The Jaffna District Weighlifting Association recently held a felicitation ceremony for young Arshika Vijayabaskar on her acheiveement at the International Weightlifting Federation Youth World Championship in Malaysia.
A student of Chundikuli Girls’ College, Jaffna — Arshika studying in grade 10 has secured a bronze medal for Women’s Weightlifting 58kg category at the 2016 International Weightlifting Federation Youth World Championship in Malaysia. She is the second person who has represented Sri Lanka at the International level from Chundikuli Girls’ College in sports after Selva Gowri in 1980’s who represented Sri Lanka in the athletics at the Asian Games and won a silver medal for Hurdles.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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