The Asian-German Sports Exchange Programme is planning to hold a water-sports event in Chilaw in November this year.
The mega event, targeted to promote Chilaw as a water-sports hub in Sri Lanka, will include surfing, sailing, rafting, wind surfing, yachting and kayaking.
Locals and foreigners will be permitted to participate in the event and according to the organisers Britain, France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, United States, Canada, New Zealand and Japan have already shown interest in sending their athletes.
The Asian German Sports Exchange Programme will organise this event in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism.
The organisers also aim to set up training centres for youths in the Puttalam District in servicing and maintaining sailing boats and yachts.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
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.
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.
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