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Unbeaten winners in Group B to be decided today

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3 months ago

June 27, 2023

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The next match of the Sri Lankan team in ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifiers 2023 will be held against Scotland today (26) at 12.30 pm in Zimbabwe.

This is the fourth match that Sri Lanka will play in under Group B.

Sri Lanka, who have won all three matches and are undefeated, enter today’s match as the top rankers in Group B.

Sources said that there will be no changes in the Sri Lankan team.

Meanwhile, Scotland will also participate in today’s match as an undefeated team.

Sri Lanka, Scotland and Oman have already qualified for the Super Six Round.

The first match for the Sri Lankan team in Super Six Round will be held on June 30 against the Netherlands, the second match on July 2 against Zimbabwe and the third match on July 7 with the West Indies team.

All three matches will be held at 12.30 noon Sri Lanka time.

Wanindu Hasaranga, who recorded five wickets in each of the three matches, will set a world record if he collects another five wickets in today’s match as well.

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Fmr. SDIG gets 5-yr. jail term

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2 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Ratnapura High Court has sentenced former Senior DIG Lalith Jayasinghe for five-year imprisonment for intimidating Kahawatte OIC not to arrest MP Premalal Jayasekera over a shooting incident.

Ratnapura High Court also ordered the convict to pay a fine of Rs. 20,000.

The shooting incident took place during the 2015 Presidential election campaign.

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Notice on issuing revenue licenses in WP

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5 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Department of Motor Traffic has decided to temporarily suspend the issuing of revenue licenses in the Western Province due to a system update.

According to the department, the services will be unavailable from this Wednesday (September 27) to next Monday (October 02).

The Motor Traffic Department said in a statement that vehicles of which revenue licenses are expiring from Tuesday, September 26 can be renewed until October 10, without fines.

Meanwhile, the online service for revenue licenses was temporarily suspended from midnight yesterday (September 24) and will remain so until Friday, October 06.

The department added that the temporary service suspension was due to an update on the system maintained by the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka.

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CID ordered to hand over Schaffter’s remains to family

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5 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to hand over the remains of late businessman Dinesh Schaffter to his family as postmortem examinations have been concluded.

The specialist doctors’ committee appointed to compile a report on Schaffter’s death had informed the courts that the relevant investigation activities have been concluded, and that the remains of the late businessman can be released.

Furthermore, Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya, also pointed out that the five-member expert committee headed by Prof. Asela Mendis, which was appointed by the court to compile a report on Schaffter’s death has informed the court that their judicial investigations have been completed.

Accordingly, the Additional Magistrate, who stated that the expert committee has requested the court to issue an order for the release of Schaffter’s remains, ordered the CID to hand over the body to his family under the supervision of Prof. Clifford Perera and Judicial Medical Officer P.R. Ruwanpura.

Later, the case was also ordered to be recalled on October 09, 2023.

(Source : adaderana.lk)