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Mathews blunts England with maiden Galle Test hundred | Daily FT
Angelo Mathews looks to the heavens as he celebrates scoring his 11th Test hundred and his first at Galle By Sa’adi Thawfeeq Angelo Mathews scored his 11th Test hundred and his first at the Galle International Cricket Stadium as Sri Lanka gave one of their better batting performances on the first day of a Test match, closing on a solid 229 for four wickets after winning the toss and batting first on an easy paced pitch against England in the second Moose Cup Daraz Test match yesterday. Mathews displaying great resilience against an accurate England bowling attack that gave nothing away held th...
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Flower wants Lankan bowlers to learn from the English | Daily FT
Sri Lanka’s batting coach Grant Flower wants Sri Lanka’s bowlers to learn from their English counterparts how to bowl on the Galle track if they hope to achieve success in the second Test. “England’s bowlers plan the basics and look after the basics, and a lot of it is line and length. That’s what good players do and good sides do. Like Chris (Silverwood) said, it’s not rocket science. They just want to do the basics as well as possible. If you get enough balls in the right areas, you stop the batters from scoring and you put pressure on the batsmen; and they have to look to score off good bal...
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Dialog Enterprise Cloud Receives the First VMware Cloud Verification Status in Sri Lanka | Daily FT
Making its mark as the first VMware Cloud Provider in Sri Lanka, Dialog Enterprise, the corporate solutions arm of Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider, dons the prestigious Cloud Verified badge joining an elite group of 235 providers worldwide. On this milestone announcement, Dialog Enterprise will be delivering a full set of interoperable VMware Cloud infrastructure capabilities as-a-service to its enterprise customers. Whilst a more traditional, on-premise virtualized environment requires in-house server hardware, software licenses, integration capabilities, and IT e...
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No. 1 Ashleigh Barty to make return at Adelaide event | Daily FT
World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty will end a nearly year-long layoff during a pre-Australian Open exhibition event in Adelaide later this month, organisers announced Thursday. Dubbed ‘A Day at the Drive,’ the star-studded eight-player field also includes Serena Williams, Simona Halep, Naomi Osaka, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Dominic Thiem and Jannik Sinner. The event will take place at Adelaide’s Memorial Drive Tennis Centre starting on 29 January. Barty has not played a competitive match since last February. The 24-year-old Australian opted not to defend her French Open title and skipped the US Op...
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Militarisation continues its march forward | Daily FT
“Force is all conquering, but its victories are short-lived” – Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States of America It is not unusual for a government to turn to its militaries in times of uncertainty, as an attempt to reassure both itself and the general public of the might that lies within its grasp. In Sri Lanka, a Rajapaksa Government has never shied away from presenting the military as a beacon of its strength. Having ended the war with the LTTE in 2009 through military means, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Government never strayed far from the umbrella of militarisation....
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Colombo ECT: Embers glowing; bureaucratic incompetence? | Daily FT
With the tremendous increase the world is experiencing in the demand for trading across seas, ports have become the pivotal role players serving not only the vital economic functions but also becoming hot trouble spots in world politics in addition to bringing a variety of benefits to the economy of the countries Crucial infrastructure projects remain in the focus of many Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) and financial conglomerates. Dubai Ports World has $ 3 billion looking for investment across the Indian Ocean logistics sector. UAE investment companies have signed up with China Development Bank...
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The WhatsApp dilemma | Daily FT
The dilemma in deciding to shift away or remain using WhatsApp highlights significant challenges for both individual users and business users WhatsApp is considered to be the most popular messaging app globally and in Sri Lanka. WhatsApp was ranked the top application to be downloaded globally from 2016 to 2019 while more than two billion monthly active users are recorded globally. Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014 for a staggering price of $ 21.8 billion or at approximately $ 55 per user. Founded in 2009 by two former employees at Yahoo!, WhatsApp messaging app quickly became popular with th...
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Nautical tourism | Daily FT
Sri Lanka should prioritise development of nautical tourism. Croatia, with its 600km Mediterranean coast line, harbours 60 marinas with an average of 200 yachts ranging from 10 to 55 metres berthing. The revenue for Croatia from this segment exceeded $ 800 million in 2019 Considering the high marine diversity and attracting upmarket global travellers, Sri Lanka has great potential for nautical tourism, yacht building, chartering and yacht operation in the region and beyond to be made a prosperous industry. Nautical tourism is also called water-based tourism combining sailing and boating with h...
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Let’s continue investing in Sri Lanka’s future generations | Daily FT
Forming close bonds and secure relationships with parents and caregivers can enhance a child’s ability to deal with emotional challenges in later life. The World Bank is supporting Sri Lanka to improve human capital development so that future generations, including little children like Amanthi, can achieve their full potential Reflections on International Day of Education Sri Lanka is the South Asia region’s top performer in terms of human development outcomes and fares well above the average for Lower Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). This is the result of the country’s commitment and long-tra...
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Going beyond business to preserve our natural heritage | Daily FT
NDB Director/Group CEO Dimantha Seneviratne and NDB Vice President Legal Melody Wickramanayake planting a tree Sri Lanka has been identified as one of the biodiversity hot-spots in the Asian region, and the richest country in terms of species concentration. With a high density of species density, Sri Lanka’s natural forest resources are amongst the most floristically prosperous in Asia, providing habitants for millions of species and contributing to sustainable eco systems. Forests are essential for our existence as they store carbon, preserve soil, and nurture a diversity of species. These no...
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