Skipper Chamari Athapaththu slammed her 11th half century as Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 3 wickets to reach the finals of the Women’s Asia Cup.
Chasing 141 to win Sri Lanka were in a spot of bother early in but Athapaththu led from the front, putting on a show to win the match. Hosts Sri Lanka will now meet India in the finals on Sunday.
Athapaththu departed for a well made 63 off 48 with Sri Lanka still needing a run a ball 21 and despite Pakistan’s grit, Sri Lanka held their nerve to cross the line.
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today warned that Ceylon Electricity Board Employees would have to make a choice in the next two months.
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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