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By Norman Palihawadana andPradeep Prasanna Samarakoon(island.lk) The death toll from the militarycrackdown on a protest at Weliweriya on Thursdayrose to three yesterday with the demiseof two more youth in hospital.The police and the army opened fire ona demonstration residents of Weliweryaheld against the contamination ofground water in the area due effluentsfrom a rubber product factory.Three other persons are in theIntensive Care Unit of the NationalHospital and their condition is verycritical, according to sources.The two who died yesterday wereidentified as Ravishan Perera (18) andNilantha Bandara (29). Ravishan was a student ofSt. Peter’s College, Udugampola, preparing for theGCE A/L examination scheduled to commencetoday (05).Nilantha Bandara was a father of one employed in

apparel factory in Biyagama.Over 50 persons who received injuries in themilitary crackdown at Rathupaswala in Weliweriyaare being treated at hospitals in Colombo,Ragama, Gampaha and Wathupitiwala.Ravishan was among the onlookers. He receiveda gun shot injury to his head.

He was rushed to Gampaha Base Hospitaland later transferred to National Hospital,Colombo.Ravishan’s uncle, Edwin Perera, told TheIsland said his nephew had been watchingTV when the protesters were marching pasttheir house. Ravishan’s parents were not athome at the time and he had gone to seethe protest. His mother arrived at home andcontacted Ravishan over his mobile phone.Ravishan said that he was watching theprotest march near the Princowatte and

promised to return home in a while, but he nevercame back.Another 17-year-old student of ChandrajothiVidyalaya, Yakkala K. A. Akila Dinesh was killed inthe shooting incident on Thursday.

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(dailynews.lk) Thavachsri Charles Vijayaratnamhas been named as a recipient of the 2013 NPeace Award for her efforts to improve the lives ofrural communities.She will be among six other women's rightsactivists who will receive the 2013N-Peace Awards, a prestigious prizewhich recognises the leadership

role of womenand peaceadvocates fromsix Asiancountries.Vijayaratnamwears manydifferent hatsfrom serving as secretary ofCommunity-level Women'sRural Development Society topresident of a women'sgroup, treasurer of WomenDevelopment Federation to

secretary of the divisional network committee ofKaraichchi division.She has also helped orphans and disadvantagedchildren to access education, assisted familieswith malnourished children to obtain support, and

helped communities to obtainessential legal documents like birthcertificates, death certificates andland rights documents.She has also worked for theadvancement of women's rights andlivelihoods by supporting women-headed household to accessrevolving loan funds and skillsdevelopment trainings.Vijayaratnam said: "I have been

serving the needs of my community for manyyears silently and it is a great honour for me to benominated and to win this award."This inspires me to continue to provide service tothose who are marginalised and vulnerable in oursociety."

(island.lk) One way Sri Lanka can better manageits water resources in the face of changingmonsoon patterns is through centuries-old waterreservoirs, experts say.Experts at the Colombo-based International WaterManagement Institute (IWMI) say one way to easefluctuating rice harvests(due to increasingly erraticmonsoon seasons) is touse thousands of ancientsmall irrigation reservoirsspread out in theNorthern, North Central,Eastern, North Westernand Southern provinces."Tanks [reservoirs] canstore water and so arebuffers against irregularrainfall supplies," saidHerath Manthrithilake, thehead of the institute’s SriLanka DevelopmentInitiative.The reservoirs were builtbetween 300 and 400 BC to provide nearbyvillages with water for agriculture and other needs.They became less important with the introductionof rain-fed cash crops by European colonizers inthe 1500s and have been largely untouched sincethe 1970s with the development of large irrigationand hydropower schemes.The tanks were constructed by excavating earthand building a large wall around the hole. Most

tanks have filled up with sediment, others arehidden by overgrown shrubs or belong todilapidated networks connecting them to the fields.There is no current estimate, but in 2004 the thengovernment estimated that it would cost someUS$20 million at the 2004 exchange rate ($15

million now) to makethe tanks functional.For W. A. Premadasa,a 33-year-old farmerfrom Tanamalvila, thetank near his farm isthe main source ofwater for cultivation."Now the problem ishalf of the tank isovergrown and it’salso filled with sand…If we can get it to storeto its maximumcapacity, I don’t thinkwe will have issueswith water forcultivation."

IWMI research has shown that reservoirs can alsodivert flood waters to the old tanks built on low-lying land, helping to minimize flood damage.Manthrithilake said a major renovation ofthousands of such reservoirs (estimated byresearchers to number some 12,000) should belaunched if they are to be used effectively. Some1,000 tanks were repaired in 2004,

(Contd: on P4)

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(dailynews.lk) President Mahinda Rajapaksa haswritten to His Holiness Pope Francis I extending aninvitation to visit Sri Lanka, states a release fromthe Presidential Spokesman and InternationalMedia Unit. The release adds: "On behalf of thegovernment and the people of Sri Lanka, I considerit a great privilege and an honour to extend to YourHoliness an invitation to undertake a visit to thisbeautiful country, which only recently emerged fromthree decades of conflict," President Rajapaksawrote. "A visit by Your Holiness to Sri Lanka wouldbe a momentous occasion to all Sri Lankans, and Iearnestly hope I will soon have the honour of

welcoming YourHoliness to ourshores."The invitationcomes days afterPope Francis, ata pressconference,indicated that hemay consider avisit to Sri Lankaas a part of anAsian tour."Since YourHoliness waselected as theSupreme Pontiffof the CatholicChurch in Marchthis year, thepeople of SriLanka have

witnessed thehumility,compassion,wisdom, anddevotion withwhich YourHoliness hasbeenconducting papal duties," President Rajapaksasaid.Sri Lanka and the Holy See established formaldiplomatic relations in 1976. Pope Paul VI visitedSri Lanka in 1970, and Pope John Paul II visitedthe island in 1995 to preside over the religious ritesin the Beatification of Sri Lankan missionary Fr.Joseph Vaz.In his letter, the President described the hardshipsSri Lanka faced during "a traumatic period of brutalterrorism that affected the entire social fabric of thiscountry" while expressing the Government'scommitment to rebuilding lives and "ensuringequity, harmony and sustainable economic, socialand cultural development" in Sri Lanka. PresidentRajapaksa also described the significant role thatthe Roman Catholic Church has played in thisprocess. "The Roman Catholic Church in Sri Lankahas played a pivotal role over the years inimproving the lives of the citizenry, particularly inthe fields of education, healthcare and socialservice," President Rajapaksa said. "The Church'sservices for acceleration of post-conflictreconstruction, reconciliation and restoration oflivelihoods of affected communities are wellrecognized."

(dailymirror.lk) Former DIG Vaas Gunawardhanawas produced in the Mahara Magistrate’s Courttoday on charges of having threatened anddemanded a ransom of Rs.3 million from SarathKumara Edirisinghe alias ‘Singappuru Sarath’,who is a secretary of Minister Mervyn Silva.Sarath Kumara -- the chief suspect in the killing ofHasitha Madawala – in his evidence told Courtthat Vaas Gunawardhana had asked him for Rs.3millionto avoid framing charges against him. Theformer DIG had already obtained an advanceofRs.1.5 million on the promise that the casewould be hushed up.

Prosecuting Counsel Ajith Pathirana said theevidence on this matter was insufficient andtherefore requested court to allow direct the CIDSpecial Investigation Unit to conduct furtherinvestigations collect further evidence.Inspector Ranjith Munasinghe said the claims ofdeath threats and the demand for ransom cannotbe substantiated because the investigationswerecontinuing.Magistrate Dharshika Wimalasiri directed the CIDto conduct investigations by obtaining a statementfrom Vaas Gunawardhana who was remanded tillAugust 19.

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(island.lk) One of the chief witnesses for theprosecution, who had identified Duminda Silva asthe person who ordered the others to shoot atPremachandra, retracted the statement he hadmade to the CID, when the Baratha LakshmanPremachandra killing case was taken for inquirybefore Colombo Magistrate Priyanwtha Liyanageon Friday.

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(dailynews.lk) Commissioner General ofExaminations W. M. N. J. Pushpakumara requestedstudents sitting the GCE (O-L) examinations not toattach money along with answer scripts. “If astudent attaches money along with any answerscript he or she will be called for a special inquiry,”he said.The G.C.E. Advanced Level examination will beheld from today to August 31 in 2,164 examinationcentres islandwide.Pushpakumara pointed out that last year, Rs15,000 in three Rs 5,000 notes was attached alongwith a Tamil medium answer script.Examinations Department sources said 16,200teachers have been assigned for duty at thisyear’s G.C.E Advanced Level examination.

Anushika Ranadewa(dailynews.lk) The pilgrim season for Bodh Gayabegins on August 8 with the first Lankan pilgrimsleaving on a Mihin Lanka Airlines flight, sourcessaid.Following religious observances, a Pirith chantingceremony to invoke blessings on the first SriLankan pilgrim to Bodh Gaya will be held at theBandaranaike International Airport.The event is organized by the PresidentialReligious Affairs Unit (RAU) The Unit advisespilgrims about certain security measures that havebeen taken to ensure their safety in Bodh Gaya.

(dailynews.lk) Miss Sri Lanka forMiss World Iresha Asanki joinedthe Sri Lanka Association for theWelfare of Centenarians(SLAWC) started by the DailyNews.She will be its Brand Ambassadorand will tell the world about SriLanka being the first country tohave started an association forthe welfare of centenarians whenshe participates in the Miss WorldContest to be held next month in Indonesia.

(dailynews.lk) The are around 20,000 kidneypatients including a considerable number of chroniccases in the North Central Province, according to asurvey.Already the line Health Ministry in collaboration withthe North Central Provincial Health authorities,Water Supply and Drainage Ministry and privatesector organisations have embarked on a kidneydisease prevention programme in the province.In terms of the survey reports, kidney ailments havebeen on the rapid increase in Padaviya,

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(Contd: on P6)

By Kumudu Upul Shantha(ceylontoday.lk) The two hangmen, who had beenrecruited by the Welikada Prison, and who weresubsequently suspended by the Prisonauthorities, have appealed they be reinstated, theCommissioner General of Prisons, C. Pallegamasaid. The two hangmen were suspended afterthey had failed to report to work last year,contravening Prison regulations. TheCommissioner General of Prisons said the twomen have appealed to the Public ServiceCommission (PSC) and they would be reinstatedin service if the Commission accedes to their

request.The two men were hired after a competitiverecruitment process.If the Public ServiceCommission decides not to accede to theirrequest, the Prisons Department would recruit thenext two candidates who had scored the highestmarks in the exam that was held to recruithangmen to the department.About 176 persons applied for the two hangmenposts, which fell vacant after a previous hangmanretired and the other was promoted. Sri Lankahas however not hanged a condemned prisonerin the last 35 years.

reservoirsfrom P2with no additional repairs planned since then."Managing the water resources will be crucial.The monsoon, our main source of water, ischanging, forcing us to change the way we useour water resources," W. L. Sumapthipala,formerly the head of the Climate Change Unit atthe Ministry of Environment and currently agovernment adviser, told IRIN.

A recent World Bank report warned the island’sdry regions are likely to experience less rain whilewet zones are at risk of even more deluges."The seasonal distribution of precipitation isexpected to become amplified, with a decrease ofup to 30 percent during the dry season and a 30percent increase during the wet season," thereport predicted.Late 2012 and early 2013 floods affected morethan one million people nationwide, while a 2012drought hit an estimated 1.3 million residents.

A survey of flood-affected communitiesconducted by the Sri Lanka government andthe World Food Programme in January thisyear found 75 percent of the 557,000 peoplesurveyed were either severely food insecureor borderline food insecure.Of those surveyed, some 33 percent saidtheir main income was through agriculture.(IRIN)

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(island.lk) The mother (Centre) of 17-year-oldstudent of Chandrajothi Vidyalaya, Yakkala,

K.A. Akila Dinesh, the first fatality from the Armyshooting last Thursday being helped by

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(dailynews.lk) About 30,000 Lions ClubMembers representing over 120 countries

participated in the LionsClubs InternationalConference in Hamburg,Germany recently. SriLanka was represented byover 500 Lions ClubMembers. The exhibitionand walk on the first day ofthe conference was madecolourful by the culturalperformance of NamaleeRuwan Dance and DramaAcademy representing306/A1 Kotalawalapura LionsClub of Sri Lanka. Here,

Namalee Danansooriya, Pathum ChaturangaDanansooriya with Ruwan Danansooriya at theevent.

Nearlyfrom P4Kebithigollewa, Medawachchiya, Rambewa,Nuwaragam Palatha (Central) andKahatagasdigiliya DS Divisions in theAnuradhpaura District and in Polonnoruwa Districtin areas such as Dimbulagala, Medirigiriya,Hingurakgoda and Elahera.It has been found that there was a notableincrease in chronic kidney patients in theselocalities.On the instructions of Minister DineshGunawardane, a well planned programme for

providing treated drinking water to the needyhamlets in these particular DS divisions, had beenunderway at a cost of Rs. 400 million for the firstphase. The programme was inaugurated last weekat Ethataviddawewa in Kebithigollewa DS Division.Cleaned water would be obtained from theKebithigollewa Sinhaya Ulpatha and transportedthrough water bowsers to these villages anddistributed adequately for only drinking purposes.This programme had been extended toIhalaugollewa, Galwewa, Aiyathigewewa,Gonuhaddenawa, Kirigollewa,Diviyaudabendawewa, Thalgahawewa, Kedewa,Nabadgsawewa Parakramapura andBogahawewa.

(island.lk) The Annual General meeting of theWestern Province Girl Guides’ Association washeld recently at the Good Shepherd Convent,Panadura.The Chief Guest was Mrs.Priyani Mudalige, ZonalDirector of Education,Kalutara Zone.The Guests of Honourwere Hussain SaddiqueDeputy ManagingDirector of Hameedia andhis wife.The President andDeputy President of theSri Lanka Girl Guides’Association, Mrs.Dushyanthi Perera and Professor Anoja Fernandopresided.The highlight of the meeting was awarding of

service bars to guides who had worked asvolunteers from 5 years – 50 years.The former Commissioners and Guides who had

laid the foundation ofguiding were honoured.The oldest guide, who is89 years old, was amongthose honoured.The annual report gavean excellent idea of thewonderful work eachzone had completed –from camps to packholdings and serviceprojects assisting kidneypatients in Padaviya andfisher folks from

Negombo and Chilaw – those whose loved oneswere lost.

(.island.lk) Stormy weather that raged across thecountry had killed one person and left four injured,Disaster Management Centre officials saidyesterday.Assistant Director, Pradeep Kodippili, told TheIsland that over 3,000 persons of 326 familiescountrywide had been affected by heavy rains andstormy winds which had caused earth bunds tocollapse.Around 90 houses were damaged and 15 othersdestroyed by the gale force winds that sweptacross the Batticaloa District yesterday. Around500 persons had been affected in the district,

Kodippili said, adding that stormy weatherdamaged around 20 houses in the AmaparaDistrict and 93 persons had been left homeless.Continued rains experienced over Centralhighlands caused the Hatton Oya, Keselgamu Oyaand Devon Canal to overflow, displacing 1,428persons of 450 families in Ambagamuwa andNuwara Eliya Divisional Secretariat areas,according to Nuwara Eliya DS DPG Kumarasiri.Kodippili said the displaced persons had beenhoused temporarily in five welfare camps set up atWatawala, Kotagala, Ambagamuwa, Rosella andBaganawathalawa. Action had been taken toprovide them with cooked food.

