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Members of five media organizations staged a peaceful demonstration Monday around 10.30 a.m demanding the release of senior journalist J. S. Tissanayagam who is held in the custody of Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) of Sri Lanka police for the last 115 days, in front of Colombo District Court. The Court extended the detention order served on Tissanayagam and two other Tamils, V. Jasikaran …

Scoreboard Monday after Sri Lanka’s innings in the Asia Cup Super Four match against Bangladesh at National Stadium in Karachi:

KARACHI, June 30 (Reuters) - Sanath Jayasuriya celebrated his 39th birthday with a quickfire hundred and Kumar Sangakkara scored his third century of the tournament in Sri Lanka’s Asia Cup super league match against Bangladesh on Monday.

June 30 (Reuters) - Scoreboard in the Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Asia Cup one-day match at the National Stadium, Karachi on Monday.

KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat against Bangladesh in their Asia Cup super league match at the National Stadium on Monday.

Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss Monday and elected to bat first against Bangladesh in the Super Fours match of the Asia Cup limited-overs cricket tournament.

Kumar Sangakkara notched his ninth one-day international century and Ajantha Mendis claimed four wickets to lead Sri Lanka to a 64-run win against Pakistan in a Super Four match of the Asia Cup.

June 30 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka scored 332 for eight off their 50 overs against Bangladesh in a super league match of the ninth Asia Cup one-day tournament at the National Stadium, Karachi on Monday.

SRI LANKA`S army chief said on Monday that his forces have wiped out the conventional military capab..

Sri Lanka’s army chief said Monday his forces had wiped out the military capability of the Tamil Tigers, and that they needed just one more year to totally defeat the rebels.

June 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s retiring Inspector General of Police Victor Perera called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Temple Trees today.

Source: Reuters By Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO, June 30 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s army commander said on Monday that Tamil Tiger rebels were being defeated and were losing their capacity to fight. Army Commander General …

Spinner Ajantha Mendis took 4 wickets and Kumar Sangakkara carved a meticulous ton as Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 64 runs.

June 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka Air Force fighter jets raided an LTTE weapon maintenance and training facility in Kilinochchi this afternoon, Air Forcer sources said.

KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat against Bangladesh in their Asia Cup super league match at the National Stadium on Monday.

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat against Bangladesh in their Asia Cup super league match at the National Stadium on Monday.

Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss Monday and elected to bat first against Bangladesh in the Super Fours match of the Asia Cup limited-overs cricket tournament.

Colombo Airport (BIA) is one of the best airports in the region but needs to expedite its expansion ..

India is to send thousands of troops, war ships and helicopters to Sri Lanka as part of security for..

The domestic cooking gas price is to be revised from midnight today according to the Consumer Affair..

Splits in the JVP have a long history. On the very day it was founded, some of its prominent members..

Fearing the LTTE would use someone to smuggle in an explosive device to Parliament to carry out an a..

Environment / water pollution   The proliferation of illicit small arms in Sri Lanka not only fuels crime but has indirect costs on business as well as the environment, a new survey says.

The proliferation of illicit small arms in Sri Lanka not only fuels crime but has indirect costs on business as well as the environment, a new survey says.

Share/credit issues   A non-voting share issue by Sri Lanka’s Ceylinco Insurance is drawing more interest from investors with the number of applications rising steadily.