Rumble in the Jungle, an adventure-themed off-road bicycle race being held currently in Sri Lanka, was suspended on Wednesday after a rider went missing, the national carrier said.
“One rider, a foreign participant whose team was leading the race, is currently unaccounted for. Search and rescue teams aided by the Sri Lankan Police are working round the clock to locate the missing rider,” SriLankan Airlines, one of the organisers of the event, said. No other details were given in the crisis in the evening's announcement. - ENDS -
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Customs have detected 228 mobile phones and tabs valued at over Rs 30 million left behind in the duty free shopping complex at the Banaranaike International Airport today, Customs officials said.
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