Exploring Ritigala Mountain: A Hidden Ecological and Archaeological Treasure in Sri Lanka

Ritigala mountain

Ritigala Sesha mountain range can be introduced as a place of unique aesthetic ecological ecological and archaeological values ​​found in Sri Lanka. To reach Ritigala, which is located on the border of Palugaswewa and Kekirawa Divisional Secretariat Divisions in Anuradhapura District, on the Kekirawa Habarana or Maradankadawala Habarana road, turn left in front of Galapitamada Maha Vidyalaya through Ganewalpola and from there, you have to travel for another six kilometers along Guru Road. It is also possible to come from Anuradhapura through Mudiankadawala in Mihintale.

The Ritigala area can be introduced as one of the three existing wildlife reserves in Sri Lanka. This Ritigala is spread over several mountain ranges like Adiakanda, Fruit Hill, Medicine Hill, etc., and is spread over an area of ​​3777 acres.

In the past, Aritta Giri Aritta Pabbata has been known as this mountain. One opinion is that this mountain was named as Ritigala because of the abundance of Ritigus at the foot of Ritigala mountain. Also, it is believed that Aritta Pabbata was named as Aritta Pabbata, the first monk who entered the monastic order in Sri Lanka after the establishment of Buddhism in Sri Lanka along with the Mahindagamana that took place in the third century BC.

 It is said that after the Mahindagamana, King Devanampiyatissa prepared and offered natural caves all over the country to house thousands of Sanghas, including the ordination of the country. Many such caves have also been found in the Ahara Ritigala area where the news is recorded in these caves in Brahmi characters.

According to an inscription found by Mr. HCP Bell, it is mentioned that Lajjitissa, the eldest son of King Sasaddhatissa, built a Ritigala temple in 119 - 109 BC, and another inscription states that King Baragamba built a rice paddy near Ritigala and offered it to the monks.

You can see the ruins of these temples and monasteries even today when you visit Ritigala.

When entering the Ritigala area, the first thing we come across is the pond called "Bhanda". This is a large stone pond. Archaeologists call this the largest pond in the South Asian region. It is believed that this pond was created for the convenience of about five hundred monks. In addition to this, we will be able to see many ruins such as stone platforms, stone bridges, rows of steps, medicine boats, sasalapatala courtyards, gymnasiums, Selmua lamps, pools, lampposts, Kasikili stones, etc.

There are many folklores that have been created around the Ritigala mountain range. The story of Ramayana is one of those legends. Hanuman is sent to the Himalayas to bring medicine to Rama's people who fall ill in this country, and after going to the Himalayas, he forgets the medicine he was told to bring. Because of this, he brought a part of the Himalayas and it fell in three places in Sri Lanka and one of those three places is known as Ritigala. Also, it is believed that the origin of Mahasona, which comes from folklore, occurs in the area of ​​Ritigala.

 In terms of biodiversity, Ritigala has a very special place. Ritigala can be named as a place where you can see plants belonging to all the three regions - wet zone, dry zone and mountain zone. In the lower part of the Ritigala mountain range, dry zone plants grow. The temperature in this part is around 25-30 degrees Celsius. In the middle part of the mountain range, you can see how the plants of the mountainous region and the wet region plants have grown in the upper part. The upper part of the ridge is strictly reserved and no one is allowed to enter the area. The temperature in this area drops to between 10-15 degrees Celsius. This is a truly biodiverse ecosystem. Here we can identify plant and animal communities unique to Sri Lanka as well as plant communities unique to Ritigala. Ritigala "Wana Mee" is one of these.

The Ritigala mountain range full of these beauties is an ideal place to experience the charm of an idyllic environment with its thrills.

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Ritigala Inscriptions (Part 1).

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Location :-

 This rock is located about 25 km north-east of Anuradhapura, in the mountain range of Kalaviya area of ​​Matambua Korala. Ritigala stone inscriptions to go Adiyakanda, Karambahinna. The articles in all the four places Naulpatha, Vevelthenna are relevant.

Author :-

 Tisha, Devanapriya Abhaya, Uttarapusagutha Anudiya, Shona etc. are theras, kings, bamuns, men and women.

Time -:

 AD P. Between the 2nd and 1st centuries.

Contents :-

 These inscriptions, written in pre-Brahmi script, are very small like the Vessagiri inscriptions. It is mentioned in these that various people, village lands, caves, lands, gifts etc. were possessed and offered. The special benefit of studying these articles is that An understanding of the linguistic characteristics of the first half of P is obtained. These can identify the characteristics of evolution of mother tongue words undergoing slight changes. These are also important in confirming that the historical heritage is confirmed.

