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Seylan Bank PLC recently signed up with Sri Lanka Cricket as their latest merchant to the Internet Payment Gateway. Sri Lanka Cricket has engaged in online operations that features three main segments specifically on Ticketing, Merchandising and Auctioning. The first segment to get online
- Trade Finance (Category: Business)
- Sampath Bank gives Lankan businesses one more reason to go online (Category: Business)
- Online visa income tops Rs 70 m (Category: Breaking News)
- Number of Lanka Gate users per day exceeds 3,000 (Category: Business)
Lasith Malinga said today that he will be available for all national commitments, even though he may choose not to sign a contract with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)
PUNE: Team Mumbai’s worst fears came true on Friday when Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga returned home due to a recurring back injury. ‘Slinga’, nicknamed so for his sling-shot action, missed the last match against Delhi at home and his participation was in doubt as he had been ruled out for a “few weeks”. ...
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- Our favorite home office essentials in 2021 - CNET (Category: Technology)
- 12-Year-Old Interrupts Burglary (Category: USA, Georgia)
- The science of home advantage (Category: Technology)
By Dinouk Colombage The Indian Premier League may not be the most popular competition amongst the international viewing public Australia has gone so far as to not even broadcast the tournament. However, amongst the players the IPL continues to offer far more attractive options than their countries. High salaries, maximum of two months of cricket ...
- ICC rules out window for IPL (Category: Business)
- HashanTillakaratne says he will take match-fixing allegations to ICC (Category: Breaking News)
- Malinga says, he is developing a new delivery (Category: Breaking News)
- England jealous of Indian Premier League: Pietersen (Category: Business)
ISLAMABAD: Former great Sarfraz Nawaz on Friday asked Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to convince the Sri-Lankan team to plan a tour for the revival of international cricket in the country for rebuilding their trust and cementing ties between both the countries.
Former Sri Lanka Cricket captain and DNA MP Arjuna Ranatunga in an interview with Gulf News today hit out at the Indian and Sri Lankan cricket boards as he holds court on a wide range of issues.
Below we reproduce an exclusive interview given by Former Sri Lankan Skipper Arjuna Ranatunga to K.R. Nayar of Gulf News, where he has expressed his opinions on a range of issues affecting the game of cricket. Ranatunga is currently in Dubai to give away the Shyam Bhatia annual cricket awards. GULF NEWS: You led Sri Lanka to ...
- Malinga says, he is developing a new delivery (Category: Breaking News)
- We have a debt to pay to our fans, Sangakkara says (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranatunga commends ICC for not giving a window for IPL in its FTP (Category: Breaking News)
- Can’t wait for SLPL to start – Sanath Jayasuriya (Category: Breaking News)
Former Sri Lanka Cricket captain and DNA MP Arjuna Ranatunga in an interview with Gulf News today hit out at the Indian and Sri Lankan cricket boards as he holds court on a wide range of issues. Click to read full interview
Sri Lanka Cricket on Tuesday congratulated senior player Kumar Sangakkara on being named the International Cricketer of the Year 2012 by the Wisden Almanack.
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene said he still retains the passion to represent his country and play at the highest level; but reiterated that he sees his current stint as skipper only as a stop-gap arrangement. \\Jayawardene, who replaced Tillakaratne Dilshan as Sri Lanka captain after the tour of South Africa, has had decent success ...
- Slots open for World T20 squad - Jayawardene (Category: Sports)
- Won't captain team: Dilshan (Category: Breaking News)
- Jayawardene to lead Kochi (Category: Breaking News)
- SLPL to promote young talent (Category: Breaking News)
Parliamentary accountability The Parliament, as the country’s foremost representative institution, has the sole authority over national resources and financial allocations and concurrently has a prominent role to play in fiscal responsibility, the budgetary process, economic development and effective transparent economic and financial management, with a view to assuring sustainable growth an...
