Avindra Perera and Nethmi Waduge, two of Sri Lanka’s promising tennis stars, bagged the Under-18 Singles title in Boy’s and Girls’ categories respectively in the ongoing Junior Tennis Nationals 2015 at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) courts in Colombo. Avindra lost the first set 4/6, but made a dramatic comeback to outclass Aadavan Pushparaj winning the remaining sets 6/4 and 6/0 in the Under-18 Boy’s Singles final. The gritty S. Thomas’ College tennis player, on his way to the final, went through a similar experience in the semi-final before downing Chehan Fernando 2/6, 7/5 and 6/4, after a tougher battle. But he had a cakewalk in the quarter-final against B. Suren to win the dual in straight sets, 6/4, 6/4. In the Girls’ category Nethmi of Visakha Vidyalaya, was more vibrant. She won the final in straight sets, 6/3, 6/4 against Thisuri Molligoda. On her way to the final, Nethmi had two smashing wins to gather momentum to a straight win. She beat Rukshika Wijesuriya 6/3, 7/5 in the semi-final after thrashing Tarah Greig 6/0, 6/1 in the quarter-final.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
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.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
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.
A passenger attempting to smuggle the largest quantity of gold of 35 kilo grams was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today, a senior official said.
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