Australia stand-in captain Steven Smith is looking to put the 10,000 Test runs milestone out of his head in the first Test of the two-match series against Sri Lanka.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s meteoric rise to the presidency in Sri Lanka has been followed by a sobering realisation: the promises made during a campaign in the heat of a national crisis are far easier to make than to keep.
Fresh off his last month's India visit, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Wednesday launched the 'Clean Sri Lanka' national programme, which aims to create a morally and environmentally sustainable nation.
Having said that, India and Sri Lanka are still in contention for the second finalist. The two Asian countries are at the third and fourth place in the standings, with Sri Lanka set to host the Aussies for a two-match Test rubber.
Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu, along with two ICC Women’s T20 World Cup finalists - Melie Kerr and Laura Wolvaardt - and Ireland batter Orla Prendergast, has been nominated for the ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year for 2024.
While assuring support for debt restricting and promising to help the ailing economy, Japan stressed Sri Lanka's importance in realising "Free and Open Indo-Pacific" (FOIP), a Tokyo-led initiative planned at countering Chinese influence in the region.
The port call is aimed at further enhancing the close ties and interoperability between the Indian Navy and Sri Lanka Navy.
Acclaimed Bollywood director Rohit Shetty known for his many hit films such as ‘Golmaal: Fun Unlimited’, ‘Singham’, ‘Bol Bachchan’ and more has a big global following around the world, including Mauritius where he met the Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Jugnauth.
The focus was particularly on the northern Jaffna Peninsula and Trincomalee on the northeast coast of the country as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe underlined the "cardinal importance" of promoting and strengthening connectivity in all its dimensions during their meeting in New Delhi today.
President Wickremesinghe is on two-day official visit to India which began on July 20.
