By Shamindra Ferdinando(Island,lk) - Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera on Monday assured that the the process implementingthe Geneva Resolution was on trackStrongly denying a dispute within the ruling coalition over the process,Minister Samaraweera stressed that President Maithripala Sirisena hadbeen consulted before the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) co-

sponsored the Resolution at theSept/Oct, 2015 sessions of theUNHRC in Geneva.The Matara District MP vowed toproceed with the process regardlessof resistance by hostile elementshell-bent on sabotaging the peaceinitiative.Foreign Minister SamaraweeraMonday evening called a specialsession with the media, includingmembers of the ForeignCorrespondents Association toexplain the measures taken by thegovernment to addressaccountability issues. Havingexplained the circumstances underwhich the GoSL had reachedagreement on.... SEE P8

By Sujeeva Nivunhella(Island.lk) - The relatives of the five young SriLankans who drowned at East Sussex, CamberSands, blamed the British authorities for notensuring the presence of lifeguards at this popularbeach resort.Sri Lankan born Kenugen Saththiyanathan,Kobikanthan Saththiyanathan, InthushanSriskantharaja, Gurushanth Srithavarajah andBritish born Nitharsan Ravi died last Wednesdayafter they were swept into the ocean, while playingfootball on the beach.The father of the two brothers Kenugen andKobikanthan, 51-year-old SathyanathanArumugam is certain that had there beenlifeguards at the beach, the lives of his two sonsand their friends could have been saved.

He was furious with the authorities for notproviding lifeguards at the beach even after a 19-year-old Brazilian national, Gustavo Silva Da Cruz,drowned at Camber Sands a month ago. In thesummer season, Camber Sands attracts around25,000 visitors, but no lifeguards patrol the popularseven-mile stretch of beach.Apparently, Kenugen and Inthushan got intotrouble first as they were dragged into the quickflowing water of a rip tide and the other three triedto rescue them, but tragically all five drowned.Talking to Sunday Island, Sri Lanka’s Deputy HighCommissioner in London, SugeeshwaraGunaratne said that two officers from the missionwere sent to East Sussex police station to assistwith any requirements and also liaise with therelatives of the victims.

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National carrier, SriLankan Airlinesannounced to its customers the changesin flight schedules due to the scheduledmaintenance work on the runway of thecountry’s main international airport atKatunayake.

The changes to its schedule will be madeover a three-month period commencingfrom 06th January 2017 to 06th April2017, due to the closure of Colombo’sBandaranaike International Airport foreight hours a day from 0830 hours to1630 hours each day for maintenancework on the runway.The following flights have been cancelled.However, SriLankan will continue to serveeach of these destinations through itsflights at other times of the day:

� UL308 Colombo-Singapore and

UL 309 Singapore-Colombo

� UL127 Colombo-Chennai and

UL122 Chennai-Colombo

� UL133 Colombo-Trichy and UL132

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� UL115 Colombo-Male and UL102

Male-Colombo

� UL167 Colombo-Cochin and

UL166 Cochin-Colombo

� UL173 Colombo-Bangalore and

UL174 Bangalore-ColomboThe following flights have been shifted toalternate times of the day:

� UL868 Colombo-Beijing.

� nUL866 Colombo-Shanghai.

� UL402 Colombo-Bangkok and

UL403 Bangkok-Colombo

� UL318 Colombo-Kuala Lumpur

and UL319 Kuala Lumpur-Colombo

� UL306 Colombo-Singapore and

UL307 Singapore-Colombo

� UL161 Colombo-Trivandrum and

UL162 Trivandrum -Colombo

� UL195 Colombo-New Delhi and

UL196 New Delhi-Colombo

� UL183 Colombo-Karachi and

UL184 Karachi-Colombo

� UL503 Colombo-London and

UL504 London-Colombo (From05th January UL 504 will operateas London-Malé -Colombo)

� UL281 Colombo-Jeddah and

UL282 Jeddah-ColomboPassengers who have already bookedtickets on any of the above flights shouldcontact their travel agent or the nearestSriLankan Airlines ticket office for detailson revised times and/or alternativeroutings.In a statement SriLankan Airlines said itregrets any inconvenience to itspassengers caused due to thesearrangements that have been madeunder unavoidable circumstances. “Theclosure of BIA affects flights of all airlinesthat operate to BIA during the scheduledtime of maintenance work. The airline isnot the operator of the airport and has nocontrol over the scheduled maintenanceworks,” the national carrier added.

SriLankan Airlines changes in flight schedules from 06th January 2017

Five Sri Lankans drown while playing football at Camber SandsLifeguards might have saved lives

Dilshan to retire from International cricket Geneva Resolution being implemented – Mangala“A lot of youngsters try to play T20s and one-dayers,but I’m giving advice to them that they should makesure they enjoy Test cricket first, then they can enjoyone-dayers and T20s,” said 39-year-old Dilshanafter playing his 330th and final ODI at the RangiriDambulla Stadium on Sunday against Australiabefore retiring.“Everyone has to play more Test cricket. That is theduty of the game. I really enjoyed my Test career aswell, rather than the one-dayers. This is a time forour youngsters to put their hands up and take overSri Lankan cricket. That’s the reason for myretirement. The youngsters are doing really well.Hopefully they can take our national flag a longway,” he said.Dilshan appeared for his country in 87 Tests scoring5492 runs at an average of 40.98 with 16 hundredsand captained in 11 of them. It was during his shorttenure as captain that Dilshan made his highest Testscore – a magnificent 193 against England at Lord’sin 2011 and Sri Lanka recorded their maiden Testwin in South Africa by 208 runs at Durban in 2012.About the timing of his retirement Dilshan said, “Ijust thought it was time, just as I had thought withmy Test career. SEE P16

(Dailynews.lk) - Retiring ODI cricketerTillakaratne Dilshan adviced young cricketersto make Test cricket their priority beforebranching onto playing the other two formatsfifty-over and T20 cricket.

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By Chris Kamalendran(sundaytimes.lk) The Government is expediting aprogramme to close down all camps for InternallyDisplaced Persons (IDP) in the north, by offeringconstructed houses, land to build own housesand providing financial assistance to buildhouses.The moves come as UN Secretary-General, BanKi-moon visits Sri Lanka next week.Resettlement and Rehabilitation MinistrySecretary, V. Sivagnanasothy said to facilitatethe closure of the camps, the military is buildinghouses or, IDP families are being offered land or,encouraged to build their own houses with Stateassistance.The Government maintains 31 camps for IDPs inJaffna for 971 families.To facilitate the resettlement, some 600 familieshave been identified to be provided with land,while 100 houses under construction by themilitary in the Kankesanthurai area, is nearingcompletion. More than 300 families were givenletters assigning them with lands in the north.Mr Sivagnanasothy said, the Government, from

its last Budget, has allocated Rs 8,000 million forresettlement programmes which includespersons living in camps, as well as some 10,000more families living with friends and relatives.Jaffna Additional District Secretary (Lands) N.Muralitharan told the Sunday Times, the military,at a meeting held in Jaffna this week, disclosedthat the boundaries will be adjusted, enabling thereturn of lands to its original owners.“As the military will have to retain a certainamount of land for national security, we arelooking to purchase private lands from personswilling to sell their lands, if they are livingoverseas or from those who do not require thelands any longer,” he said.Meanwhile, the UNSG will meet PresidentMaithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister RanilWickremesinghe, and will participate in an eventinvolving youth under the theme, ‘Reconciliationand Coexistence: Role of Youth’.In Jaffna he will meet the Northern ProvinceGovernor Reginald Cooray, Leader of theOpposition, R. Sampanthan, members of theTNA, and visit a resettlement site.

Army willing to adjust camp boundariesto expedite closure of IDP camps

Needs O+/A+ kidney

Cancer Hospital willget a CT scanner

with excess funds forPET scan

Lankan students geta chance to enter

India’s IT institutes

(sundayobserver.lk) Fifty-six-year old, Tamara Davidson ofDehiwala is suffering from EndStage kidney disease.Consultant Physician andNephrologist, Dr. Rezvi Sheriff,has recommended immediatekidney transplant.Tamara, a diabetic and heartpatient appeals to the public for a O+ or A+kidney. Please contact: 0777613580 or0777366817.

(sundaytimes.lk) The Maharagama Cancerhospital will not only get a PET-scanner soon butwill also receive a CT-scanner, the KadijahFoundation said last week. FoundationPresident M.S.H. Mohamed said that the moniescollected for a Positron Emission Tomography(PET) scanner, a nuclear medicine imagingdiagnostic tool to assess the functioning tissuesand organs of the body, has far exceededexpectations and that the excess money wouldbe used to buy a much needed CT scanner too.He said that up to last week the donationscollected at the Bank of Ceylon Account for thepurchase of a PET-scanner had reached Rs.252million. A pet-scanner in the international market

is estimated to cost around R.200 million.Meanwhile Health Minister Rajitha Senaratnein his weekly news briefing said the PET-scanner would be installed at the MahragamaHospital in the next three months.

(colombogazette.com) The Government ofIndia has decided to provide opportunities foradmission of meritorious Sri Lankan studentsto the prestigious Indian Institutes ofTechnology (IITs) in India, from the 2017-18academic sessions onwards, the Indian HighCommission in Colombo said.In this regard, a delegation of facultymembers from IITs will visit Sri Lanka in thefirst week of September 2016 to interact withstudents and parents of GCE “A” levelstudents, and final and pre-final yearengineering students, regarding IIT entranceexaminations, life in the IITs and futureprospects.During the meeting, information will beprovided on Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)for Undergraduate Engineering Courses andthe Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering

(Contd: on P4)

For the first time, two Sri Lankanundergraduate students participated in the2016 Summer Student Programme at theEuropean Organization for NuclearResearch (CERN) in Geneva, the mostprominent particle physics researchinstitute in the world.Gamage Gihan Lakmal, a graduate fromthe Faculty of Science of the RuhunaUniversity and Malinda Shiram de Silva, afinal year undergraduate from the Facultyof Science of the Colombo University,completed their two month programme lastweek.The Sri Lankan students were selected onmerit by CERN, following a fundingarrangement negotiated by the ourPermanent Mission in Geneva, whereCERN provided financial assistance forone student and the Government of SriLanka (GoSL) funded the other student, apress release issued by the Sri LankanMission said.Gamage Gihan Lakmal, previously a student ofAnanda College and Asoka College, enteredRuhuna University in 2011 and recently graduatedwith a second class upper division in Bachelor ofScience (specialized in Physics). He was thePresident of the Ruhuna Science Research Circle& the Physics Society in 2015. Also he has wonthe third place at the invention and innovation

exhibition at the University of Ruhuna in 2015 forhis final year project on calibration testing andmodifying the low cost monochromator for use asan excitation source in future optoelectroniccharacterization experiments. At CERN he wasinvolved in the research work related to buildingan immersive, panoramic virtual visit of the CERNData Centre.

From right: Charlotte L. Warakaulle, Director for InternationalRelations of CERN, Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha, SriLanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva,

Malinda Shiram de Silva, from the University of Colombo,Gamage Gihan Lakmal from the University of Ruhuna, Dr

Rüdiger Voss, Senior Advisor and former Head of InternationalRelations of CERN and Dilini Gunasekera, Second Secretary of

the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the UN in Geneva

Two Lankan students participate in CERNSummer Student Programme

Sun directly over SriLanka till September 7

(dailynews.lk) The Sun will be moving directly overSri Lanka from August 28 to September 7, aMeteorology Department spokesman said.He said the Sun would be directly over thelatitudes of Sri Lanka during this period, due to theapparent southward relative motion of the sun.He said this is a usual biannual phenomenon. Thenearest towns of Sri Lanka over which the sun willbe overhead today are Kulamrippu, Tenniyankulamand Ambanama about 12:12 noon. Meanwhile, theweather Met Department forecast said fairly strongwinds (up to 50-60kmph) can be expected over theisland. “Several spells of light showers will occur inthe Western, Sabaragamuwa Central and North-Western Provinces and in the Jaffna, Mannar,Galle and Matara districts. Showers orthundershowers may occur at a few places in theUva and Eastern Provinces after 2.00 p.m” itstated.

Child suffers fromrenal failure

(sundayobserver.lk) A.H. Poorni Pyushani (aged 6)No. 31/B, Gorakaduwa, Payagala, Kalutara issuffering from end stage renal failure.Consultant Pediatric Nephrologist, Dr. VindyaGunasekera of the Colombo Lady Ridgewayhospital has recommended immediate kidneytransplantation. As the parents find it difficult to footthe medical bill they appeal for public contributionsto be remitted to A/c. No. 139-2-001-6-0338418 ofthe People's Bank, Pettah.

