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Special training for SL athletics team in China

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2 years ago

September 4, 2023

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A Sri Lankan athletics team left for China on Saturday (02) to take part in a special training camp for three weeks.

The team consists of nine players along with two coaches.

Aruna Darshana, Kalinga Kumarage, Pabasara Nikoo, Rajitha Rajakaruna, Pasindu Kodikara, Dinuka Deshan, Nadisha Ramanayake, Jayeshi Uththara and Sayuri Mendis representing the 400m event joined the training.

Muddika Thushara joined the team as the coach while Vimukthi Soysa joined as the team manager.

As all these athletes are included in the Sri Lankan athletics team nominated for the Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou, China at the end of this month, this training camp will be a great help for the Sri Lankan athletes to achieve success in the Asian Games, experts said.

This special training camp is jointly organised by the National Olympic Committee, the Sri Lanka Athletics Association and the Chinese Athletics Federation, and sponsored by the Chinese Olympic Committee.

The athletic team joining the Asian Games is scheduled to leave for China on September 26.

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Nishantha Wickremesinghe remanded (Update)

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8 hours ago

June 27, 2025

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Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines Nishantha Wickremesinghe has been remanded until July 01.

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(Previous News : June 27, 2025 4.41pm)

2 ex-heads of govt. institutions, arrested

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has arrested two former Chairmen on corruption charges.

Former Chairman of the Fisheries Corporation – Upali Liyanage and former SriLankan Airlines Chairman – Nishantha Wickremesinghe have been arrested in this manner.

However, Liyanage, who was produced before Colombo Chief Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali Jayathunga, was released on three sureties amounting to Rs. 5 million.

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Body of undergrad who went missing at Port City beach, found (Update)

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11 hours ago

June 27, 2025

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The body of the undergraduate who had gone missing at the Port City beach, has been found.

The body was found during a search by divers.

(Previous News on 27th June 2025 at 10.06 am)

Undergrad goes missing at Port City beach while snorkeling

A 24-year-old university student from Asgiriya, Gampaha, has gone missing yesterday morning (June 26) while swimming in the sea off the Colombo Port City beach.

According to the police, the student, a resident of Gampaha, was part of a group of students from the Universities of Colombo and Moratuwa who had visited the artificial beach and engaged in snorkelling.

The student failed to resurface, prompting a complaint to the Colombo Port Police.

Lifeguards later recovered the snorkeling gear believed to be belonging to the missing student.

A joint search operation involving Navy divers from the Colombo Port and Rangala Navy Division is currently underway. Further investigations are underway by the Colombo Port Police.