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(colombopage.com) Aug 06, Colombo: TheUnited States military, alongside the Red Crossand the Sri Lankan Government, commencedthe Pacific Angel health services outreach andengineering civil programs in the JaffnaPeninsula on August 5 and will continue tillAugust 10, the U.S. Embassy in Colombo saidin a release.Pacific Angel is a U.S. Pacific Commanddisaster preparedness and humanitarianassistance program. U.S. Pacific Air Force is thelead agency and runs four events per yearwithin their Pacific Theater of Operations. This isthe second time Pacific Angel has taken place inSri Lanka, with the first occurring in 2010.

This training and partnership with NGOs, localhealth care providers, and other partnersenables planners in both Sri Lanka andinternationally to provide the most appropriateand immediate responses critical to any disasterrelief effort.The mission in Sri Lanka consists of more than20 Pacific Command organizations, working inconjunction with the Red Cross, to providemedical assistance and renovations of localcommunity facilities.Activities will include support of disasterpreparedness response, including a medicalprogram that will provide primary care, physicaltherapy, optometry and dentistry in the towns of

Alvaai North andAtchelu.Pacific Angel alsoinvolves a renovationof several schools,including thePunnalaikkadduvanPrimary School, theKuddiyapulam MixedSchool, and theAtchelu SaivapragasaVidyalayam School.The United Statesgovernment throughthese programs iscommitted tosupporting the SriLankan people andpreparing to betterassist in the event ofa disaster.

Rejection of NPC polls nominations:

By Chitra Weerarathne(island.lk) Three disabled war victims and fourothers, who have had their nominations tocontest the Northern Provincial Councils rejected,had complained to the Court of Appeal that theaforesaid rejection by the Returning Officer forKilinochchi was mala fide and arbitrary.Altogether the nominations of seven candidatesof the Independent group, was not accepted, onthe allegation that the document bearing theseventh schedule of the Constitution was notclearly signed by one candidate who had lost hisindex finger due to the war.

Among two other disabled candidates, one hadlost the right hand and the other a leg, also due tothe war.They had requested the Court to quash thedecision to reject and to compel theCommissioner of Election to accept theirnomination. They wanted the court to halt theelections scheduled for September 21, until thispetition is determined by the Court.The petitioners are K. Dharmalingam and sixothers from Kilinochchi District.The 7th schedule, in the Constitution, refers tothe Unitary State of Sri Lanka.

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Actor John Abraham has refuted rumours that SriLankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa secretlyinvested in his upcoming political spy-thrillerMadras Cafe. "It's not true that Rajapaksa secretlyfinanced my film. Viacom 18 Motion Pictures isthe producer of my film. They would feel badabout these rumours and therefore I'm clarifyingagain that it has not been secretly financed byanyone other than my producers," said John."We have been very logical about our budget.We have kept the budget very low. We have notbeen extravagant with the budget. Our agendawas to tell a story and we have concentrated ononly that," he added.

Madras Cafe, based on true events about a covertoperation conducted in Sri Lanka in the late 1990s,has been directed by Shoojit Sircar. (IANS)

Death penalty for manwho killed his wife

Kegalle High Court judge Menaka Wijesundaratoday (6) imposed sentence on a man who foundguilty for killing his wife by injecting pesticides.The suspect Sarath Wimalaweera, a residentfrom Anghettigama area, Deniyaya, wassentenced to death, for murdering his wife, BAMalani, mother of three in December 2004.

(adaderana.lk) The Court of Appeal has issuednotice on the respondents in the case filed byassassinated former Foreign Minister LakshmanKadirgamar’s son, S.J.C. Kadirgamar against theacquisition of his father’s land inJaffna by the government.The petition states that the formerForeign Minister’s property nowowned by his son was exclusivelyallotted to him by a Jaffna DistrictCourt decree in May 1968.His son is now seeking interimrelief from the courts, to preventthe respondents and their agents from taking anysteps to act upon the acquisition notice until afterthe case is heard. The Minister’s son is also

seeking a mandate in the nature of a writ ofCertiorari quashing the purported acquisition noticepublished under Section 2 of the Land AcquisitionAct.

The petition also claims that that he is beingunlawfully prevented from returning to hisland through the setting up of barbed wirefences and barricades which are alsomanned by armed forces and also throughthe unauthorised construction taking placenear the property.Minister of Lands and Land DevelopmentJanaka Bandara Tennakoon, A. Sivaswamy,

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from P6Sluice gates of Laxapana, New Laxapana,Canyon, Wimlasurendre and Polpitiya hydro-power plants had been opened as they hadreached spill levels on Sunday evening, engineerssaid. Kotmale reservoir sluice gates were opened.There were earth slips on the Hatton- Colombo,Hatton-Nuwara Eliya, Ginigathhena-Norton Bridgeand Norton Bridge-Hatton roads, disruptingvehicular traffic. Action had been taken to clear thedebris from the roads and to restore normaltransport services, officials said.Canyon received 352 mm of rain on Sundayevening, according to CEB sources.Around 2,200 persons of 616 families, inDeraniyagala, Kegalle, Palindanuwara,Bulathsinhala, Molkawa, Panadura, Kalutara,Kesbewa, Maharagama, Ratmalana and

Moratuwa and Gampola have been affected byheavy rains and stormy winds, according to DMCsources.

A.A.L.Dias Matale district group corr(dailynews.lk) Dambulla P.S. has planned todevelop sub towns in its purview, adding allnecessary amenities, Accordingly, Kibissa,Pannampitiya, Lenadora, Inamaluwa andKandalama sub towns are to be developedwhile the preliminary activities are in progressat present. Chairman K. G. Somathilaka saidthat, these sub towns will be developed soon,utilizing the sabha's common funds.

(island.lk) The Colombo Ladies League,founded over a century ago, had its annualmid-year sale at its 179/1 James PeirisMawatha headquarters between 10 am and 1pm on Saturday July 27.Exclusive shadow work, embroideredhousehold linen, infant's and small children'sclothing and embroidery thread will beavailable. Members of the League, founded in1912 by Lady Clifford, the wife of a BritishGovernor, help talented needle craftswomenfrom lest affluent circumstances, to design andproduce items sold at the their centrally locatedpremises. The women take the work home andearn a useful income from their efforts. Thefine needlecraft produced has won admirationboth at home and abroad over a long period.

UNP wants foreign probe(dailymirror.lk) Main opposition UNP todaydemanded an international investigation into theincident in Weliweriya, where three civilians werekilled and more than 30 others injured.Party’s General Secretary Tissa Attanayake saidthat the party cannot accept the governmentappointing their own henchmen to probe theincident.

(dailymirror.lk) The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) todaycondemned the attack which took place atWeliweriya and said the problem could have beenresolved in a much more civilized manner as therewas ample time to resolve it.BBS General Secretary Ven. Galaboda AththeGnanasara Thera told a news conference that theywere unhappy over what happened at Weliweriyalast week.“Sri Lankans have a right to protest and conduct

protest rallies. The protesters also have aresponsibility to cause minimum inconvenience tothe public. However when considering this attackwe are wondering whether this is the method theGovernment is adopting to solve people’s issues,”the monk said.Speaking about the investigations that are takingplace regarding this issue, he said theinvestigations should be independent regardless ofwho was conducting the investigations.

(dailymirror.lk) The Sri Lankan authorities must notallow the army to investigate itself over allegationsof excessive use of force by its members after threeprotesters demonstrating over access to drinkingwater were killed over the weekend, AmnestyInternational said.“The Sri Lankan army should have never beenpolicing unarmed demonstrators in the first place,and having them investigate their own allegedabuses is simply ridiculous,” said Polly Truscott,Asia Deputy Director at Amnesty International.“Sri Lankan authorities must urgently initiate aneffective investigation into this tragic incident. Theinvestigation must be independent, impartial andconducted with the professionalism, resources andpowers necessary to unearth the truth about thisincident. The army cannot be seen to investigate

itself. Anything less will send the message thatusing excessive force against protesters ispermitted.”Sri Lanka is legally bound by international humanrights treaties to respect and protect the right to life,and provide effective remedy when this right isviolated.Protests began last week as thousands ofWeliweriya residents in western Sri Lankacomplained about the contamination of their sourceof drinkable water from a factory nearby.According to media reports, Akila Dinesh, 17, diedafter in a local hospital soon after the first clasheson Thursday and Ravishan Perera, 19, died onSaturday. An unnamed 29-year-old man, died at theColombo National Hospital on Sunday.

(colombogazette.com) Former Army CommanderSarath Fonseka says some politicians areattempting to use his political party, the DemocraticParty (DP), as a stopover when they have issueswith the leaders of their own politicalparties.He said that a group known as an‘alternative group’ had attempted tomove around with his party but theyhad a different agenda.“Some people, when they haveproblems in their party, when theyhave problems with their party leaders,they try to board our ship. We will not allow that.This is not a place to help one sort his personal

issues. This is a place to solve national issues,” hesaid.Fonseka said that the Democratic Party is open toanyone who accepts the policies of the party.

He also said he is ready to unite withthe opposition on national issues butwill not form an alliance.Fonseka also said that it was not fairto blame soldiers on the ground overthe Weliweriya incident as the soldiersgot their orders from the top.He said the new Army Commander,Defence Secretary and the President

are fully responsible for the lives lost during theclashes. (Colombo Gazette)

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(island.lk) Members of the pro-JVP People’sMovement for Democracy demonstrated opposite

the Fort Railway Station in Colombo yesterday,condemning the crackdown on last Thursday’sprotest at Weliweriya. Pic by Kanishka Hewage

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M. A. Kaleel, Kalmunai Corr.(island.lk) Minister of productivity promotion andthe Chairman of Sri Lanka Muslim CongressBasheer Segu Dawood said he wouldn’t campaignfor the SLMC in the forthcoming provincial councilelections while being a Cabinet Minister in thegovernment.Dawood said: "I urged the SLMC to contest theforthcoming provincial council elections with thegovernment but the party decided to contest italone. I respect the decision of the party and I’llnot revolt against it, but as a minister of thegovernment I will not campaign against the UPFAas it is against my conscience. If the SLMCcompels me to campaign for them, then I will

resign my Cabinet portfolio and doit."During the last Eastern ProvincialCouncil election Basheer resignedhis Deputy Minister portfolio withthe concurrence of the SLMC andthrew a veiled challenge to JusticeMinister Rauf Hakeem to followsuit.Soon after the EPC election,Basheer was given a Cabinet slotwithout the concurrence of SLMCand it irked the party much. It was speculated thatthe slot was given as check against Hakeem.Neither Basheer nor the government had informedthe SLMC of his appointment.

(dailymirror.lk) The United National Party (UNP)today demanded the resignation of Armyspokesman Ruwan Wanigasuriya over the‘childish and inappropriate statements' he hadmade on the Weliweriya clash.“The statements made by Brigadier Wanigasuriyawere unbecoming of a person holding the rank ofspokesman and a disgrace to the Army uniform.Therefore he should resign,” UNP ProvincialCouncillor Niroshan Padukka told a news

conference.He said the Army had also been politicised.“We have doubts whether it is the Sri Lankan Armyor the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Army,” he said.Mr. Padukka condemned the killings at Weliweriyaand said the government should take adequateaction to prevent such incidents happening in thefuture. He urged the authorities to resolve thecauses that resulted in the unfortunate incidents atWeliweriya. (Lahiru Pothmulla)

Petrol bomb story,credible Outsider involvement clear(dailynews.lk) Video footage indicates clearly thatthe protests in Weliweriya on Thursday wereanything but peaceful. The accompanyingphotographs reproduced here as screen shotsfrom a video filmed by a private broadcast stationindicate that personsdressed in civilianclothes carryinglarge poles beat uparmy personnel andprovoked them.The first photographshows a man (circled right) aiming a blunt weapon(pole) at a soldier from behind. The nextphotograph shows youth carrying polesconfronting army men in the background. ThePolice and army have claimed that theseprotesters also threw Molotov cocktails (petrolbombs) at them.

The Sunday Times political columnist makesreference to this claim though he is unable toverify independently that such weapons wereused.However, the photographs show clearly thatviolence was aimed at army personnel. The claimsmade by police about petrol bombs are, in that

context, taken ascredible by mostpoliticalcommentators,including the SundayIsland politicalcolumnist who has

noted the use of petrol bombs.All of these indicate that interested outsidersprovoked the army. Hospital sources said thatthree civilians died as a result of the clash, butautopsy reports indicating the cause of death werenot available at the time of going to press.

Weliweriya protests:

FOOTAGE SHOWS ARMY WAS ATTACKED

Army spokesman’s tall tales on Weliweriya: UNP

Basheer to resign his portfolio if forcedto campaign against govt.

(dailymirror.lk) The United National Party (UNP) isbeing destroyed by certain members who publiclycall for unity within the party while secretlyundercutting others to safeguard their party posts,party front-liner Sajith Premadasa said.He said this had undermined the expectations ofthose members who were longing to see the UNPforming a government.“Underhand activities of some cut-throats continueto shatter the dreams of loyal members who havestood by the party for more than 20 years throughthick and thin hoping to see the party winning anelection,” Mr. Premadasa said.He said unifying party members was a welcomeand laudable move but it should be a genuine

effort. “Such a genuine effort to bring about unity inthe party is essential at a time like this when theparty is facing an election,” Mr. Premadasa saidand added that the UNP had to face realities and itwas high time that the party brought about aradical change into its thinking.He said it was unfair to undercut those who madea genuine effort to encourage UNP members to goto the polling stations in previous elections.“It is agonizing to see how the UNPers at grassroots level are suffering because of the disunitywithin the party and it is high time the party isproperly reformed to put it on a victorious footing,”Mr. Premadasa said. (Yohan Perera

UNP undermined by double games: Sajith

(colombogazette.com) The Tamil National Alliance(TNA) will begin its campaign for the NorthernProvincial Council elections with a massive rally onSunday.TNA leader R. Sampanthan, Chief Ministerialcandidate for the north C.V. Wigneswaran, TNAparliamentarians and other TNA candidates for thepolls will attend the rally.Following the Jaffna rally, the TNA will have itsmain election rallies in Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu,Vavuniya, Mannar with the participation of the TNAleader.Meanwhile the TNA will also release its electionmanifesto soon, the TNA said. (Colombo Gazette)

TNA polls campaign on Sunday

(colombogazette.com) The editor of the Sudar Olinewspaper, R.Sivaraja has been appointed byPresident Mahinda Rajapaksa as the President’sco-ordinator for Tamil Affairs and the Tamil Media.The Sudar Oli was once known to be pro-LTTE andhad carried several articles and news against thegovernment.Sivaraja began his journalistic career as anewspaper reporter in Veerakasari and he laterjoined Sakthi TV and Thinakural as a politicalreporter.