 Adiyakanda inscriptions

 Number 1

1. Devanapiya Maharajha Gamini Thiasa Puta Devanapiya Tisa A(Baya)ha Lene Agata Anagata Chatudisa Shagasha (Di)(Ne)

Meaning:-

 Son of Devanapiya Maharaja Gamini Tisaha _ Son of Devanapiya Gaminitisa (Saddhatissa) the great king; Devanapiya Tisa Abayaha Cave - Cave of Devana Piyatisa Abaya (Lajjatissa); Agata Anagata Chatudisa Shagasha Dine; Four lengths were given to the Sangha who did not come.

Number 2

Parumaka Anudiya is (not) agata anagata chathudisha shagasha

Meaning:- Parumaka Anudiya Dene - The gift of Parumaka Anudiya (Anula); Agata anagata chathudisha shagasha - to the four-day Sangha who did not come.

Number 3

 Parumaka Anudi Patha Parumaka Uthia Lenne Shagasha

Meaning :- To the cave Sangha of Parumaka Uttiya, son of Parumaka Anudiya (Anula).

Number 04

i. Tisha Therasha Dane Shagasha

ii. Thisha teresha dane agata anagata chatudisha shagasha

Meaning :-

i. Tissa Theru's donation to the Sangha.

ii. Tissa Theruna's alms were given to the Sivu Diga Sangha who did not come.

Number 5

Bata Nadaha Cave

Meaning-: of Swami Nanda; Lena.

Number 6

Bamana Utara Pushagutaha cave

Meaning :- Brahmin (ancestral) of Uttara Pussa Gutta; Lena.

Number 7

 Bata Shiva wins the Gutaha Cave of Chathudisha Sagasha

Meaning :-

Caves of Sivami Shivagupta; Four lengths were given to the Sangha.

Number 8

 i. Parumaka Anudi's son Parumaka was thirty days old

 ii. Badakarika Mhimaha Cave Shagasha

Meaning:-

 i. Son of Parumaka Anudiya; Parumaka Tissa's donation to the Sangha.

 ii. Bhangarika Majjhimage (Madduma) cave; To the Sangha.

Number 9

 Parumaka's (Sho) nose is running

Meaning -:

 Parumaka Shona's cave; To the Sangha.

Number 10

 i. Bhatu Shonasha Lene Mahashadasane Chatudisha Shaghasha Pathithite

 ii. Purumaka's step-son. Parumaka (B).....(D)...(H)....Lene (Chatudisha) Shagasha.

Meaning :-

 i. Swami Shonage; Mahashadashane Cave - Cave named Maha Sudarshan; For four lengths of Sangha; was established.

 ii. The papers of Parumaka Uthiya; Parumaka .....'s cave to the fourfold Sangha.

I will publish Ritigala articles in the second part, God bless you.

sources;

Epigraphia Zeylanica. Vol. I, pp, 138 - 153

The first and second parts of Sinhala inscription series Professor Makuruppe Dhammananda Thero.

King Ravana 👑️ Ravana King Genealogy ❤️🙏☸️🇱🇰

King Ravana

👑️ Ravana King Genealogy ❤️🙏☸️🇱🇰

🔰Rajya Samaya:-Treta Yuga

🔰King Ravana's mother's father:- King Sumali

🔰 Father's father :- Pulasthi Srishivaraya

🔰 Mother:- Princess Kaikasi

🔰Father :- Vaishrava Srishivaraya

🔰Queen :- Princess Mandodari

🔰 Queen's father:- Sage Vishravasa

🔰Queen's mother:- Hemapsara

🔰Brothers :- Kuvera, Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana

🔰Son :- Meghnad aka Indrajit

the prince

🔰Daughter:- Princess Vavasohili

🔰Sister :- Suparnaka

🔰Mamandiya:- Kalanemi Srishivaraya

King Ravana is currently a popular topic being discussed in Sri Lanka. Many people are searching for this. Among the books containing information about the history of the main streams of Sri Lanka, Ravana is mentioned on two occasions in the Rajavali. There it is also mentioned how Lankapura was destroyed by an overflowing of the sea due to his rudra kriyas. But in Rajavali, the time interval between Lord Buddha and Ravana is stated as follows. In this note, we will not discuss whether King Ravana was in Sri Lanka or not, but we will only note a few facts identified by consulting various books. That too, only in the case of Sri Lanka.

