although tensions between the government and tamil militant groups had been brewing since the 1970s , full-scale war did not break out Process_start until an attack Attack by the ltte on a sri lanka army patrol in jaffna , in the north of the country , on july 23 , 1983 , which killed Killing 13 soldiers .

india , pakistan and sri lanka competed Competition in the tournament ; bangladesh could not compete Competition because the icc had not granted Giving them test status .

pakistan beat Competition sri lanka by an innings and 175 in the final to become Becoming the first asian test Testing champions and received Receiving us $ 250,000 in prize money .

bangladesh , pakistan and sri lanka competed Competition in the second asian test championship Competition between august 2001 and march 2002 .

sri lanka beat Competition pakistan by 8 wickets to win Getting the second asian test championship .

thamilchelvan , in a statement Statement to associated Collaboration press Sending on july 12 , 2007 at unk in northern sri lanka .

air lanka flight Motion 512 was an air lanka flight Motion from london gatwick airport via zurich and dubai to colombo ( bandaranaike international airport ) and UNK , maldives .

air lanka flight Motion 512 was an air lanka flight Motion from london gatwick airport via zurich and dubai to colombo ( bandaranaike international airport ) and UNK , maldives .

in may 2010 , mahinda rajapaksa , the then president of sri lanka , appointed Request the lessons learnt Education_teaching and reconciliation commission ( llrc ) to assess Scrutiny the conflict between the time of the ceasefire agreement in 2002 and the defeat of the ltte in 2009 .

at the conclusion of the round robin games , the highest ranked side ( in this case , australia ) progressed Cause_to_make_progress through to the final leaving Causation 2nd and 3rd place ( new zealand and sri lanka ) to contest Competition the semi final .

the raid on anuradhapura air force base , code-named operation unk , was a successful commando raid Attack conducted Action on slaf anuradhapura an air force base in anuradhapura , sri lanka by the liberation tigers of tamil eelam .