He was later appointedthe editor of the Sudar Olinewspaper and holds thatpost even today.Sivaraja was also theSecretary of the TamilJournalists Guild and wasa member of Sri LankanEditors’ and Sri Lankan Tamil Journalists’ Guild.Sivaraja is an old boy of Tamil Maha Vidyalam,Nugegoda. (Colombo Gazette)

Tamil editor MR’s coordinatorBy Dasun Edirisinghe(island.lk) The ruling United People’s FreedomAlliance (UPFA) has defended its move to fieldrelatives of incumbent politicians at theforthcoming elections to the Northern,North–Western and Central Provincial Councils.UPFA General Secretary Susil Premajayanthasaid that fielding relatives of incumbent politicianswas not wrong and even in India it was thepractice.He said that in India, the Nerhu - Gandhi familyhad fielded several generations of relatives andthe ruling coalition there was now led by SoniaGandhi, the wife of late Rajiv Gandhi.However, SLFP General Secretary MaithripalaSirisena earlier announced that the party hadtaken a decision not to field any relatives of

incumbent politicians during last year’sSabaragamuwa, North Central and EasternProvincial Council elections.According to him, it was not applicable for thosewho wished to retire from politics.The JVP accused a the UPFA of givingnominations to a considerable number of relativesof incumbent ministers, including the PrimeMinister for the forthcoming PC polls.JVP MP Vijitha Herath said that Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne’s son would contest on the UPFAticket from the Kandy District at the forthcomingCentral Provincial Council election.Herath said that Sports Minister MahindanandaAluthgamage’s younger brother and brother-in-lawwere also in the fray from the Kandy District.He said that brothers of Private Bus Transport

Minister C. B.Ratnayake and HigherEducation Minister S.B. Dissanayake wouldcontest from theNuwara Eliya District,while Land and LandDevelopment MinisterJanaka BandaraTennakoon’s sonwould contest from theMatale District.Sons of Trade MinisterJohnston Fernandoand Botanical Gardensand Public RecreationMinister JayaratneHerath had been givennominations to contestthe North-WesternProvincial Council fromthe KurunegalaDistrict, whilePetroleum MinisterAnura PriyadarshanaYapa’s brother andIndigenous MedicineMinister SalindaDissanayake’s wifewould also contest onthe UPFA ticket fromthe same district, theGampaha District MPsaid.Meanwhile, Irrigationand Water ResourcesManagement MinisterNimal Sriripala deSilva said thatalthough any partycould field relatives ofincumbent politicians,people could alwaysreject them at theelection.

(colombogazette.com) The government saysinvestigations into the Weliweriya incident are alsolooking into reports that someone among theprotestors had fired shots towards the securityforces.Government Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva toldparliament today that the protesters had also setfire to a three-wheeler and damaged publicproperty. He however assured that an independentinvestigation will be carried out into the clashesand the perpetrators will be brought to book.The Minister denied reports that soldiers hadattacked people who had sought shelter inside achurch in the area during the violence.He said that claims that journalists were attackedduring the violence will also be investigated.The Minister said that during the protest, when

one group moved away after they were assured ofa solution to their concerns, another group stayedback and threw petrol bombs and other objectstowards the army.The ‘battle for water’ broke out after days of smallprotests led to a massive demonstration last weekwith the people blocking the main Kandy –Colombo road. Minister Nimal Siripala de Silvasaid that the security forces eventually had to takemeasures in self defence.He also said that investigations will look intoreports that 112 axed employees of the Hayleyscompany were involved in the clashes.The people in Weliweriya claim a gloves factoryoperating under Hayleys was putting outchemicals which had contaminated the water inthe area. (Colombo Gazette)

(adaderana.lk) The Chilaw Magistrate’s Courttoday issued warrants for the arrest of the formerFisheries Minister of the North Western ProvincialCouncil, Sanath Nishantha and his brotherArachchikattuwa Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman,Jagath Samantha.A case has been filed againstboth politicians for obstructing the duties of the

then Arachchikattuwa Divisional Secretary D.Surasinghe who had traveled to the Rajakadaluwaarea on November 24, 2008 to take actionregarding an illegal timber haul. Arrest warrantswere issued on the brothers as they failed toappear before the court when the case was takenup today, Ada Derana reporter said.

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(asianmirror.lk) Sri Lanka Bureaue of ForeignEmployment requests all overstaying Lankans inSaudi Arabia to return to the country, taking theadvantage of grace period grasnted to them.The amnesty period granted by Saudi authorties isscheduled to be over on the 3rd of November.Saudi government will impose penalties on thosewho fail to comply with the order givern by saudiArabia,

(dailynews.lk) An Ifthar ceremony washeld under the patronage of PresidentMahinda Rajapaksa at President’s House,Kandy on Saturday. Sermons weredelivered by Ash Sheik M.S. FasharRahuman Jamail and Alkari Kali Almisarand Al Aalim As Sheik Noorul Aadab AliHassan from Egypt. Prime Minister D.M.Jayaratne, Senior Ministers A.H.M. Fowzieand S.B. Nawinna, Ministers NimalSiripala de Silva, Rauff Hakeem andMahindananda Aluthgamage, DeputyMinisters Faiser Musthapha,A.L.M.Hisbullah, Abdul Cader, BasheerCegudawood and MPs A.H.M. Azwer andEric Weerawardena also participated.

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(asianmirror.lk) People in Northern Province shouldthink that ‘this our government and its military forces’and they are there to protect people and not harasspeople, says Minister of Traditional Industries andSmall Enterprises, Douglas Devananda.The lands and houses belonging to civilians,acquired by military forces on national securitygrounds are now being returned to them step bystep, he noted.Minister also requested Northern people to not to getmisled by false propaganda disseminated byopposition TNA and other anti-government elementswho says that Lankan forces have grabbed the landsof northern people.

(adaderana.lk) Opposition Leader RanilWickraasinghe today said that political advantagesshould not be sought when speaking on theincident which had taken place in Rathupaswala,Weliweriya.The UNP leader delivered a special statement inparliament today regarding the Weliweriya clash,in response to a statement by the Leader of theHouse, Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva.The Minister of Irrigation and Water ResourcesManagement had claimed that angry protestorshad hurled petrol bombs at the army and hadattempted to create a calamity of immenseproportions by setting things on fire.Ranil Wickramasinghe urged the government to

refrain from makingstatements forpolitical gains byclaiming that thepublic threw petrolbombs and toconduct a properinvestigationregarding what actually happened.Wickramasinghe further said that when severalpersons among those attacked had called himpersonally he had heard the sound of gunshots inthe background and called for a probe into whoordered this and the arbitrary acts by someofficers.

Don’t seek political gains out of Weliweriyatragedy - Ranil

An Ifthar ceremony was held under thepatronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa

at President's House, Kandy

Military is there for safety and not to harasspeople –Douglas Many leaving TNA

Jaffna Oppn leader already with SLFP(dailynews.lk) The Tamil National Alliance’s (TNA)decision to parachute candidatesfrom other areas for the Northernprovincial council election over theheads of local politicians whohave been with the people foryears, has irked many TNA localpoliticians, SLFP Jaffna districtorganiser Angajan Ramanathansaid.SLFP Killinochchi and Jaffnadistrict organisers also said TNAleaders at grass roots level are disappointed overthe selection of candidates for the upcomingProvincial Council election and are leaving theparty in droves. Ramanathan said a major riftwithin the party is imminent as they are angry overthe party hierarchy’s abrupt decision.“Jaffna Opposition leader Maniattam Remedius ofthe TNA has already joined the SLFP,”Ramanathan said.Ramanathan said many TNA local politicians arehesitating to engage in the election campaign.“The popularity of the TNA among the Tamilpopulation in Jaffna is sagging as the localgovernment authorities managed by the TNA havedone nothing for the benefit of the people,” hesaid.The Jaffna Chief SLFP organiser said almost alllocal government authorities run by the TNA havenot used funds made available by the governmentfor development. He said Jaffna has seen massivedevelopment due to programs implemented by the

government.Meanwhile, Killinochchi SLFP organiserGeethanjali Naguleshwaran said the people in the

North are aware that SLFP ledgovernments have never engagedin election violations and havehigh regard for the SLFP.She said the SLFP is contestingan election in the Jaffna districtafter a lapse of 30 years and thepeople have great respect for theSLFP. SLFP leaders in the Jaffnadistrict like formerTelecommunication and Railway

Minister Chelliah Kumarasurivar rendered a greatservice to the people in the Northern province.“The people still remember his service withgratitude,” she added.

(dailymirror.lk) Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeMinister of Britain Alistair Burt express seriousconcern on the violent disruption of the protest inWeliweriya. In a statement posted on thegovernment website, Burt urged the Lankangovernment to ensure a swift and transparentinvestigation into the incident.Following is the full statement.I note with serious concern emerging reports of

the violent disruption of peaceful protests by theSri Lankan security forces in Weliweriya on 1August, in which at least 3 people died.My thoughts are with the families of those whowere killed or injured.I urge the authorities to ensure the right topeaceful protest is protected and to ensure a swiftand transparent investigation.

UNP calls forindependent judicial

inquiry

Vaas' son arrested

(dailymirror.lk) The UNP today called for anindependent judicial inquiry into the militaryattack on Weliweriya villagers and added thatthe UNP had no confidence in militaryinvestigations. UNP MP Lakshman Kiriella tolda media briefing that state sector institutionswere no longer independent since the repealof the 17th Amendment.He said it would be best if the independentjudicial investigation was presided over by thejudges of the Supreme Court.Mr. Kiriella said an Army investigation wouldnot be independent or impartial because thearmy came under the purview of the executivepresidency. He said the investigations carriedout by the government were of no use andlargely a waste of time.(LSP & LP)

(dailymirror.lk) Ravindu Gunawardane, son ofinterdicted DIG Vaas Gunawardane has beenarrested from a house at Pepiliyana by aspecial CID team in the early hours today inconnection with a murder of businessman,police said.The Police and the CID were on the lookoutfor Ravindu following the Kaduwela Magistratehad issued an arrest warrant on him over theabduction of and assault on Malabe IT studentNipuna Ramanayake in 2009 and also for hisalleged involvement with the killing of abusinessman Mohamed Siyam inBambalapitiya.

14-year-old forcedto marry rapist

BY SUNIL SHANTHA – NAWINNA(ceylontoday.lk) The National Child ProtectionAuthority (NCPA) said, a special police teamarrested a boy (17) and a girl (14) who werebeing forced into marriage by the mother andstepfather of the victim by giving false dates ofbirth. It was revealed that the girl had beenraped by the boy. The police team has takenthe mother and the stepfather of the girl intocustody for forcing the girl to marry the boy, bydetaining them in a house at Homagama. Themother of the boy too was taken into custody.The NCPA had received a tip-off on its hotline1929, stating the under-aged girl and boy werebeing detained in a house in Homagama bythe girl's mother and stepfather, with theintention of registering them as man and wifeby giving false dates of birth.

TNA IN A TIZZY OVER PARACHUTISTS

UK expresses serious concernon Weliveriya incident

The Catholic Archbishop of Colombo CardinalMalcolm Ranjith today condemned the attackcarried out by “some elements of the forces” onpeople who had sought refuge at St. Anthony’sChurch in Weliweriya during the clashes betweenthe army and public in thearea last week.He said that it wassacrilege for anyone toenter such sacredprecincts with arms intheir hands and tobehave in a violentmanner there.“Such actions cannot beaccepted by anyone. It isalways necessary that wepreserve the sanctity ofsacred premises of anyreligion and respect thepeople who enter such premises seekingprotection.” he said.Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith called on thegovernment to conduct an impartial and just

inquiry into the incident where innocent peoplewere killed. The Bar Association of Sri Lanka(BASL) had earlier said that a priest and a nun atthe church were assaulted by troops during theviolence in Weliweriya last week.

The BASL said that a team oflawyers had visited Weliweriyaand recorded statements frompeople in the area as well asdoctors who had treated theinjured.“The people still live in fear,”an executive member of theBASL had told the ColomboGazette.The BASL will be recordingmore statements over the nextfew days and will then decideon the next course of action.Three people have died so far

and many others sustained injuries during the“battle for water” at Weliweriya. The Sri LankaHuman Rights Commission has also launched aninvestigation into the incident. (Colombo Gazette)

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(ceylontoday.lk) Minister ofHealth Maithripala Sirisena hasordered health authorities toimmediately cancel a tender forobtaining sleeping tablets fromBritain.The Minister has made thisorder after learning that thetender was granted to obtainsleeping tablets at a cost of Rs.9.5 million while the sametablets could be obtained fromthe State PharmaceuticalCorporation (SPC) spending

less than Rs. one million.Health Ministry officials said theSPC offered one Diazepamsleeping tablet for only 17 centsin May last year while healthofficials had bought it from aBritish company for 72 centseach. They said that the healthauthorities had tried to purchasea tablet at Rs. 8.70 this yearwhile the same tablet isavailable at the SPC for 17cents.

(.ft.lk) Sri Lanka Telecom Groupduring the first half of 2013 hasrecorded a Net Profit Before Tax(NPBT) of Rs.3.25 b, with 37%growth comparedto the sameperiod of theprevious year andRs. 2.33 b NetProfit After Tax(NPAT) with 79%.In respect of lastyear a Rs. 1.91 b exchange losswas observed and reduction ofthis has led to the significantgrowth of the period underconsideration. The remarkableperformance of mobile, data,enterprise and wholesalessectors have contributed to theincrease of group revenue ofRs. 29.17 b by 5%. Groupoperating cost of Rs. 20.42 bhas escalated by 11% during the

first half of 2013 compared toRs. 18.44 b of the same periodof last year due to operational

expansions and inflationNet margin has been improvedto 8% from 5% of the first sixmonths of the previous year.However, the group EBITDA(Earnings Before Interest, TaxDepreciation and Amortization)margin for the first half of 2013has dipped to 30% from 34% ofthe corresponding period of thelast year, deteriorating SLTCompany EBITDA margin.

(ceylontoday.lk) Sri Lanka's post-warattractiveness for foreign investors is not beinghighlighted by international rating agencies, saidthe island's Central Bank governor on Tuesdaydefending billions of dollars' worth of debt andwarning multinationals on losing out.Since the end of a three decade war in 2009, SriLanka's government has embarked on animpressive infrastructure development program,predominantly financed with loans from China."This is one of the reasons why investorconfidence levels have improved. The appetite hasimproved with foreign investors. They see SriLanka as a good risk, they see Sri Lanka as acountry they would feel safe in investing. Ofcourse, those are important factors for us tocontinue keeping to as well," Central BankGovernor Ajith Nivaard Cabraal said, addressing aroundtable discussion on banking organized byFitch Ratings.Cabraal also defended the high debt frequently

highlighted byrating

agencies.Last month international ratings agency Moodydowngraded the outlook on Sri Lanka's B1 foreigncurrency sovereign rating from positive to stable,and affirmed its B1 foreign currency governmentbond rating eliciting protests from the CentralBank."The only thing that has not improved in Sri Lankahas been the credit rating. I think there has been abit of a myopic view has been taken by the creditrating agencies, perhaps because theimperfections that they have seen in othercountries have had an impact on the ratingagencies. We have attempted to show them theactual situation. We have in fact taken the ownwritings of the ratings agencies and shown themwhere Sri Lanka has improved. But I think they aredoing a disservice to the investors as well,because investors must know that not everycountry falls into the same box," he added.Cabraal went onto urge investors to thinkdifferently and not be limited by rating reports.(Xinhua)

First caller CMA CGM’s Executive Officer FaridSalem say Sri Lanka is poised for a great leapforward with opening of $ 500 m new deep seaport.

By Cheranka Mendis(ft.lk) Sri Lanka is set to make the big leaptowards becoming a centre for maritimeexcellence in the region with the opening of adeep sea port under theColombo Port ExpansionProject’s first terminal –the $ 500 million ColomboInternational ContainerTerminal (CICT) – today.The world’s third leadingcontainer shippingcompany CMA CGM’svessel ‘CMA CGMPegasus’ which tradesbetween Europe and Asiawill make the maiden call,signalling other deep sea mega carriers to cometo Colombo. With a depth of 18 metres, theterminal stands to attract more traffic as it islocated at the gateway of subcontinents of theeast and west coasts, CMA CGM’s ExecutiveOfficer and Director of the Board Farid Salemsaid.In an exclusive interview with the Daily FTyesterday, Salem noted that Sri Lanka has everychance to realise its aspirations of becoming amaritime hub in the region. “You have all thechances,” he said, “You have a deep sea port formega carriers and abeautiful and strategicgeographic location. Mostimportantly, you have astable Government. We arehappy with that.”Currently serving eighttrades from Colombo whichincludes East Africa, WestAfrica, Far East Asia,Europe, EastMediterranean, WestMediterranean, Australia,and Russia, CMA GCM isconfident that with theopening of the new terminalCICT, and the future launchof the west and eastterminals, this is a call onmega carriers to come. “Myonly recommendation is that you form a free portsituation, through which in two to three yearstime, you will have made a big leap forward.”