Everyone knows that the first discussion about King Ravana and Lankapura is in the Ramayana. Valmiki wrote this as an epic around the 7th century BC. Mahabharata is written as another epic after this Ramayana. Vyasa is said to have composed the Mahabharata. Although many people have not read these two books, there is no doubt that they have watched the movies and TV dramas based on them. Through this, Indians are working to cultivate their internationalism as well as mine their talent. Now one group accepts the stories in these books as true and another group does not. The Jataka Pali of the Tripitaka contains a Jataka story called Dasharatha Jataka, and many of the stories contained in the story are included in the Ramayana. Therefore, one can raise the argument that this Jataka story was favored in the composition of the Ramayana as well as its opposite argument.

However, Lankapura is mentioned in Ramayana and Mahabharata as well as Rajavali. According to the Ramayana, Lankapura was ruled by King Ravana. King Ravana forcibly brings Princess Sita, the wife of Prince Rama, to this Lankapura. Later he keeps Princess Sita at a certain place in Lankapura. Later, Hanuman, a devotee of Lord Rama, came to Lankapura, found this place, went there to meet Princess Sita, gave her hope and after burning Lankapura also went to Lord Rama. It is with this that the saying 'like a monkey on fire' comes into use. Later, Prince Rama comes to Lankapura with his army, kills King Ravana after a war and goes to India with Princess Sita. It goes to India in King Ravana's own plane. Prince Vibhishana, a brother of King Ravana, is also in this plane. Later Lankapura is entrusted by King Rama to Vibhishana. Thus Lankapura is described in the Ramayana. We do not know whether Valmiki who wrote the Ramayana came to Sri Lanka or not. But he has presented a clear description of Lankapuraya. Mahabharata also mentions about Vibhishana who became the kingdom of Lankapura in this way. He is mentioned as a king involved in the Rajasuya Yagya.

In this way, let us take this opportunity to present the idea that Lankapura, which is called in Ramayana and Mahabharata, is present day Sri Lanka itself and some inconsistent notes, according to Indian sources. Readers should keep in mind that this is an opinion presented from the scriptures and not confirmed.

Accordingly, if we pay attention to the aforesaid Dasharatha Jataka, the prince Rama shown in it will travel to the Himalayan forest for the wilderness. The Ramayana does not show that King Ravana's rule extended to such an extent. But King Ravana also maintained his rule in a part of India.

According to the Ramayana and other recognizable Sanskrit texts, Lankapura of King Ravana is located in the middle of an island in the South Sea near the equator or near the center of the world. This island is known as Rakshasa Island. The capital of Rakshasa Island is Lankapura. This monster island is about a hundred yodans away from South India. About 700 miles on average. It is true that Sri Lanka is located close to the equator. But there is a problem with the distance. Further details in this regard are given below.

1. In the Vanaparva and Sabhaparva parts of the Mahabharata, the text Sinhala Deepa has been used. One of the names Sri Lanka was known by in the past was Thaprobane. Or the name Tamba Panni. This name also appears in the Mahavamsa. Ptolemy also uses this name. One of the Pandava princes in the Mahabharata, Sahadeva (who is said to have spread power in South India), conquered the Tambapannia and Ramaka mountains and sent emissaries to the Ceylon king Vibhishana. Here two places are given as Thambapannia and Sri Lanka and above we called Thambapannia as another name used for Sri Lanka.

2. The Vanaparva section of the Mahabharata mentions Sri Krishna meeting the Pandavas on their way to the wilderness. Seeing their nature, Krishna gets very angry with the Kauravas and he vents that anger there. While venting his anger, Krishna, among other things, mentions that kings from all countries of India came and joined for the Rajasuya Yagya and also mentions the kings of Sinhalese and Ceylon. Thus the author of Mahabharata has described Ceylon and Sinhalese as separate states.

3. No doubt you have heard of Markandaya Purana. It is one of the ancients. There, while describing the countries of South India, two countries are mentioned as Ceylon and Sinhalese.

4. In the 19th chapter of the 5th mass of the Lord Bhagavata, eight small islands related to Jambu Deepa are described. Accordingly, the 7th island is Sinhalese and the 8th island is Sri Lanka.

5. Varaha Mihira, a well-known Jyotishacharya, while describing the countries of South India, has mentioned Sri Lanka and the Sinhalese country as different from each other and has also mentioned that there is a country called 'Rishabha' in the media.