A Briton of Sri Lankan origin

By Harischandra Gunaratna(island.lk) Nicholas Gunatilleke (42), a Briton ofSri Lankan descent, has been appointed aSuperintendent of Police and Deputy AreaCommander of Knwosley Borough inLiverpool, England.Knowsley Borough is an urban areawith a population of around 120,000and a police establishment of 350officers and staff.Gunatalleke, after obtaining his LLBwith a 2:1 from the LiverpoolUniversity, joined the police as aconstable in 1994 and rose throughthe ranks in the Merseyside Policeto the position of Superintendentunder the Graduate AcceleratedProgramme. The top cop also hadserved a stint in the CID.His father was the late Ranjith Gunatilleke,Barrister-at-Law and former Senior StateCounsel. After a successful practice at theunofficial bar in Sri Lanka, he migrated to the UKin 1975 and developed a lucrative legal practicein England. Among his contemporaries here wasformer Attorney General Sunil de Silva.

Nicholas Gunatilleke said: "I always had a dreamof joining the police hearing the exploits of mygrandfather and uncles as top cops.He hails from a family of senior policemen in SriLanka. His paternal grandfather Lionel

Gunatilleke (Snr) prematurely retiredas an ASP in the early ‘60s. He wasknown as a "dare devil cop" and oneof his best exploits was beingresponsible for busting up theinfamous Turf Club robbery andmurder in 1949.Two of his uncles, the late Nimal andLionel (Jnr) were top brass of thepolice. Nimal was a DIG and wasthe Commandant of the SpecialTask Force and also served as theDeputy Director, NationalIntelligence Bureau. Lionel was theHead of Crime Detection Bureau

before being appointed DIG CID.Incidentally, the two Gunatillekes were the onlybrothers to become DIGs in the Sri Lanka policeafter the Dissanayake brothers C.C. (jungle) andS.A. (jingle) in the ‘60s.Nicholas Gunatilleke was in Sri Lanka recently toattend his cousin’s wedding.

Nicholas Gunatilleke appointed Superintendentof Police in Liverpool, UK

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By Damith Wickremasekara(sundaytimes.lk) The Welikada-Rajagiriya junction,one of the most congested locations in Colombo,will have a flyover to ease traffic, said HighwaysMinister Lakshman Kiriella.The flyover will be constructed with a soft loan ofRs 4.3 billion (euro 28 million) from the Spanishgovernment. The loan agreement was signed this

week.Mr Kiriella said the flyover above the existing roadto Parliament will have four lanes on either side,with each side to be completed in eight months.He said construction to commence next month, willbe carried out by a Spanish company, and will bebuilt mostly with pre-fabricated items to expediteconstruction.

Ministry Secretary,D.C. Dissanayakasaid the move toconstruct a flyover atthis junction wherefive main roads meetwith daily traffic ofover 100,000vehicles, was takenafter several otherproposals wereconsidered.Meanwhile, two otherflyovers will beconstructed inGanemulla andPolgahawela toreduce congestionmainly caused by therailway crossing. Thetwo projects estimatedto cost Rs 4 billionand will also be with aSpanish loan.

Rs 4.3b flyover at Welikade-Rajagiriyajunction: Minister Kiriella

Celebrating the disappeared

Family members of persons missing without a trace, gathered at Vihara Mahadevi Open AirTheatre today commemorating the International Day of the Disappeared which is held on the

30th August. PIC BY : Ruwan Walpola

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Communityin the UK celebrated its 50thannual convention on 14th August2016 at Oakland Farm, GreenStreet, East Worldham, Hampshire,GU34 3AU, with powerful and faithinspiring address by the worldhead The Ahmeddiya muslimcommunity. The fifth Khalifa(caliph), his holinessHarzat MizraMasroor Ahmad.This event wasattended by about 40,000

community members.Many members representingdifferent communities fromHounslow borough of Londonparticipated at this convention.Ms Seema Malhothra MP forFeltham and Heston,Cllr,HanipKhan, Mr Akhil Biswas and MrSrilal Dias from JanahandaFoundation were among thedistinguished guests who presentat this magnificent convention.

The Annual Convention of the Ahmadiayya Muslim Community in the UK.

Lankan students

Police, now Sri LankaPolice

from P2(GATE) for Post Graduate Courses in IITs, forthe academic session 2017-18. Students fromSri Lanka can appear for JEE and GATEexaminations in Sri Lanka, on the same day andtime, like aspirants in India.An event in Colombo to familiarize Sri Lankanstudents with IIT admissions will be held onMonday, September 5, 2016, at the IndianCultural Centre (ICC), located at 16/2, Gregory’sRoad, Colombo 07.Students and parents interested in participatingin this program may pre-register with HighCommission of India at iccrcolombo@gmail.com/ hcicolombo.edu@gmail.com to obtain their slotfor the interaction with IIT professors. Pre-

registration will be on first come first servedbasis and will close by the forenoon ofSeptember 2, 2016.An event in Jaffna will be organized onWednesday, September 7, 2016 by ConsulateGeneral of India, Jaffna.

dailymirror.lk) The Cabinet has approved theproposal made by Minister of Law and OrderSagala Ratnayake to change the name of thePolice of Sri Lanka from 'Sri Lanka PoliceDepartment' to ‘Sri Lanka Police’.In the weekly Cabinet briefing, it was said thatthe Police would use its standard name as SriLanka Police here after.

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Crimes Accidents&Mother, infantknocked down

while crossing road(sundaytimes.lk) A woman and her 11 month-olddaughter died after being hit by a bus on theKandy – Colombo Road, at Nittambuwa, thecoroner’s court was told.The mother had just stepped out from a waysideboutique and was trying to cross the road whenthe tragedy occurred.Her husband, Wagaarachchige Daminda, saidthey had come from Kegalle and he hadremained in in the bus that was parked on theopposite side of the road with two of their otherchildren while his wife had got down with theinfant to buy something. She was attempting tocross the road to board the bus when she andthe infant were knocked down.

Lankan maid on deathrow deported aftergovt. intervention

Army Colonel arrestedover wife’s gun attack

Former Rivira Editoridentifies alleged

assailant from ArmyMI Unit

(dailynews.lk) RIYADH: A Sri Lankan woman,who received the death sentence after beingconvicted of adultery in Saudi Arabia, has beendeported home on completion of her jail term inDawadmi, some 400 km from the capital ofRiyadh. Confirming the release and hersubsequent deportation, Sri Lankan Embassysources in Riyadh said the maid was originallysentenced to death for adultery, but thesentence was later reduced to three years in jailby a Court of Appeals in Dawadmi.

(dailymirror.lk) Army Lieutenant Colonel PradeepKumara Nettasinghe was arrested today inconnection with the incident where his wife wasshot at by an unidentified gang in AthurugiriyaSaturday night. His 45-year-old wife was shotand was admitted to the National Hospital withgunshot injuries. The Colonel gave a statementto the Police on Sunday regarding the incident.(Irangi Edirisinghe)

(sundaytimes.lk) The Army intelligence officeralleged to have taken part in the assault onformer Rivira editor Upali Tennakoon, wasidentified at an identification parade held onFriday (26) at the Gampaha Magistrate’s Court.The suspect, Premananda Udalagama, formerlyof the Army’s Military Intelligence Unit wasidentified by Mr Tennakoon and his wife, as oneof four men who attacked them on January 23,2009. Mr. Tennakoon was on his way to officethat day, when four men on motorbikes hadblocked the path of his car and assaulted him. Hewas hospitalised as a result.The suspect is also alleged by the CriminalInvestigation Department (CID) to be involved inthe murder of former Editor of the Sunday Leadernewspaper Lasantha Wickrematunga on January8, 2009. He is further alleged to have beeninvolved in the abduction of Mr Wickrematunga’sformer driver. Gampaha Additional MagistrateLalith Kannangara remanded the suspect tillAugust 29 in connection with the assault case.

(dailynews.lk) A seventeen-year-old schoolboyfrom Kadugannawa was arrested this afternoon,for engineering the hack on President MaithripalaSirisena’s website.President Sirisena’s official websitewww.president.gov.lk came under attack onFriday (26), when the site was taken down and amessage posted in Sinhalese, expressing thedispleasure of a collective of hackers callingthemselves ‘The Sri Lanka Youth’, at thegovernment having scheduled the AdvancedLevel examination for April, during the traditionalSinhala and Tamil New Year.The message was removed shorty thereafter anda message notifying users that the site woulddown for ‘scheduled maintenance', put upinstead.The President’s website was back online a fewhours later.

The site was hacked once again the next day(Saturday, 27), with the following messageposted in English:Dear Mr. President,We are extremely displeased about the decisionto hold GCE A/L in April since the Sinhala/HinduNew Year falls in between the exam dates.Therefore, reconsider that decision. Furthermore,take care of the security of Sri Lankan websites.Or else, we will have to face a cyber war.If you cannot control the situation hold aPresidential Election.Stop the Prime Minister's irresponsible work.Look more into the problems of the universitystudents.The Sri Lankan YouthThe Crimes Investigation Department (CID)made the arrest.

Kadugannawa schoolboy arrestedover President’s website hack

By Damith Wickremasekara(sundaytimes.lk) Businessman MohamedSulaiman, 29, made his final call to his wife lastSunday at 11.15 pm asking her to open the gateafter he had arrived home at Kothalawala Lane,Bambalapitiya, carrying a takeaway for dinner.But when she reached the gate, her husband wasmissing. She only found his car parked on theroadside. A car was seen speeding away from thescene.Some 50 metres from the car towards the ocean,or the Marine Drive, lay the dinner, his wristwatchand a file. Blood stains indicated a scuffle. Familymembers were alerted and the police wereinformed, setting off a search.“On the following day, Mr Sulaiman’s fatherreceived a telephone call at their residencearound 9 a.m. The caller asked for a ransom of Rs2 million to release the businessman. We tracedthe call to a roadside telephone box located inKegalle town,” Director of the Colombo CrimeDivision, Superintendent of Police, Nishantha deSoysa said.A team was sent. In Colombo investigators weretrying to analyse closed circuit TV (CCTV) footageobtained from residences, businessestablishments as well as from cameras installedby the police.More than 60 hours later, Mawanella police wasalerted on Wednesday evening by a resident thata body was seen dumped on the side of theMawanella-Hemmathagama Road. The CCD wasinformed and later in the night a relative identifiedthe body.

The Judicial Medical Officer of the KegalleHospital, Dr Ramesh Alagiyawannage, whocarried out the post-mortem ruled that MrSulaiman had been murdered about an hour afterhis abduction and that a blow dealt with a bluntweapon above the ear had resulted in his death.Mawanella Magistrate Mahinda Liyanagamavisited the scene where the body was found. TheCCD investigation is now focusing on some of hisbusiness partners with whom he had disputedtransactions, including money owed to MrSulaiman.On Thursday the the CCD filed a motion in theColombo Magistrate courts seeking a travel banon five businessmen and it was granted. The

court also allowed permission to obtain details ofphone calls from 10 different communicationstowers. A further hearing is set for September 15.Mr Sulaiman had complained to the CriminalInvestigations Department (CID) that twobusinessmen owed him Rs 40 million and Rs 20million. Investigations were pending. Two morecomplaints had been lodged at the Fraud Bureauover Rs 5 million owed. In one of the cases, thesuspect was on bail, while another had left thecountry.CCD is looking for more evidence from CCTVcameras and have questioned more than 50persons including business partners, friends, andrelatives to arrest suspects.

The body of the businessman was found dumped on the side of the Mawanella-Hemmathagama Road. Pix by Saman Wijeya Bandara

Five businessmen barred from travel over ransom-linked killing

By Isuri Kaviratne(sundayobserver.lk) The 5-year-old boy, who wastravelling in the van which was attacked by anelephant in Karuwalagaswewa, succumbed tohis injuries last afternoon.A group of 11 in a van were on their way toKatunayake airport from Jaffna when the vehiclehit an elephant standing on the road atKaruwalagaswewa. The OIC ofKaruwalagaswewa Police Nuwan Perera saidthat after the collision, the elephant, along withthe van, had got dragged along the road for

approximately 10 feet, after which the panickedelephant had attacked the vehicle, smashing thefront of the van, resulting in one death. Thedeceased were seated on the front seat of thevan.The incident took place yesterday around2.30am. Nine others were wounded, includingthree children, Police said."The area in which the attack took place isgloomy, and the driver hadn't seen the elephant.There was a similar accident in the same area,nine months ago," Perera said.