“I think the moment is very opportune todaybecause there are economic indicators thatshow Sri Lanka is on the forward advance. Ilanded this morning (yesterday) in theinternational airport and it has changed to offervery nice international standards, which is veryimportant to a country in progress. The port that Isaw from outside is very impressive. Everything

is assembled and you areready for a big jumpforward,” Salemexpressed.CMA CGM Group isrepresented by CMA CGMLanka Ltd, a subsidiary ofHayleys Advantis Limited.With the new terminalopening and the variousadvantages it would offer,the Group is confident thatit can improve its statuswithin the Colombo carrier

circle in a few years.“With the opening of the CICT, we will see newand major development in the fututre. We willalso develop ourselves in the same way. Todaywe are carrier number five in Colombo Sri Lankaamong 26 carriers. We are aiming to become thefourth or the third in no time.”Salem added: “With Colombo offering friendlymeasures to help the shipping industry as wellas for manufacturers where they can operate inexports and/or imports, it will bring an

atmosphere of good business and honestdevelopment to this part of the world.”

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CabraalCONT FROM P1… have liked what they have seen. In thatcontext, Cabraal recalled that recently, thecountry faced a situation where one of the ratingagencies downgraded the outlook and the nextday saw sovereign bonds tighten. “That showedwhat investors thought of such ratings,” headded.“It is important for us to understand that thesetoo are factors that rating agencies would takeinto account. We have to appreciate the trends,movements and tendencies that take place in acountry. They should also see how they shoulddeal with situations. Rating agencies should seeif there is political stability, if there is a vision thatis being clearly articulated. Risks that areconsidered worthy should also be taken intoaccount. They need to take note if risks aretaken in a rational manner or in confidence.These are highly important factors,” CB Chiefsaid.Noting that rating agencies have their own wayof doing things, Cabraal said that at the sametime, agencies must be mindful of factors on theground as they are not only taking a decision forthe country, but also for investors who decline togo to a country because of the changes that aretaking place.“Sri Lanka is on par with making resilience work.We came through a difficult period but we havenot moved into a trajectory of high economicgrowth which people could enjoy. We believethat in order to observe that status and platform,the pillars of having continuous performance, notfalling into the middle income trap, and makingsure that the macroeconomic stability ismaintained all times and make sure that it isdone,” Cabraal said.

“We need to see that there is continuousinfrastructure development in order to ensurethat the people can do their business better andto ensure that there is sustained investorconfidence. And then we could realise peace,because there will be development and with it,there will be peace,” he added.Earlier on, Cabraal said that the Central Bankwould like to see an increase in theGovernment's commitment towards reducing thefiscal deficit and there has been assurance fromthe Treasury Secretary that it would be so.“Next year, the huge interest reduction in theGovernment debt portfolio will be a major factorin debt consolidation and fiscal consolidation. Itis certain that Sri Lanka is on track to reach 65%of debt to GDP levels in 2016. We will also seethat we will be able to continue with our efforts topump investments from outside. Sri Lanka needsabout 4-5% to come in by way of foreignsavings; we have a major platform for that totake place.“The fact that Fitch and other rating companiesare active shows that they also believe that thistransformation is taking place and they believethat these monies would continue to raise in SriLanka and that is a sign of encouragement. Inthat sense, we see the financial sector improvingand the stock and debt markets also moving to anew phase,” Cabraal said.He also said that in the last Budget, there was aclear commitment to Sri Lanka attempting to bea poverty-free country by 2016. “That wouldhave seemed like a wild dream earlier, but it isnot so today. We are within reach to that mark.We need to work closely to ensure that povertyis reduced and that the income, growth and GDPdisparities that we have in our provinces will alsochange,” Cabraal added.

(colombopage.com) Aug 07, Colombo: SriLanka's Marxist party Janatha VimukthiPeramuna (JVP) says that the government istrying to increase tax income in order to bridgethe budget deficit without slashing its wastefulexpenditure.JVP parliamentarian Sunil Handunnetti said thegovernment does not have a target or a processto address the issue of the burgeoning budgetdeficit.He explained that the budget deficit for 2014has increased and the government is trying toincrease the tax income to show an additionalincome."The government imposes taxes on the peopleto address its budget deficit issues and its otherexpenses. The government needs money topay for its loan installments and interests. Theinterest the government has to pay hasincreased from Rs.173.651 billion to Rs.176.099billion. Government talks of development. Who

gets benefits if there is such a development?"Handunnetti questioned.He noted that while the people had to cut downon their expenses they have to pay taxes for thegovernment to spend on wasteful endeavors."During the first quarter of 2013 the SpecialCommodity Levy alone has been raised by38.8%. As a result prices of essentialcommodities such as sugar, potatoes, milkpowder and big onion have increased. People,instead of earning for their living, have to earnto save the government from its economiccrisis. However, the government has an answerwhen it increases taxes for these commodities.The government states taxes for sugar,potatoes and big onions are increased toprotect local farmers. However, such decisionshave not protected the local farmer. In the firstquarter of 2013 the government has earned andincome of 40% from the Special CommodityLevy," Handunnetti explained.

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Photographs by Tissa MadawelaIn November 2009, around 26,400 army personnelmanned the entire Jaffna peninsula. Today thestrength is reduced to 13,200 personnel. They arelargely confined to High Security Zones and eventhe HSZ has shrunk in size. It was earlieraround13,680 acres in extent and by endNovember 2009 it reducedto around 6183 acres -almost to half."In the past three and a halfyears, the number of armypersonnel deployed in theJaffna peninsula have visiblyreduced. Similarly the Navyand Air Force have alsoreduced numbers ," saidMajor General MahindaHathurusinghe, SecurityForces Commander (Jaffna)in an interview with the'Sunday Observer'. "Theloud cry to reduce thenumber of personnel furtherby a faction of politicians, isonly another political ploy.The ground reality is different," said Maj. Gen.Hathurusinghe. The Army plans to squeeze inthree brigades and eight battalions into thisreduced area. Another six battalions were shiftedto other areas.The present situation in Jaffna can not beexplained without the history of Jaffna trying toliberate Jaffna from the iron clutches of the LTTE.As Maj. Gen. Hathurusinghe commented on the

history of riots in Sri Lanka and that after the 1956- 1958 riots, the Jaffna people are offended withthose in the South."With Independence they wanted a 50:50representation. Then the 1956 Sinhala Only Actsent a negative message about the Governmentand the people in the south.

Later on, it was the LTTE and the acts ofterrorisms which is history. Since 1956,the negative emotions has been on therise. This was the mentality that had tobe changed after the victory in 2009,"Maj.Gen. Hathurusinghe said.Following Operation Riviresa in 1995,the Army gained control over the Jaffnapeninsula and occupied Palali. Thestrenuous efforts to safeguard Jaffnathroughout history, is immeasurable, hesaid."The Army was able totake control of Jaffna.Then the Army startedbuilding a network withthe civilians. Then we hadabout 40,000 armypersonnel," he said.With the humanitarian

operation then Jaffna also had afront and we started leading with the55 Division from Chalai. Then majoroperations got underway.The unwavering support of PresidentMahinda Rajapaksa and DefenceSecretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa was vital in theentire humanitarian operation, he said.

Only then a new dimension to our efforts had tocome in, said Maj. Gen. Hathurusinghe. "Thepeople of these areas thoughthat we were justfighters. They felt like we were forciblyoccupying their territory. We had a major shift inour thinking and focus to change theirperception. We had to convince the people thatthough we fought with the LTTE, we are notfighters with the people. Now we are protectorsof the people," talking about the post Ealam warIV era."That being ourfocus we gearedwith the people atgrass root level.We started the'civil militarycoordination'concept or in shortCIMIC. The firstoffice was openedin 2010 March 09,in Jaffna city, toreach the grassroot level. Ithelped to bringfast forwardreconciliation.With that as aconfidence-building measure,we startedbuilding housesfor the displacedwho wereresettled by theGovernment.Many people didnot have housesuntil thegovernment machinery got started and alsountil the Indian housing scheme started."We started building houses, So far we havebuilt 1,787 houses. These are built from ourpersonal contacts and around 15 are underconstruction . The houses we built were notwith the government funds, from NGOs or theIndian housing scheme taking intoconsideration the accommodation of thepeople," he said.There are two mains livelihood aspects in

Jaffna- fisheries and agriculture. Agriculture wasgiven priority, because many areas needed to bede-mined and those had to be cleared fast. TheArmy took the leadership in demining.Then the focus was on increasing the potential ofthe earning capacity of people, we helped themwith their backyard poultry, assisting to put uphome gardens, providing them with seed andsometimes our soldiers helped them to cultivateand prepare the land. To promote homegardening, we held a competition for homegardens.We gave serious thought to the education of thechildren and gave many scholarships. We madeevery effort to bring well wishers from Colomboand abroad to help the children through personalcontacts, he said. People from Jaffna , expatriatesand foreigners also helped to get scholarships.

We have given more than 5000 -6000 scholarships so far forchildren. We organise educationseminars for children - for GCE O/Land A/L. We are involved indeveloping school infrastructure -we built a three storied newbuilding for the ThelippalaiMahajana College.It cost around Rs 25 million. Themoney came from Ken Balendranthrough the Defence Secretary.Then in Kopai, the Nawala Schoolgot a building and the money came

from Uva Provincial Council.Other than that inWadamarachchi East area webuilt so many temporarybuilding to commence schoolsMaj. Gen. Hathurusinghe said.In the Health sector the Armycould reach people withdoctors and detachments indifferent areas in thepeninsula. We were able toreach people and help them.We conducted medical camps

and that wasone majorCIMIC activity that we carried out,he said.The Army were the major blooddonors in Jaffna. There was amonthly requirement of around300 pints of blood. About 80% ofthe requirement is met by the Armysoldiers, he added."We organise medical camps withwell-known specialists fromColombo. Last year our officerscoordinated with a leading privatehospital in Colombo and held aheart camp here with more than 40doctors including several Indiandoctors and supporting staffcame," he said.About 480 people were screenedfor different ailments andfound three patients in severesicknesses and out of whichone girl named Kajendrani(21) was had a critical heartcondition and doctors fearedshe would not live for anothertwo weeks. The Indianconsultants they said

treatment would cost around Rs 900,000 forthe operation. Later they reduced hospital andprofessional fees.In the Health sector the Army could reachpeople with doctors and detachments indifferent areas in the peninsula. We were ableto reach people and help them. We conductedmedical camps and that was one major CIMICactivity that we carried out, he said.The Army were the major blood donors inJaffna. There was a monthly requirement ofaround 300 pints of blood. About 80% of therequirement is met by the Army soldiers, headded."We organise medical camps with well-knownspecialists from Colombo. Last year ourofficers coordinated with a leading privatehospital in Colombo and held a heart camphere with more than 40 doctors includingseveral Indian doctors and supporting staffcame," he said.About 480 people were screened for differentailments and found three patients in severesicknesses and out of which one girl namedKajendrani (21) was had a critical heartcondition and doctors feared she would not

live for another two weeks. The Indian consultantsthey said treatment would cost around Rs 900,000for the operation. Later they reduced hospital andprofessional fees.We have already made the announcements andpasted the notices. A handful people are availablein these areas as many have gone abroad andsettled in foreign countries.The Government will not take the lands free. TheGovernment will give compensation at presentrates. This is being worked out by the DistrictSecreatary and Divisional Secretaries along withthe Land ministry."They had a site visit and discussions. There is aspecial representative appointed to look in to thesematters. It is in progress, he said."But the land which we are now holding is required

for the airport expansionproject and to bring militaryunits deployed outside. TheNaval camp will also belocated because of thecommercial harbour. Whenthe Government built theMattala airport, lands wereacquired similarly in thisinstance too " Maj. Gen.Hathurusinghe said."These are nationaldevelopment activities. Thisdevelopment is giving theimpetus to development of

the North.These facilities will then attract more businessinvestments and bring in more multi- nationalcompanies. It is for the benefit of the Jaffna people.Our concern is for the betterment of the people,knowing their true problems by getting close tothem. It is futile to convince political parties.Because they know as long as separatist ideas arekindled among the public, they can survive. "Butthe people have a problem with politics.We have to capitalize on that. We have to improveon the efforts taken by President MahindaRajapaksa. Now with the elections round thecorner I think we will do better and it will be morefruitful as there is more interest among the peopleto contest as well," he said.Courtesy : Sunday Observer/Ministry ofDifence and Urban Devolopment

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The Old Anandians in the UK had theirSummer Ball on the 20th of July 2013, at theRenaissance London Heathrow Hotel, BathRoad, Hounslow, MiddlesexTW6 2AQ.The reception commenced at7.15 pm. While the guestswere ushered into the DiningHall, the President, Jay(Jayantha) Edirappuli & hiswife, presented each ladywith a little neatly wrappedgift.Dinner was served at 8.00pm & this was followed by the President'sSpeech at around 9.30 pm. Jay's speech wasshort but well constructed & appreciated by all.He thanked his Committee for theirwholehearted support. Special mention wasmade of Dhane & his wife Mala, who spentmany arduous hours organizing this event.The M/C for the evening was Dhane

(Vithanage) Dhanaratne & he was as efficientas the outstanding Engineer that he is.Resorting to his usual inimitable style he sawto it that everything went smoothly rightthroughout the night & it did.

Denzil & Suresh of Breezesupplied us with the Dancemusic, ably assisted byAnn, Mathew & Tyronne.Needless to say, wedanced the night away totunes old & new.In between the Dancing,which went on till 1.25 am,there was an Entry TicketDraw, a Table Draw & a

Grand Raffle Draw, where the 1st Prize was areturn ticket to Sri Lanka donated by SriLankan Airlines.There was a vote of thanks after the Dancing &this was followed by both National Anthems.The revelry came to a close at 1.30 am.The song was ended, but the melody lingeredon.

