People's Bank Sports Club recently organised the volleyball and netball events of the Inter-Regional Sports Tournament at the Indoor Stadium in Wathupitiwala.
A total of 22 teams competed for the volleyball title, with the Head Office team emerging as champions. The Ratnapura Region claimed second place, followed by the Hambantota Region in third, and the Kurunegala Region in fourth, the bank said in a media release.
In the netball event, 16 teams participated, with the Kandy Region winning the championship. The Nuwara Eliya Region secured second place, while the Polonnaruwa Region finished third, and the Gampaha Region took fourth place.
People's Bank Chief Executive Officer/General Manager Clive Fonseka, along with corporate and executive management, as well as many staff members, attended the event.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
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