Boy dies from elephant attack

Scottish engineer James Casserly faced acounter-claim of assault by Malaka Silva, the sonof former parliamentarian Mervyn Silva, when hiscase was taken up at the Colombo court.The 44-year old from Shotts, Lanarkshire washoping for a showdown with Silva, dubbed the'nightmare of nighclubs', whose behavior cost himhis dream job in Colombo.James claims that in 2014, at the Rhythm andBlues nightclub in Colombo, notorious hellraiserMalaka Silva groped his girlfriend Belinda andpunched her in the face twice, before Jamesintervened and decked him.

James said he foundhimself on the groundshortly after, beingassaulted by Silva'sbodyguards.The case wound up in a SriLankan court and Casserlywas optimistic that justicewould be served.The Scott however faced a counter-claim ofassualt by Silva yesterdy, and will have to return tocountry in December, when his case is taken upnext.

Scott James Casserly facescounter-claim of assault

(dailynews.lk) The Commission toInvestigate Allegations of Briberyor Corruption filed action at theColombo Magistrates Courtagainst former Defense SecretaryGotabhaya Rajapaksa, retiredMajor General Nissanka

Senadhipathi and six others.The eight are charged withallowing the company Avant Garde(Pvt) Ltd. maintain a floatingarmoury, giving them opportunityfor unlawful profit amounting to Rs.11. 4 billion.

Bribery Commission files against Gotabhaya,Nissanka, six others

(island.lk) Police have sought publicassistance to identify the body of amale found near the Kelaniyaroundabout in the Peliyagoda area.The unidentified person is around 50

years old, five feet four inches inheight.He was wearing a light brown stripedsarong and a red short-sleeved T-shirtat the time the body was found.

Police seek help to identify body

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UN ResolutionCONT FROM P1.... Resolution 30/1, Minister Samaraweeradeclared the agreement as Sri Lanka’s biggestachievement recently.Minister Samaraweera revealed that at the time theissue had been taken up at the Geneva-basedUnited Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC),he had been with President Maithripala Sirisena inNew York. Foreign Minister Samaraweera said thathe had been able to obtain the president’s advice,comfortably while Prime Minister Ranil

Wickremesinghe coordinated with Colombo-baseddiplomats involved in the process.Acknowledging the government’s failure to includea recommendation made by the JVP relevant tothe Office on Missing Persons (Establishment,Administration and Discharge of Functions) Billwhen it was presented to parliament on Aug. 23,2016, Minister Samaraweera said that it would beaccommodated to enable the process to go ahead.Minister Samaraweera said that the ConstitutionalCouncil would soon recommend to PresidentMaithripala Sirisena seven members to the Officeof Missing Persons (OMP). In an obvious reference

to recent media reports pertaining to theappointment of Mano Tittawella as the Secretaryto the OMP, Minister Samaraweera insisted thata Secretary hadn’t been appointed to theproposed office.Declaring that the Sirisena-Wickremesingheadministration wouldn’t do anything inimical toSri Lanka’s interests, Minister Samaraweerainsisted that the Geneva Resolution co-sponsored by the GoSL wasn’t meant toestablish a hybrid court as propagated byvarious interested parties. Responding to aquery by the media, Minister Samarasinghe saidthat foreign judges wouldn’t be included in theproposed judicial mechanism under anycircumstances though the GoSL could securethe services of foreign experts. MinisterSamaraweera said that hybrid courts had beenset up in some countries where the UNintervened.Asked by The Island whether he could shed lighton Jaffna District Parliamentarian M.A.Sumanthiran on behalf of the Tamil NationalAlliance (TNA) declaring in Washington on June14, 2016 that Geneva resolution 30/1 wassubject to Sri Lanka agreeing to accommodateforeign judges on a local judicial mechanism,

Minister Samaraweera claimed that hewasn’t aware of the said meeting. TheIsland pointed out that MPSumanthiran made the statementbefore the ‘Congressional Caucus forEthnic and Religious Freedom in SriLanka’ in the presence of Sri Lanka’sAmbassador in Washington PrasadKariyawasam.Minister Samaraweera declined toindicate when the judicial mechanismwould be ready or the members of thebody.Minister Samaraweera pointed out thatthe Paranagama Commission taskedto inquire into accountability issues,too, received the backing for foreignexperts from several countries,including UK, Canada and Australia.However, the GoSL was committed toensure credible and transparentprocess as requested by those affectedby violence as well as the internationalcommunity.Minister Samaraweera alleged thatthose who had accused the government ofbetraying the war winning armed forces causedirreparable damage to their reputation. Theirrelentless objections meant that they believed theaccusations directed at the military, thereforefeared credible and transparent investigations,Minister Samaraweera said.Referring to varying figures mentioned by differentparties, including the ICRC in respect of the totalnumber of disappearances reported during theconflict, Minister Samaraweera said that theproposed OMP would undertake a comprehensiveinquiry in this regard. Emphasizing that the countrycouldn’t further delay an inquiry, MinisterSamaraweera recalled how he teamed up with the

then Opposition MP Mahinda Rajapaksa during thesecond JVP inspired insurgency in the late 80s torepresent the interests of the families of thedisappeared. "We set up Mothers’ Front to pursueinquiries into disappearances," MinisterSamaraweera said.Samaraweera quoted MP Mahinda Rajapaksa ashaving said that he was ready not only to take theircases to Geneva but go to Apaya (hell). MinisterSamaraweera said that now there was norequirement to go to hell as the government hadsettled the issue. Inquiries could be conductedhere, Minister Samaraweera said.

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Hacking of President’sofficial website:

17-year-old arrested( ) A 17-year-old youth has beenarrested from Kadugannawa area on the allegationof hacking the official website of PresidentMaithripala Sirisena.Hackers tampered with President Sirisena’s officialwebsite www.president.gov.lk on two consecutivedays.The message, which was posted under the name“The Sri Lankan Youth” made several demands tothe government, including a call to reconsider thedecision to hold the GCE A/Level examination inApril instead of August.While the website came back online a few hourslater, the subsequent attack on Friday resulted inofficials having to take down the site for a muchlonger period.The crime is being probed by CriminalInvestigation Department (CID) detectivesspecializing in cybercrime after an officialcomplaint was lodged.

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(sundaytimes.lk) Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)dissidents are to form their own party with formerPresident Mahinda Rajapaksa as their leader.However, a decision is yet to be made on thename which may be similar to the SLFP. Thedecision to form their own party was taken onThursday when the committee named by MahindaRajapaksa to study matters arising out of thesuspension of his loyalists met at their office inNelumpokuna Road, Battaramulla.The committee comprises Basil Rajapaksa, DullasAllahapperuma, Pavithra Wanniaratchchi, RohithaAbeygunawardena, G.L. Peiris and Mahinda Yapa

Abeywardena. The new party, according tosources familiar with the measures being taken,will begin consultations with all other politicalparties to form a “Common Front.” This, however,will not mean the end of the “Joint Opposition”these sources said adding that they would functionas a body within Parliament.There is still a debate over whether their newmeasures would be made public on September 4when the Sri Lanka Freedom Party headed byPresident Maithripala Sirisena will hold its annualsessions in Kurunegala. There is already a moveby a group of SLFP parliamentarians to declare

their wish to sitseparately anddemand that they betreated as the mainOpposition. Whetherboth these measureswill play out together isunclear.

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(colombogazette.com) India’s MDMK generalsecretary Vaiko has urged the United NationsHuman Right Council (UNHRC) and the RedCross Society to inquire into the disappearance ofTamils during the last phase of war in Sri Lankaand the alleged poisoning of 107 LTTE cadres,The Hindu newspaper reported.In a statement, he said Balakumar, one of theimportant Tamil leaders, who was seen sitting withhis son in a photograph, disappeared during thelast phase of the Eelam war.

Similarly, senior LTTE leadersincluding Yogi, BabySubramaniam and politicalwing Ezhilan were arrested bythe Sri Lankan Army.“There is no information aboutthem even though seven yearshave passed since the end ofthe war. There are reports that the captured LTTEleaders were poisoned to death by the Sri Lankangovernment,” he alleged.

Vaiko tells UNHRC to probe disappearancesin Sri Lanka

(ft.lk) A conspiracy is being created to causeconflict between President Maithripala Sirisenaand Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, saysMinister of Ports and Shipping Arjuna Ranatunga.Charging that a group that made money in theprevious Government is behind this conspiracy,the Minister further said that several websiteswere trying to cause this conflict in a technicalmanner.“On 8 January politicians who love to fulfil theneed of the people joined hands together toensure justice in this nation. Their only purposewas to protect the unity between the President andthe Prime Minister for future development of thecountry. But few websites are spreading falserumours, targeting these politicians. The initialefforts of these websites are to slander thepoliticians’ character. The indirect objective is toweaken the unity between the President and thePrime Minister,” he said, adding that this wouldnever be allowed.“We obtained two opportunities to develop thecountry. One was the tsunami disaster. But at thatphase we did not make good decisions. Thesecond is when the war ended against theterrorists. But then again we were unable developthe country or bring all nations together. Again inJanuary 2015 we received the opportunity to

develop our country. On 8 January a leader fromthe Sri Lanka Freedom Party became thePresident and a Leader from the United NationalParty became the Prime Minister. Now we havemade plans to develop the country in five years.However, an organised group is workingdiplomatically to break this unity,” he noted.Charing that several websites were behind thesemoves, he added: “In the recent past most ofthese websites operated for money. They tookmoney from organisations and protected thethieves. Now they are trying to play off thePresident and the Prime Minister. In order to fulfilthis objective they are carrying out a mudcampaign against us. To stop this mud campaignthey are requesting money from us as well.However, we will not allow them to steal. We willnot provide money from our organisations. Wewant this country to move forward not only fromthe political side but also in every other way.”The Minister made these statements attending the‘Save the Sports’ couching camp and workshopheld in Gampaha at Urapola Central College onSunday. Cricket, volleyball, football and netballgames were included in the workshop organisedby ‘Save the Sports’ organisation. Those whoparticipated in the workshop was awarded prizes.

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Firtspost India(dailynews.lk) Tamils continue to facediscrimination in Sri Lanka, Firstpost Indiareported, quoting the United NationsCommittee on the Elimination of RacialDiscrimination (CERD)'s recentlyconcluded periodic review of Sri Lanka’simplementation of its provisions.It said CERD committee member andcountry rapporteur for Sri Lanka JoseFrancisco Cali Tzay had said the Tamilpopulation continued to sufferdiscrimination, including through lack ofaccess to public services in their ownlanguage.Jose Francisco Cali Tzay had noted thefact that police agents in the north do notspeak Tamil, and that people continue tolive in fear due to military presence.The Guatemalan expert who has been onthe Committee since 2004, said therecently promulgated Law for Witnessand Victim Protection had no dedicatedfunds for the mechanism to facilitate itsimplementation on the ground, and askedwhat measures have been taken toprotect Tamil women from multiplediscrimination.He had warned that discriminationagainst Tamils, particularly for not havingaccess to public spaces to bury theirdead would continue to hinder lastingpeace and reconciliation.Ravinatha Aryasinha, Sri LankanAmbassador to the UN office at Geneva,

presenting his country report said therehave been several issue since 2009brought about by violations ofhumanitarian laws and human rights onboth sides, that have remainedunaddressed, leading to anxiety, fearand suspicion. He said successivegovernments had failed to reach apolitical settlement with the groups.Aryasinha referred to various steps takensince the Maithripala Sirisenagovernment assumed power in January2015, including the introduction of thenineteenth amendment to theConstitution – which imposed a two-termlimit on the mandate of President andrecognized national reconciliation as aduty of the President.The amendment also established aspecial Presidential Task Force onReconciliation and an Office for NationalUnity Commission for Truth, Justice,Reconciliation that would consult withSouth African authorities, he said.He added that both Sinhala and Tamilwere made the languages ofadministration and of the courts - Article22, as per the provisions of the 16thamendment to the Constitution ensuresthat Sinhala will be the official languagein all provinces except in the north andeast where Tamil will also be used.Replying to questions by experts on theapplication of customary laws, the SriLankan delegation said that any change

of customary law had to come from thecommunities themselves. In the SriLanka, people of the Islamic faith havethe option of subscribing to Muslimpersonal laws (and statutes) while Tamilsfrom the Jaffna peninsula fall within theambit of the ‘Thesavalame Law’.The Sri Lankan delegation, replying to aquestion from a human rights expert on ifIndian Tamils were allowed to return totheir country, said any Sri Lankan had theright to return – and the Government hadre-established the possibility for dualcitizenship.The CERD members said that thesituation of refugees and internallydisplaced persons, war widows, inter-ethnic violence, reconciliation, thePrevention of Terrorism Act, and the lackof human rights education were all“issues of concern” for the Committee.Reports presented by civil societyorganisations and the UN human rightsmechanisms along with UN resolutions,offered a very different picture of thecurrent situation than that presented bythe Sri Lankan government – thediscrepancies were concerning, Tzaystated.The UN Special Rapporteur on tortureand other cruel, inhuman or degradingtreatment or punishment, Juan E.Méndez,

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Tamils continue to face discrimination in Sri Lanka: CERD

(dailynews.lk) President Maithripala Sirisenayesterday rejected a news report which appearedin the Australian based website ‘Sydney MorningHerald’ which referred to an incident involving oneof his staff members during his tenure asAgriculture and Agrarian Services Minister in 2009.The President’s Media Unit in a statement said thePresident had no involvement or connection with

the incident and that he had instructed theAttorney General to take further action in thisregard.President Sirisena reiterated that in his politicalcareer he had never been involved in or supportedany corrupt activity, the statement added.It also noted that the President’s special attentionwas drawn to the matter.

