Mighty Sri Lanka, the world’s third-best Test team, looked distinctly second-rate on Wednesday when minnows Nepal came agonizingly close to pulling off a stunning Asian Games upset. Despite boasting 11 players in their squad who have played international one-day cricket, Sri Lanka only squeezed past Nepal’s amateurs by two wickets to set-up a semi-final clash with Bangladesh. Scores- Nepal 72 (Gyanendra Malla 30; Jehan Mubarak 3-6) ; Sri Lanka 73-8 in 18.5 overs (Jeevantha Kulatunga 20)-report-JNW
November 25, 2010 at 1:21 am
3,645 people in Puttalam displaced due to floods, 854 families in Kurunegala affected; no heavy rains overnight-Disaster Management Centre-JNW
November 24, 2010 at 7:52 am
Indian Foreign Minister SM Krishna will arrive for a 3-day visit Nov 25; Pakistan’s President due here next week-Foreign Minister-JNW
November 23, 2010 at 3:18 pm
5% to be added to salary of public servants and security forces as a non-pensionable allowance, in budget proposals-JNW
November 22, 2010 at 3:59 pm
Budget proposals: electricity rate to be increased by 8% for usage after first 90 units.
Nation Building Tax (NBT) will be reduced from 3% to 2%-Reporter-JNW
November 22, 2010 at 3:55 pm
In Budget proposals, Rs2 tax per minute on IDD calls while local call charges to be reduced from Rs2 to Rs1.50 by June 2011-JNW
November 22, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Nine Senior Ministers in new Cabinet, 49 Cabinet Ministers, 31 Deputy Ministers. Rauf Hakeem, L Seneviratne to be appointed to Cabinet-JNW
November 22, 2010 at 11:32 am
DM Jayarathna sworn in again as the Prime Minister of the new cabinet before the President a short while ago-reporter-JNW
November 22, 2010 at 10:39 am
Navy boats deployed in Hettipolla in Kurunegala and Uda Walawe areas due to flooding; more rain forecast for today-reporter-JNW
November 22, 2010 at 7:32 am
West Indian off-spinner Shane Shillingford has been reported for a suspected illegal bowling action during the first Test against Sri Lanka. Shillingford, 27, who had figures of 123 for four and 79 for one in the match, was reported to the ICC by the on-field umpires Steve Davis and Richard Kettlebrough, as well as TV umpire Asad Rauf and fourth umpire Tyron Wijewardene. He is to undergo tests within the next 21 days-report-JNW
November 22, 2010 at 6:56 am
New Cabinet will be taking oaths tomorrow at 10.30am at the Presidential Secretariat-President’s Media-JNW
November 21, 2010 at 11:11 am
1st Test between Sri Lanka and West Indies drawn at Galle Int Stadium. WI 580/9 dec; SL 378 & 241/4. C Gayle 333. Paranavitana 95-JNW
November 19, 2010 at 4:29 pm
President Rajapaksa, addressing the nation, pledges to make country free of underworld activity, corruption and crime-JNW
November 19, 2010 at 11:36 am
President Mahinda Rajapaksa took oaths before Chief Justice for the second term of office at Presidential Secretariat-JNW
November 19, 2010 at 10:22 am
President will swear in for his second term at 10.16am at Presidential Secretariat and later address the nation-reporter-JNW
November 19, 2010 at 8:00 am
Magampura Port, world’s first inland built port, commissioned by President now with arrival of Jetliner ship-Port Chief Engineer-JNW
November 18, 2010 at 10:55 am
Sarath Fonseka admitted to Prison Hospital last night after a chest wheeze, but illness is not serious-Prison Commissioner General-JNW
November 17, 2010 at 1:29 pm
