Abandoned tour an accident waiting to happen

What an embarrassment. And Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) cannot say they were not warned when they boasted how the three venues for the next year’s World Cup would be used for the West Indies tour.

There is a major difference though between jingoist chatter and reality. No one, however, can do anything about the rain which has hung around like the proverbial stench from the pile of metaphorical garbage on the doorstep of the government premises in Maitland Place.

Navy awarded Presidential Colours for third time

The Sri Lanka Navy was awarded ‘Presidential Colours’ for the third time in its 60-year history by President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Commander in Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces.

Sri Lanka -Windies ODI series begins today as scheduled

Sri Lanka Cricket this morning announced that there is no postponement of the scheduled five- match ODI series with West Indies.An official of the Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed that the today’s first match will be played at 2.30 PM at the new venue, Mahinda Rajapaksa International Play Ground at Suriyawewa in the Hambantota district.

Sri Lanka-West Indies ODIs to go ahead

Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to go ahead with the Sri Lanka-West Indies One Day International series as scheduled. The first match will be played tomorrow (Thursday) at Hambantota, says the SLC Secretary.

Sri Lanka to skip Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony - Sify

Colombo: Sri Lanka is to skip the ceremony at which the Nobel Peace Prize is to be presented to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, a government official in Colombo said Wednesday.

'The government has decided that Sri Lanka's ambassador will not be accepting the invitation to attend the function,' a Foreign Ministry spokesman said without giving reasons.

Sri Lanka rules out defence pact with Pakistan - Deccan Herald

Sri Lanka has firmly ruled out any defence cooperation pact with Pakistan although they maintained very strong military ties during the height of the ethnic war in the country.

Gotabhaya Rajapakse, the powerful defence secretary, said the government did not discuss the possibility of a Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) during the recent four-day visit by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari.

Sri Lanka government calls opposition MP a 'traitor'

Sri Lanka's government has called a senior opposition leader a "traitor" after he wrote an article saying that the country should investigate "the many allegations against us".

Sri Lanka keen on tourist circuit with Karnataka

After successfully conducting road shows in the US, the UK and Europe to promote tourism, Karnataka is now on its way to form a tourist circuit with Sri Lanka to lure lakhs of tourists visiting the island nation to the state. As a first step, tourism minister G Janardhana Reddy and his Lankan counterpart Upali Kodikara, on Wednesday held discussions and both agreed for a joint-venture in the tourism sector. They have also appointed two officials from each side to implement the proposal.