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93rd Battle of the Maroons to be held this weekend!

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93rd Battle of the Maroons to be held this weekend!

The 93rd Battle of the Maroons between Sri Lanka’s two premier Buddhist schools, Ananda College and Nalanda College, will take place on March 4 and 5 at the SSC Grounds in Colombo.

This is the first time in two years that the cricket match is being held without any COVID-19 restrictions.

Nalanda College won the two-day match after 69 years and secured the Dr. N. M. Perera Trophy in last year’s encounter.

The last time Ananda players won a two-day match was in 2003 under the captaincy of Duminda Kularathne.

The two schools have been playing against each other since 1924 and only 19 matches have ended with a decision.

Accordingly, out of the 92 matches played so far, Ananda College has won 12 matches while Nalanda College has won seven matches. 

Ananda Team

Ananda College will be led by right-arm fast bowler and third-year player Nethma Samaraweera. 

The team: Nethma Samaraweera (Captain), Iruth Gimshan (Vice-Captain), Isuru Weerasuriya, Ayesh Shashimal, Vilash Karunaratne, Viduna Wijebandara, Yehan Gunasinghe, Ashinsa Nainayake, Kaveesha Mendis, Pulindu Kiriella, Kithma Vidanapathirana, Maleesha Perera, Kanchana De Livera, Ruvishan Perera, Dinada Athalage, Kenula de Soyza, Janudika Shriapala (Head Coach), Sanjaya Devapura (Assistant Coach)

Nalanda Team

Nalanda College is led by right-handed batsman Chanul Athukorala, who is a fourth-year coloursman.

The team: Chanul Athukorala (Captain), Sajitha Withanage (Vice-Captain), Eranga Jayakodi, Minod Caldera, Kushmitha Silva, Yasiru Samarakoon, Rusiru Vilochana, Janula Indusara, Sadev Samarasinghe, Senesh Wijesinghe, Akesh Manoratne, Thisara Devdunu, Sathmina Serasinghe, Risath Jayaratne, Osanda Pamuditha, Thimath Herath, Malinga Surappulige (Head Coach), Ruwan Dissanayake (Assistant Coach)

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Assets of 02 police officers to be probed

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Assets of two prominent police officers are to be probed after authorities received a number of complaints, highly placed sources in the government say.

One officer in question is a DIG while the other is a SSP, reports add.

The Police Illegal Assets And Property Investigation Division are conducting further investigations.

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AG seeks CID probe into social media smear campaign against his staff

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The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has opened a probe following a complaint by Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe that his staff have been unduly targeted by false allegations on social media.

The AG’s instruction to the CID came after several of his staff complained to him over the allegation on social media.

Particularly targeted are senior AG’s Department officials awaiting promotions, sources said.

In one of the posts, a senior officer was accused of being supportive of granting bail to Thamil Makkal Viduthal Puligal (TMVP) leader Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, alias Pillaiyan, when his fundamental rights application over his arrest was taken up. During the hearing of the FR case, the matter of bail was not even considered, the sources said.

Another allegation was that in a case related to the suspended Police Chief Deshabandu Tennakoon, the AG prevented a senior officer from representing the department and instead sent a junior officer. However, on the particular day, the senior officer was indisposed, the sources said.

These allegations surface as the AG’s Department has filed more than 600 new indictments in High Courts so far this year, while the Bribery Commission has also referred several bribery and corruption cases to the AG for prosecution.

(sundaytimes.lk)
(This story, originally published by sundaytimes.lk has not been edited by SLM staff)

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19-yr. old dies after falling from elevator

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A 19-year-old youth has died after falling from a service elevator at a hotel in the Pannai area, in the Jaffna Police Division.

According to the police, the incident had occurred last night (June 21) and the deceased has been identified as a resident of Nirveli, Jaffna.

According to investigations, the youth was employed at the hotel and had been using the service elevator -intended for transporting goods.

Further investigations are underway.

This incident follows a similar case recently reported from a hotel in Moratuwa last week.

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