Sri Lanka Navy 'A' and Grand Hotel, Nuwara Eliya emerged champions in the Men's and Women's 'A' Divisions respectively at the Veterans' Inter Club Table Tennis Tournament 2017 which was held at the S. Thomas' College Indoor Stadium in Mt. Lavinia.
Sri Lanka Navy 'A' represented by Indika Prasad Silva, T.S.K. Weerakoon and T.P. Malalgama beat Veteran 'A' represented by M.M.M. Laffeer, Dr. Nimal Lucas, Deepak Narindas and S.S. Perera in the finals while Namal Gunasekera, Udayangani Aluwihare and Shamila Manojika representing Grand Hotel, Nuwara Eliya defeated Friendship TT Club with Samantha Jayadeva, Ira Ruwanpathirana and Champa Wimalawardene in the Women's finals.
In the Men's 'B' Division final Veteran 'B' (Fida Hussain, N.H. Piyadasa, Wasantha Perera and H. Gamage) beat Commercial Bank (D.G.P. Kariyawasam, W.W. A.J. Wijesundera, D.R. John and K.D.J.N.P. Abeysiriwardena).
Government Press (Athula Hettiarachchi, P.D. Gajendrasiri, R.D. Sarath Kumara and L.R.D. Isuru Sampath) rolled over Butterfly 'C' (M.L.M. Azvar, M.N.S. Perera, M.G. Wasantha de Silva) to win the Men's 'C' Division title.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
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.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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