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The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) announced the celebration of Olympic Day 2025, to be held on June 25 at the historic Galle Fort. The event aligns with the global Olympic Day ...
Our unique history, shaped by indentured labour, caste oppression and class-based struggles, is rarely centred in conversations around queer rights in Sri Lanka. Then there’s access or the lack of it.
The first Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka fizzled out into a damp draw on Saturday, with rain robbing the match in Galle of a proper climax. Sri Lanka were set a tall order of 296 in 37 ...
The first Test in Galle between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh ended in an intense draw on Day 5, as Sri Lanka resiliently batted out 32 overs in the final session. Despite a precarious scenario where they ...
We worked hard, and we came back with a podium finish. Then it was a double win. All this was through hard work so thank you so much to the team, to Sri Lanka and to everyone who has supported me so ...
There had not been a draw in a Test match in Galle since 2013, and Bangladesh and Sri Lanka faced off on that occasion, too. This result ended a run of 12 years, and 26 matches without a draw at ...
The result marked the first drawn Test in Galle in 12 years, ending a run of 26 consecutive matches with a definitive result at the venue. Set a target of 296 in the fourth innings, Sri Lanka slumped ...
Shanto followed up his first-innings hundred with an unbeaten 125 in the second stanza after Mushfiqur Rahim was run out for 49, and Bangladesh declared on 285 for six to set Sri Lanka a steep ...
The Galle Test has ended in a damp draw after Najmul Hossain Shanto’s go-slow century and a bafflingly late declaration left Bangladesh with too little time to force a result against Sri Lanka ...
GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Rain forced an early lunch on the final day of the first cricket test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh on Saturday, frustrating Bangladesh’s hopes of pushing for a rare victory ...
GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Bangladesh missed out on a rare victory away from home when its series-opening cricket test against Sri Lanka ended in a draw on the rain-affected ...