President rejects Sydney Morning Herald report

(thesundayleader.lk) Differences of opinion haveemerged in the COPE committee over theTreasury Bond issue, sources said.The issue was also raised in Parliament last weekby COPE Chairman Sunil Handunnetti and Leaderof the House Lakshman Kiriella.The Committee after a lengthy discussion recentlyhad noted that there is a contradiction of evidencegiven by officials of the Central Bank on the bondissue.COPE proposed that it should consider whether

investigations regarding the bond issue be carriedout based on the evidence already given by theofficials or if they need to be called to give furtheroral evidence.The COPE committee also felt it should draw aroad map to carry out investigations into the issueand present a report to Parliament.Disagreements on facts among the Members ofthe Committee, if any, regarding this issue is to beincluded in the COPE report on the bond issue.

By Ruwan Laknath Jayakody(nation.lk) Forensic experts highlighted that inlooking into cases of missing persons anddisappearances through skeletal remains in massgraves and vice versa, one had to initially find outthe historical facts of the place and question thosein the vicinity.Senior Professor of Forensic Medicine andToxicology at the Faculty of Medicine of theUniversity of Colombo, Prof. Ravindra Fernando,who was a nominee of the Ministry of ForeignAffairs to the United Nations Expert Group onExhumations and Missing Persons in Croatia,Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2000, said that makinga positive identification of those whose skeletalremains may have been found in or near a massgrave such as the one in Mannar was essential inorder for them to be struck off the missing persons

list or the list of disappearances.Firstly, one has to find out things like whether thearea where the mass grave is, contained a campbelonging to the LTTE or the Sri Lanka Army, henoted, adding that subsequently those in thevicinity should be questioned on whether they sawor heard of anything relating to what has beenunearthed. “Following this a Magistrate’s ordermust be obtained to conduct exhumations. Eachskeletal remain must be analyzed. First, it must befound out whether the said remains belonged tohumans. Then it must be ascertained whether theybelonged to males or females, and also the agesof the individuals. How they were killed must befound out next. Personal belongings, clothing anddeoxyribonucleic acid too play a role in definitelyidentifying a person. One needs proof to say whowas responsible,” he explained.

Rift In COPE On Bond Issue

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( ) Former President D.B. Wijetunga’sdaughter Chithrani Kumari Wijetunga today saidshe would consider entering active politics if shereceives a ‘formal’ invitation.She was speaking to the media at a BloodDonation campaign held in front of her late father’sstatue in Pilimathalawa today.“I may not have qualifications to be a politician inSri Lanka, but I have more than enoughqualifications to be a public servant. I have nohabits of lying, using abusive vocabulary, cheating

the public,misusing publicproperty andspending somuch money toobtain votes. I amconfident that Ican launch agood politicalprogramme on behalf of the entire Kandy District,”she said. (Nadeeka Daya Bandara)

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(colombogazette.com) Tamil National Alliance(TNA) and opposition leader R Sampanthaninsists the Tamils do not want another war.Sampanthan was speaking at an event in Mataraduring a visit to the area.The opposition leader said that there is no needfor the youth of this country to suffer from anotherwar.He urged all communities to work together andtake the country forward in a manner throughwhich the people will be able to improve theirlivelihoods.Sampanthan also said that the proposed newConstitution will ensure powers are devolved to

the provinceswithin a unitedSri Lanka.“Everyone mustsupport theprocess to draftthe newConstitution,” hesaid.He said that thenew Constitutionwill be drafted after discussing with all politicalparties in Parliament. (Colombo Gazette)

Sampanthan insists Tamils do not wantanother war

With some Tamil nationalists in Sri Lanka believingthat Velupillai Prabhakaran may still be alive, aTamil National Alliance leader has said the LTTEsupremo’s name could bereported to the newly setup Officeof the Missing Persons (OMP), thePress Trust of India reported.M Shivajilingam, a member of thenorthern provincial council saidthat he was willing to reportPrabhakaran’s name to the OMPset up by the government.“If his sister or the brother wants it reported toOMP I am willing to come forward on their behalf,”he said.Prabhakaran, 54, was declared killed by the SriLankan government’s troops on May 19, 2009 in

Mullaivaikkal in the northern Mullaithivu district.The discovery of the body with a fatal head injurymarked the end to the two-and-a-half-decade-long

civil war with thousands ofremaining LTTE cadressurrendering to the governmenttroops.However, some Tamil nationalisthardliners had always doubted thegovernment’s version of the storyand believe that Prabhakaran maystill be alive having escaped the

final battle zone in 2009.The OMP which the government has agreed to setup under its wider UN Human Rights Councilresolution obligations has run into controversy withthe opposition calling it a betrayal of the

government troopswho defeated theLTTE.The governmentclaims that the OMPwas meant to giveredress to tens ofthousands reportedmissing in the countrydue to variousconflicts both in thesouth and the north.The International RedCross (ICRC) had lastmonth announcedresults from its surveywhich said that over16,000 people remainmissing in Sri Lankaafter the end of theconflict in 2009.(Colombo Gazette)

Prabhakaran to be reported ‘missing’7 years after his death

New Indian HC(ft.lk) Untitled-2Taranjit SinghSandhu, who is India’s deputychief of mission inWashington, is headed to SriLanka as the new HighCommissioner succeedingYashvardhan Kumar Sinha,who has completed his term.

( Theproposed project to setup a Volkswagen carplant in Sri Lanka hastemporarily been halted,Deputy Minister EranWickramaratne says.The observation wasmade during an

interview with Ada Derana.He went on to say that the project has beentemporarily halted due to several issues that thecompany had to face “in international level.”

Germany’s famous car-maker Volkswagenhowever had earlier signed an agreement with theSri Lanka Board of Investment (BOI) to establish aUSD 26.5 million investment motorcar assemblingplant in the island.This assembling plant was about to set up on a 30acre land at Kuliyapitiya and supposed to providesome 200 employment opportunities, according toreports. German specialists were also had plans toset up a training centre within this assemblingplant to train the Sri Lankans in motorcarassembling.

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Volkswagen project has temporarilybeen halted - Eran

( A new party should not be formed,it would be ideal to contest the polls under thename of the Joint Opposition, MP VasudevaNanayakkara says.The observation was made while speaking at apress conference held in Colombo this afternoon.

“There is no point of forming a new party, we cancontest the election with this name under a newsymbol,” he added.He also went on to say that the ownership of theparty would be decided after considering the legalbackground and registration.

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CERDfrom P10and the UN Special Rapporteur on theindependence of judges and lawyers, MónicaPinto, had paid Sri Lanka an official visit this year.Both the experts had said that “more reforms areneeded before Sri Lanka can be considered to beon a path to sustainable democratisation”.“Severe forms of torture continue to be used,although probably less frequently, while both oldand new cases of torture continue to besurrounded by total impunity,” Méndez had said.Reiterating her concerns on the issue of rape bythe military, a CERD expert noted that many of theperpetrators were still in the north of the country,and emphasised the need for newly-recruitedTamil elements there.Experts were concerned about the 18-monthperiod for pre-trial detention, and raised a numberof questions in relation to the application of thePrevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).“Suspects are subjected to lengthy remandperiods with many being detained for years, someeven up to 15 years before trial,” Méndez had saidafter his Sri Lankan tour.The Act allows for arbitrary detention without

charges, admissibility of statements obtainedunder duress in courts and limits access to alawyer.The Sri Lankan government, however, maintainedthat persons arrested under the PTA were entitledto all safeguards, including visits by familymembers and the National Human RightsCommission.Questions were also raised by the UN committeeon risks of political interference, referringspecifically to the removal of judges for politicallymotivated reasons, urging the country to adoptbetter provisions for ensuring the independenceand impartiality of the judiciary.Pinto had also stated that the government needsto “reinforce the independence and impartiality ofthe justice sector” during the drafting of its newConstitution.This is the first interaction between the Sri Lankangovernment and the CERD experts since August2001, when the last formal meeting took place inthe midst of hostilities perpetrated by theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).CERD is a body of independent human expertsmonitoring the implementation of ICERD by thestate parties.

No point of forming a new party - Vasu

Anuradha Jayaratne,Sarath Ekanayake new

SLFP organisers(dailynews.lk) TheSri Lanka FreedomParty (SLFP)appointed MahaweliDevelopment andEnvironment DeputyMinister AnuradhaJayaratne organiserfor Ududumbara, this morning.Chief Minister of the Central Province SarathEkanayake was appointed organiser forYatinuwara.

( ) A commission comprising formerAttorney Generals and Auditor Generals should beappointed to probe the bribery charges against thePresident as reported in the Australian media,Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) General SecretaryUdaya Gammanpila said today.

He said this was vital to protect the country'simage from being tarnished.Australian media last week reported thatAustralian Police are investigating allegations thatthe overseas staff of Snowy MountainsEngineering Company (SMEC) had bribed officialsto secure a US$2.3 million aid-funded sewerageproject in Sri Lanka in 2011 when PresidentMaithripala Sirisena was the then Agriculture andAgrarian Services Minister.The MP told a news conference that thePresident’s response to the allegation was to seekthe Attorney General's opinion but said this wasnot practical or adequate.“The AG’s opinion and instructions hold no valuewhen it comes to an investigation launched by aforeign country. The AG can’t take action againstAustralian media institutions. Australian police areonly probing whether the company had bribed thePresident. If the company proves they didn’t bribethe President though he asked for one, the probewill end. But, we need to probe the allegations inan extensive manner with the participation offormer senior officials to save the country'sreputation,” he said. (Lahiru Pothmulla)

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Committee should probe bribery chargesagainst MS: PHU

(sundaytimes.lk) In an exclusive interview, UNChief Ban Ki Moon talks to Thalif Deen at theUnited Nations, ahead of his visit to Sri Lanka onWednesdayNEW YORK—UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who will be on an official three-day visitbeginning Wednesday, singled outthe “ tremendous progress” madeby Sri Lanka in overcomingdevelopment challenges, includingin the health and developmentsectors. “Successive Governmentshave promoted strong growthpolicies that have reduced povertyand increased living standardsthroughout the country,” he noted. In an exclusiveinterview with the Sunday Times, Ban spoke of thepeaks and valleys in the UN’s politically-fluctuatingrelationship with Sri Lanka, while at the same time,lamenting the slow movement towardsimplementing “transitional justice andreconciliation.”Speaking on the eve of his departure to Colombo,

the Secretary-General said it is important for SriLankan society and the country’s future to finallyundertake a credible and impartial investigationinto past human rights abuses, uncover the truthand hold perpetrators of the vicious crimesaccountable.Asked if the UN would go along with

President Sirisena’s insistencethat investigations into chargesagainst the country’s armedforces will not involve theparticipation of foreign judges orjurists, he was diplomatically non-committal. “Sri Lankans arecurrently engaged in an importantdebate on the design of the

transitional justice mechanisms, including thejudicial components, and I do not want to pre-judge those outcomes,” he declared.Still, “victims and affected communities believethat international participation can ensure acredible process that will finally deliver justice,”said Ban who will step down as Secretary-Generalwhen his two-term, 10-year tenure endsDecember 31. There is widespread rumour –which he has neither confirmed nor denied — thathe plans to run for the presidency of South Korea,a country with whom Sri Lanka bartered its AsianGroup endorsement for a rotating non-permanentseat in the UN Security Council back in 1995, inreturn for increased aid, investments and jobs. Asa result, South Korea was elected unopposed fora Security Council seat for 1996-1997 facilitatedby Sri Lanka’s voluntary withdrawal.