6. In addition to this, Sri Lanka and Sinhala are also mentioned as different countries in Sanskrit dramas. For example, let us mention the play Bala Ramayana by the poet Rajasekhara. Rajasekara was a dramatist of the 9th century. In the third part of this play, 'Sita's Swayamvaraya' is about a play performed in front of King Ravana of Lankapura. In each play, the Sinhalese king is there to take Sita's hand. His name is also Rajasekhara. Accordingly Ravana and the King of Sinhalese are two. Similarly, in the tenth part of the play, Rama, who is returning from Sri Lanka to Ayodhya in the Pushpaka Vimana, shows Sri Lankapura to Sita and the place where he fought with Ravana. At this time Divibhishana is also with them in Pushpaka Vimana. Further, Rama points out the Sinhala lamp when Sita is questioned. Thus it appears that Sri Lanka and Sinhala Deepa are different places.

Accordingly, if Sinhala Deepa and Sri Lanka are different places, we should ask where Sri Lanka is.

 Suryavansa and Ravana

Reading Deepavamsa you will find a list of kings. It begins with King Mahasammata. Also, the cities related to those kings are also mentioned there. A certain group of people living in Sri Lanka today are trying to include Ravana in this Mahasammatta kingdom. However, no Ravana is included in the dynasty starting from Mahasammata included in Deepavamsa or Mahavamsa. The aforementioned people blame Ashoka as the reason. As it is. This kingdom mentioned in Deepavamsa includes a king named Okkaka and that king Okkaka is also mentioned in Mahavamsa. This king Okkaka is also considered by some to be King Ikshvaku. According to the Indian Suryavamsa, the main king is Ikshvaku and Rama belongs to that Suryavamsa. Now a certain group of people in Sri Lanka call Ravana a Suryavanshika. If so, he must have existed during the time of Rama. In Dasharatha Jataka, Lord Buddha preaches that he is Rama Pandit. That is Rama's father Dasharatha. According to the Deepavamsa royal list, Rama is the king after Dasharatha. According to Indian Suryavamsa or Ikshvaku's lineage, Dasharatha is succeeded by Bharata and then by Rama. King Renu is mentioned before King Dasharatha is mentioned in Deepavamsa. This Renu king is mentioned in the Maha Govinda Sutra. Thus, according to Indian literature and according to Deepavamsa, there has been King Rama. There is no explanation as to how he too became a Suryavamshika and Ravana also became a Suryavamshika. Therefore, the attempt to connect the Ravana character with Suryavansa appears to be a mere fiction.

On the other hand there is another point. Lord Buddha is a descendant of Surya and Rama is related to his lineage. Some say that in AD It tries to show that Ravana is a Buddhist by proving the Sri Lankatara Sutra created in the era. But they do not deny that Ravana fought with Rama. Then the name of Lord Gautama Buddha has not come down in relation to this time. There is no other Buddha at this time. Since the Sri Lankatara Sutra talks about Ravana with Dasis, it is not possible to escape by saying that the Ravana mentioned there is another king who used that name. This shows that the Sri Lankatara Sutra's later reference to Ravana from Sri Lanka or South India cannot be used to prove Ravana's existence.

Ikshvaku's lineage goes back to the Prasenajit Kosala of Kosala. His son was Vidudaha, and after a few of them, Sumitrava, who became king in BC. Around 362, the Magadha king Mahapadma was defeated by Nanda.

I mentioned only an idea about the Ikshvaku lineage or Suryavansa. Anyone can study this genealogy by referring to Deepavamsa as well as Indian ancient texts, Ramayana, Mahabharata and Jain literature. According to the Mahavamsa, these Suryavanshikas also joined the government of Sri Lanka, but after a while they merged with the Sinhalese lineage. There is no plausible way of linking Ravana to any of these lineages. In such a situation, debates based on a king called Ravana cannot be recognized as debates with a foundation.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is Expected to End His Presidential Campaign Short on cash and losing traction with voters, Mr. Kennedy intends to make a speech about his political future on Friday.

 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is Expected to End His Presidential Campaign

Short on cash and losing traction with voters, Mr. Kennedy intends to make a speech about his political future on Friday.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to end his troubled independent presidential campaign this week, according to three people briefed on his plans, and is in talks to throw his support behind former President Donald J. Trump.

Mr. Kennedy’s campaign said on Wednesday that he intended to address his “path forward” in a speech from Phoenix on Friday, the same day that Mr. Trump is expected to hold a rally in nearby Glendale, Ariz.

Three of the people briefed on Mr. Kennedy’s plans emphasized that nothing was final, and that the iconoclastic Mr. Kennedy could still change his mind, but said that plans were in the works for him to appear alongside Mr. Trump on Friday. Some people close to Mr. Kennedy were still arguing against an endorsement, according to two of the people.

