Hatton National Bank (HNB), emerged champions of the 26th Mercantile League Basketball Tournament 2016, when they beat Seylan Bank with relative ease, 59-43, in the final played at Henry Pediris Park courts.
The leading scorers for the winners were Kumarine Silva (20 points) Anjalee Ekanayake (13 points) and Imesha Thathasarani (12 points).
The champion HNB team led by Anjalee Ekanayake included Janitha Gunapala, Imesha Thathsarani, Pabasara Gunasekara, Gayanjali Amarawansha, Umanga de Zoysa, Sashika Samarasinghe, Dharshika Abeywickrama, Gayani Dissanayake, Kumarine Silva, Hansi Bandara and Asha Nanayakkara.
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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