Sri Lankan weightlifter Saman Abeywickrama finished eighth in the Men's 105kg final with a combined lift of 290kgs at the Commonwealth Games 2018 today (9).
He lifter 130kgs in Snatch and 160kgs in Clean and Jerk in the finals where Samoa's Sanele Mao claimed the gold medal after lifting 360kgs.
India's Pradeep Singh lifted 352kgs to win the silver medal and England's Owen Boxall claimed the bronze medal with a lift of 351kgs.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
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