Tag: Sri Lanka

Bangladesh capitulate as Sri Lanka win series

- Times Report -

Sri Lanka won the second Test by 10 wickets and clinched the series 1-0 thanks to disastrous performance by top-order batters on Thursday at Shere-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. The first match of the series ended up in a draw in Chattogram. With this win, Sri Lanka secured a crucial 12 points and

Bangladesh’s top-order fail yet again

- Times Report -

Bangladesh’s top-order failed to prove its sustainability against the Sri Lankan pace attack when they lost four wickets once again under 25 runs and slipped into a situation from where they cannot hope to win the Dhaka Test. Tamim Iqbal, who hit a century in the first Test in Chattogram, his

Taijul rocks Sri Lanka as Tigers press for victory

- Times Report -

Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam rocked Sri Lanka batting to give Bangladesh an outside chance to win the two-match series opening Test. He claimed 3-38 as Sri Lanka was reduced to 128-4, leading Bangladesh by 60 runs on day five of the first cricket Test at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here today. Amid

How can Sri Lanka overcome crisis by following Bangladesh

- John Rozario -

The Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told the people of Sri Lanka on Monday, that he will fulfil the promises he had made to them when he assumed office last Thursday after the fall of the Mahinda Rajapaksa government. In his first TV address after assuming office, Wickremesinghe listed the

Nayeem strikes twice at stroke of lunch

- Times Report -

Sri Lanka were cruising along on the first session of day two of the Chattogram Test with overnight batters Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews consolidating at ease. However, 22-year-old Nayeem Hasan had other ideas. The rookie off-spinner repeated the act of picking the first two wickets of the day but this

Tigers seek redemption in 1st Test against Sri Lanka

- Times Report -

Bangladesh are keen to make a turnaround in the longer version format as they take on Sri Lanka in the first cricket Test at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram tomorrow (Sunday). The match, which is part of the ICC World Test Championship, starts at 10 AM. The Tigers were whitewashed in

Ranil Wickremesinghe takes oath as Sri Lankan PM

- Associated Press -

Five-time former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was reappointed Thursday in an effort to bring stability to the island nation, engulfed in a political and economic crisis. Wickremesinghe took his oath before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a ceremony at the president's residence. Protesters have blocked the entrance to the president's

Webinar held at NSU on Sri Lanka crisis

- Times Report -

A webinar on "Current Sri Lankan Economic Crisis: Lessons for other South Asian Countries" was held on Sunday at the North South University (NSU), a press release said. The webinar was organized by the South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) and North South University (NSU). The panelists from Sri Lanka