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( ) President Maithripala Sirisenaand Former President ChandrikaKumaratunga are slated to grace the UnitedNational Party’s (UNP) 70th anniversarycelebrations from September 4 to 10, a UNPMP said yesterday.UNP Gampaha District MP EdwardGunasekera told a news conference that themain event to mark the 70th Anniversarywould be the party's annual convention onSeptember 10 in Colombo.President Sirisena will attend the Conventionof the UNP as he did last time.He said former President Ms. ChandrikaKumaratunga might participate in a gettogether of the party seniors on September 9.“Ms. Kumaratunga’s participation is notconfirmed yet but we expect that she will comefor the get-together,” he said.

Some foreign dignitaries have also been invited to thisfellowship according to the MP.The MP said the anniversary celebrations would bekicked off with a fellowship of close associates of theparty, while there would be another fellowship for partyseniors and foreign associations on September 9.A Pirith chanting ceremony has also been organised atparty head quarters, Sirikotha, following a SangikaDhamma for 70 Buddhist monks on September 5.A Christian religious service will be held in Wattala onSeptember 8, 2016 organised by Minister JohnAmaratunga and a Islamic religious programme atMaligawatte Jumma Mosque on September 7.This will be organised by MP Mujubur Rahaman.Responding to a question raised by the journalists asto whether there would be any reshuffle of partypositions, the MP said this would be decided by theworking committee of the UNP, which would meet onSeptember 6. (Yohan Perera)

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(nation.lk) Reformists within the Sri Lanka MuslimCongress (SLMC) have made revelations of a riftwithin the Party which is threatening to weaken itsstronghold in the East.Several stalwarts of the SLMC including itsGeneral Secretary, Hassen Ali and Chairman,Basheer Segu Dawood have called for anoverhaul of the Party structure and its constitution,alleging that the current leadership was adopting adictatorial approach.In addition, a section of the Party has also urgedthe high command of the SLMC to probeallegations levelled against the Party Leader, RauffHakeem, of misappropriating Party assets.The animosity between Dawood and Hakeembegan when the former sought explanations,pertaining to the alleged misappropriation of

property that belonged to the Party. Dawood in aletter had sought Hakeem’s response to which thelatter had responded during the Party highcommand’s meeting on Tuesday (23).Dawood speaking to Nation said that he was notsatisfied with the response and had requested forfurther explanations when he was obstructed bythose loyal to Hakeem. “I was not allowed tospeak. This was a planned attempt. The meetingended inconclusively,” he said. “The SLMC hasdivided into two camps over this issue. Therefore,the Leader is not in complete control of the Party,”Dawood claimed.Ali said that a change in the Party structure wasessential if democracy was to be ensured withinthe Party. Hakeem and the Chief Minister of theEastern Province were not available for comment.

(thesundayleader.lk) Al-Qaeda is attempting torecruit youth from Sri Lanka and south India, theAsian Age reported.In a attempt to counter the propaganda drive byIslamic State (IS), Al-Qaeda is now translating itspublications and propaganda materials intoregional Indian languages such as Tamil andMalayalam.According to reports, the terror group’s mediaoutlet, the Global Islamic Media Front, earlier thismonth formed a new group to translate the group’svideos, messages and articles into the regionallanguages.This is the first time that al-Qaeda has attemptedto target youth from south India and Sri Lanka.With pages like Tamil Ansar and Olivin Charathu

targeting regional youths, the al-Qaeda hasreportedly upped their social media reach, withcounter-jihadists and hackers noting a visible risein their online activity.The Facebook page ‘Syria through Indian Eyes’also regularly updates information on al-Qaedaand its activities in Syria in Tamil and Malayalam,while many pages also invite users for group chatsin Telegram, an encrypted platform for having asecure conversation.Experts point out that of the Indians who travelledfor jihad to Syria and Afghanistan, majority joinedal-Qaeda instead of ISIS, and many of them hailedfrom southern states. They are believed to behelping the al-Qaeda with the translation work.

Al-Qaeda attempting to recruitSri Lankan Youth?

President, CBK to grace UNPanniversary celebrations

By Chandani Kirinde(sundaytimes.lk) The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)is urging operators of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles(UAV) including drones, to register with the CAA,as the use of these instruments are fast gainingpopularity in the country.CAA Director General (DG), H.M.C. Nimalsiri said,only around 50 UAV s are registered with them todate, while many more are believed to be inoperation.He said the Authority also intends to introduceregulations to register importers of these UAVs.The CAA has operational guidelines for UAVs, and

the relevant regulations cited as “ImplementingStandard: Requirements for Operation of PilotlessAircraft (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles/RemotelyPiloted Aircraft)” were gazetted by the CAA DGrecently. The regulations for pilotless aircraft willbe applicable within Sri Lanka airspace.Under the regulations, only persons ororganisation having appropriate expertise in thedesign, construction or operation of remotelypiloted aircraft or, appropriate knowledge ofairspace designations and restrictions, will bepermitted to operate pilotless aircraft. They too,will require to register with the CAA.

SLMC split on reforms

UAV, drone operators urged to registerwith Civil Aviation Authority

( ) Former President MahindaRajapaksa last evening said Sri Lanka FreedomParty (SLFP) which was headed by him until 2015when he lost the Presidential Election, was forciblysnatched by his successor President MaithripalaSirisena.Addressing a public meeting held in Anamaduwa,former president and Kurunegala District MPMahinda Rajapaksa said he did not offer theleadership of the party at any occasion.He said President Sirisena called a separate

convention for SLFP members where new CentralCommittee was formed under his own consent inan attempt to destroy the party.“He keeps asking me to leave saying I have losttwice. But, he was the one and only SLFPPresident who lost his own electorate at aParliamentary Election. I did not lose twice, butonce,” he said.Meanwhile, he said the government to protect thesouls of the general public who elected thegovernment by voting. (Hiran Priyankara)

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(thesundayleader.lk) A major financial institution ison the verge of collapse owing to the failure by theCentral Bank to closely supervise its operations.The financial institution, which operates with anisland-wide network, was earlier under theCeylinco Group but is now managed by theCentral Bank.Well informed sources said that poor managementof the financial institution by directors appointed bythe Central Bank is threatening to derail theoperations of the company.In 2009 when the Central Bank decided torestructure the company after the collapse of itsparent company, it had assets over of Rs. 35billion and a deposit base of around Rs. 25 billion.However its current directors have reportedly

mismanaged the institution, one of the oldest inthe country, and this had led to even severalemployees resigning.The new directors were appointed last year andsince then disagreements arose between the staffand the management.Sources said that the Managing Director of thefinancial institution had been removed fromanother company which he had mismanagedbefore he got his latest appointment. Employeesof the company have said that the Central Bank’sfailure to closely monitor the functions of thefinancial institution could result in some employeesbeing unemployed.If this issue is not addressed soon, it could end uplike another Golden Key debacle.

Melani Manel Perera(asianews.it The Missionaries of Charity in theAsian country will not be in Rome for theceremony on 4 September. They will remain with“our beloved poor”. For this moment, they “haveprepared several activities of meeting and prayer”.It will be “a time of joy”.Colombo (AsiaNews) - TheMissionaries of Charity in Sri Lankahave decided to undertake a"spiritual" pilgrimage to prepare forthe canonisation of Mother Teresa,said Sister M. Johannes MC, regionalsuperior of the order founded byMother Teresa.Since they will not be in Rome for theceremony, they will celebrate in thevarious houses of the countrytogether with "our beloved poor”, she toldAsiaNews. “We have known this for a long time.We are sure that the founder is a saint. But the riteof canonisation will be a time of joy.”“For this moment, we have prepared severalactivities of meeting and prayer. On 5 September,we all gathered in our Shanti Niwasa (House of

Peace) to celebrate the holiness of MotherTeresa."On 23 August, the nuns and those they help wenton a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Lankain Tewatte."On 11 September, we will be in the Church of St

John the Baptist, in Mutwall. Wechose this parish because Mothervisited it during her visit to the countryin 1986. The parishioners are veryhappy, because some of them mether during the trip. They will bringtheir memories. It will be a majormoment ".For 27 August, the Missionaries haveprepared a meeting with youngpeople, whilst on the 28, it will be theturn of the homeless. On the 31st, it

will be children."We will celebrate together the Holy Mass, confessand approach the communion. As our foundertaught us, the real celebration is in thesacraments. As his daughters, we thank God forthe wonderful gift of her life. We too shall try to livewith her spirit."

Celebrating the canonisation of Mother Teresain Sri Lanka, far from Rome

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By Shyam Ganewatte(island.lk) The net worth of the Colombo StockExchange has decreased by Rs. 284 billion duringthe past one year, the latest statistics released bythe Central Bank reveal.

According to the just released issue of the RecentEconomic Developments, the net worth of theColombo Stock Exchange was Rs. 3,076,000,000a year ago and it has come down to Rs2,792,000,000 as at August 30, this year.

The daily turnover of the CSE was Rs. 1,878million last year but as at August 30, this yearthe figure has come down by Rs. 864 millionto Rs. 1,014 millions, the Central Bank reportstates.The CSE index has come down from 9,240units to 6,551 units and the Standard & Poor’sSri Lanka 20, a stock market index, based onmarket capitalisation, which follows theperformance of 20 leading publicly tradedcompanieslisted in the CSE too has crashed from 3,969units last year to 3,585 units this year,according to the report.State Minister of National Policies andEconomic Affairs Niroshan Perera, contactedfor comment, admitted that there was adecrease in the net worth of the CSE, but heattributed it to the effects of the previousgovernment’s economic policies. "The CSEwas highly politicised and infested withmalpractices when we took over thegovernment. We are working hard to remedythe situation. Despite all these odds we havebeen able to maintain a growth rate of 5.5 percent in 2016. We have commenced megadevelopment projects including theInternational Financial City. With suchinitiatives we are sure the CSE would sooncatch up. The future of the CSE performancewill be better when we launch some moredevelopment projects."

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Helps members plan CPD activities:(sundayobserver.lk)The Institute of CharteredAccountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) recentlylaunched the Continuing ProfessionalDevelopment (CPD) Online Tool for the benefit ofits members.The CPD Online Tool helps members to plan theirCPD activities, keep track of their CPD progressand upload their individual CPD activities online.CPD is a mandatory requirement for CharteredAccountants, which helps enhance theirprofessional competency and also help themremain relevant with changes at a local andinternational level. Speaking during the launch, CASri Lanka President, Lasantha Wickremasinghesaid that one of the most unique features of aChartered Accountant is the constant need toremain relevant.“This is why we take every effort to update theCPD services we offer our members, to ensurethey are in line with their global counterparts at alltimes,” he said.Wickremasinghe said the CPD Online Tool was an

important initiative as it will help members keep upwith their CPD activities and monitor their CPDhours at all times at the simple click of a buttonChairman of the CA Sri Lanka CPD Committee,Heshana Kuruppu said that...CPD is a structuredapproach to lifelong learning, and is helpful indeveloping professional competences required toperform the roles of chartered accountantseffectively.“Therefore, it is the responsibility of each CA SriLanka member to develop and maintainprofessional competency by undertaking relevantCPD activities,” he said.He also noted that in order to facilitate enhancedservices for the members, the Institute has alsotaken steps to carry out a learning need analysissurvey to understand the CPD requirement of themembers. “Based on the outcome of this analysis,we will come up with relevant, common CPDprogrammes to meet the needs of our members toensure they remain relevant with currentdevelopments and changes,” he said.