Mr. Kennedy’s backing of Mr. Trump would be the culmination of weeks of discussions, brokered by high-level intermediaries, between the two men.

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 කැනඩාවට එරෙහිව විනයගරුක සහ සායනික පිතිහරඹයකින් පරිපූර්ණ ජයග්‍රහණයක් ලබා ගැනීමට ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපද ක්‍රිකට් කණ්ඩායම සමත් විය. ඇමරිකානු පාර්ශවය දක්ෂතා සහ උපාය මාර්ග ප්‍රදර්ශනය කළ අතර, ඔවුන්ට තරඟාවලිය පහසුවෙන් අතුගා දැමීමට ඉඩ සලසයි. මෙම ආධිපත්‍ය සංදර්ශනය ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍ෂේත්‍රය තුළ ඔවුන්ගේ වර්ධනය වන ශක්තිය සහ හැකියාවන් ඉස්මතු කළේය.

ඇමෙරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය සිය පරම ප්‍රතිවාදී කැනඩාව පරදවා සිය අධිපතිත්වය නොකඩවා පළමු වරට පුළුල් ලෙස ලකුණු 50ක ජයක් අත්කර දීම.

පෙර තරගයේ කාසියේ වාසියේ දී ඔවුන්ගේ තීරණය පිළිබිඹු කරමින්, කැනඩාව නැවතත් ප්‍රථමයෙන් පන්දුවට පහර දීමට ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදයට තැබූ නමුත් එම පියවර තරගයේ ප්‍රතිඵලය කෙරෙහි බලපෑමක් ඇති කිරීමට අසමත් විය. පසුගිය සතියේ කැනඩාවට එරෙහිව ඔහුගේ පන්දුවට පහර දීමේ ලකුණක් ලෙස පෙනෙන පරිදි, ස්මිත් පටෙල් පන්දු 84 කදී හතරේ පහර 11 කින් අලංකාර කරමින් ලකුණු 70 ක් ලබා ගනිමින් ලකුණු අතර රැඳී සිටියේය. නෙදර්ලන්තයට එරෙහිව පහත් පෙළේ යටත් වීමකින් පසුව, ඇරොන් ජෝන්ස්ගේ අර්ධ ශතකයක් ලෙසින් වගකීම භාර ගැනීමට එක්සත් ජනපද මැදපෙළ පියවර ගත් අතර මිලින්ද් කුමාර්ගේ වේගවත් ලකුණු 47 කින් 33 කින් ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය ලකුණු 275 ක සුවපහසුවක් කරා ගෙන යන ලදී. .

කැනඩාවේ වේගපන්දු යවන්නන් ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදයේ පිතිකරණ පවර්ප්ලේ හි කඩුල්ලක් නොමැතිව වෙහෙස මහන්සි වී වැඩ කිරීමෙන් පසුව, එක්සත් ජනපද නායක මොනාන්ක් පටෙල් පළමු ඕවරයේදීම නොස්තුෂ් කෙන්ජිගේ වමතින් දඟ පන්දු යැවීමට සමත් විය. කෙන්ජිගේ විසින් අන්තරායකර ක්‍රීඩක ආරොන් ජොන්සන්ව ලකුණු 10කට ඉදිරියෙන් ආපසු හරවා යැවූ බැවින්, ජස්දීප් සිං, ඕවර තුනකට පසුව, සිහින් ඇතුළත දාරයක් දිල්ප්‍රීත් බජ්වාගේ කඩුල්ලට බාධා කළ බැවින්, නව පන්දුවෙන් විනය පෙන්වීමට ත්‍යාග ලැබිය. නෙදර්ලන්තයට එරෙහිව ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදයේ හද කම්පා කරවීමේදී ඔහුගේ පිතිහරඹය නිසා බොහෝ පැසසුමට ලක් වූ Shadley Van Schalkwyk එම අවතාරවලින් වැළකී සිටීමට ඉක්මන් විය. 36 හැවිරිදි ඔහු තරගයේ ඔහුගේ දෙවන ඕවරයේදී පමණක් දෙවරක් පහර දුන් අතර කැනඩාව කඩුලු 4ක් දැවී ලකුණු 44ක් ලබා සිටියදී කැනඩාවේ නායක නිකලස් කිර්ටන් සහ හර්ෂ් තාකර්ගේ පසුපසට ඇමෙරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය දුටුවේය.