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by Brian RatnayakeThe 25th annual celebration of the biggest Summer Festival for SriLankans in the UK/Europe, was held on Sunday, 28th July, 2013 atthe picturesque Merchant Taylors' School grounds, Moor Park,Northwood, Herts. Sri Lankans in the UK spent a wonderful sunnysummers day enjoying excellent cricket, with fun and excitementprevalent at inter-school Big Matches, combined with a very happyparty atmosphere throughout the day with Live band music, UKand Sri Lankan trade stalls, International hot food stalls, Beer tent,and children's entertainment.The event officially opened witha flag hoisting ceremony and anextravagant cultural showorganised by Sri Lanka Tourism-UK. His Excellency Dr. ChrisNonis, the High Commissionerfor Sri Lanka in the UnitedKingdom graced the occasion as The Chief Guest. Otherprominent guests were The Deputy Chairman, Three RiversDistrict Council-Councilor Brian and Mrs. Elaine Norman, ThePolice and Crime Commander for Hertfordshire, Mr. Razik Zarook-Chairman, Bank of Ceylon, Mr. D.M. Gunasekara-General

Manager/CEO Head Office,Colombo, Mr. NimalFernando-CEO/ExecutiveDirector, Bank of Ceylon(UK) Ltd., Mr. ChanakaOlagama-Head of ServiceDelivery, SriLankanAirlines, Jeremy Soertsz-Country Manager,SriLankan Airlines, Mr.Sam Seinthan-The CEO ofSM-Call, Mr. JegganRajendram-Co-Founder ofAnything.lk, Mr. NalinPerera-The CountryManager-Sri Lanka TouristBoard, and Presidents of

OBAs, founding fathers of the FOC, Mr. G.C. Perera and ElmoRajasooriya, and past presidents of the FoC.It was reminiscent of school days, at the 28 FOC member SchoolMarquees of Ananda, De Mazenod, Dharmaraja, Dharmasoka, DSSenanayake, Holy Cross, Isipathana, Joseph Vaz, Kingswood,Mahanama, Mahinda, Maris Stella, Nalanda, Rahula, Richmond,Royal, St. Aloysius, St. Anthony's, St. Benedicts, St. Joseph's, St.Michael's, St. Peter's, St. Sebastian's, St. Thomas, Thurstan,Trinity, Wesley and Zahira colleges. It was also an opportunity to

meet long lost school mates,meet new friends and enjoy aday of Cricket.The FOC Silver Jubilee finalsturned out to be a Josephian-Peterite big match! TheAssociation of Old Joes in theUK team won the

Championship of the Festival of Cricket tournament 2013 andreceived the 'OBA Challenge Trophy' donated by ACE FinanceServices, whilst their brotherly rival St. Peter's OBA-UK, wererunners-up. Both teams played spectacular innings throughout thetournament. At the Finals, the Old Petes batted 1st and scored 46runs for 5 wickets in their 5 overs with Captain Charith Gunasekarascoring 25 runs. The young Peterite Akshu Fernando showedadmirable display of batting and bowling throughout thetournament. However, he was run out in an excellent move by aOld Joes fielder in the finals. Old Joes, Captained by DanukaHettiarachchi, finished the game with 50 runs in 4.3 overs with aspectacular knock by Roscoe Thattil scoring an unbeaten 27 runs.Old Joes super- star Roscoe was awarded the Man of the Seriesand Best Player of the Finals trophies. Old Joe's BuddhiAttanayake took the only hat-trick of the tournament in the semi-finals. Old Kingswoodians captained by N. Kobbawela won thePlate and the runner-up was Mahanama College OBA, captainedby Hasitha de Silva.Since its inception, FOC has been supporting Charities in SriLanka. All proceeds of the FOC are divided amongst theparticipating schools to purchase educational and sportsmaterials, equipment for their schools and to donate towardsscholarship funds in Sri Lanka. Proceeds from the FOC

Grand Charity raffle and other charity projects are donated toCancer Institute of Sri Lanka and Cancer Research - UK. Theproceeds of the Grand Charity Raffl;e, this year will be donated tothe Cancer unit of Batticaloa Hospital to provide 30 new fullyequipped beds.The vibrant trade stalls entertained the guests with complimentarygifts and special offers. The food stalls were jam-packed withmasses of people enjoying the varieties of food. In addition, theFOC hospitality lounge catered by Rising Star Hotel provided aspace for those entrepreneurs who entertained clients or friendson the day, whilst watching some exciting cricket and relaxing,sampling the culture and the cuisine of Sri Lanka. Nalin, Muditha,and Sunil Fernando provided musical entertainment in thehospitality lounge.'Sky High' and 'Elegance' bands took their turns to entertain theaudience with popular Sri Lankan and Western dance music.Children's Merry-go-round, Slider, A Bouncy Castle kept kidsbouncing all day long whilst parents had some freedom to enjoytheir day at the festival.The Bankers to the nation - Bank of Ceylon's continuous mainsponsorship has been of immense support and encouragement tothe Festival of Cricket and for Sri Lankans living in the UK. SriLanka Tourism, Fairway SkyGardens, Anything.lk / SM Call, werethe proud co-sponsors of the FOC this year, and celebrated theirparticipation giving away prizes and surprises. SriLankan Airlinesalso, extended its qualities of warmth, caring and friendliness tothe FOC for the 25th time, co-sponsoring the event, and providingthe Return tickets to Sri Lanka to raise funds for the FOC GrandCharity raffle.The President Dr. Gnana Sankaralingam together with the Festivalof Cricket Executive Committee 2013, extend their grateful thanksto one and all who sponsored, supported and attended the grandcelebrations of the Festival of Cricket Silver Jubilee Carnival 2013.

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Triny St. PetersDharmarajaWesleyRoyal

NalandaSt.Aloysius CollegeSt. SebastianSt. Benedict'sDharmashokaIsipathana

RahulaKingswoodD.S. SenanayakeSt. Anthony'sSt. JosephsAnanda

Josephian Star player RoscoeThattil receiving the Man of theSeries and Player of the finals

award from Mr. Jeggan Rajendram,Co-Founder of Anything.lk

OBA Challenge Trophy 2013 winners Old Joes team with the main sponsor, and President of FOC 2013and their President Susantha Senanayake

St. Joseph's Captain Danuka Hettiarachchi receiving the OBA Challenge Trophyfrom the Main Sponsor Bank of Ceylon

Plate Winners Kingswood OBA with the Main Sponsor Bank of Ceylon

The team manager of St. Michael's,Batticaloa OBA receiving the

Best Batsman's Award on behalf ofDushyyantha Muthugala from

Mr. Jeremy Soertz, Country Manager,SriLankan Airlines

Kingswood College OBUCaptain receiving the Plate from

the President of FOC 2013

Vote of Thanks from the FOC SilverJubilee Charman Dr. Gnana

Sankaralingam

Mr. Razik Zarook, Chairman,Bank of Ceylon, Main Sponsor

addressing the gathering

The Chief Guest- His ExcellencyDr. Chris Nonis, the High Commissioner

for Sri Lanka in the United Kingdomaddressing the gathering

Mr. Razik Zarook, Chairman BOC,conducting the BOC raffle

FOC Grand Charity Raffle Draw conducted byCharity Chairman Wickrama Waidyanatha

DharmasokaAnanda De Mazenod Dharmaraja DS Senanayake Holy Cross Isipathana Joseph Vaz Kingswood Mahanama Mahinda Maris Stella Nalanda Rahula

Richmond Royal St.Aloysius St.Anthony's St.Benedict's St.Joseph's St.Peter'sSt. Michael's St.Sebastian's St.Thomas Thurstan Trinity Wesley Zahira

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Deputy Chairman, Three RiversDistrict Council, CouncillorBrian Norman addressing

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The US recognizes Sri Lanka's support towomen's leadership initiative- AmbassadorMelanne Verveer, Executive Director for theGeorgetown Institute for Women, Peace andSecurityWashington, DC , July 26,2013: Sri Lanka'sAmbassador to the UnitedStates Jaliya Wickramasuriyaon Tuesday (July 16)underscored the remarkableprogress that Sri Lanka hasachieved in terms of genderequality before an audience ofinternational women leaders.“Sri Lanka is one of the oldestdemocracies in Asia with over2,500 years of written historyand a rich heritage. SriLankan women have enjoyedthe universal suffrage since itsintroduction at home in 1931.We are very proud that SriLanka produced the world'sfirst lady head of governmentMrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaikein 1960 and to have beenadministered by womenleaders for 23 years sinceindependence from colonialrule in 1948”, the Ambassador observed.

Ambassador Wickramasuriya made theseremarks when he addressed the delegates ofthe Women in Public Service Project Institute ofBryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania at a dinner

reception hosted at theSri Lanka Residence inWashington, DC. Thedelegation was in theUnited States to attenda two-week program foremerging womenleaders from of post-conflict countriesorganized by BrynMawr College incooperation with theWomen in PublicService Project(WPSP). Theparticipants of thisprogramme were madeup of womenparliamentarians,senior civil servants,governmentofficials andacademics fromthe world over.The Ambassadorfurther opined that

the dawn of peace in Sri Lanka has greatlyexpanded the opportunities ofsuccess for Sri Lankan womento succeed in fields of theirchoice.“Today, we celebrate the greatachievements and progress ofour women to-date as well asthose of all Sri Lankans whonow, more than ever, have somany opportunities forsuccess.”, he said.“ For three decades, Sri Lankanwomen, men and children sufferedterribly from a conflict with a ruthlessterrorist organization. Sri Lanka wasable to begin to usher in a lastingand honorable peace to allcommunities after defeatingterrorism in 2009 . Under thevisionary leadership of HisExcellency President MahindaRajapaksa, Sri Lanka is now apeaceful and reconciled society,which is governed by democracy, theobservance of human rights and therule of law” he added.Ambassador Wickramasuriya alsopresented some of the internationalindicators directly related to country'srecent progress in gender equality.“The World Economic Forum in itsGender Gap Report in 2012 rankedSri Lanka at the 39th position on theglobal gender gap index . The samereport ranked Sri Lanka among thebest countries for women's healthand survival and also at the number22 for political and empowerment ofwomen. In March 2012, theprominent UK newspaper 'The

Independent' calledSri Lanka the bestplace for a woman to

be the Head of the State”, hesaid.“ This year, the UNDP in itsHuman Development Reportelevated Sri Lanka's ranking inthe Human Development Indexto the “High” category. Thereport ranked Sri Lanka 75th inthe gender equality index .Also, it indicates that at least72.6% of our femalepopulation have access tosecondary education against acorresponding figure of 75.5%for the males. Our maternalmortality ratio is as low as 35deaths per 100,000 live births.All these figures show that SriLanka is far ahead of itsregional peers when it comesto gender equality” he added.Ambassador Wickramasuriya thanked theWPSP officials for the opportunity given for theEmbassy of Sri Lanka to treat the distinguished

women leaders with Sri Lankan hospitality. Healso invited the project participants to visit SriLanka to familiarize themselves with what hehas told them.Executive Director forthe GeorgetownInstitute for Women,Peace and Securityand Former USAmbassador-at-Large for GlobalWomen's Issues,Melanne Verveeraddressing thegathering said thepurpose of theWPSP is to inspirewomen's leadershipglobally.She highlighted theimportance ofwomen's leadership and engagement indecision making at national level to advanceprogress in countries .“When women progress, when womenparticipate, when they grow their economies,when they provide political leadership when theysit at peace tables everybody benefits…”, shesaid.Ambassador Verveer also opined that women'sengagement is critical for the success of the

countries moving from conflict to the end ofconflict and to a better life for all the people .She thanked the Embassy of Sri Lanka foractively supporting WPSP and urged Sri Lankan

women leaders to continue theircontribution to the nationalreconciliation process.The Women in Public ServiceProject (WPSP) was launched in2011 under the direction of then USSecretary of State Hilary RodhamClinton to advance women topositions of influence ingovernments and civicorganizations worldwide. Theproject is co-sponsored by the USDepartment of State , the WoodrowWilson International Center forScholars and five leading women'scolleges in the United States.The representatives of thedelegates and Bryn Mawr Collegethanked Ambassador

Wickramasuriya and the Embassy staff for thewarm Sri Lankan hospitality extended to them.They also expressed their appreciation over Sri

Lanka's sharing ofcommon goals of theWPSP through thecountry's commitment toachieve reconciliation,peacekeeping anddevelopment .Director of the WPSP Dr.Rangita de Silva de Alwis,Ms. Ruth Lindeborg andMs. Jessica Berns of theWPSP Institute at BrynMawr college, Mr. RajSharma of Champion ofChange , 50 by 50Leadership Circle of theWPSP , Ms. Shelly

Kapoor Collins, Co-Vice Chair, 50 by 50Leadership Circle of the WPSP, US StateDepartment officials, US Sri Lankan Communityleaders, academics and media personnel werein attendance.Sri Lankan - American choreographer Ms.Asanga Domask entertained the guests with twoexquisite traditional dance performances .Theevent concluded with the guests being treated toa delectable Sri Lankan dinner prepared by theEmbassy chefs.

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Executive Director for the GeorgetownInstitute for Women, Peace and Securityand Former US Ambassador-at-Large forGlobal Women’s Issues, Melanne Verveeraddressing the delegates of the Women inPublic Service Project Institute at the Sri

Lanka Residence , Washington , DC

Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya addressing the delegatesof the Women in Public Service Project Institute

Ambassador Wickramasuriya welcomes the delegatesof the Women in Public Service Project Institute

Ambassador Wickramasuriya and Director of the Women inPublic Service Project Dr. Rangita de Silva de Alwis

photographed with another guest at the dinner reception

The guest attending the dinner reception hosted for theWomen in Public Service Project Institute by the

Embassy of Sri Lanka , Washington, DC

Ambassador Wickramasuriya and Mrs. PriyangaWickramasuriya with a guest

Sri Lankan - American choreographer Ms. Asanga Domaskperforming a traditional Sri Lankan dance

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Organised annually by Helplanka ( a UK andSri Lanka registered charity) a group ofvolunteers including 2 teachers from BarrySouth Wales visited Sri Lanka in July to teachEnglish, music, drama and sport atIhalayagoda Vidyalaya Gampaha , St Joseph'sDeaf School Ragama, BS Jayawardene Boy'sOrphanage Ja Ela, Children's ConvalscentHome Ragama and Leonard Cheshire HomeKatana Negombo. The programmes led bySam Goonetillake, Chief Executive, includedface painting , bouncy castle and balloonmodelling and the group also visited theChildren's ward of the National CancerHospital Maharagama. During the 3 week visitto Sri Lanka a number of hearing aids , sportsand educational equipment, books and toyswere distributed..The highlight of the visit was taking tea withThe Rt Honourable Deputy Speaker Chandima

Weerakody MP at the Sri Lanka Parliamentwho thanked the teachers and pupils of BarryComprehensive School for their contribution tothe development of education in Sri Lanka.The Honourable Deputy Speaker alsopresented the Helplanka volunteers with theircertificates of recognition.Commenting on this year's programme whichis the 8th annual visit by Helplanka SamGoonetillake said: “I would like to thank BarryComprehensive School for their uniquecontribution and hard work and dedication inhelping so many children once again.Heplanka can only continue its work withspecial needs children in rural areas byreceiving funding from UK and Sri Lankadonors . Please support us as so manychildren rely on Helplanka to change theirlives. “www.helplanka.co.uk

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(sundaytimes.lk) Right arm spinners KaushalyaGajasinghe and Shehan Jayasuriya led MoorsSC’s fight back against Bloomfield enabling themto record a five wicket win with a day to spare intheir Under 23 Division One cricket encounterwhich concluded at Braybrooke Place yesterday.