- Chandra J sends his proposals for 2013 Budget to the President (Category: Business)
- Accelerating growth: catching the wave or missing the bus (Category: Business)
- Time for reflection, reality check, risk mitigation and lessons learnt action (Category: Business)
Elephant House has been nominated as the official food and ice cream partner for the on going England tour of Sri Lanka. “The sponsorship of the cricket tour is one of the many initiatives we have taken to promote Sri Lankan cricket and it clearly illustrates our commitment to the sport,” said Neil Samarasinghe – ...
- Elephant House Ice Cream official sponsors of Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Elephant House, Partners with Lanka Premier League 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Elephant House re-imagines local favourite Orange Crush (Category: Business)
- Elephant House with Deyata Kirula for sixth consecutive year (Category: Business)
The sports minister in Sri Lanka has vowed to continue bidding for more international sporting events despite the failure to secure 2018 Commonwealth Games in Hambantota. Sri Lanka lost to Australia’s Gold Coast in Saint Kitts last year, after a lengthy bidding process spending Rs. 880 million. But Sports Minister Mahindananada Aluthgamage told BBC Sinhala ...
- Disaster Warning (Category: Business)
- Fresh Season (Category: Business)
- Government land policy is fair- Keheliya (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as Prime Minister (Category: Breaking News)
By Dinouk Colombage England is the number one side; at least that is what the ICC official rankings showed them up as. By the end of the first test against Sri Lanka this ranking seems to be a mistake, the English have now lost four straight tests in the sub-continent (three of them against Pakistan ...
- SRI LANKA WIN TOUR OPENER | Sporting Life - Cricket News | Live ball-by-ball scorecards, IPL, Co... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka win tour opener (Category: Breaking News)
- Comprehensive win for England (Category: Breaking News)
- England Stun Sri Lanka On Fifth Day Classic At Cardiff (Category: Breaking News)
Ahead of Friday's AGM, Pan Asia Bank Plc (PABC Bank) Board of Directors yesterday appointed Nimal Perera as the Chairman and Eshana de Silva as the Deputy. Nimal was previously the Deputy Chairman and was elevated as the incumbent senior banker A.G. Weerasinghe is up for retirement. The new appointments are effective from 2 April. ...
- Raises Rs. 150 Mn. (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-SEC DG Channa appointed to Pan Asia Bank board (Category: Business)
- Nimal Perera, new chairman of PABC (Category: Breaking News)
- Heavy movements in financial sector boards (Category: Business)
Thousands of Sri Lanka cricket fans snapped up sought-after tickets for the ICC World Twenty20 2012 when box offices, MoneyGram outlets and online booking sites opened at 9am Colombo time today. Following a spectacular launch on Saturday attended by tens of thousands of cricket fans
- Final phase of ICC World T20 tickets opens today (Category: Business)
- ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka crosses 100,000 tickets-sold mark (Category: Business)
- ICC World Twenty20 tickets in great demand (Category: Sports)
- Second phase of ticket sales for ICC World T20 Cup ends on high note (Category: Business)
India will play One Day Internationals at Hambantota, Dambulla, Pallekele and Premadasa Stadium when they arrive here in July to play five ODIS and a Twenty20. Hambantota will host the first two ODIS while Premadasa Stadium in Colombo will host the only T20 International. According to the International Cricket Council’s Future Tours Programme India were ...
- Virat Kohli has got 5 MOM awards in 2012 (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan and Sri Lanka set for UAE clashes (Category: Breaking News)
- ICC T20 world Cup tickets for the finals sold out (Category: Breaking News)
- Heavy rain stop match (Category: Breaking News)
Thousands of Sri Lanka cricket fans snapped up sought-after tickets for the ICC World Twenty20 2012 when box offices, MoneyGram outlets and online booking sites opened at 9am Colombo time today.
- More than 100,000 tickets for ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 sold (Category: Sports)
- 100-day countdown to the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 begins (Category: Sports)
- ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 tickets selling quickly (Category: Sports)
- ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 ticket sales to be launched in Colombo (Category: Sports)
The issue of tickets for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup cricket tournament to be held in Sri Lanka, commenced this morning. The matches will be played in Colombo, Kandy and Hambantota and tickets are being sold for the matches to be played at these venues. Our correspondents said long queues were being witnessed from ...