පර්ගාත් සිං සහ ශ්‍රෙයාස් මොව්වා 12 වැනි ඕවරයේදී කැනඩාව සොයාගත් සිදුරෙන් නැවත ගොඩනැඟීමට උත්සාහ කළහ. කඩුල්ලේ රැල්ල නිසා මෙම යුගලයට ගොළුබෙල්ලෙකුගේ වේගයකින් ගමන් කිරීමට සිදු වූයේ ඊළඟ ඕවර 8 තුළදී ලකුණු 23ක් පමණක් එක් කරමිනි. මුල් නටබුන් වලින් පසු ඔහුගේ ආක්‍රමණශීලීත්වය ආපසු හරවා ගැනීමට සිදු වූ පර්ගාට්, ප්‍රහාරයේදී කෙන්ජිගේ පිළිගත්තේ යුවලක් ඕෆ්සයිඩ් හරහා දරුණු ලෙස මායිම් එල්ල කරමිනි. යසීර් මොහොමඩ්ට දිග වැරදීම නිසා හතරැස් පාදයේ වැටට දඩුවම් කිරීම නිසා පර්ගාට්ගේ ත්වරණය මොව්වා 35 ට 6 ක් ලෙසින් පසුව ඔහුගේ නින්දෙන් ගැලවී ගියේය. මොහොමඩ් දර්ශනය තිරයට සරඹ කිරීමට පර්ගාට් ප්‍රහාර දිගටම කරගෙන ගිය අතර, ඊළඟ පන්දුවේදී පන්දු 63කදී අර්ධ ශතකයක් රැස් කළේය. ඔහුගේ අර්ධ ශතකයෙන් පසුව ඔහු අශුභවාදී ලෙස පෙනෙන්නට පටන් ගත් නමුත් මොහොමඩ් ඔහුව ගැඹුරු ආවරණයකින් අල්ලා ගැනීමෙන් පසු එක්සත් ජනපදය දෙසට මුලපිරීම ආපසු හැරවිය.

The 106-run stand had Canada believing again. However, after Pargat's fall the equation of 124 off 95 deliveries appeared steep for Canada. Movva hit a flew lusty blows en route his second half-century of the tournament. With little help from the other end, Movva succumbed to the pressure of the asking rate which was 10 when he skied one off Harmeet to long on. Harmeet cleaned off the big hitting Dilon Heyliger as the wheels came off the Canadian chase. Shadley came back to the attack to clean up the tail to end match figures of 4 for 20 in 8 overs.

In what was an all-round team effort, the game was set up quite clinically by the USA batters earlier in the day. Openers Steven Taylor and Smit notched up a 125-run opening stand to demoralise the Canadian attack. While Taylor played a watchful hand of 46 off 77 deliveries after a string of low scores, Smit was in his element from ball one. He imperiously drove Heyliger to the fence off the backfoot on the first ball of his innings. He kept the men on the offside busy by having them retrieve the ball from the boundary time and again as his off drives kept piercing the field with precision. By the end of the powerplay his boundary count spiked to 6.

Smit kept his foot on the gas and showcased his full array of strokes. While he exploited the infield in the powerplay with some delectable drives, he accentuated on deft touches to further exhibit his dexterity. Saad Bin Zafar finally broke the marathon stand after an inside edge off Taylor's bat ballooned to the keeper. Zafar came back in his next over to hit USA with a double whammy after Smit missed an attempted sweep to a straight ball.

With Monank yet to find his tempo, Aaron Jones played an out of character innings to run off the blocks. He slashed hard one hard off Joshi to the point boundary before depositing Thaker over cow corner in the next over. Monank eventually perished for 26 to one that turned sharply into his stumps from outside leg as he looked to go inside out.

Fresh from his maiden international half-century against the Netherlands, Milind started where he left off. The pair milked away at the debutant Joshi as he looked bereft of options conceding 77 without a wicket in his 10. Jones departed a couple of balls later after bringing up his 11th ODI half-century surpassing captain Monank to score the most fifties for USA in the format. After the departure of Jones in the 44th over, Milind almost trickled his way to yet another half-century before paying the price to go for one shot too many three runs away from the landmark. Milind fell in the penultimate over as USA batters took ownership to post a formidable first innings score after their sensational batting failure in the previous game.

Brief scores: USA 275/8 in 50 overs (Smit Patel 70, Aaron Jones 50; Saad Bin Zafar 3-30, Kaleem Sana 2-39) beat Canada 225 all out in 47 overs (Pargat Singh 72, Shreyas Movva 68; Shadley van Schalkwyk 4-20) by 50 runs

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Hamas Disagrees with US-Israel Deal Terms; Blinken Urges Agreement

 හමාස් සංවිධානය එක්සත් ජනපදය සහ ඊශ්‍රායලය අතර යෝජිත ගිවිසුමේ නියමයන් මුලින් ඉදිරිපත් කළ දෙයට වඩා වෙනස් බව පවසමින් විවාද කරන විට ආතතීන් ඉහළ යයි. 

