St. Sebastian’s College Moratuwa cruised through to the final of the Under-15 Division I cricket tournament when they recorded a comfortable 91-run win over arch rivals Prince of Wales College in the semi-final match at the MCA ground on Saturday (22). St. Sebastian’s batting first made a modest 211 for 7 in their allotted 50 overs and Prince of Wales in their run chase was able to muster a score of only 120 runs. St. Sebastian’s will meet the winners of the second semi-final between S. Thomas’ and Richmond due to be played on August 25 at the same venue. The final is slotted to be played on August 29. St. Sebastian’s College 211 for 7 wickets (50) (Shanel Fernando 46, Nishitha Abilash 29, Mahela Fernando 24, Rajeew Salgado 18, Praveen Cooray 17, Lahiru Fernando 17: Ravindu Jayasinghe 2 for 25, Suneth Mendis 2 for 47) Prince of Wales 120 all out (48.3) (Ravin Peiris 43, Kavin Chathuska 39: Shashika Perera 2 for 7, Shanel Fernando 2 for 16, Praveen Cooray 2 for 22, Dulip Wellalage 2 for 30)
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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