The Sri Lankan diaspora finally broke out of the shackles imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic last Saturday (25) with the return of the East Coast Cricket Festival.
The annual event, organised by the Ananda College Old Boys’ Association – East Coast USA -- for the 15th year, took place in New Jersey under the patronage of Mr. Mohan Pieris, Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United Nations, and his wife, Priyanthi.
The participating teams included old boys from Ananda, Nalanda, Royal, S. Thomas’, Maris Stella, Trinity, St. John’s Jaffna, Isipathana, and Mahanama took part in the tournament.
The semi-finals saw Mahanama defeating the hosts Ananda and Royal prevailing over Maris Stella.
The Royal team, led by Ruchira Jayasooriya, overcame Mahanama, in the final to win the Colonel Olcott Trophy for the seventh time.
Since its inception in 2006, the annual cricket festival has been the premier Sri Lankan sports event and the community gatherings in the US east coast.
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.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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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