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By Sa’adi Thawfeeq(nation.lk) The 35,000 spectators that packed the RPremadasa Stadium (RPS) to capacity on Friday forthe first Twenty20 international between Sri Lankaand South Africa is a clear indication where thefuture of the game lies especially in thesubcontinent. The stadium was bursting at theseams with more spectators from outside trying toforce their way in to watch the action not wanting tobe left out and Sri Lanka Cricket proudlyannouncing that all tickets for the match had beensold out.This seldom happens in a Test match or a One-DayInternational. The five ODIs between the twocountries that preceded the T20 series hardly had afull house at the RPS with so many empty spaces tofill in the stands despite the fact that the home teamwon the series 4-1. Pallekele had a better turn out.Although cricket pundits talk of balancing Testcricket with One-Day and T20 cricket, all CricketBoards around the world don’t look at it that way.The advent of T20 cricket and the impact it has onthe spectators and sponsors has driven CricketBoards towards sacrificing Tests and leaning heavilytowards ODI and T20 cricket for that’s where themoney is and that’s what the spectators want. To besuccessful in any business you must promote theproduct that the consumer wants and in thisinstance in this part of the world sadly it is T20 andODI cricket.Test cricket in this country has never filled thestands. Even the inaugural Test match played by SriLanka against England at the P Sara Oval inFebruary 1982 was not filled to capacity the fourdays the Test lasted. This was after the country hadgained the Test status it has fought for at the ICCafter 17 years.There has never been any attempt by previousCricket Boards in this country to promote Testcricket on a large scale. There were fairly goodattendances at Test matches but they wereoutnumbered by the large turnout for ODIs whichattracted a full house at the RPS before it wasexpanded to accommodate spectators from acapacity of 25,000 to 35,000 for the 2011 WorldCup.ODI cricket caught the imagination of the publicwhen Sri Lanka won the fifty-over World Cup in1996 and spectators continued to fill the stadiums atRPS, Asgiriya and SSC, although the capacity forthe latter two venues was rather small being able toaccommodate less than 20,000. But for quite awhile both Tests and ODIs went hand in hand untilthe turn of the century when T20 cricket made itsentry.This type of cricket the quickest version of the gamewhere a spectator can witness all the action hewants encapsulated inside three and a half hoursand at the end of it even get a result has drawn a

new set of cricket fans especially from the youngergeneration who don’t have the patience to sit out aday watching a 100-over match let alone five daysof a Test match.If Test cricket is to survive Cricket Boards who aremembers of the ICC must start promoting that brandof game as well along with the other two formats.They can still make their money through T20 andODI cricket but Test cricket should not be shunnedjust because it does not attract the spectators anddoesn’t bring in the revenue which the other twoformats does. There has to be a strict balancebetween the three because for the game to surviveTest cricket is a MUST.It is through playing Testcricket that onedevelops the mental andbasic skills to perform atother levels. The basefor anything has to beright and perfect andthat base cannot befound by starting yourcareer playing T20 andODI cricket, and even ifthey do their careerswon’t be as long asthose of a Test cricketer.England and Australiaare good examples ofhow they balance theircricket. They givepriority to Test cricketduring their cricketseason and they have acertain number of Testsdrawn up to be playedduring the summer. ODIand T20 cricket areincluded besides Testcricket. The problemwith cricket in Sri Lankais that we don’t have aseason for cricket. Thegame can be played atany time of the yearthroughout and becauseof that we always have arather lop-sidedinternational cricketcalendar where toursare decided andfinalised mostly at theeleventh hour. This wayone cannot promote thegame and getspectators to plan outtheir leave and holidaysto watch cricket. Sri

Lanka Cricket doesn’t have a system where theycan put out on sale tickets online say six monthsahead of a Test or one-day series like England andAustralia does. That way a spectator whopurchases tickets on credit will be forced to comeand watch the game regardless of how the team isperforming six months down the line. Thespectators must be educated that Test cricket isalso part of the game and their mental thinking mustbe changed. It is the Cricket Boards which can dothat. They must always keep in mind that money isnot everything the sport too has to survive, for if thesport collapses they stand to lose everything.

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Kaushalyafrom P26halked up their winning target of 50 runs in the finalsession in just ten overs.Navy SC too registered an outright win over SinghaSC whom they defeated by six wickets in the matchplayed at Welisara while Negombo CC havegained a first inning lead over Ragama CC atthe end of the second days play at Kadirana.At Braybrooke Place – Moors SC won by fivewicketsBloomfield 273 (Sajeewa Salgado 78, AdeeshaNanayakkara 65, Ruvinda Shamen 51, S.Seneviratne 42: Shehan Jayasuriya 4 for 66,Chamath Gunasinghe 4 for 99, KaushalyaGajasinghe 2 for 30) and 87 (NipunKarunanayake 35, Koshan Dhanushka 15:Kaushalya Gajasinghe 6 for 42, ShehanJayasuriya 4 for 44)Moors SC (98/2 overnight) 223 (PabasaraWaduge 37, Sanitha de Mel, 37, OshadaFernando 31, Aravinda Premaratne 30, T. deSilva 24, Ashad Borham 22, IsuruSamarasooriya 18: Koshan Dhanushka 6 for53, Ruvinda Shamen 2 for 39) and 141 for 5(Kaushalya Gajasinghe 34, Oshada Fernando29, Ashad Borham 38 n.o.: Koshan Dhanushka3 for 52)At Moratuwa – Moratuwa SC won by tenwicketsAir Force SC 93 (Vishwa Kanchuka 26, UdaraRanasinghe 24: Shanuka Dulaj 6 for 30,Malshan Mendis 2 for 27, Malinga de Silva 2for 34) and 151 (Shohan Rangika 49, SajithFernando 35, Kavindu Perera 28, UdaraRanasinghe 18: Malinga de Silva 3 for 31,Malshan Mendis 3 for 39, Sidath Vimukthi 2 for28, Shanuka Dulaj 2 for 52)Moratuwa SC (194/9 overnight) 195 (HasithaMadumal 40, Deshan Dias 24, HeshanKumarasiri 15, Malinga de Silva 15, ShanukaDulaj 59 n.o.: Shohan Rangika 4 for 68, AngeloEmmanuel 3 for 47, Kavindu Perera 2 for 13)and 53 for no loss (Deshan Dias 36 n.o.,Dhanuka Madushan 17 n.o.)At Welisara – Navy SC won by six wicketsSingha SC 222 (Nimantha Madusanka 74,Chalitha Helambage 52, Udesh Priyanga 39,Isuru Chathuranga 17: Dilanka Auwardt 7 for109) and 83 (Udesh Priyanga 26, AdeeshaThilanchana 15: Dilanka Auwardt 5 for 33,Ashan Ranasinghe 4 for 33)Navy SC (110/5 overnight) 230 (Lahiru Silva69, Sujeewa Liyanage 27, T. Peiris 27,Anushka Perera 20, Chathura Hemakumara18, Nimesh Wickramasinghe 17, AshanRanasinghe 15: Duminda Kannangara 4 for 89,Thilan Maduranga 2 for 53) and 79 for 4(Lahiru Silva 43 n.o., Anushka Perera 15 n.o.:Duminda Kannangara 3 for 33)At PanagodaTamil Union 202 (Denuwan Rajakaruna 92,Chamikara Edirisinghe 30, ManojSarathchandra 20: Lakshan Madusanka 5 for67, Janith de Silva 2 for 19) and 124 for 4(Pulina Tharanga 68, Kithruwan Vithanage 25:Janith de Silva 2 for 19)Army SC 245 (Priyantha Kumara 76, RavinPerera 52, Suresh Peiris 22: ChamikaraEdirisinghe 5 for 71, Pulina Tharanga 2 for 25)At KadiranaNegombo CC (201/7 overnight) 247 (IrangaWijesuriya 65, Shrihan Anuruddhika 49,Nilochana Perera 32, L. Wickramasinghe 26,Kalhan Sineth 20: Surien Silva 5 for 49,Deshan Silva 2 for 49, Dhananjaya de Silva 2

for 56) and 74 for 2 (Uvin Bandara 31, NilochanaPerera 25 n.o.: Surien Silva 2 for 26)Ragama CC 202 (Eranga Ratnayake 46, CharithFernando 31, Prabhoda Arthavidu 30, RukshanWeerasinghe 29, Udara Jayasundara 20: ShehanMadusanka 3 for 30, Kalhan Sineth 3 for 34, ChanuraFernando 3 for 62)

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(dailymirror.lk) A record 372 runs in five matches inthe One Day International series against SouthAfrica helped Kumar Sangakkara achieve acareer-best rating of 829 points and equal his best-ever ranking of third in the Reliance ICC ODIPlayer Rankings for Batsmen.Sangakkara, who last claimed third position in2005, averaged of 93 and was the highest run-getter in the series, a record for the most runs by aSri Lankan in a bilateral ODI series.ICC released the new player rankings yesterday,

with Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers remaining atthe top, at tank one and two respectively, whileVirat Kohli retained his fourth position.Tillakaratne Dilshan gained two places and movedto sixth spot in the rankings as the opener had agood run against South Africa. Dilshan with sixwickets in the series also jumped to the 4th spot inthe ICC ODI All-Rounders' Rankings.With a 4-1 ODI series victory Sri Lanka swappedplaces with South Africa in the ICC ODI Teamrankings. Sri Lanka moved into fourth place aftergaining three ratings points and the South Africanside slipped to fifth place after conceding fiveratings points.Meanwhile India's left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadejajoined West Indies' off-spinner Sunil Narine on topof the bowlers' rankings. Jadeja has leapt fourplaces to share the number-one spot with Narineafter he claimed five wickets from five matchesagainst Zimbabwe.

Rank (+/-) Team Rating1 (-) India 123 (+1)2 Australia 1143 England 1124 (+1) Sri Lanka 111 (+3)5 (-1) South Africa 105 (-5)

6 Pakistan 1027 New Zealand 898 West Indies 899 Bangladesh 7610 Zimbabwe 52 (-3)

Rank Ratings Player Team1 853 Hashim Amla South Africa2 845 A.B. de Villiers South Africa3 829 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka4 819 Virat Kohli India5 789 J. Trott England6 746 T.M. Dilshan Sri Lanka7 741 M.S.Dhoni India8 712 Misbah-ul-Haq Pakistan9 678 A.N. Cook England10 669 Ross Taylor New Zealand

22 630 M. Jayawardane Sri Lanka41 558 Anjelo Mathews Sri Lanka45 550 Dinesh Chandimal Sri Lanka51 532 Upul Tharanga Sri Lanka52 530 Lahiru Thirimanne Sri Lanka

Rank Ratings Player Team1 733 R. Jadeja India2 733 Sunil Narine West Indies

3 718 S.T. Finn England4 714 James Anderson England5 713 Saeed Ajmal Pakistan6 699 Rangana Herath Sri Lanka7 684 C.J. McKay Australia8 678 Mohammad Hafeez Pakistan9 673 L.L. Tsotsobe South Africa10 663 Abdur Razzak Bangladesh

17 622 Nuwan Kulasekara Sri Lanka19 616 Anjelo Mathews Sri Lanka23 606 Lasith Malinga Sri Lanka46 521 Ajantha Mendis Sri Lanka47 513 Thisara Perera Sri Lanka49 497 T.M.Dilshan Sri Lanka81 419 S. Senanayake Sri Lanka90 397 Farveez Mahroof Sri Lanka

Rank Ratings Player Team1 387 Sakib Al Hassan Bangladesh2 377 R. Jadeja India3 372 Shane Watson Australia4 371 T.M. Dilshan Sri Lanka5 370 Mohammad Hafeez Pakistan6 344 Anjelo Mathews Sri Lanka

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Kumar Sangakkara plays a shot during the fifthand final One Day International (ODI) cricket match

Sangakkara regains third spot in ICC Rankings

(sundaytimes.lk) The annual Inter-House SwimmingMeet of Musaeus College was held on July 5, at theS.S.C. Swimming Pool Complex in Colombo. ThePrincipal of Ladies’ College, Nirmalee Wickramasinghegraced the occasion as the Chief Guest.

The chief guest, Nirmalie Wickramasinghe and theprincipal of Musaeus College, S. Dandeniya walking

to the main pavilion with the guard of honourof the senior prefects.

From left) Deputy Principal, R.Gunarathne,Chief Guest Nirmalee Wickramasinghe, PrincipalS. Dandeniya and Deputy Principal C. Jayatilake

at the inauguration of the event.

The spectacular event of the day was thesynchronized water ballet performance

of the college swimmers.

Musaeus College stagesinter-house swim meet

by Upananda Jayasundera - Kandy SportsSpecial Corr.(sundayobserver.lk) St.Sylvester's College andSwarnamali Balika Vidyalaya, Kandy emergedgymnastic champions in the Boys and GirlsSchool's at the Annual Gymnastics

Championships organised by the Department ofEducation and held at the Dharmaraja College,Kandy Gymnasium.Among the boys schools, St.Sylvester's took topplace, followed by Trinity College and DharmarajaCollege came third. St.Sylvesters won for the sixthyear in succession.Then among the girls schools, Swarnamali BalikaVidyalaya won for the first time with St.AnthonysBalika Vidyalaya, Kandy in second place andMahamaya Girls School, Kandy were placed third.

The Boys Champions – St.Sylvester’s College,Kandy Gymnastics Team – Standing (from left):Malshya Perera, Safeer Khan, M.D. Miresha, A.

Kablanand S. Madushan. Seated (from left):Hemantha Ranasinghe (Master-in-Charge), The

Principal T.R.S. Meetiyagoda, AmalLiyanagamage (Coach). Pix: Upananda

Jayasundera – Kandy Sports Special Corr.

The Girls Champions – Swarnamali BalikaVidyalaya – Standing (from left)

St.Sylvester's and Swarnamali B.V.are gymnastic champs

S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen - Kandy SportsCorr(dailynews.lk) P. Hemantha a caddie from VictoriaGolf and Country Resort put up a stunningdisplay to win the July Pin Fernando Golf GrandPrix organised by the Sri Lanka Golf Union andplayed at the Victoria golf course in Rajawella offKandy.In the four round competition Hemantha scoredtotal of 302 points and had a clear 7 point leadover the runner up N. Ranga who scored 309. Inthird place was last month's winner and nationalgolfer Vijitha Bandara also from from Victoria Golfand Country Resort who had 311 points to hiscredit.Hemantha started the day with 75 strokes andwas behind by one point to N. Ranga. Thesecond day saw him getting 80 and was waybehind Rohana who got 76 having a five pointlead over Hemantha.But the third and fourth days was highlytriumphant for young Hemantha who scored 74against 79 by Ranga.An exuberant display on the fourth day in whichhe got 73 against 78 by Ranga saw him romphome perhaps for the first time in thiscompetition.Hemantha was all praise to the Victoria Golf andCountry Resort and to its Australian born GeneralManager Errol Johnston who helped him andalso other members of the staff. It not for VictoriaGCR he would have hardly known what golf is.

The golf course was in topping condition with alittle rain and was challenging as usual.The B Division championship organised for thefirst time this year saw. S. Sarathchandra of theSri Lanka Army win with an aggregate of 340points against 348 by the runner up Illay Raja ofVictoria who got 348. In third place was DineshRaja from Victoria with 351 points.The results of the July, 2013 Pin Fernando GolfGrand Prix P. Hemantha (Victoria Golf andCountry Resort) 302, N. Ranga 309, VijithaBandara (VGCR) 311, B.A. Rohana 313, S.Kumara 316, S. Amarapadma 316, ChanakaPerera 317, R. Sureshan 319, D.M. Pradeep(Navy) 321, R. Logaraja (VGCB) 321, R.Loerence 'VGCR) 321, D.M. Jayantha (VGCR)324, G. Sridaran Navy) 330, J. Seelan (Sri lankaAir Force) 332, U.M. Pradeep (VGCR) 332,Dhanusha Perera 333, Dhananjaya Bandara(GGCR) 334, S. Sasinadan (VGCR) 336, T.Sivakumar (Navy) 399, Pradeep Kumara 339,Chalith Pushpika 372, P. Ruban (SL Air Force373, C. Mohan (SL Air Force) 378, M.A.Hettiarachchi (SL Air Force) 393.'B' Division ChampionshipS. Sarathchandra (Army) 340, Ilaya Raja (VGCR)348, 3. Dnesh Raja (GGCR) 361, O.D.M.Ratnayake (Army) 383, Ravindra S.Wijegunaratne 391, Niyantha Waidyaratne (Navy399, S. Priyadharshan (VGCR) 400,W.Wijesinghe (SL Air Force) 401, R. M.Dissanayake (SL Air Force) 418.

