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Will resign if proven that SLC funds spent on artistes: Shammi

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2 months ago

July 26, 2023

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President Shammi Silva said that he will resign if any evidence is provided to prove that SLC funds have been spent to facilitate the travel of artistes, including actors and actresses, to Australia for the 2022 T20 Cricket World Cup.

He expressed these views while speaking at a special news briefing held at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) yesterday (25).

The Chairman said that SLC has issued letters to the actors, actresses and friends who attended the series as fans but it has not spent any money on them.

The actors and actresses encouraged the Sri Lankan cricket team and they will to do so in the matches held in Sri Lanka as well, he said.

SLC Vice President Jayantha Dharmadasa said that he has not taken part in the kind of tours with the actors and actresses as reported by media and that no money has been spent by SLC on them.

SLC Secretary Mohan De Silva, its Treasurer Sujeewa Godaliyadda and Chief Executive Officer Ashley De Silva also participated in the news briefing.

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Video of Cargills staff brutally assaulting female goes viral

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3 hours ago

September 22, 2023

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A video showing a group of staff members from a Cargills supermarket outlet brutally assaulting a female customer is circulating on social media.

The incident is reported to have occurred at the Cargills outlet in the Hanwella area. However, police have launched an investigation to confirm the location and identify the suspects.

CCTV footage captured multiple male and female employees from the outlet brutally assaulting the customer, allegedly in response to suspected theft.

Mr. Ranjith Page is the chairman of the Cargills supermarket chain.

Meanwhile, a statement issued by the Cargills management on the incident is as follows:

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Injunction on new SLFP General Secretary, extended

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7 hours ago

September 22, 2023

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The Colombo District Court today (22 Sep.) ordered that the interim injunction preventing Sarath Ekanayake, who was appointed as General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) after Dayasiri Jayasekara’s expulsion, from serving in his new position, be further extended.

Accordingly, the interim injunction was extended until 06 October, as per an order issued by Colombo District Judge Sandun Vithana this morning, after taking into consideration a petition filed by Jayasekara challenging SLFP leader and former President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to suspend his party membership.

Appearing on behalf of the accused former President Sirisena, President’s Counsel Faizer Mustapha informed the court that he opposes the relevant extension order, after which it was ordered that the objections be filed on the next court date.

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SLCERT in talks with Anti-Virus developers over wiped email data

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8 hours ago

September 22, 2023

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The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) said that the assistance from international antivirus development agencies will be obtained to recover the emails that were lost following a ransomware attack that targeted multiple government websites recently.

Charuka Damunupola from SLCERT said that exchanges in this regard are already underway.

Sri Lanka’s government email network was hit by a ransomware attack that wiped months of data from thousands of email accounts.

The attack affected nearly 5,000 email addresses using the gov.lk email domain.