Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by 328 runs in the first Test on the fourth day on Monday to go 1-0 up in the two-match series.
Kasun Rajitha claimed 5/56 as the visitors bowled out Bangladesh for 182 in their second innings, with Mominul Haque left unbeaten on 87.
Taijul and Mominul resumed Bangladesh’s innings at 47/5 after the top order collapsed in little over an hour before the close on Sunday.
Sri Lanka, who maintained their record of never losing a Test series in Bangladesh, made 280 in their first innings and Bangladesh replied with 188.
The visitors then made 418 with first innings centurions de Silva and Kamindu Mendis both reaching three figures for the second time in the match.
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
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, 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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