External affairs minister S Jaishankar will visit Colombo this week for what will be the first high-level engagement between India and Sri Lanka since the new Lankan president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, assumed office last week. The visit will be an important for India to reaffirm its commitment to development support for the strategically located Indian…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday wrote a letter to the external affairs minister S Jaishankar urging immediate action to ensure the release of the 37 Tamil fishermen and their boats arrested by the Sri Lankan authorities earlier last week on September 21. “I am writing…
Kamindu Mendis and Don Bradman (Agency Photos) NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka‘s batting sensation Kamindu Mendis has joined an exclusive club in Test cricket, equalling a remarkable record, previously held by the legendary Don Bradman.By reaching 1,000 Test runs in just his 13th innings, Mendis has become the fastest to achieve the milestone since 1949, placing…
Kamindu Mendis (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka sensation Kamindu Mendis has etched his name in the history books, becoming the first-ever batsman to score fifty or more in eight consecutive Test matches. The stylish left-hander achieved this remarkable feat during Sri Lanka’s second Test match against New Zealand at Galle International Stadium on Thursday.Coming…
Just a few days after the presidential election, Sri Lanka is bracing for the parliamentary election which will be costlier than the recently concluded poll. In last week’s election, Anura Kumara Dissanayake won and became the new president of Sri Lanka. Soon after holding the position Dissanayake dissolved Parliament on Tuesday to call a snap…
Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday won the presidential election in Sri Lanka defeating incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe.Sri Lanka’s election commission formally announced that, Dissanayake, 55, secured 42.31% of the vote in Saturday’s election, with opposition leader Sajith Premadasa finishing second. Wickremesinghe, the sitting president, placed a distant third.The election commission confirmed the results on…
NEW DELHI: Batting maestro Virat Kohli couldn’t help but lighten the mood with a hilarious remark aimed at Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan during the second day of the first Test in Chennai.Kohli found himself at the crease early in the second innings, just like the first, as India lost two quick wickets in the…
NEW DELHI: Persistent rain has put the only Test between Afghanistan and New Zealand at Greater Noida at risk. Thursday marks the fourth consecutive day without any play.This match is Afghanistan’s first Test at their adopted home ground near New Delhi. Due to continuous rain, the field remains too wet for play. Umpires inspected the…
Sri Lanka‘s top court has found President Ranil Wickremesinghe guilty of “unlawful conduct” for delaying local elections, which were seen as an unofficial referendum on his economic policies. According to AFP news agency, the verdict was delivered by a five-judge bench led by Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya. It does not carry immediate legal consequences due…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader and leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, claimed that a delegation of fishermen, who wanted to meet him in Parliament, was stopped on Thursday.The fishermen had issues related to Sri Lanka that they wished to discuss. Rahul Gandhi addressed the media, saying, it is their right to meet anyone,…