එක්සත් ජනපද රාජ්‍ය ලේකම් ඇන්ටhttps://databoilrecommendation.com/n3z22tx4q?key=a096843e804a8f0f4af9993a9487cc39නි බ්ලින්කන් ඊශ්‍රායල අගමැති නෙතන්යාහුගේ යෝජනාව පිළිගත් බව තහවුරු කරන අතර හමාස් සංවිධානයටද එකඟ වන ලෙස ඉල්ලා සිටී. 

ගාසා-ඊජිප්තු දේශසීමාවේ IDF පැවැත්ම සඳහා ඊශ්‍රායලයේ ඉල්ලීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් පවතින කනස්සල්ල සමඟ, අවසාන කොන්දේසි මෙම සතිය අගදී පැවැත්වෙන සමුළුවකදී සාකච්ඡා කිරීමට අපේක්ෂා කෙරේ.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday put pressure on Hamas to back the latest US proposal for a hostage deal, as Washington stepped up its efforts to reach an agreement that could end the war in Gaza.

Speaking to the press in Tel Aviv after sitting with Israel’s political and military leadership, Blinken said he had a “very constructive meeting” with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier in the day. At the end of that meeting, Netanyahu issued a statement backing the new US proposal.

Blinken stressed that the premier “confirmed to me that Israel accepts the bridging proposal” offered by the US last week in Doha “to try to bridge the gaps that remain between the parties.”

Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election: A Tug-of-War Between China and India

 ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඉදිරි ජනාධිපතිවරණය කලාපීය දැවැන්තයින් වන චීනය සහ ඉන්දියාව අතර බලපෑම සඳහා තීරණාත්මක සටන් බිමක් බවට පත්ව තිබේ.

 දෙරටේම දේශපාලන සන්ධාන, ආයෝජන සහ රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රික ප්‍රයත්නයන් ප්‍රයෝජනයට ගනිමින් දූපත් ජාතිය තුළ උපායමාර්ගික සහ ආර්ථික ආධිපත්‍යය සඳහා තරඟ වදියි.

 මැතිවරණය ළං වන විට, අපේක්ෂකයින් මෙම බලතල සමඟ ඇති බැඳීම් පිළිබඳව සමීපව පරීක්ෂාවට ලක් කරනු ලබන අතර, එහි ප්‍රතිඵලය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විදේශ ප්‍රතිපත්තියට සහ කලාපීය ස්ථාවරත්වයට බලපානු ඇත.

• : ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සැප්තැම්බර් මැතිවරණය එහි බලවත්ම අසල්වැසියන් දෙදෙනා සමඟ ඇති සබඳතා සඳහා 'ගේම් වෙනස් කරන්නක්' බව ඔප්පු කළ හැකි බව විශ්ලේෂකයෝ පවසති.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අපේක්ෂකයින්   ලබන මාසයේ පැවැත්වෙන ප්‍රධාන ජනාධිපතිවරණය සඳහා සූදානම් වන විට, විශ්ලේෂකයින් අනතුරු අඟවන්නේ  ඉන්දියාව  සහ  චීනය සමඟ එහි අනාගත සබඳතා  ජයග්‍රාහකයාගේ ප්‍රතිපත්ති මත රඳා පවතිනු ඇති බවයි.

දශක කිහිපයකින් දිවයිනේ දරුණුතම ආර්ථික අර්බුදයෙන් ගොඩ ඒමට අපේක්ෂකයින් 39 දෙනෙකුගෙන් යුත් විවිධ ක්ෂේත්‍රයක් තරඟ වදිමින් තරඟය පවතී.  මහජන විරෝධතා සහ අබලන් වූ මූල්‍ය කඩාවැටීමක් මධ්‍යයේ වරක් ආධිපත්‍යය දැරූ රාජපක්ෂ දේශපාලන රාජවංශය බලයෙන් පහත වැටීම දුටු 2022 කැළඹීමෙන් පසු රටේ  පළමු ජනාධිපතිවරනය එයයි.

