Army Sports Club bounced back to settle in to a 16-16 draw against CR&FC in the curtain raiser match of the Inter-Club Rugby Championship 2022, played at Havelock Park on Friday (21).
CR led 16-6 at halftime with two unconverted tries recorded by Kanchana Ramanayake and Supun Warnakulasuriya, after Kavindu de Costa's two early penalties.
The Soldiers added six points from a penalty off the boots of Gayan Salinda and a drop goal by Tharindu Madushan, just before the short whistle.
Army played gallantly in the return half, thwarting CR from adding further points to their total, and by scoring the needed points to level the scores through two unconverted tries, scored by Thirusha Adikaram and Chalika Sandaruwan.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
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Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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