(sundayobserver.lk) Durdans Hospital, the firstJoint Commission International (JCI) approvedhospital in Sri Lanka, currently offers several, all-encompassing Preventive Health Packages, whichhave been conceived specifically for busyexecutives and ordinary citizens alike, to empowerthem with the advantage of excellent health.In fact, these recently-deployed, state-of-the-artHealth Checks by Durdans Hospital offer the mostcomplete alternative for health screening andphysical examination, while also having thecapacity to be customised for any requirement.Today, Preventive Healthcare is seen as a vitalpart of staying healthy, yet many do not take

advantage of the untoldbenefits of regularhealth checks.Widely consideredessential to the holisticapplication ofhealthcare, regular andperiodic health checkscan ultimately help toreduce the risk ofserious illness andbring about peace ofmind.Most popular amongstDurdans Hospital'snewly introducedPreventive Health

Packages is its Comprehensive Health Check,which is a full and highly extensive test that isbenchmarks its results against several keyhealthcare indicators. Additionally, this extensivescreening is the best option to act as an earlywarning for future health problems, from Diabetesand Heart Disease to even Thyroid Imbalancesand Osteoporosis.Importantly, the Comprehensive Health Checkoffers access to state-of-the-art technology andequipment that enables many, potentially lifethreatening health issues to be noticed early on.

For example, the technology that DurdansHospital utilises in evaluating Osteoporosis andrelated conditions is the Hologic Horizon W DexaScanner, which delivers ultra high resolutionimages via 128 detector channels, the first timeever that this next generation med-tech has beendeployed in South East Asia.

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(sundayobserver.lk) Selecting 50 Winners, the veryFirst Draw of BOC Tripple Wasi was held in"George E. De Silva Garden" Kandy recently. Theceremony was held with the patronage of theBanks Deputy General Manager Treasury,International and Investment Banking Mr. SarathJayasooriya and the Assistant General ManagerInternational Mr.S.M.W. Samarakoone. Prof: AnuraWickramasinghe and Prof: H.M.R. Herathparticipated in the event as guests of honor. TheBank's Assistant General Manager CentralProvince Mr. R.P.S Rajapaksha, Assistant GeneralManager Mr. Priyal Silva, Senior Manager TradePromotion Mr. P. Kumara and other bank staffparticipated at the event.The draw was held among customers who sentforeign remittances through Bank of Ceylon duringthe Avurudu season. Customers who are sendingremittances could win up to 3 times the amountremitted by them, in addition to what they haveremitted through BOC "Triple Wasi" promotion.With the bank's foreign correspondent networkconsisting of over 750 correspondent banks and

over 101 exchange houses around the world,customers can remit money to Sri Lanka speedily,more securely and conveniently to their loved onesor to their own accounts. Customers who receiveforeign remittances through the Bank of Ceylonenjoy the privilege of obtaining money through anyof 627 BOC's branches or any of BOC 521 ATMslocated across the country. Customers who receiveremittances to their foreign or local currencyaccounts or simply receive money over the counterthrough a secret PIN number, are all entitled forthis draw. BOC's Head Office Personal branch atColombo Fort is kept open 24 X 7 to provideuninterrupted banking services.To be entitled for the second draw remittancesshould be sent during June 01st to July 31st 2016and remittances sent during October 1st toDecember 31st 2016 will be entitled for the finaldraw. The Bank will disburse a total sum of Rs.12.5Million among 125 winners during these threedraws. Each winner will receive the equivalent of amaximum of Rs.100,000/- in Sri Lankan Rupees.Customers will stand more chances of winning by

sending multipleremittancesthrough Bank ofCeylon.Other than theBank's own BOCSmart-remitsystem,customers cansend moneythrough SWIFT,Money Gram, Ez-Remit,Xpressmoney,Ria, Prabhumoney and Sigueto any BOCaccount, to anyother bankaccount or simplyto obtain cashover the counter. "As a part of the Bank's digitaltransformation Process the bank has upgraded its

system that all remittances received for BOCaccounts will be credited to the account real-time.

'BOC Triple Wasi' foreign remittance draw, picks first 50 winners

CA Sri Lanka introduces online tool(sundayobserver.lk) The Commercial Bank ofCeylon PLC has been adjudged 'The StrongestBank in Sri Lanka in 2016' following a detailed andtransparent scorecard compiled and analysed byThe Asian Banker, a leading provider of strategicintelligence on the financial services industry,Commercial Bank said n a press release.Commercial Bank's Managing Director/CEO,Jegan Durairatnam said, "Financial strength iseasily the most important attribute for a bank,especially at times when external conditions exertpressure on performance.

The scorecard based on key operational aspectsassessed by the panel of international experts ofThe Asian Banker reaffirms that Commercial Bankcontinues to build on its strength even in toughconditions."Based on an independent assessment of six areasof balance sheet financial performance - the abilityto scale, balance sheet growth, risk profile,profitability, asset quality and liquidity - theaccolade ranks Commercial Bank amongst the500 strongest banks in the Asia Pacific Region.This award is to be presented to the Bank in

Geneva, Switzerland on September 27 on theside-lines of SIBOS, the annual conference,exhibition and networking event organised bySWIFT for the financial industry.The Asian Banker 2016 ranking of the 500strongest banks in the Asia Pacific region hasCommercial Bank in the company of banks ofthe calibre of Bank of China (Hong Kong),Industrial and Commercial Bank of China,Commonwealth Bank of Australia, SumitomoMitsui Financial Group (Japan), ANZ BankNew Zealand, OCBC Bank(Singapore),Shinhan Financial Group (SouthKorea), National Bank (Bangladesh) andVietcombank (Vietnam).

ComBank adjudged 'Strongest Bank' in Sri Lanka

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Regnis Lanka amongAsia's best - Forbes

(sundayobserver.lk) Regnis (Lanka) PLC, part ofthe Singer Group and Sri Lanka's leadingmanufacturer of refrigerators and washingmachines achieved the distinction of making it tothe Forbes Asia's 200 Best Under a Billion 2016list. Regnis (Lanka) PLC is one of three publiclylisted subsidiaries of Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC.Forbes Asia's 'Best Under a Billion' list highlights200 of the best small and midsized listedcompanies in Asia Pacific with annual revenueunder $1 billion.According to Forbes Asia, 17,000 publicly tradedcompanies in the Asia-Pacific region qualified toenter with annual revenues between $5 millionand $1 billion.

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Text and Pictures by Ruzaik Farook(dailynews.lk) Zahira College, Colombo, organisedits Founder’s Day Ceremony at the College GaffoorHall recently. It was held under the patronage of theschool’s principal Triizviy Marikkar. The FoundersDay Oration was delivered by guest speaker old boyof Zahira College and Senior Professor of Medicineof the Sir John Kotelawala University VidyajyothiProfessor Rezvi Sheriff. He spoke about “ A Journeythrough history ofMuslims of Sri Lankato Education Beyondthe Digital Era ”.Zahira College wasestablished in 1892on August 21 by thelate A.M. WapichcheMarikkar with thehelp of the late M.C.Siddi Lebbe, I.L.M.Abdul Azeez andAhamed OrabiPasha. It is one ofthe leadingEducationalInstitutions in thecountry.

Founder’s Day celebrations UN ResolutionCONT FROM P8The Minister alleged that the wartimeDefence Secretary (GotabhayaRajapaksa) had facilitated about 200hardcore LTTE cadres to secretlyleave the country in the last week ofthe military offensive. The armedforces brought the war to a

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DilshanCONT FROM P1... After this series there is no cricket for me forsix months. It’s in January that we play next inSouth Africa. I thought that it’s better for a newplayer to train with the team in those six monthsthan me.“They can get good experience with the teamduring that time. I thought it was enough so Italked with my wife and my parents. If youngplayers can win in the future that would give methe most joy. You can’t buy that feeling.“There was no influence.I had been expecting to play on, but I talked witha lot of people around me and changed my mind.I talked to Thilanga Sumathipala (SLC president)as well, who is someone you can get a lot ofgood advice from. He’s been like a father, when I

faced some problems. I’ve got that support fromall these people.”Reflecting back on his career Dilshan said, “I amhappy about what I’ve done for my country in mycareer. I won’t forget my 17 years serving SriLanka. I gave everything in all my matches. If Icouldn’t bat, I bowled, and if I couldn’t bowl well, Ifielded well.I can be happy about my journey. Today also Itried my best to win this game, but unfortunatelywe were short by about 10 or 15 runs. I’m alsodisappointed that after getting a 40 – and gettingstarts in the last two games – I couldn’t get a bigone. But I’m glad to be giving the youngsters achance.”Dilshan said that he hadn’t planned to retirebefore the series but when he woke up that dayhe felt that it was time for him to go.“Whether someone tells me to keep playing or

stop playing, that’s not what’s important. What isimportant is what I feel.I started the series thinking that I’ll play foranother year – at least in T20 cricket. But when Iwoke up that day I felt that it was time to go,” saidDilshan.“To be honest I could easily play for another yearor two. But we have to look to the future. If I playfor another two years and leave, there’s only 18months before the next World Cup and that’sunfair to the team. A young player could beblooded in that time.“Since I started opening six years ago, wehaven’t found a permanent partner for me. I’veopened with about 10 people – so that’s aproblematic area for us.If I keep playing we won’t be able to get twobatsmen settled in that place. At the same time I’llalso get some rest,” he said.

Indika Welagedara(dailynews.lk) The victorious Sri Lanka teamcelebrates winning the U18 Rugby Sevens Cupchampionship in Chinese Taipei.Sri Lanka proved their superiority in the AsianSchools Under 18 Seven-a-side rugby tournamentwhen they beat top contenders and host nationChinese Taipei by 10 points (2 tries) to 5 (1 try) inthe Cup championship final in Chinese Taipei aftertrailing 5-nil at the breather.The Junior Tuskers put up an excellentperformance both in attack and defence which laidthe foundation for this historic victory. This is thefirst time in Sri Lanka’s rugby history they havebecome overall Cup champions. They finished thirdin the first leg in Hong Kong.Sri Lanka’s initial performance in the group stageswas beating UAE 49-0, China 42-0, Singapore 38-5, Philippines 19-14 and Taipei 19-14. In the finalthey met Taipei again and defeated them with a trybeing scored in the very last minute of the game.In the final Taipei opened scoring immediately and

went into 5-nil lead and this score stood at half time.Soon after the break in the very first minute SriLanka opened scoring when dynamic winger cumIsipathana College schoolboy Chamod Fernandowho picked up a loose ball and scampered his waycovering nearly 60 meters to score near the cornerflag.Josephian schoolboy Chathura Seneviratne missedthe difficult conversion and the score read 5-all. TheJunior Tuskers sealed an empathic victory whenSeneviratne (nephew of former national full backNalaka Weerakkody) burst through 75 meters downthe left flank to score a try near the corner flag afterbrushing aside many Taipei defenders. Seneviratnemissed the difficult touch line conversion and SriLanka held onto their 10-5 lead to create history.Incidentally Chinese Taipei held Philippines to a 14-all draw to get into the final with the Lankans.Philippines however bagged the Platechampionship edging out fighting Singapore 14-10.China grabbed the Bowl thrashing UAE by amassive 47-nil margin.

Unbeaten Sri Lanka crowned Cup Champions

CHESS OLYMPIAD 2016(island.lk) The Sri Lankan teams (Open andWomen’s) will leave the island for Baku,Azerbaijan on September 1 for the ChessOlympiad 2016, to be held over 11 rounds fromSeptember 2-13. The teams are determined tobetter the performances of the teams that tookpart in the Tromso Olympiad in 2014, according tothe respective captains. The Baku event will be the42nd Chess Olympiad and is likely to see over 150countries taking part. China and Russia are thedefending champions of the open and women’sevents respectively.Rajeendra Kalugampitiya, the only survivingmember of the team that secured a Category Goldin Tromso, the current National Champion (men’s)and the captain of the men’s team, told The Islandthat the team has worked hard over the past fewmonths, especially under Coach Stratos Grivas,the Grandmaster from Greece who helped theteam in 2014. On that occasion, Sri Lankaalthough ranked 120th, finishe 74th, recording the

best performance in their ranking category."We have a good mix of experience and youth inour team and I believe that if we all played to ourpotential, we can improve on our performanceduring the last Olympiad," he said.Romesh Weerawardena (Sri Lanka’s onlyInternational Master), Akhila Kavinda, ChamilPriyankara and Yasas Lamawansa are the othermembers of the team.Sachini Ranasinghe, the captain of the women’steam, is by far the most experienced player in theteam, having represented Sri Lanka in twoOlympiads as well as numerous internationaltournaments. Sachini, a four-time nationalchampion, said that she leads a very young buthighly talented team that is determined to do well.The rest of the team includes Zainab Saumy(current Women’s National Champion), DasuniMendis (National Champion in 2014 and 2015,and a member of the team that represented SriLanka at the last Olympiad), IshiniWickramasinghe and Tharushi Niklesha, allschoolgirls.

