In a sharp contrast to the above groups, the late Vikramabahu Karunaratne, the leader of the New Left Front, has been an ardent supporter of Tamils Right to Self-Determination, including secession.

Sri Lankan batters Dimuth Karunaratne and Dinesh Chandimal achieved career milestones during the second Test against England at Lord's. Karunaratne became the fourth-highest run-scorer for Sri ...

Stone had Karunaratne caught behind for 55 but Angelo Mathews was on 34 not out as Sri Lanka went to lunch on 136 for four in pursuit of a world record 483, with England now needing six more wickets.

Olly Stone ended Dimuth Karunaratne’s stubborn resistance as England inched closer to a series win over Sri Lanka at a sparsely-attended Lord’s on the penultimate morning of the second Test.

"Bat simple and bat long," was the message, according to Dhananjaya, and Karunaratne's first fifty of the series set the tone during the morning session as Sri Lanka lost just two wickets ...

London [UK], September 9 (ANI): Dimuth Karunaratne etched his name into the history books after becoming just the fourth batter for Sri Lanka to score the 7,000-run landmark in the Test format.

The morning session cost the visitors only nightwatchman Prabath Jayasuriya (4) and Dimuth Karunaratne (55). Karunaratne made the first half century by an opener in the series, striking Atkinson ...

But early on Sunday, Root reprieved Karunaratne, who had added just two to his overnight 23, when failing to hold a fast-travelling one-handed slip chance from the opener's edged cut off Atkinson.

Dinesh Chandimal made an entertaining 58, Dimuth Karunaratne dug in for a 55-run partnership before Stone came back and conjured a wicket with his pace and bounce, a gloved catch flying through to ...