Gunathilaka was ruled out of the T20 World Cup on October 19 due to a hamstring injury.

New Delhi [India], August 29 (ANI): Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid has hit out at those fuelling the 'India out campaign' in the island nation.

New Delhi [India], August 29 (ANI): Maldives Speaker Mohamed Nasheed held talks with External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar in New Delhi on Monday and discussed Sri Lanka's financial crisis and issues facing Indian Ocean island nations.

Sri Lank is currently facing its worst ever economic crisis, with its 22 million population facing severe shortages of essentials and fuel. Colombo: Sri Lanka’s leader of opposition Sajith Premadasa ahead of the big vote in Sri Lanka, in which the house will elect a new president, has made a request... The post appeared first on .

Sri Lank is currently facing its worst ever economic crisis, with its 22 million population facing severe shortages of essentials and fuel. Colombo: Sri Lanka’s leader of opposition Sajith Premadasa ahead of the big vote in Sri Lanka, in which the house will elect a new president, has made a request... The post appeared first on .

fearing the logistical challenges that might arrive arise to the political protests in the capital, there is a possibility the second Test match might be moved to the Galle stadium. The first Test is also happening in Galle right now which also hosted the last three Test matches.

Colombo [Sri lanka], May 2 (ANI): A tense situation erupted in Sri Lanka's Galle Face protest site after the riot police were deployed on the ground, resulting in protesters engaging in a verbal battle and eventually asking the riot police to leave the site.

Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 24 (ANI): The Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) protest march reached Galle Face in the capital city of Colombo on Sunday evening.

Lucknow Oct 23 PTI Accusing opposition parties of being against Lord Ram Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that such Ram-drohis not only harmed the faith but also disturbed the social fabric impeded development and threw the state in the fire of riots during their rule Those who are not the well-wisher of Lord Ram can never be your well-wisher Adityanath said while addressing the members of the Vishwakarma community at a meeting organised by the BJP Backward Classes Front in the run-up to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election Maintaining distance from Ram-drohis who are anti-Ram who shield terrorists embrace rioters tear the social fabric would be better for your present and also for the bright future of your coming generations he said The firebrand BJP leader who has often been accused by the opposition of making statements with communal overtones alleged that under the previous governments there were riots before Hindu festivals The masses were unable to celebrate and would live in fear in the shadow of curfew And these people opposition leaders would shamelessly don skull caps and insult the people of the state Adityanath said asserting that all this has stopped under his government He alleged that the Congress SP and BSP were trying to harm Ram Setu while the BJP protected it Had it not been for the sons of Lord Vishwakarma Nal and Neel it would not have been possible to build the Ram Setu which Hindus believe was built for Lord Rama to reach then Lanka to rescue his wife Sita as depicted in the epic Ramayana He was referring to the Sethusamudram shipping canal project controversy where the previous UPA government had contended before the Supreme Court that the Rama Setu bridge is not an essential and integral part of the Hindu religion The chief minister said that when the Congress-led UPA government was formed in 2004 there was a competition between the SP and BSP to extend support to it The SP had given support even without being asked and their intention was to hurt the Hindu faith by placing a gun on the shoulders of the Congress he alleged These people not only harmed the faith but also disturbed social fabric harmed development and threw the state in the fire of riots the BJP leader alleged He said the government is moving ahead with the plan to secure the present as well as the future Some people created problems in Kashmir and Article 370 the mother of terrorism was scrapped under the leadership of PM Modi Some others created hurdles in the path of construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya and opened fire on Ram bhakts today the BJP governments have started its construction and it is going on in full flow he said Criticising the previous governments especially the one led by the Samajwadi Party Adityanath alleged that their leaders were only concerned about the welfare of their families One family was involved in looting the state from 2012 to 2017 That government was a Kalyugi avatar of the Mahabharata and riots took place in every district and Hindus were harassed he said Referring to the development works under the BJP rule the chief minister said that they are proving to be successful due to the vision of Prime Minister Modi and the blessings of Lord Vishwakarma and cited the Kanpur metro project which he said will start by November All this is being achieved through the blessings of the original architect Lord Vishwakarma he said Even today Lord Vishwakarma is worshiped as the god of craftsmen in the whole country and in UP Vishwakarma is worshiped through Shram Samman Work has been done to take forward the traditional craftsmen he said The meeting was part of Social Representative Conferences organised by the party to reach out to voters of various communities PTI SAB RT RT

Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Sri Lankan authorities on Friday further extended a nationwide quarantine curfew till September 21 to prevent further spread of the COVID-19.