Weightlifter Indika Dissanayake won the silver medal in Men's 69kg event with a total lift of 297kgs in the Commonwealth Games 2018 a short while ago today (6).
Dissanayake lifted 137kgs in Snatch and 160kgs in Clean and Jerk to finish second to Gareth Evans of Wales, who lifted 299kgs in total to win the gold medal.
Indian Deepak Lather won the bronze medal with a combined lift of 295kgs.
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.
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.
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