The hundredth birth anniversary of Duncan White, the first Ceylonese athlete to win an Olympic medal, took plaec recently where a special first day stamp cover was launched at the Presidential Secretariat, under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena.
Deputy Head of Post (acting) V. Vivekananda Lingam handed over this to the President.
Minister for Sports, Dayasiri Jayasekara, Secretary to the ministry, Jayantha Wijerathna, and senior officials of Sports Ministry and Postal Department joined this occasion, the government news portal reported.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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