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Team India's Test tour to Sri Lanka pencilled for August 2026; Bangladesh series left in limbo: Report
Firstcricket Staff •Team India is set to visit Sri Lanka for a Test series, which is reportedly set to happen later in the year. The dates are yet to be finalised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the Sri Lanka Cricket.
Sri Lanka detains senior monk over sexual abuse charges
•Sri Lankan police have arrested Pallegama Hemarathana, a high-ranking Buddhist monk, for the alleged sexual abuse of an 11-year-old girl in 2022.
Sri Lanka to resume excavation at LTTE-era mass grave site in Chemmani
•A Sri Lankan court has ordered the recommencement of excavation work on a mass grave in Chemmani, on the outskirts of Jaffna, which first came into focus during the LTTE conflict in the 1990s.
Sri Lanka Cricket to face ICC action? Government 'temporarily' takes over cricket board
•The Sri Lanka Cricket was suspended for two months in 2023-2024 by the International Cricket Council due to political interference in the running of the national board.
22 Buddhist monks arrested with 110 kg cannabis at Colombo airport in record drug bust
Fp Staff •Sri Lankan authorities seized narcotics worth over $3.45 million, marking first such case involving monks as probe links to trafficking networks
Sri Lanka Cricket in crisis as president Shammi Silva faces ouster bid, special meeting convened
•Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has called a special Executive Committee meeting to discuss the future of president Shammi Silva after the country’s leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, demanded a new administration take charge.
India extends OCI card eligibility to sixth generation in Sri Lanka
Fp Staff •Till now, the OCI cards were applied to the fourth generation of Indians living in Sri Lanka
Vice President CP Radhakrishnan arrive in Sri Lanka for 2-day visit to boost diplomatic ties
Fp Staff •Vice President CP Radhakrishnan arrived in Colombo on Sunday for a two-day official visit to strengthen bilateral cooperation and enhance political and economic ties between the two countries.
Tax cuts, rationing, curtailed work hours: The ways world is absorbing Iran war shock
Fp Business Desk •Countries worldwide are scrambling to tackle a fuel crisis triggered by the Iran war, deploying measures from tax cuts and subsidies to rationing and demand curbs as supply disruptions and soaring prices hit economies
India supplies 38,000 metric tonnes of emergency fuel to Sri Lanka amid West Asia disruptions
Fp Staff •India has delivered 38,000 metric tonnes of fuel to Sri Lanka after supply disruptions linked to the West Asia conflict, stepping in as Colombo faces shortages, invokes emergency measures, and seeks stability through closer energy cooperation with New Delhi.