Hiruni Wijayaratne, a Sri Lankan athlete based in the United States of America, has qualified for the London World Athletic Championship after her performance of 2 hours, 43.31 minutes in the Eugene Marathon.
Wijayaratne was placed 11th among 100 runners in the Eugene Marathon which was won by Steve Dekoker with a timing of 2 hours and 29.46 minutes.
Wijayaratne's timing is the second fastest recorded by a Sri Lankan after Niluka Rajasekera, who participated in the Rio Olympics and the Hong Kong Marathon with a timing of 2 hours and 40.7 minutes.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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