We have now officially entered the territory where overs are being lost, given the match goes ahead. The cut-off time (8:10pm in Sri Lanka) has passed.
Both sides accuse the other of violating the truce that was supposed to halt the conflict in April, yet neither appears willing to abandon negotiations altogether.
Though the JAAC’s demands are open to scrutiny, banning any political organisation — as long as it remains committed to peaceful activism — is undemocratic.