Sports Minister, Dayasiri Jayasekera met with Asian Canoe Congress (ACC) President cum Japan Canoe Federation (JCF) President, Shoken Narita, when he paid a courtesy call on the Minister, while on a goodwill visit to Sri Lanka.
Mr Narita was accompanied by Fusanosuke Kambara of the Japan Canoe Federation. Prithiviraj Perera, Commodore Priyantha Perera and Supem de Silva, President, Secretary General and Treasurer respectively of the National Association for Canoeing & Kayaking Sri Lanka (NACKSL), were also present at the meeting.
Mr Narita was pleased with the volunteering efforts of the relatively young NACKSL, which has been in existence for 11 years, and pledged further assistance for this pioneering effort at promoting an Olympic Sport in Sri Lanka.
This is indeed a challenging task with much scope for further development in an island nation such as Sri Lanka, with many possibilities for Water Sports Tourism.
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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