Hemantha takes Pin Fernando GolfGrand Prix title




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Premasara Epasinghe(dailynews.lk) It is a very rare achievement for twobrothers in one family to represent Sri Lanka inNational Level in one sport discipline.Peeping into the past history of soccer in Sri Lanka,I came across two outstanding soccerites, playingtogether for Sri Lanka as Right Extreme and LeftExtreme. They are namely Damian and BenildusFernando brothers respectively. These two wereoutstanding Football players produced by Sri Lanka.The name Fernando, and St Benedict’s College,Kotahena, are inseparable. Four Fernando brotherswere outstanding sportsmen produced by this GreatEducational Institution. They excelled in Cricket andSoccer. They were Lionel, Mervyn, Benildus andDamian. They excelled in both cricket and soccer.The Eldest brother Lionel Fernando was one of theBest cricketers produced by the Kotahena school.After playing for St Benedict’s Lionel, went on toplay for Ceylon in Cricket. He played cricket forCeylon, under Michael Tissera.As a schoolboy, he created a world record in cricketby scoring a double century (204) and capturing all10 wickets for St Benedict’s against St Anne’sKurunegala in 1959, which included a hat-trick.The second hat-trick, he missed by a whisker, whenthe ball trickled down and hit the stumps, but bailswere not disturbed. Lionel, playing for Ceylonagainst Gary Sobers West Indies XI scored 48 and72 not out. Presently, he is domiciled in Melbourne,Australia.Today, we feature one of the fine outstandingFernando brothers Damian Fernando. He was bornon 14th June 1950. He hails from a highlydistinguished and respectable family fromNegombo.His father was late K J Felix Fernando, a highlyrespected Retired Municipal Commissioner whoserved in many parts of the island. The mother wasConsy Fernando, a house-wife. They were blessedwith four sons – Lionel, Mervyn, Benildus andDamian. All four brothers represented St Benedict’sin cricket.Mervyn played for the University of Peradeniya andNCC. He had the distinction of playing for thecombined universities.Damian Fernando first attended Maris StellaCollege, Negombo and played cricket and soccer.Later, he had to give up one sports discipline, as theMaster-in-Charge insisted him to select one. Hecaptained Maris Stella College, cricket team. Later,he joined SBC and in 1969 toured as a Member ofthe Combined Schools Team to India and in 1970toured Manila with the Sri Lanka National YouthSoccer team.After joining St Benedict’s, one of the leadingChristian brother schools, all four brothersblossomed out in their sports career in cricket andsoccer.Damian and Benildus became outstanding

soccerites at St Benedict’s. The two strong andgutty players Damian and Benildus manned theright and left extreme positions throughout theirsoccer careers.Damian played cricket for SBC from 1968-1971. Hewas coached by Bertie Wijesinha. But, his forte wasfootball.Damian played a glowing tribute to his soccer coachlate Albert Fernando – a Benedictine, a staffmember and one of the Greatest coaches that StBenedict’s produced.“Albert Sir was a coach who followed the Brazilianstyle of coaching. Some coaches followed theGerman style. In the case of Brazillian method, webelieved in “Attacking”. In the case of German style,they “Defended.”Damian’s most memorable school soccer matchwas the one he played against his old school, MarisStella, representing St Benedict’s.“Both my brother Benildus and I played. It was likeGreek Meeting a Greek at Kotahena. The groundwas filled to capacity. We beat Maris Stella by 3-0.After leaving College, St Benedict’s. Damian andBenildus joined Air Force in 1971. They playedsoccer for Air Force from 1971-76 and Damian hadthe proud distinction of captaining the DefenceServices soccer team in 1975.Damian Fernando was one of the most outstandingand the Best Right Extreme, who played for Ceylon.Once Subani Hassindeen retired, he cemented hisplace in the Ceylon Soccer side.He played for Ceylon with some of the top-classsoccer players like Nelson Perera, Clement DeSilva, Sumith Walpola, Mahindapala, GaminiMadurawela, Sohan Fernando, Damian’s ownbrother Benildus, Lal Ranchigoda, WasanthaJayasundra and another Benedictine HaroldAnthony, Cassim (SNV). They were coached byLawrence Fernando.In 1975, Damian Fernando was awarded the Best-

footballer – Sri Lanka Air Force.After retiring as a leading Aircrafts man, DamianFernando proceeded to Dubai. In 1988, he playedcricket and soccer at Dubai. In 1988, he playedcricket for Dubai Lanka Lions.“To be a fine soccer player there are few importantpriorities you must follow. The number one isDiscipline. If you ave indisciplined, you will fall bythe way side.Then you must possess self-confidence, ambition toachieve your targets. You must be committed to thegame and humble. Respect your teachers, coachesand seniors. Be truthful. Be a true sportsmen. Ireached and gained my position through sheerhard-work, and commitment. Be prepared to takechallenges. Always put your country before self.”These are somethoughts he expressedfor the future up andcoming sportsmen andsportswomen.This outstandinggentlemanly sportsmanis married to LalaniFernando. He is a dutifulfather.They are a God-fearingfamily. They are blessedwith a son and daughter.The son DinukaFernando is Head ofMarketing in PictureDisk, Easwaren Group.The daughter MashaFernando is following aBusiness ManagementDegree, at the UniversityAuston, Colombo,affiliated to a Universityin England.

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By Naushad AmitNational Under-17 side on tour to England(sundaytimes.lk) Sri Lanka junior cricket coachRoger Wijesuriya, who is in charge of theNational Under-17 side on tour to England, isof the view that at least two series per yearshould put the budding youngsters in thecorrect path on their way to the national grid.Wijesuriya, who is responsible for brushing upthe skills of young cricketers of Under-15 andUnder-17 age categories at Sri Lanka Cricket(SLC), pointed out these views at a practicesession prior to Sri Lanka’s Under-17 crickettour to England.“It’s essential that youngsters of Under-15 andUnder-17 age groups get at least two tours peryear, so that they will get real exposure beforereaching the Under-19, Under-23 and thenational level. It’s not necessarily an obligationthat all players who represent the respectiveage groups should reach the national team. Butthen again if we could produce the perfectreplacements at national level, that’s what we arelooking for. So it’s important that these youngstersget the exposure regularly, to keep their headsalive. This tour will be a head-start for them,”Wijesuriya stressed.Sri Lanka will feature a balanced squad under theleadership of Chamika Karunaratne, a triplenational sportsman from Royal College Colombo.The side will include a selection oftalent from all parts of Sri Lanka whichaccording to Wijesuriya, is a healthydevelopment for the future of cricket inthe country.“The squad represents the best ofcricketers of that age category in thecountry. But it has to be mentioned thatthere are hundreds more knocking atthe door, waiting for their opportunity.It’s a challenge for those in the squadand for us as officials to keep them,especially the potential ones, buoyant,”Wijesuriya stated.Assisting Wijesuriya in the coachingstaff is Dharshana Gamage, the formerSri Lanka One Day International fastbowler. The duo will be eager to seethe youngsters perform well in England duringtheir 16-day tour where they are slotted to play atwo-day game, a three-day game and three 50-overs games. To deputize Royalist Karunaratne,Madawa Nimesh of Royal College Panadura hasbeen appointed.According to Wijesuriya’s assessment the entiresquad itself is a plethora of talent. It will includethree cricketers from the present SriLanka Under-19 viz. Karunaratne, Nimesh and

Sithara Gimhana, an allrounder from RichmondCollege Galle. Karunaratne, Nimesh, NisalFrancisco, Avishka Fernando, Kavin Bandara,Sahan Arachchige are some of the batsmen whocan strengthen Sri Lanka’s batting while the sideincludes a variety of fast bowlers and spinners.Besides the final squad, the SLC selectors havenamed five others as stand bys. The Sri LankaUnder-17s squad will leave for England in theearly hours of August 8 and will return on August26.

Sri Lanka Under-17 Squad: ChamikaKarunaratne (Capt/Royal CollegeColombo), Madawa Nimesh(VC/Royal College Panadura), CharithAsalanka (Richmond College Galle),Nisala Francisco (Ananda CollegeColombo), Lasith Lakshan (St.Thomas’ College Matara), AvishkaFernando (St. Sebastian’s CollegeMoratuwa), Sithara Gimhana(Richmond College Galle), KavinBandara (D.S. Senanayake CollegeColombo), Sahan Arachchige(Ananda College Colombo), KeshanWijeratne (Maliyadeva CollegeKurunegala), Asitha Madushanka (St.Sebastian’s College Katuneriya),D.A.P.L. Somaweera (Maliyadeva

Model School Kurunegala), Ryan Seyer (TrinityCollege Kandy), Thilan Nimesh (Prince of Wales’Moratuwa), Ravindu Thillakaratne (S. Thomas’College Mt. Lavinia).Stand Bys: Shehan Muthaliph (D.S. SenanayakeColombo), Tharindu Hasantha (S. Thomas’College Mt. Lavinia), Shenal de Silva (Prince ofWales’ College Moratuwa), Duwaraka Seilan (St.Josephs’ College Jaffna), Lakkana Jayasekara(Ananda College Colombo)

Roger Wijesuriya

Sri Lankan junior cricketers at the nets. -Pix by Athula Devapriya

A well balanced allround combination

(sundayobserver.lk) FLASHBACK: ChampionPace Bowler... Chaminda Vaas is Sri Lanka's mostsuccessful pace bowler, having taken 355 Testwickets, which equalled the number of Testwickets taken by Dennis Lillee, the legendaryAustralian fast bowler. Vaas led the Sri Lankannew ball attack for many years. He achieved his300th wicket on 12 December 2005 against India,becoming only the second Sri Lankan bowler topass this milestone, after MuttiahMuralitharan. He has also taken 400One Day International wickets, onlythe second Sri Lankan to do so, alsoafter Muralitharan.As of 24 September 2011 only 3bowlers have taken more ODIwickets. On 27 August 2008, Vaasachieved a landmark in his ODIcareer, when he had Yuvraj Singhcaught off his bowling in his very lastODI match against India atColumbo. Yuvraj Singh became his400th ODI victim and consequentlyVaas joined the illustrious companyof Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis andhis team mate Muttiah Muralitharanas only the fourth bowler ininternational cricket to have taken400 ODI wickets.Vaas also holds the record for thebest bowling figures in one-dayinternational cricket with his 8 for 19off eight overs against Zimbabwe at the SinhaleseSports Club Ground in 2001. Vaas took the firsteight wickets of Zimbabwe's then record-lowestODI innings of 38, with Muralitharan taking thefinal two wickets in his first over. It remains theonly eight-wicket haul in ODI history.Vaas has taken two ODI hat-tricks in his career,the third of only four players to have achieved thefeat. The first was taken as part of his 8/19 spell.

In Middlesex C.C.C.He had joined Middlesex County Cricket Club forthe 2007 cricket season as an Overseasregistration. In 2008, he signed with the IndianPremier League (IPL) side Deccan Chargers on acontract worth $200,000. He played 4 matches forthe Deccan Chargers team and picked 4 wicketsat an average of 26.61 with an economy rate of1.4.

In 2009 he played some matchesin P.Sen trophy for Mohun Bagan.He also joined NorthamptonshireCounty Cricket Club for the 2010T20 competition and foundhimself in the unusual position ofopening the batting although hedid well recording three halfcenturies.He subsequently signed acontract to join Northants for theentire 2011 & 2012 seasons. Atthe end of 2011 he was namedtheir 'Player of the season'following a great allroundperformance, having topped thebowling averages by taking 70first class wickets at an averageof 21.44 apiece and also scoring403 runs at an average of 26.9.Vaas was released by Northantsat the end of the 2012 seasondue to persistent injury problems

throughout the year.International CoachIn October 2012 he was contracted to coach theNew Zealand fast bowlers during their tour of SriLanka, which included two Test matches.In May 2013 he was appointed as bowling coachfor the Sri Lankan side participating in theChampions Trophy competition in England.A.C.de S

Chaminda Vaas in bigcompany – is alongside

Australian paceman DennisLillee’s record of 355 Test

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Chaminda Vaas equalled Dennis Lillee'srecord of 355 Test wickets

(island.lk) Gampaha District emerged on top at theWestern Province Sports Festival 2013, which washeld at the Sugathadasa Stadium, in Colombo, onAug. 3 and 4.Colombo Dist. had to be content with being therunner-up.Kalutara Dist. was the other team which took partin the competition.

A member of the Colombo Dist. team is presentedwith the runners-up trophy.(Pix by PalithaSumithraarachchi)A member of the Gampaha Dist. team (extremeright), receives the champion’s trophy, from theMinister of Sports and Transport, WesternProvincial Council, Upali Kodikara.

A member of the Colombo Dist. team ispresented with the runners-up trophy.

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A member of the Gampaha Dist. team (extremeright), receives the champion’s trophy, from

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Gampaha Dist. wins WP Sports Festival 2013

(sundaytimes.lk) Pubudu Fernando of St. Peter’sCollege and Maheshika Fonseka of Holy FamilyConvent, Bambalapitiya shone at the inauguralTable Tennis Fiesta, which was organised by St.Joseph’s College, Maradana and sponsored byKotmale, at the Josephian tables recently.Pubudu Fernando won the Under 18 singlesbeating his school mate Shamin Fernando, whilethe girls’ title was pocketed by Maheshika

Fonseka, who got the better of NayomiDivyakumar of Methodist College.In the Under 15 age category, MadumalHarshana of Dharmapala, Panniptiya defeatedSanjul Peiris of St. Peter’s College, while YumnaGunawardena of Methodist College won thegirls’ title defeating Avindi Karunatilake also ofMethodist College.- BM

Pubudu and Maheshika dazzle at TT Fiesta

Tillakaratne Dilshan smashed anunbeaten 74 off 51 balls as Sri Lankadefeated South Africa by six wickets inthe final Twenty20 game Tuesday toretain their number one ranking in theshort format. The hosts, already down0-2 in the series, launched a spiritedchase of South Africa's challenging163-3 to win the day-night game inHambantota with 11 balls to spare.South Africa won the series 2-1,making amends for the 1-4 defeat inthe preceding one-dayers on the tour.But Tuesday's victory was crucial forSri Lanka, who would have slipped tonumber three in the T20 rankings behindPakistan and South Africa had they beenwhitewashed 3-0. Dilshan brought up thethrilling win off the first ball of the 19th over,lofting Morne Morkel for his second six. He

also hit nine boundaries. Former captainMahela Jayawardene hit a quickfire 33 in anopening stand of 67 off 35 balls with Dilshan tohelp Sri Lanka make a rollicking start. Thehosts were 123-4 in the 16th over whenThisara Perera (25 not out) put on a match-

winning stand of 41 with Dilshan for thefifth wicket.With 27 runs needed off the final 18 balls,the big-hitting Perera took 21 runs from the18th over bowled by Wayne Parnell,including three fours and a six, to ease thepressure.The hosts rested their two main players,batsman Kumar Sangakkara and fastbowler Lasith Malinga, and recalledDilshan and Suranga Lakmal.Earlier, Skipper Faf du Plessis hit 85 off 65balls and JP Duminy remained unbeatenon a 34-ball 51 as South Africa too put on athrilling exhibition of power hitting.Du Plessis, who won the toss for the thirdtime in a row and elected to bat, smashed10 boundaries and three sixes during athird-wicket stand of 112 with JP Duminy.Du Plessis and Duminy put on their centurystand after opener Henry Davids had beendismissed off the first ball of the match, leg-before to seamer Nuwan Kulasekara.Duminy hit his 100th six in Twenty20internationals when he lofted Kulasekaraover the mid-wicket fence in the 17th over.Du Plessis was dismissed in the final over,bowled by Lakmal.AFP

