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After 40 overs, Sri Lanka was well placed, 164 for 4, and hoped for a total of 240-250. But Sangakkara’s luck ran out when Andre Adams deflected a straight drive from Silva onto the stumps…

A lifting of the ban on the LTTE by the European Union (EU) is now a possibility because Germany is ..

Dec 31, Colombo: President Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning resented a brand new motor car to Ven. Davuldena Gnanissara Mahanayake Thero of the Amarapura Maha Sangha Sabawa for his 92nd birthday.

Dec 31, Colombo: President Mahinda Rajapaksa today handed letters of permanent appointment to 5000 casual employees from the Road Development Authority (RDA).

QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand : New Zealand snatched a nail-biting last-ball victory over Sri Lanka after tail-end batsman James Franklin guided the hosts back from the brink of disaster in their second one-day international here.

Dec 31, Colombo: The government of Sri Lanka plans to call for worldwide tenders for oil exploration in the Mannar Basin in May, Ministry of Petroleum Resources Development sources said.

Dec 31, Colombo: The Expert Panel appointed to advise the All Party Representative Committee (APRC) of Sri Lanka on a framework for power devolution has sought clarification from the APRC about its role. The panel has ceased to function until it receives the APRC’s response, sources close to the Expert Panel said.

Dec 31, Colombo: Newspaper offices in Sri Lanka’s Jaffna peninsula, isolated by the closure of the main land supply route, are reportedly facing an acute shortage of newsprint and printing ink to publish the daily newspapers.

Dec 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s National Peace Council (NPC) has called on the government and LTTE to make the right of return for displaced persons an agenda item at future peace talks. As in the case of the Balkans, the international community has to play a major role in facilitating such an agreement and to ensure its effective implementation, the NPC said.

New Zealand snatched a nailbiting last-ball victory over Sri Lanka after tail-end batsman James Franklin guided the hosts back from the brink of disaster in their second one-day international here.

Jaffna University board of governors, at a meeting presided by the Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Kumaravadivel, decided to reopen the Campus on 22 January, administrators at Jaffna campus said. Sri Lanka Military Command has agreed to arrange sea transportation to the more than 800 out of district students to come back to the campus, officials added.

New Zealand snatched a nailbiting last-ball victory over Sri Lanka after tail-end batsman James Franklin guided the hosts back from the brink of disaster in their second one-day international here.

Fighting in Sri Lanka is expected to intensify in the new year in the absence of fresh moves by peacebrokers to bring the two sides back to the negotiating table, analysts and politicians said.

New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by one wicket on the last ball of their one-day international here.

Overview of the five one-day international series between New Zealand and Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka scored 224-7 against a much-improved New Zealand bowling attack in the second of their five one-day internationals at Queenstown.

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Mark Gillespie and Michael Mason took two wickets each as the New Zealand attack came out fighting against Sri Lanka in the second one-day international in Queenstown, but nemesis Kumar Sangakkara again made his presence felt.

Fighting in Sri Lanka is expected to intensify in the new year in the absence of fresh moves by peacebrokers to bring the two sides back to the negotiating table, analysts and politicians said.

SYDNEY, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Kumar Sangakkara belted 89 to help Sri Lanka recover from a slow start and make 224 for seven in their second limited-overs international against New Zealand on Sunday.

FIGHTING in Sri Lanka is expected to intensify in the New Year in the absence of fresh moves by peacebrokers to bring the two sides back to the negotiating table, analysts and politicians said.

A spokesman for the military said that airstrikes hit a confirmed Tamil Tiger gun position and a Tiger sea base in eastern Sri Lanka.

Scoreboard in the second one-day international between New Zealand and Sri Lanka on Sunday in Queenstown, New Zealand

NEW Zealand captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and put Sri Lanka in to bat in their one-day international cricket match today (AEDT).

Line-ups for the second one-day international between New Zealand and Sri Lanka on Sunday in Queenstown, New Zealand