) Because of political interference even Sri Lanka cricket is on the losing and waning side. Although the...

Cricket and politics in Sri Lanka By Namini Wijedasa The Sri Lankan team lost the 2011 Cricket World Cup to India but were welcomed home like winners. Was this politics or the true Sri Lankan spirit of embracing losers as...

Former Chairman of the Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee, Aravinda de Silva says selections to the cricket team were done without any interference. De Silva addressing a press conference said there has not been any kind of political interference in team selections. De Silva and the rest

Sri Lanka cricket appears to have been hit by snags due to continuous relinquishes by the players and the administrators as well.

By Michael Roberts The old Premadasa Stadium was a monstrosity. The new one is far better on the eye though hardly a classic structure. Together with the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium at Sooriyawewa it was constructed in time for the staging of the World Cup. In this achievement both stadiums stand out sharply in contrast with ...

by Prof Michael Roberts The old Premadasa Stadium was a monstrosity. The new one is far better on the eye though hardly a classic structure. Together with the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium at Sooriyawewa it was constructed in time for the...

of the Sri Lanka Cricket Team, is a clear proof that the state media is being used by the present regime...

Sri Lanka’s star batsman Sanath Jayasuriya strongly and remorsefully rejects malicious reports against him and claims that those are sadistic attempts by his political opponents to mutilate his political career, a media release issued by Media Centre for National Development Director Ariya Rubasinghe, stated. A website believed to be financed by a discarded politico who has jo...

by Sutirtho Patranobis Even by its own standards of popularity, 4000 kilograms of kiribath, the traditional Lankan coconut milk-rice dish, sounds a bit too appetising. The ingredients: 1200 kg of white rice, 300 kg of cashew, 250 kg of jaggery, 1500 coconuts and a group of five-star chefs; enough to feed 65000 people for a couple of days beginning November 17. But then, a historical week...

By Michael Roberts D. S. de Silva entered the administration of Sri Lanka Cricket several years back at President Rajapaksa’s behest, being tasked with the extension and improvement of school cricket throughout the island. From personal knowledge I can assert that this was a role he pursued

To say that the new Sport Minister’s thoughts, Monday, on the Sri Lanka Cricket Board was a breath of fresh air would be an understatement. Rather, Minister C. B. Ratnayake’s remark that cricket is “the third most corrupt institution behind education and the police” was more a tornado