June 06, 2007	Wednesday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 20, 1428

COLOMBO, June 5: Sri Lanka assured Bangladesh of high security during their upcoming cricket tour this month even as fighting escalated between troops and Tamil Tiger rebels, Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge said on Tuesday.

Bangladesh arrive here on June 17 for a tour comprising three Test matches and three One-day Internationals.

All matches will be played in Colombo, except the third Test which will be held in the hill resort of Kandy.

“My ministry has already got in touch with the ministry of foreign affairs on this,” Lokuge said.

The minister was responding to a reported circular issued by the Bangladeshi government advising its officials to avoid visiting Sri Lanka, even in transit, following escalation of the conflict on the island.

—AFP