Watch Cricket Highlights – West Indies vs Sri Lanka – ODI March 2021 3rd ODI – Brilliant 100 by Darren Bravo seals victory for the Windies Sri Lanka: 274/6 ; West Indies (48.3/50 ov, target 275) 276/5 West Indies won by 5 wickets (with 9 balls remaining) SRI LANKA INNINGS (50 OVERS MAXIMUM) BATSMEN R Danushka Gunathilaka c Allen b Joseph 36 Dimuth Karunaratne (c) b Mohammed 31 Pathum Nissanka lbw b Hosein 24 Dinesh Chandimal † b Hosein 16 Dasun Shanaka b Hosein 22 Ashen Bandara not out 55 Thisara Perera run out (Pooran) 3 PWH de Silva not out 80 Extras (lb 2, nb 1, w 4) 7 TOTAL (50 Ov, RR: 5.48) 274/6 WEST INDIES INNINGS (TARGET: 275 RUNS FROM 50 OVERS) BATSMEN R Evin Lewis b Lakmal 13 Shai Hope † c Lakmal b Perera 64 Jason Mohammed b de Silva 8 Darren Bravo c Karunaratne b Lakmal 102 Nicholas Pooran ...
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Public health measures to be adopted by Sri Lankan or Foreign Nationals Residing in Sri Lanka who are undertaking an important state visit/official visit / business visit under bio safety travel bubble ...
Coconut confusion-By Dr Harold Gunatillake Transcript: Query- “Doctor I need your help. I love coconut products in my food, but there is conflicting information about use of coconut milk. I am a diabetic my cholesterol is incredibly good. My doctor says avoid coconut milk. What is the latest research on coconut milk”? With so many articles being written on the benefits of using coconut in our food preparations, people get disturbed when someone writes against alleged bad effects of the coconut products for human consumption. The worst remark was made by a lady professor from Harvard, proclaiming that it is a poison. ...
Rajendra Theagarajah appointed Chairman of Digital Reality Pvt Ltd Mandated to lead the Board of SL’s first ever High Density Data Centre At launch, it will serve as the only Tier 3 certified Data center in Colombo City Envisages world class data hosting services and value-added services to enterprises, SMEs and startups Set to attract regional clientele to Sri Lanka with Tier 3 certified offshore data hosting services Data centre located at Orion City to go live early in Q2FY2021 Digital Reality (Pvt) Ltd, a joint venture between St. Anthony’s Property Developers (Pvt) Ltd. (SAPD) and Dialog Broadband Pvt Ltd, announced the appointment of highly respected banking veteran, technologist and business transformation specialist, Rajendra Theagarajah as Chairman. Theagarajah has been charged with leading its board as Digital Reality gears up for the launch of Sri Lanka’s first and most advanced High Density Data Centre, at Orion City, and ultimately, securing ...
Sam Samarasekera, tough tackler with a repute-by Hafiz Marikar Seevali ‘Sam’ Samarasekera is a former center-three-quarter who played as a top class player in the late 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s. Sam began his rugby career as a schoolboy playing for l Trinity College. He first played for the school under 15 team under the coaching of Asoka Weerasinghe and later played for under 17 team. Popularly known as ‘Sam’ he was well known for his good tackling and ball handling. He first played for the school in 1968 under the captaincy of Ajith Abeyarthne and that year won rugby colors. In 1969 Trinity captain Shafie and Sam booth were invited to play for Kandy Sports Club in the knockouts as school boys under the captaincy of Denzil Kobbekkduwa, who was their coach at Trinity College. ...
70 years of SLAF Sporting Milestones Source:Dailynews Sri Lanka Air Force has produced some outstanding sportsmen and women who have brought glory to the motherland during the 70 years of existence. The notable feature of these great men and women is that they have excelled at sports while protecting the motherland. Especially Air Force sportsmen and women excelled in the Athletics, Rugby, Soccer, Cycling, Boxing and many more sports disciplines locally and internationally. The following achievements of these sports personnel have been written in gold in the annals of the SLAF. First National Record by an Airman Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Nagalingam Balasubramanium became the first RCyAF Airman to create a National Record when he cleared a distance of 48: 01/2 (14.64) at the Quadrangle Athletics Meet Triple Jump event on 28 November 1959. ...
Royal-Thomian golf encounter ends in a tie Jonny De Saram (right), Captain of S. Thomas’ Team and the grandson of Fred De Saram, handing over the Trophy to Suresh Subramaniam Source:Dailynews The Annual Royal-Thomian golf encounter played for the Fred De Saram Trophy, ended in an exciting tie at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) on Sunday. There were 30 4-ball flights during the championship with 28 (18-hole) encounters and two (nine-hole) encounters for seniors. ...
Night of the Divine Source:Dailynews The Hindu festival of Maha Shivaratri (Literally the “Great Night of Lord Shiva” in Sanskrit and many other Asian languages) is observed with much fervour by Hindus across Sri Lanka, India, Nepal and many other countries. Among all the 12 Shivaratris that occur in a calendar year, Maha Shivaratri, the one that occurs in February/March is of the most spiritual significance. Maha Shivaratri, which is being celebrated today, falls once a year during the months of February and March. However, Shivaratri falls on the 14th day of each month of the lunar calendar. Maha Shivaratri is celebrated in various forms depending on the perspective. ...
Seylan Tikiri showcases “Cooking Kiddos” on social media Source:Island Seylan Tikiri, the number one minor savings brand in the market by Seylan Bank, wowed its little customers online with “Cooking Kiddos” a social media campaign that showcased their cooking skills to the world. The Bank with a Heart partnered with Emerging Media to give enterprising children the opportunity to try out new recipes, taking a break from their strict schedules. Always on the lookout for innovative ways to keep their youngest customer base engaged, Seylan Bank hit on the idea of a cooking show to add variety to the life of children mostly spending time studying online. Leveraging on their interest to try out new things and being in the spotlight, Seylan Tikiri wanted to have the children make simple meals and showcase their talent to a wide audience in social media. Seylan Tikiri customers, who participated in the competition ...
Are beauty pageants A MUST in this pandemic world… Source:Island Before this Coronavirus pandemic showed up, the world was inundated with beauty pageants, and there were also lots of unheard of pageants, held in various countries, where even the citizens of those countries never knew that such pageants existed. In our part of the world, too, pageants were popping up, like mushrooms, and I was keeping my fingers crossed…waiting for someone ‘enterprising’ to brighten up this scene further – with novelty. ...
