Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) on Wednesday awarded former Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene with its Honorary Life Membership.
It makes Jayawardene the 14th Sri Lankan cricketer to get the MCC Honorary Life Membership.
Earlier his teammates Kumar Sangakkara, Muthiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas were awarded with the same.
In his 18-year of successful cricketing career Jayawardene played 149 Test matches and scored 11,814 runs at an average of 49.84.
He played his final game at Lord's in 2014 against England, which ended in a draw. Jayawardene is currently working as a batting consultant with the England team.
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.
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Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
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.
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