Middle distance runner Nilani Ratnayake of Sri Lanka Army set a new meet record while claiming the Sri Lanka record in steeple chase on the first day of the 93rd National Athletic Championship at Diyagama which began on Friday (24). Ratnayake timed 10.09.49minutes in the Women's 3000metre steeple chase event final while overwriting Eranga Dulakshi’s national record of 10.11.72minutes, set in 2012 in Colombo. M.H.I. Sandaruwan from Sri Lanka Air Force won the Men’s Pole Vault event throwing a distance of 4.75metres. Amanthi Silva, representing Sri Lanka Schools Athletic Association cleared 39.46metres to win the Women's Discus Throw event. A.D.A. Fernando of Sri Lanka Army won the Women's Long Jump event. K.G.U.P. Jayawardena won the Men's Discus Throw with a distance of 51.65metres while Manjula Kumara won the Men's High Jump event. The championship ends on Sunday (26).
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
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.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
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.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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