The women’s team, ranked 96th in2014, finished in 79th place, butfailed to capture a category gold.The team will be accompanied byWerochana Perera and SandamaliAviruppola, the mangers of themen’s and women’s teamsrespectively.

The Sri Lankan contingent to theOlympiad, along with the Minister

of Sports and officials of theChess Federation. Standing (L to

R): Akila Kavinda, ChamilPriyankara, Romesh

Weerawardena, Yasas Lamawansa,Tharushi Niklesha, Zainab Saumy, Ishini

Wickramasinghe, Dasuni Mendis. Seated (Lto R): Werochana Perera (Manager, Men’sTeam), Rajeendra Kalugampitiya (Men’sCaptain), Buddhi Panagoda (Secretary,

Chess Federation), Hon Dayasiri Jayasekera(Minister of Sports), Luxman Wijesuriya

(Country Representative, FIDE Congress),Sandamali Aviruppola (Manager, Women’s

Team), Sachini Ranasinghe (Women’sCaptain), Erosh Jayasinghe (FIDE Arbiter)

Sri Lanka seeks to emulate Tromsoperformance in Baku

Sanga’s Surreythrough to County final(island.lk) Former great Kumar Sangakkara willrepresent English county Surrey in the CountyLimited-Overs final after his side beat Yorkshire inthe semi-final at Leeds on Saturday. Surrey willplay the September 17th Lord’s final against eitherWarwickshire or Somerset.Sangakkara, who had made a century in thequarter-final against Northamptonshire, fellcheaply for four runs in the semi-final. But StevenDavies (104) and Ben Foakes (90) ensured theyended up with 255 for seven in 50 overs.

By Susil PremalalTo be held in four stages from September 2 toOctober 17(sundaytimes.lk) The All-Island School Games2016 will be held in four stages from September 2to October 17. The event will be continued on allweekends. This has beendecided by the Ministry ofEducation. Twenty eight sportshave been included in the All-Island School Games. Over25,000 school athletes areexpected to be in the fray.Special Consultant of SportsMinistry of Education SunilJayaweera who is behind therevival of this event told theSunday Times, “Though theintensity of the event has beentightened up, we are still tryingto budget the event tosomething between 20 to 25million.”This time the games are beingheld in order to cater to selectedregions of the island. The first stage which will beheld on September 2, 3 and 4 in Colombo,Gampola, Pilimatalawa and Panadura. The gamesincluded in the first stage are: Tennis, Wrestling,Judo, Weightlifting, Taekwondo and Swimming.Over four thousand participants are expected totake part in these events. The second stage willbe held on September 9, 10 and 11 embracing 12sports. They are: Badminton, Kabadi, Elle,Hockey, Boxing, Gymnastics, Karate, Netball,Football, Bodybuilding, Basketball and Cycling.These events will be held in Colombo, Matara,Kuliyapitiya, Kiribathgoda, Kurunegela,Anuradhapura, Hanwella and Jaffna.Around 8,000athletes are expected to take part in these events.Eight sports have been included for the third stagewhich will be held on September 17, 18 and 19.The games which will be featured here are: Throwball, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Chess, Carrom,Physical Exercises, Softball Cricket and AerobicGymnastics. The events will be held inEhiliyagoda, Mt. Lavinia, Nattandiya, Nugawela,Trincomalee, Badulla and Nawalapitiya. Theestimated amount of athletes for this stage is

6,000.The marathon will be held on September 25 inGalle. This will be a mini-marathon where around2,000 runners are expected to participate. Themain event will be athletic events to be held fromOctober 13 to 17 at the Bogambara Stadium in

Kandy. This event was scheduledto be held at the UyanwatteStadium in Matara but since thevenue was not up to the mark, itwas changed to the BogambaraStadium in Kandy. Over 2000athletes are expected to take partin athletic events. The openingceremony will take place onOctober 13 with Prime MinisterRanil Wickremasinghe as the chiefguest.The closing ceremony will be onOctober 17 with PresidentMaithripala Sirisena as the chiefguest. These are the plans for theAll-Island School Games AthleticsChampionships. Over 1000 officialswill be present at the games. All

best athletes (boys and girls) will receive cashawards amounting to Rs. 20,000 each. TheNational School Games concept commenced in1984 when Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghewas the Education Minister. The event was held asthe National School Games in Colombo and it wasstaged as the All Island School Games in theoutstations. This system changed in 1994.

Over 25,000 participants at NationalSchool Games

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Crowd mayhem leads to felling of trees(dailynews.lk) DAMBULLA: Sunday’sunprecedented crowd chaos at the RangiriDambulla Stadium, venue of the third ODIbetween Sri Lanka and Australia has forced theauthorities to cut down trees from a certain sectionof the stadium. Spectators who broke free andentered the stadium most of them without tickets,climbed the trees situated around the playing areato get a bird’s eye view of the match. Some wereeven perched on top of the giant screenendangering themselves of being electrocuted.“The trees were cut down as a precautionarymeasure to protect the giant screen as well as inthe interest of the spectators’ safety,” saidDambulla Stadium venue manager PanthakaFernando.“We also had to cut down trees and the brancheswhich had been bent in two due to the excess

weight and were an eyesore to the public andtelevision cameras,” he said. Sri Lanka Cricketstated in a media release that more than 45,000spectators found entry into the ground that had acapacity to hold only 18,000.Fernando said that strong measures have beentaken to prevent a repetition of Sunday’s mayhemfor the fourth ODI scheduled at the venue fortoday.

Meanwhile in a media release yesterday SLCannounced that no tickets will be sold at the gates.“After careful consideration of security andspectator facilities, Sri Lanka Cricket has decidedthat no tickets will be sold at the venue on the dayof the match. Please purchase your tickets fromthe relevant counters or online prior to the matchto avoid inconvenience,” the release stated. ST

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Sherifdeen Amath(dailynews.lk) The Sri Lankan Paralympic teamwith Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara. GroupChief Marketing Officer, Dialog Axiata PLC AmaliNanayakkara, National Paralympic CommitteePresident U.R. Rodrigo and Sri Lanka Army ParaGames Committee Chairman Major GeneralChanna Gunathilake were also in the picture.Picture by Sarath Peiris A nine-member SriLankan contingent for the 2016 ParalympicGames will take wing to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in

early September. The team will be led by AnilPrasanna Jayalath who will compete in the T42100 and 200 metres and the long jump, whilstGamini Ekanayake and Dinesh Priyantha Herathwill take part in F44 javelin and SampathHettiarachchi will take part in the F46 javelin throw.Ajith Hettiarachchi will line up alongside thecaptain in the T44 100 and 200 metres and the400 metres events. Amara Indumathi will competein the women’s T47 200 and 400 metres and thelong jump,

(Contd: on P18)

Nine-member Sri Lankan contingentfor Paralympic Games

(dailynews.lk) St.Sebastian’s College – Moratuwabeat St.Aloysius, Galle by 104 runs in the lastquarter-final fixture of U17 D1 tournamentcompleting the semifinal lineup first of whichbetween St.Sebastian’s College ‘A’ and AnandaCollege ‘A’ will be played on today (29) at Moorsground whilst St.Peter’s College ‘A’, Colombo willmeet Thurstan College ‘A’, Colombo in the secondsemifinal on tomorrow (30) at the same venue.Aloysius bowler, Niluksha Dulmina made astructural damage to St.Sebastian’s inningscapturing five wickets for just 56 runs afterSt.Sebestian’s won the toss and took the firstlease, but Praveen Cooray making a stubborn 66helped St.Sebastian’s reach a respectable total inthe end. St.Aloysius, though they needed just 210in 50 overs to win the semifinal berth of U17 D1tournament, failed to unfold an impressive battingperformance as they were bundled out for a paltry105 in just under 32 overs to loss the match by awide margin of 104 runs.Niluksha Dulmina completed a tremendous all-round show becoming the top performer eitherwith the bat or ball for St.Aloysius, but no otherbatsman could come to terms with the accuratebowling of St.Sebastian’s inspired by NuwaninduFernando and Dinujaya Ranasinghe sharingseven wickets between the two for just 45 runs.St.Sebastians College (A), Moratuwa: 209/8in 50 overs (Praveen Cooray 66, TharushaFernando 27, Gihan Senanayaka19*,Niluksha Dulmina 5/56,Hareen Buddila2/19)St.Aloysius College, Galle: 105 in 31.2 overs(Niluksha Dulmina 28, Ravindu Sanjana 20,Nuwanindu Fernando 4/26, DinujayaRanasinghe 3/19, Tashik Perera 2/13)Kavindana guide S.de S. Jayasinghe intodivision II finalsKavindana Perera’s inspired all-round efforthelped S de S Jayasinghe knockKarandeniya Central out of the tournamentwhen they beat Karandeniya school in theirsemi-final fixture concluded on Sunday the21st at Wesley ground cruising to the finals ofU17 D11 tournament. S de S Jayasinghe willnow meet St.Sebastian’s, Katuneriya in thefinal fixture that would be worked off atThurstan Senior ground on 1st of September2016 for selection of 2016 Champions ofSinger U17 D11 tournament .S de S batting first after they won the tossscored a modest 202 before they werebowled out inside 50 overs with VimukthiSandeepa (43), Maduka Niroshan (32) andKavindana Perera (26) making the bulk ofscoring. A well-disciplined bowling effortspearheaded by Chamara Prabath capturingmost wickets and the two economical spellsby Ishara Maduwantha (2/25) and Nandun

Maduranga (2/13) deprived S de S of achallenging total in the end.The target of 203 looked to be modest in theconditions, but Karandeniya with a hesitant battinglineup that in certain cases needed the excellenceof their bowlers to win matches on their way tosemifinals found the target a bit on the high sideas Kavindana Perera and Maduka Niroshanleading a tight bowling attack for S de S restrictedKarandeniya to a total well short of their target towin the match by a reasonable margin of 50 runsin a match their batsmen could not support themwith a big score.Kavindana Perera’s all-round blitz with 26 runsand four wickets immensely helped S de Semerge winners in this all important contest whilstSasindu Kaveesha’s valiant effort with the bat inan isolated innings was not sufficient forKarandeniya to win their race to the finals.S de S Jayasinghe MMV, Dehiwala: 202 in 44.4overs (Vimukthi Sandeepa 43, Maduka Niroshan32, Kavindana Perera 26, Chamara Prabath 3/44,Ishara Maduwantha 2/25, Nandun Maduranga2/13)Karandeniya Central: 152 in 37 overs (SasinduKaveesha 34,Kavindana Perera 4/34, MadukaNiroshan 3/19)

St.Sebastian’s, Ananda, St.Peter’sand Thurstan in semis

Dilwin Mendis Moratuwa Sports SpecialCorrespondent

(dailynews.lk) Twenty six year old former StSebastian's College, Moratuwa athletic captainand swimmer who is an executive at infinityvacations, Mt Lavinia Shervonne Herath etchedhis name in the field of cycling of our country whenhe completed a total mileage of 1442.5 km in fivedays, riding right round Sri Lanka covering 285kma day.

He commenced his tour on 16th July 2016 fromMoratuwa proceeding via Panadura, Galle,Matara, Hambantota, Tissamaharama,Kataragama and Buttala covering more than 300km.On day two commending from Buttala he passedMoneragala, Potuvil, Akkarapaththu, Batticaloaand Seru Nuwara covering more than 300 km onthe third day came upto Trinco and past Nilaweli,Paranthan and Elephant Pass and he came uptoPoint Pedro, Jaffna, Chavakachcheri andWellapulam where he covered more than 200 kmand on the final day from Mannar, Wilpattu,Negombo, Colombo and returned home coveringmore than 350 kilometres.Herath said that he got a liking to cycling when hewas studying in Singapore and he rode form hisboarding place to the University of cycle. Duringhis strenuous journey he had to brave showers,intense heat and heavy blowing. His cycle was anormal standard mountain bike and during thisperiod there were three tyre punctures and twicehe attended to it and in the other occasion he hasto obtain is services of a cycle repairing shop.Further he added that he plans to bring honour tohis motherland in a world event in due cause.