- Ski Santa Fe postpones opening amid surge of COVID-19 cases (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- Ski Santa Fe postpones opening amid surge of COVID-19 cases (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- Ski Santa Fe postpones opening amid surge of COVID-19 cases (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- Ski Santa Fe postpones opening amid surge of COVID-19 cases (Category: USA, New Mexico)
Sri Lanka Cricket have denied they are adopting a two-tier pricing policy for locals and foreigners for the Test series against England.
For a change, there is good news from Sri Lanka Cricket with the new administration led by Upali Dharmadasa succeeding in achieving record ticket sales worth over Rs. 80 million so far for the two Test matches with the visiting England team. “The amount raised so far is a record,” Tour
BBC: England chased 359 to beat the Sri Lankan Development XI by four wickets in their final warm-up game ahead of the two-Test series against Sri Lanka. The home side declared their second innings on 199-4 at lunch to give England a run-chase of 359 in 64 overs. England’s Ravi Bopara (2nd L) plays a ...
- England desperate to avoid Pakistan whitewash (Category: Business)
- Bopara stars as England rout Australia 4-0 (Category: Business)
- England drop struggling Morgan for Sri Lanka tests (Category: Business)
- Uncapped Taylor replaces Bopara for England (Category: Business)
Daily Mail: Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott compiled chanceless centuries on day two of England’s pre-Test warm-up but Ian Bell’s struggles continued on a flat pitch in Colombo. Responding to the Sri Lankan Development XI’s 431 for six, the England openers shared a stand worth 197, both retiring upon reaching three figures to allow others ...
- Strauss aims for four straight Ashes wins (Category: Business)
- Strauss admits England failings after Pakistan loss (Category: Business)
- STRAUSS FOCUSED ON BEATING SRI LANKA (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka v England: Andrew Strauss says quitting hasn't crossed his mind as he seeks to sto... (Category: Breaking News)
The ICC World Twenty20 2012 ticket launch will take place at the Galle Face Green on Saturday 24 March 18.30 (Colombo time) with President Mahinda Rajapaksa purchasing the very first ticket of the tournament. The launch will also feature the ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat as well as representatives from both the Sri Lankan men’s ...
- Second phase of ticket sales for ICC World T20 Cup ends on high note (Category: Business)
- Tickets for ICC WT20 final sold out (Category: Business)
- Final phase of ICC World T20 tickets opens today (Category: Business)
- ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka crosses 100,000 tickets-sold mark (Category: Business)
The ICC World Twenty20 2012 ticket launch will take place at the Galle Face Green on Saturday 24 March 18.30 (Colombo time) with His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa, the President of Sri Lanka, purchasing the very first ticket of the tournament.
- More than 100,000 tickets for ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 sold (Category: Sports)
- 100-day countdown to the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 begins (Category: Sports)
- ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 tickets selling quickly (Category: Sports)
- ICC World Twenty20 tickets go on global sale today (Category: Sports)
Sri Lanka Cricket have announced that their international players have been fully paid ahead of their Test series with England.
Sri Lanka Cricket(SLC) last night announced that the National Cricketers have been paid all their dues in full up to date. The SLC in its release thanked the Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage and the Secretary, Ministry of Sports for assisting SLC to source these funds
- 'Five years' to resolve SLC crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Sports Minister slams SLC (Category: Breaking News)
- SLC eager to host IPL matches (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka eager to host IPL matches - Dharmadasa (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Cricket has said it has paid its cricketers their outstanding dues, which had been pending since last year's World Cup
The British High Commission in Colombo hosted a reception for the visiting England cricket team. Sri Lanka Cricket board President Upali Dharmadasa is seen here in conversation with Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of President Mahinda Rajapaksa during the reception last night (March 13/2012)
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- President felicitates Sri Lanka's new cardinal (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's cricket team played well and did Sri Lanka proud under the leadership of Mahela Jayawardena. All played so well and fielded with gusto and brought about serveral amazing stops and took some equally amazing catches.
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