Dinesh Priyantha won the bronze medal in Men's Javelin Throw event at the Rio Paralympics 2016 clearing a distance of 58.23 metres, recording his personal best, on Tuesday (13).
Priyantha, who became the first Sri Lankan to win a medal at this year's Paralympics, finished behind India's Devendra and China's Chunliang Guo.
Devendra won the gold medal setting a new world record with an achievement of 63.97 metres, while Guo threw 59.93 metres to win the silver medal.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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