PALLEKELE: Bangladesh has declared their first innings at 541 runs for the loss of seven wickwts against Sri Lanka.
Najmul Shanto and skipper Mominul Haque put on a record stand of 242.
Shanto took his maiden Test century to 163 while Mominul weighed in with 127 as they shared Bangladesh s best ever partnership for the third wicket in Tests.
Both were dismissed but they were Sri Lanka s only successes as Mushfiqur Rahim, 43, and wicketkeeper-batsman Liton Das, 25, added 50 before bad light chewed up the last 90 minutes of the day s play to force an early close in Pallekele.