වඩාත් සමීපව නිරීක්ෂණය කරන ලද තරඟකරුවන් අතර  හිටපු පාලක වංශයේ 38 හැවිරිදි ගෝලයෙකු වන නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ ද වේ. ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ (SLPP) නියෝජනය කරමින් ජනප්‍රිය යුද කාලීන නායක මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂගේ පුත්‍රයා තම පවුලේ උරුමය ප්‍රතිෂ්ඨාපනය කිරීමට උත්සාහ කරයි.

අනෙකුත් අපේක්‍ෂකයින් අතර වත්මන් ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ ද දශක පහකට ආසන්න කාලයක් ඔහු සම්බන්ධ වී සිටින එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය (එජාප) නියෝජනය නොකර ස්වාධීන අපේක්ෂකයෙකු ලෙස තරඟ කිරීම ද වේ.

2019 දී එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂයෙන් වෙන් වූ සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස සමගි ජන බලවේගය (SJB) නියෝජනය කරන අතර ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ (NPP) අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක සහ වාමාංශික ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ (JVP) ද අපේක්ෂකයන් වේ.

ජයග්‍රාහකයා ජාතියේ ආර්ථික දිශානතිය තීරණය කරනු ඇත, එය   2022 ඓතිහාසික පැහැර හැරීමෙන් පසුව සුරක්ෂිත කර ඇති ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් බිලියන 2.9 ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලේ වැඩසටහන යටතේ ව්‍යුහාත්මක වෙනස්කම් ක්‍රියාවට නැංවීමේ ක්‍රියාවලියේ දැනට යෙදී සිටී.

විශ්ලේෂකයින් පවසන්නේ ඡන්ද විමසීමේ ප්‍රතිඵලය රටේ සියුම් භූ දේශපාලනික තුලනය කිරීමේ පනත එහි කලාපීය බලාගාර අසල්වාසීන් දෙක අතර මාරු කළ හැකි බවයි - විශේෂයෙන් එන්පීපීයේ දිසානායක බහුතරයක් දිනා ගන්නේ නම්.

Sri Lanka return to Lord’s 40 years after taming Botham and England

Minnows announced themselves on Test match stage with a superb display on their first visit to the Home of Cricket Nicholas Brookes Sun 18 Aug 2024 10.00 BST Share In 1984, Sri Lanka arrived in England unknown and unrated, newbies who had lost seven of their first 11 Tests.

 Their only trip outside Asia had brought heavy defeats by New Zealand so when they arrived at Lord’s, little was expected. But it had been a tough summer for England. Pummelled 5-0 by West Indies, they were undeniably weary. 

Some considered a one-off match against lowly Sri Lanka as a chance to gloss an ugly summer, others felt the whole thing was an inconvenience.

Sri Lanka, meanwhile, were excited. “We all had this dream about Lord’s,” the opener Sidath Wettimuny said. In seven warm-up games, their batters had found form and their captain, Duleep Mendis, strolled out for the toss under blue skies, seeing a pitch devoid of pace or grass. Some thought the groundsman had been ordered to prolong the shellacking. Remarkably, when the coin came down David Gower’s way, he opted to bowl.

As Wettimuny took guard, Tamil protesters invaded the playing area. Paradoxically, the delay worked in his favour. “I thought: ‘Even if I get out they’ll have to excuse me,’” he later said. “All the adrenaline just fizzled out.”

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He found his groove from the very start. England tossed the ball up wide. Time and again, Wettimuny banished them to the boundary with imperious square drives.

Wickets fell at the other end, but he continued to play crisp, stylish shots. By tea, he had reached 100 and suffering from cramps he received an impromptu massage from the umpire, Dickie Bird. Still, he was determined to tough it out and in the teenaged Arjuna Ranatunga found a willing partner. Sri Lanka went to the close at 226 for three. It had been their best day of Test cricket yet.

Pro-Tamil demonstrators invade the pitch and hold a sit-down protest. Photograph: Patrick Eagar/Popperfoto/Getty Images

The next morning, Ranatunga fell for 84, bringing Mendis to the middle. If Wettimuny was all elegance, the captain was elemental, a force of nature, unwilling to be tied down. The stumps seemed to stretch up to his waist, but he had presence at the crease and bludgeoned the ball like he wanted to break it.

England’s bowlers thought they could bounce him out. Uncowed, Duleep hooked them with relish. Three of Ian Botham’s short balls disappeared into the stands and when he was withdrawn the growing Sri Lankan crowd chanted: “We want Botham.”

Mendis went to three figures just before close and the hosts looked utterly exasperated. Wettimuny fell for 190 on day three – the 642 minutes he batted remains a Test record at Lord’s. Sri Lanka declared on 491 for seven, carrying