In this day and age of women empowerment and leadership, two Sri Lankan female match officials – Michelle Pereira and Nimali Perera – scripted their own history when they became the first two Lankan ladies to officiate in the ongoing Women's World T20, in South Africa.
Accordingly, in the Trans-Tasman encounter on Saturday, Michelle, functioned as the match referee, and her fellow female official Nimali, stood as an on-field umpire.
Only recently and coincidentally, Vanessa de Silva, recorded another first for the country, becoming first-ever Lankan lady umpire to officiate as a match referee in the U19 Women’s World T20.
2nd Pic - Vanessa de Silva
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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