Sri Lanka wins another gold medal
Sri Lanka has won a Gold medal in the 400×4 Men’s relay finals at the Asian Athletic Championship 2023, which is currently being held in Thailand.
Aruna Dharshana, Rajitha Neranjan, Kaushika Keshan and Kalinga Kumara took part in the event, representing Sri Lanka.The Sri Lankan team finished first with a time of 3:01.56, followed by India (3:01.80) and Qatar (3:04.26).
Meanwhile, the women’s team also managed to bag the Silver medal for the 400×4 relay event at the 2023 Asian Athletic Championship.
The Sri Lankan women sprinters also set a national record of the event, finishing the race in 3:33.27.
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The postmortem of the Danish tourist whose body was found close to the Alagalla rock is due to be held on Monday at the Peradeniya hospital.
The Danish National has been identified as Karb Munk Ebssen.
Representatives of the family and the Embassy officials are expected to be present at the post-mortem.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman said that in addition to the family members, the Danish embassy in New Delhi was informed about the death.
On Saturday Kandy Chief Magistrate Srinith Wijesekara accompanied by the Judicial Medical Officer R.P. Jayasuriya and the police visited the scene of the incident.
The body was brought to the Peradeniya hospital earlier.
Danish National Ebssen, before her departure to climb the Algalla rock, had told the manager of the lodge that during her stay in Kandy, she had heard about a particular rock and wanted to climb it.
Lodge Manager B.M.W.A. Devamitta told police that during her stay in Kandy, she had visited a few scenic locations and was keen to visit more such locations.
She had left the lodge last Monday and not returned that night, prompting the lodge manager to inform the tourist police.
(Sunday Times)
Member of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau and Secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee, Mr. Yuan Jiajun is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka.
A Twitter message posted by the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka indicates that Mr.
Yuan Jiajun is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka on July 19. It is also reported that he will stay in Sri Lanka until July 23.
The Transport and Highways Ministry is to urge the Government to release Rs 20 billion for urgent repairs and maintenance of roads in view of the adverse condition of existing road networks.
Minister Bandula Gunawardena told the Sunday Times that the Cabinet had been informed about the requirement, but the allocations had not been made so far and therefore the ministry would be making a fresh appeal.
He said the ministry was urging the Government to stop or reduce current allocations to other ministries and make available the allocations to protect the existing road network.
A Road Development Authority (RDA) senior official said a large number of projects and maintenance work on roads, including 12,000km maintained by the RDA, had come to a standstill.
Among the projects held up is the Asian Development Bank project for which an allocation of USD 235 million has been held back. Another Rs 20 billion more was required for the maintenance of a 100,000km road network and other national road networks.
He said the road maintenance cost would be higher if the current maintenance work was not carried out.
(Sunday Times)
