Sri Lankan athlete Parami Wasanthi Fernando won a Bronze medal at the Youth Olympic Games in Argentina yesterday (15). She is the first female youth to win a medal in Youth Olympic Games.
Parami Wasanthi won the bronze medal in the 2000 meters Steeplechase event recording a time of 6 minutes 33.06 seconds. This is also a personal best for Parami.
The Government is finalising a list of names to be posted as heads of Sri Lanka’s missions abroad with ex-Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya assuming the position of Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.
Kandiah (Ken) Balendra, a veteran corporate leader and the first Sri Lankan chairman of John Keells Holdings (JKH) has passed away at the age of 85.
The CID has arrested Susantha de Silva, former Managing Director of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) for allegedly misappropriating 6.1 million rupees in 2014.
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