Rare feat by cyclist Shervonne Herath

(island.lk) St. Peter’s Collegeedged out Royal College 5-0 in theMilo Under-16 schools rugby finalplayed at Bogambara rugbystadium in Kandy yesterday.Kingswood College and WesleyCollege involved in a closlycontested plate final which waseventually won by the Kandy sidewith scores being 14-12.Ananda College defeated theirbrother school Nalanda College20-0 to win the shield.The bowl was won by St. Joseph’sCollege as they beat D. S.Senanayake 20-5.Peterites and Royal were thefavourites for the title despiteIsipathana being also a topcontender. Peterites defeatedTrinity College, Kandy 17-0 in thesemi-final while Royal outclasseda strong Science College team 17-0. (JS)

Peterites win Milo U-16 rugby

St. Peter's Captain Yohan Fernando receiving the cupchampion trophy from Bandula Egodage, Assistant vicepresident - Corporate Affairs and Communication, Nestle

Lanka PLC. Others in the picture(from left): SanjeewaWickramasinghe, Manager - Sales Promotions, Nestle LankaPLC, Sarathchandra Silva, Deputy President of SLSRFA and

Denzil Darling, Secretary, SLSRFA.

(island.lk) Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathewshas criticized the approach of his batsmenduring Sunday’s third ODI against Australia inDambulla ahead of today’s fourth ODI at thesame venue. Sri Lankalost a nervous game onSunday as Australiachased down the target of227 with two wickets tospare. Sri Lanka’s battingwas a disappointment withthe exception of DineshChandimal. The vice-captain posted a finecentury before being lastman out and retiringTillekeratne Dilshan scored42. Apart from the twobatsmen, no other batterscored more than 20 runsin the innings."It was disappointing tosee the batting display,especially after the middleorder collapsed. We stillhad the all-rounders. We still had the battingdepth till about number nine. No one reallyapplied themselves. No one tried to helpChandimal out there, who was scoring brilliantly

and batting for the team. The shot selection iswhat disappoints me, especially in a crucialstage of the game," Mathews told journalists.Left-arm quick Mitchell Starc has bowled

superbly. He collected 24 wickets in the Testseries and has taken eight wickets in the ODIsso far. Throughout the tour, Starc has givenAustralia earlybreakthroughs andhas never allowed SriLanka to settle down."We have hadproblems withMitchell Starc fromthe start of the tour.We’ve given himwickets in the firstcouple of overs andthat has been asetback. It’s put a lotof pressure on thenumber three andnumber fourbatsmen. Each timethey have to go and

try and consolidate.They’ve done that onseparate(Contd: on P22)

Indika Welagedara

(Contd: on P21)

(dailynews.lk) Former St. Peter’s CollegeBambalapitiya captain and centre DanushkaRanjan has been appointed captain of the 12-member Sri Lanka rugby squadpicked for the upcoming AsianRugby Football Union Sevensseries first leg in Hong Kong onSeptember 2 and 3.Ex-Peterite and Ranjan’s schoolteam mate and vice-captain cumdynamic fly half Dulaj Perera hasbeen selected as his deputy.Asian Under 20 Cup Championcaptain Kevin Dixon and his vice-captain Omalka Gunaratne werealso named in the team. Theywere simply outstanding in theAsian Under 20 tournament.Ex-Trinity winger Sashan Mohamed and former SriLanka national Under 20 skipper cum fly half

Tharinda Ratwatte also find their way into theteam for the first time.Experienced centre Dinusha Chathuranga, wingerSaliya Handapangoda and fly half Hirantha Perera

have been recalled to the nationalteam after some time.Former England national Sevensplayer Matt Turner is the headcoach.The Asian Sevens tournamentorganized by the Asia RugbyFootball Union (ARFU) annually isa three-leg series. The second legwill take place in South Korea onSeptember 24 and 25 and the finalleg in Sri Lanka on October 15 and16.The three leg tour will consist of 8

teams from Asia including Asian heavyweightJapan.

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apartment for immediatesale. Situated at De Saram Road Mount Lavinia(off Hotel Road, Good hope residencies). 2ndfloor. Sea front balconies. Fully A/C. Very close toSt Thomas College and Mount Lavinia Hotel.Highest Offer .Long term rent out also concern.Contact 07894636220 or kumududias@aol.com

- for sale Kohuwela highlyresidential area. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, barand pantry with fitted cupboards and granite tops.Maids room and toilet. Fully tiled, sitting andfamily rooms floor in timber. Hot water. Rollershutter gates. 20 foot access road. ExpectedRs.50 million(negotiable). Contact 07459170155or hettihewa@hotmail.com

UK born andeducated, Sinhala, smart, handsome, interesting,witty, early 50s man, 5ft8, med build, professional,seeks preferably South London based attractive,kind, caring, professional, fun, independentsoulmate to share in happiness and all that lifehas to offer. Email: synology62@gmail.com

- Full or part-time. Attractivepay+benefits. A professional Sri Lankan familylooking for a nanny to care for 5 year-old and a 1year-old. Must help with school work, school pickups, housework. Live-out preferred. Referencesneeded. Please call 07906357040 or0779615007.

- Sri Lankan young family living inNorth London, looking for a kind responsibleperson to look after their 1 year old daughter.Experience preferable but willing to consider allapplicants. Contact 07956812925.

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, respectable parentsBritish citizen seek educated, professionallyqualified well mannered kind hearted son for ouronly daughter. She is 26 years, pretty slim and5'3" Ht brought up with Sri Lankan values.Qualified Bio medical scientist working for NHS inLondon. BSc, MRe, MIBS. KUJA 7. E-mail:akuru@hotmail.co.uk

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Danushkafrom P18Sri Lankan Tuskers are drawn in pool“B” along with Hong Kong, ChineseTaipei and Malaysia. Incidentally SriLanka finished overall fourth last yearbehind Japan, Hong Kong and SouthKorea.The 12-member team and the

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By Randi GunapalaA Sri Lankan couple, Dr. Porrvie TharangaHewapathirana and Mr. Harsha Hewapathiranaparticipated recently at a very special cyclingevent, the Prudential Ride London Cycling Race.The annual event raises funds for Children withCancer UK, a charity committed, devoted anddedicated to helping children suffering fromcancer. Mr Harsha Hewapathirana took part in themen's 100km event and Dr. Porrvie TharangaHewapathirana took part in the women's 46 kmevent. All funds raised by participants of thecycling event goes towards Children with CancerUK.The route of the men's 100 km cycling eventcommenced at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park,Stratford and finished in Surrey while the women's46 km route commenced at the same venue andfinished at Buckingham Palace. The men's eventcommenced early at 6.00 am in the morning onSunday the 31st July and Mr. HarshaHewapathirana took 5 hours to complete theexhausting, gruelling and demanding 100 kmcircuit. The women's event commenced at thesame time and Dr. Porrvie TharangaHewapathirana took 3 hours to complete thetough, harsh and challenging circuit. Over 29,000competitors participated at both events. It isBritain's biggest charity supporting cycling event.Mr. Harsha Hewapathirana is a Telecom Engineerfrom Guildford and Dr. Porrvie Heawpathirana is aGP practising in the Guildford area. The couple

participates at this particular event every year, atleast for the past three years. As Sri Lankans, weare very proud that a Sri Lankan couple has madethis enduring effort at participating in this event toraise funds for a very worthy cause.Mr Harsha Hewapathirana is the treasurer of theSri Lankan Football Association UK and Dr.Porrvie Tharanga Hewapathirana provides first aidsupport at Sri Lankan Football Association events.The Sri Lankan Football Association UK extendstheir warmest congratulations to the couple atsuccessfully completing this very laborious, taxingand challenging event and raising funds for charitytoo at the same time.

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By Chrishanthi Christopher(sundaytimes.lk) The Sri Lanka Anti-dopingAgency (SLADA) beginning next year will checkon ayurveda concoctions given to sportsmen andwomen in a move to eradicate doping in sports.Chairman, Dr. Seevali Jayawickrema said SLADAwill have its own laboratory where all ayurvedictreatment given to sports persons will be tested forany banned substances. He said concerns havearisen over ayurvedic treatment following somesports personalities, including well known ruggerplayers and cricketers, being tested positive forperformance enhancing drugs. It was alleged thatthese players were administered the drugsunknown to them.Dr. Jayawickrema said the medical records ofthese sportsmen show they had taken ayurvedictreatment for ailments including muscle andligament pulls. It is suspected that someayurvedic concoctions are mixed with steroids andother western medication to provide quick relief to

patients. In addition whey proteins sold in gyms tosport persons will also come under themicroscope. Dr. Jayawickrema saidsupplementary food will be tested to determinewhether any performance-enhancing drugs hadbeen added to the powder. However, he said,SLADA lacks legal authority to regulate gyms inthe country.He said that gym instructors need to be educatedon the harmful effects of banned substancesmixed in food supplements. As whey protein is notgrouped under pharmaceuticals it is important thatthe product be classified and brought underscruitiny. “Internationally this is not classified,” hesaid. Meanwhile Prof. K.K.D.S. Ranweera, headof the Ayurvedic Research Institute dismissed theallegations regarding ayurvedic concoctions asbaseless, adding that the institute will extend theirfullest co-operation to SLADA to conduct scientifictests.

(sundaytimes.lk) The Dialog Sri Lanka CricketAwards 2016, the pinnacle of achievement on SriLanka’s domestic and international cricketingstage will take place on September 21 at TheWater’s Edge, Colombo. The gala ceremony

recognise the stars amongst ‘Our Lions’, and theaccomplishments of our cricketers at domestic andinternational level. The picture shows theceremony to unveil the event. Sri Lanka Vice-Captain Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews,

Captain of the Sri LankaCricket Team, Mohan DeSilva, Secretary – SriLanka Cricket, HarshaSamaranayake, GeneralManager – Brand andMedia, Group Marketing,Dialog Axiata PLC andAshley De Silva, CEO –Sri Lanka Cricket.

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Mathewsfrom P18occasions, but you can’t expect them to do thatevery single time. We need to rectify that,"Mathews said.Sri Lanka have come up with a number of plansagainst Starc, but nothing seems to work at themoment. "We’ve been trying for the past fewweeks. Unfortunately for us, it hasn’t worked. Wemay try out another couple of options, but the onlything is you have to be positive in his first fourovers and don’t lose wickets. We’ve been a bittentative up front and that’s where we’ve been

giving him a lot of wickets."Sri Lanka have included spinner Sachith Pathrianain the squad. With Dilshan retired from ODIs now,there will be at least one change to the side andone of the batsmen – Angelo Perera or AvishkaFernando could feature in today’s game.Australian opener Shaun Marsh has been ruledout of the series with a fractured little finger on theleft-hand which he sustained while fielding duringthe third ODI.Sri Lanka (From): Angelo Mathews (Captain),Dinesh Chandimal (Wicketkeeper), Amila Aponso,Dhananjaya de Silva, Avishka Fernando,Dhanushka Gunatilleke, Suranga Lakmal, Kusal

Mendis, AngeloPerera, DilruwanPerera, Kusal Perera,Thisara Perera,Seekkuge Prasanna,Lakshan Sandakan,Lahiru Kumara andSachith Pathirana.Australia (From):David Warner(Captain), GeorgeBailey, JamesFaulkner, Aaron Finch,Josh Hazlewood,Travis Head, MoisesHenriques, UsmanKhawaja, NathanLyon, Mitchell Starc,Mathew Wade(Wicketkeeper), JohnHastings and AdamZampa

Royal Central College,Polonnaruwa created history bywinning the overall championshipof the North Central Provincial(NCP) Schools Sports Meet 2016at the Anuradhapura Stadiumrecently. This is the first time in 25years that the school has beenable to achieve this feat.Dedicated to uplift Sri Lankansports and supporting thedevelopment of young athletes,Samaposha, the leading nutritionbrand of Plenty Foods (Pvt) Ltd., asubsidiary of Ceylon Biscuits wasthe sole sponsor of the event.Sporting events for age groupsfrom under 11 to 21 wereconducted at the festivalcomprised track and field events and team eventsincluding volleyball, football, netball, cricket andelle.The meet featured the participation of over 286Schools, 7000 athletes and 120 judges from theNorth-Central Province and the meet was

organized by the Education Department of theNorth Central Province. The Governor of theNorth-Central Province, P.B. Dissanayake was thechief guest at the opening ceremony while MPChandima Gamage was the chief guest at theclosing ceremony.

Polonnaruwa Royal overall champions

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