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Six suspects sentenced for attempting to assault Douglas;nine acquitted including Emil Kanthan
The Colombo High Court today sentenced six suspects to ten and half years Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) over incident of attempting to assault leader of Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) Douglas Devananda at Kalutara prisons in 1998.
EPDP leader Devananda was attacked by PTA detainees when he visited the prison after a fasting was underway by Tamil inmates. The court found six persons guilty of attempting to kill the EPDP leader and acquitted nine others including Emil Kanthan who was reportedly a member of LTTE.
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Badminton: World No.2 ranked Anders to play exhibition match against Viren at MBA Courts on Friday
An exhibition badminton match between Sri Lanka’s youngest Olympian shuttler, Viren Nettasinghe, and Anders Antonsen, the World No.2 ranked in Men’s Singles, will take place at the Mercantile Badminton Association (MBA) Courts at Malalasekara Mawatha, Colombo 7 on Friday (13).
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Sri Lanka condoles with families of victims of Air India crash
Sri Lanka shared its condolences with bereaved family members of the victims of the Air crash in India today.
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