Sri Lankan weightlifter Chamari Warnakulasuriya finished overall fourth in the Women's 53kg weight class at the Commonwealth Games 2018 today (6).
Warnakulasuriya lifted a total of 172kgs -- 78kgs in Snatch and 94kgs in Clean and Jerk.
The gold medal was won by Indian lifter Sanjita Khumukcham, who lifted 192kgs in total.
Loa Dika Poua ;lifted 182kgs to claim the silver medal while Canada's Rachel Leblanc-Bazinet won the bronze medal after lifting 181kgs.
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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