Sri Lankan venues for the Asia Cup, Kandy and Colombo are witnessing heavy rains and the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) might to forced to take swift action with one game already being washed out.
Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi has been quite vocal in the last few weeks regarding the scheduling of Asia Cup 2023 in a hybrid model and has launched a fresh attack on Asian Cricket Council with heavy rains in Sri Lanka.
The photo, which was taken in June 2023 during the ICC World Test Championship, shows spectators holding a flag with the BJP's lotus symbol. However, the flag in the photo is actually the flag of the Sri Lanka Cricket Board (SLC).
In 2022, India expressed strong concerns over a similar visit by a Chinese ballistic missile and satellite tracking ship over possibilities of Beijing spying on Indian defence installations.
“The world is evolving and India is undergoing rapid development, particularly under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership”, Wickremesinghe noted.
Raheem, a member of the Muslim minority party, All Ceylon Makkal Congress, was elected to Parliament in August 2020.
Sri Lanka Foreign Minister further said that India took bold decisions to help them and provided about 3.9 billion worth of bilateral credit and accreditation.
Sri Lanka anti terror law: The PTA was introduced as a temporary arrangement to counter the campaign of separatist violence by the Tamil minority militant groups in 1979.
Sri Lanka news: Rajapaksa flew to Colombo around midnight Friday from Thailand and was escorted under military guard to his new home in the capital.
IMF delegation will visit Colombo next week for discussions on finalising a staff-level agreement with the government in the “near term,” indicating that a bailout package would require "adequate assurances" from creditors that debt sustainability will be restored.
Sri Lanka news: Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga, who is also related to Gotabaya, hinted that Rajapaksa will return to the country on August 24, the Daily Mirror said on Wednesday (August 17).
Sri Lanka crisis: He further said that there is no point in blaming former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa for the economic crisis but rather urged all political parties to come together to take the country out of the economic mess and repay the debt.
Sri Lanka crisis: The presidential secretariat which was occupied by the protesters from July 9 till Friday last is re-opened and the staff reported to work on Monday, officials said.
Sri Lanka crisis: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife along with two bodyguards travelled to the Maldives after full approval of the country's Defence Ministry, Sri Lanka officials confirmed on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka Crisis: Debt-ridden nation's parliament is likely to reconvene on July 15 and a new President may be elected on July 20, Reuters quoted country's parliamentary speaker as saying.
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday announced that he will appoint a new Prime Minister and a Cabinet this week.
Governor of the bank Nandalal Weerasinghe told reporters that the political unrest derailed the bank's recovery plans, and the resignation of Mahinda Rajapaksa as the prime minister on Monday and the lack of a replacement were complicating matters.
SJB presented the draft 21st constitution amendment bill to the secretary-general of parliament with proposals including the abolition of the current executive presidential system.
Former Sri Lankan Prime Minister "I think India has helped to the maximum. We will have to see, and they are still helping in non-financial ways. So, we have to be thankful to them," said Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo.
The govt has been forced to restrict the import of several essential commodities - including food items which has pushed the price of essentials such as milk powder and rice much higher.
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