Category: Industry
Sri Lanka keeper ready for England backlash
NORTHAMPTON, June 7, 2014 (AFP) – Sri Lanka wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene said he expected England to “come hard” during this month’s two-Test series.The tourists took a five-match one-day series 3-2 with a six-wicket win at Edgbaston on Tuesday — a result overshadowed by the controversy surrounding the run out backing up or ‘Mankading’ of England’s […]
Escape
Two Sri Lankans held captive by Somali pirates for nearly for years had escaped a British mediator working to free the hostages had said, but four of their colleagues had died during the ordeal.The two men and a woman had been travelling in a convoy guarded by armed police, were seized by gunmen in ambush […]
Ton-up Silva and Thirimanne star for Sri Lanka
NORTHAMPTON, June 5, 2014 (AFP) – Kaushal Silva and Lahiru Thirimanne both scored hundreds as Sri Lanka compiled 358 for three on the opening day of their tour match against Northamptonshire.The compact Silva pulled Coetzer for four to complete a 123-ball fifty while left-hander Thirimanne square-cut spinner Spriegel to the boundary to reach the landmark […]
Loan Demand
June 6, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s DFCC says it has seen a sharp rise in credit demand with new approvals rising to 34.6 billion rupees from 23.4 billion rupees a year earlier, though draw downs are just picking up.DFCC Bank group which has assets of 177 billion rupees said amid a rise of all […]
Sri Lanka includes natural gas in power planning studies
June 5, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-run power utility has included natural gas in power generation planning studies for the first time, with prospects of gas being found in the country.In one study scenario where no coal plants after the current ones being planned for Trincomallee, the Ceylon Electricity Board’s long term generation plan […]
Bengal Port
DHAKA, June 4, 2014 (AFP) – Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to seek Chinese funding to build a deep sea port in the Bay of Bengal when she visits Beijing later this week, officials said Wednesday. The proposed port on Sonadia Island off Bangladesh’s southeast coast would cost billions of dollars, but Bangladeshi […]
Sri Lanka eyes nuclear power plant after 2030
June 4, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-run Ceylon Electricity Board has included nuclear power for the first time as a possible power generation option in 2031 in its latest study of long term generation capacity.CEB long term generation plan has studied nearly 20 different scenarios along with a base case scenario with the lowest […]
Cricket: Sri Lanka win series against England
BIRMINGHAM, June 3, 2014 (AFP) – Sri Lanka proved too strong with both ball and bat as they beat England by six wickets in the fifth and final one-day international at Edgbaston on Tuesday to clinch a 3-2 series victory.First paceman Lasith Malinga took three for 50 as Sri Lanka restricted England to 219 all […]
” up England-Sri Lanka Tests
BIRMINGHAM, June 3, 2014 (AFP) – England captain Alastair Cook said he expected the controversial run out of Jos Buttler during the fifth one-day international against Sri Lanka to “spice up” the forthcoming Test series between the teams.Cook insisted a “line had been crossed” after Sachithra Senanayake ran out England’s Jos Buttler as the non-striker […]
Cricket: Buttler should have been recalled says Ranatunga
COLOMBO, June 4, 2014 (AFP) – Former skipper Arjuna Ranatunga Wednesday said Sri Lanka was right to run out England’s Jos Buttler, but felt he should have been recalled in the spirit of the game. “We should have got him out and then (Sri Lankan captain) Angelo (Mathews) called him back to play,” Ranatunga told […]
Another Feather
June 4, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka based MillenniumIT, a unit of London Stock Exchange said its products have been selected by Aequitas Innovations in Canada which is building a new securities exchange. “This is a significant win for us our suite of capital markets technology has been chosen to launch this new exchange, which […]
‘s Senanayake reported over bowling action
LONDON, June 2, 2014 (AFP) – Sri Lanka off-spinner Sachithra Senanayake has been reported for a suspected illegal bowling action, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed on Monday.Sri Lanka, meanwhile, named their squad on Monday afternoon for the two-Test series against England in June, from which Senanayake is omitted. The 29-year-old made his Test debut, […]