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by Roshen Steelman(island.lk) Last year’s joint champions, Jaffna Challengers,bounced back on the second day of the second leg to win theoverall championship of the fifth Carlton Super SevensInternational Rugby Tournament which was worked off at the newly builtsports grounds at Reid Avenue, Colombo yesterday.In this fifth edition of the tournament, Jaffna Challengers were goodenough to win the first leg but suffered a 47-14 defeat in the final of thesecond leg at the hands of Sabaragamuwa Stallions last evening.In the final of the second leg, regardless of the prior predictions,Stallions drew the first blood when Botia Levani opened the accountrunning about good 20m to touch down right side of the post. Botia did

not stop from there. He went on to scoreanother two back-to-back tries puttingStallions in a commanding position as thescores read 19 nil early in the game.Stallions were unstoppable as they came upwith another try when Fautoina Autagavaiatouched down under the post.Jaffna Challengers scored first when CollinsInjera touched down as the scores read 26-

07 at the short whistle. The gapbetween the two teams widened as theStallions came up with another trywhen Banuka Nanayakkara came intothe party scoring. Then it was 33-07early in the second half.Chula Susantha and Carlin Isles didwell to score the last two tries forStallions while William Ambaka scoredthe last try for Jaffna Challengers asthe game ended giving SabaragamuwaStallions a 47-14 win.Jaffna Challengers, who finished thefirst day’s proceedings behind NorthernGladiators and Western Warriors inPool ‘A,’ did well to beat North CentralTyphoons 29-05 to secure their semi-final berth, ahead of NorthernGladiators. Jaffna Challengers leavingthe memory of the first day’s poor showbehind came good in the semi-final

recording a 21-17 win in a thrillingencounter. Northern Gladiators should bedisappointed because, after finishing asGroup ‘A’ champions, they suffered a 21-17loss at the hands of Jaffna Challengers atthe semi-final encounter.Meanwhile Sabaragamuwa Stallions, whofinished as Pool ‘B’ champions, overcameSouthern Sharks 24-12 to secure a berth inthe semi-finals, played against WesternWarriors. In their semi, Stallions came outall guns blazing and kept things undercontrol to record a 26-10 win.Western Warriors won the third placebeating Northern Gladiators 19-07.Overall, overseas players dominated theproceedings from the word go and theircontribution towards the tournament helpedelevate the event up to higher standards.The event was organised successfully bythe Carlton Sports Club and ‘TharunyataHetak’ organisation.Results - Day-2:Northern Gladiators beat Eastern Eagles28-0Jaffna Challengers beat North CentralTyphoons 29-5Western Warriors beat North WesternBlacks 45-00Sabaragamuwa Stallions beat Southern

Sharks 24-12Uva Vipers beat Eastern Eagles 20-5Central Kings beat North Central Typhoons24-07Uva Vipers beat North Western Blacks 33-07Central Kings beat Southern Sharks 26-26Jaffna Challengers beat Northern Gladiators21-17Sabaragamuwa Stallions beat WesternWarriors 26-10Eastern Eagles beat North Western Blacks12-00North Central Typhoons beat SouthernSharks 29-12Play-offs:9th & 10th placesNorth Western Blacks beat Southern Sharks38-127th & 8th PlacesEastern Eagles beat North CentralTyphoons 21-176th and 5th PlacesCentral Kings beat Uva Vipers 14-104th and 3rd placesWestern Warriors beat North Gladiators 19-071st and 2nd PlacesSabaragamuwa Stallions beat JaffnaChallengers 47-07.

Jaffna Challengers bounceback to win overall title

Jaffna Challengers celebrate after winning the overall championship ofthe fifth edition of the Carlton Super Sevens Rugby Championship which

ended at Reid Avenue last evening. (Pic by Kamal Wanniarachchi)

(sundaytimes.lk) SchoolsOld Boys Cricket Twenty20ChampionshipSri Sumangala College XI andMahanama College XIqualified to play in the final ofthe second successiveSchools Old Boys CricketTwenty20 Championshipconducted at the PanaduraEsplanade yesterday.The star-studded Twenty20tournament which featured agalaxy of national cricketerswho represented and are inthe present squads of thenational stream, was

represented the five leadingcricket-playing schools fromthe Panadura area during theirschool career. At the time ofgoing to press the finalencounter played under lightsfor the Upali SuraweeraChallenge Trophy was still inprogress.Sri Sumangala XI booked theirberth in the final afterrecording a thrilling 2-run winagainst Royal CollegePanadura in a low-scoringsemi-final which went to thelast wire. Batting first SriSumangala managed to post114-9 with Dilruwan Pereratop scoring 40 but a decentbowling display by off-spinnerBuddhi Perera helped them indefending the total. RoyalPanadura were restricted to112-8.The second semi-final toofeatured the similarexcitement as the first clashas Mahanama CollegePanadura secured a thrilling4-run victory against St.

John’s College Panaduradespite a superb bowling effortby off-spinner ThilangaSudharshana who picked sixwickets. Mahanama battingfirst were bundled out for 138runs with 25 deliveries tospare. A hurricane knock of 60runs by Nayana Priyanjanahelped Mahanama reach atotal which eventually becametoo challenging for St. John’s.Despite a good knock of 54runs by former nationalcricketer Charitha Buddhika,St. John’s fell short of thevictory target as they were

restricted to 134-8 inthe end. Mahanamaearlier had to play aqualifying matchagainst the fifth team ofthe competition; St.Anthony’s CollegePanadura and recordeda thumping 9-wicketwin. St. Anthony’sbatting first werebowled out for 56 runs.Mahanama made 62 for1 in 5.2 overs to reach

the semi-final stage.Semi-final 1: Sri SumangalaXI beat Royal Panadura XI by2 runsSri Sumangala XI 114 for 9wickets (20) (Dilruwan Perera40, Buddhi Perera 15,Chathura Silva 13, AnjulaPerera 3 for 28)Royal Panadura 112 for 8wickets (20) (Chamara Silva16, Sampath Deshabandu 21,Anjula Perera 16, DineshSanjeewa 16, Buddhi Perera 4for 24)Semi-final 2: Mahanama XIbeat St. John’s XI by 4 runsMahanama 138 all out (13.5)(Nayana Priyanjana 60,Hemantha Kumara 14,Thimira Nuwan 18, ThilangaSudharshana 6 for 15,Yadeesha Diluk 3 for 19)St. John’s 134 for 8 wickets(20) (Charitha Buddhika 54,Champika Udithakumara 22,Namal Jayalath 22, SadeeraKumara 15, HemanthaKumara 2 for 18, KasunMadushanka 3 for 25)

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Royal Panadura XI players celebrate thewicket of Sri Sumangala XI player Kaushal

Silva. - Pic by Amlia Gamage




by Roshen Steelman(island.lk) On Saturday, the Colombo BasketballClub, walked away with yet another trophy, whenthey quite easily beat Hambantota Sports Club‘Blues’ (HSC), 61-47, in the final of the Colombo

Super League Cager Tournament (‘A’ Div), atPolice Park, Bambalapitiya.At the end of the first half, Colombo BC wereahead 35-16.Colombo BC’s play-maker Praneeth Udumalgala

was outstanding once again, topscoring with 20 points. He wasadjudged by the members of thenational selection committee asthe Best Player of theTournament. His skipper,Harshadeva Yasarathne was alsooutstanding, as he accounted for19 points. Roshan Fernandofound the net on 15 occasions.Mithila Abeysekara top scored forthe losers with 12 points, whileThmothi Nithushan scored 11points.In the Women’s ‘A’ Division final,HNB recorded a 72-62 win overSri Lanka Navy after leading 37-28 at the half way mark. DilaniFernando top scored for thewinners with 25 points, whileAnjalee Ekanayake netted 18points.For Navy, Premila Fernandoscored 21 points and SolanjiGunawijaye, 14.Dilani Fernando of HNB won theaward for the Best Player in the

women’s tournament.Meanwhile, Old Bens won the OverallChampionship in the Veterans’ Tournament,when they beat Royal BC 43-38 in thrilling game.Old Bens were trailing 20-16 at the half way markbut fought back in the second half. JohnsonTazan, who adjudged as the Best Player in theVeterans’ tournament, top scored for the winnerswith 17 points, while Anuja Rathnayake scored15 points for the losers.The tournament was conducted by the ColomboDistrict Basketball Association.

Chammi Muthumala, Managing Director,Leisure World Water Park (Pvt) Ltd., handsover the Overall Championship Trophy toHarshadeva de Silva, captain of Colombo

Basketball Club. (Pic by Dimuthu Premaratne)

Colombo BC wins yet another trophy

Dinesh WeerawansaSri Lanka will send an eight-member team for the14th IAAF World Championship which is scheduledto commence in Moscow on August 10. Besideshurdler Christine Sonali Merrill and javelin throwerNadeeka Lakmali, Sri Lanka will also field its men’s4 x 400m men’s relay team which bagged a medalat the recent Asian Championships.But Sri Lanka’s record at the IAAF WorldChampionship series is extremely poor withSusanthika Jayasinghe being the only Lankan

medallist. Sri Lanka has won only two medals - asilver and a bronze, in the 30-year-history of theIAAF World Championship series which began in1983.‘Dazzling Gazelle’ Susanthika Jayasinghe hasaccounted for both the medals ever won by SriLanka. More importantly, she has won her secondmedal exactly ten years after herfirst historic feat.It took 14 years since theinauguration of the IAAF World

Championship series for SriLanka to secure a medal.Jayasinghe created Sri Lankaathletic history when shebagged women’s 200m silvermedal at the 1997 IAAF WorldChampionships held in Athens,Greece.On her way to the silver,Jayasinghe won the second ofthe four quarter final heatsworked off on August 6, 1997 -exactly 16 years ago. Sheclocked 22,47 to win the heattwo, ahead of Russian MarinaTrandenkova (22.63) andJamaican Juliet Cuthbert(22.83).All three qualified to run in the semi finals. Theother woman sprinters who won the otherquarter final heats are Jamaican Merline Ottey(22.65 in heat 1), French Marie-Jose Perec(22.69 in heat 3) and Australian MelindaGainsford-Taylor (the fastest quarter final timingof 22.45 seconds in heat four).Interestingly, Zahana Pintusevich-Block ofUkraine who ultimately won the women’s 200mgold in Athens 1997, finished only third in heat 4with a timing of 22.56 seconds, behind

Australian Melinda Gainsford-Taylor and FrenchSylviane Felix (22.56).In the women’s 200m semi finals worked off onAugust 7, 1997, both Jayasinghe and Pintusevich-Block finished only second in their respectivesemis. Pintusevich-Block clocked 22.65 to finishsecond in the first semi final won by American Inger

Miller in 22.59 seconds. Similarly,Jayasinghe returned a timing of 22.33seconds to come second behindJamaican Ottey (a season’s best 22.26).But both Pintusevich-Block andJayasinghe rose to the big occasionwhen the women’s 200m final wasworked off on August 8, 1997.The Ukrainian, the fastest out of theblocks in the final and running against thewind (- 0.7), clocked 22.32 to secure thegold while Jayasinghe’s 22.39 was goodenough for the silver, ahead of JamaicanOttey who settled for the bronze medal in22.40.It was only one hundredth of a secondthat differentiated Jayasinghe from Ottey.Much fancied athletes such as RussianYekaterina Leshcheva-Grigoryeva(22.50) and American Miller (22.52)secured the fourth and fifth placesrespectively.

Exactly ten years after that memorable feat,Jayasinghe bagged another medal in her pet event- this time a bronze at the 2007 IAAF WorldChampionships in Osaka, Japan when yours trulycovered the event for the Daily News and theSunday Observer.Jayasinghe clocked a season’s best 22.55 secondsto win the women’s 200m first qualifying round heatworked off on August 29, 2007, behind AmericanAllison Felix (22.50). On August 29, 2007,Jayasinghe was placed second in the first quarter

final heat with the identical timing she had in theheats to finish behind Felix’s US teammate SanyaRichards-Ross (22.31).The others who won the three remaining quarterfinals were American Felix (22.61 in QF heat 2),Jamaicans Veronica Campbell-Brown (22.55 in QFheat 3) and Aleen Bailey (22.60 in QF heat 4).Felix, the ultimate gold medallist had beenconsistent right throughout her way to the women’s200m crown. Having won the second quarter final,she also won the first semi final worked off onAugust 30, 2007 with a timing of 22.21 seconds,ahead of Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown(22.44) and American Torri Edwards (22.51).Jayasinghe finished third in the second semi finalworked off in the same night with a timing of 22.66seconds. The race was won by American SanyaRichards-Ross in 22.50 seconds ahead ofJamaican Aleen Bailey who was placed secondwith a timing of 22.65.The women’s 200m final of the 2007 IAAF WorldChampionship was worked off at Osaka Stadiumon August 31, 2007 night.American Felix clocked that year’s world’s leadingtiming of 21.81 seconds to win the gold medal.Jamaican Campbell-Brown won the silver with aseason’s best 22.34 seconds ahead of Jayasinghewhose timing of 22.63 seconds won her the bronze.The writer could well remember how Jayasinghebroke to the good news to President MahindaRajapaksa, the first to greet Jayasinghe, as shewalked into the stadium right after the race.It was minutes after the race that PresidentRajapaksa came on the writer’s mobile phone togreet Jayasinghe while she was speaking to SriLanka’s four-member media team of SarathPrematillake (Kreeda), Asoka Goonetillake(Divaina) and Channaka de Silva (Daily Mirror).“Sir, I did it sir. I did it once again for my country,”Jayasinghe told the President.

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Susanthika - after hervictorious runin Osaka 2007




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S M Jiffrey Abdeen Kandy Sports Correspondent(dailynews.lk) Heavy rains which lasted over twohours forced the organisers to abandon the finalsand declared the finalists as joint champions atthe all island schools boys and girls under 15hockey championships oraganised by the SriLanka Schools Hockey Association and played atthe Nandamithra International Hockey Stadium,Matale on Sunday. The downpour which startedin the afternoon was so heavy with gusts ofwinds blowing virtually flooded the astro. Turfand the worn out surface was slow in draining offthe water on top which gave way to slipperyconditions and not conducive to play the twomatches. The two joint champions were SeethaDevi Balika Vidyalaya, Kandy and SirimavoBandaranaike Girls College, Colombo in thesegment for girls and Nalanda Vidyalaya,

Colombo and Vijaya College, Matale in thechampionship for boys. Since the finals could notbe worked off the organisers decided on thefollowing awards on the overall performances.Girls – Joint Best players Pragathi Jayaweera(Sirimavo Bandaranaike Girls College) andNishadi Abeyratne (Seetha Devi BalikaVidyalaya) Boys – Shashika Prabath Abeykoon(Vijaya College, Matale) and Bodhika Dias(Nalanda College, Colombo) were adjudged bestplayers. The president of the Sri Lanka SchoolsHockey Association Dampiya Wanasinghe wasthe chief guest and he distributed the awards. Inthe two consolation finals JanadhipathiVidyalaya, Nawala beat St Joseph’s BalikaVidyalaya, Kegalle 2-0 and Sri SumangalaCollege, Kandy beat St Aloysius College, Galle3-1 on penalty strokes. In the two semi-finals for

girls Seetha Devi Balika Vidyalaya beat StJoseph’s Balika Vidyalaya 4-1 on penalty strokesand Sirimavo Bandaranaike Girls College beatJanadhipathi Vidyalaya 2-1 on penalty strokesafter the scores stood level at one all at the endof regulation time. A little piece of history wascreated when St Joseph’s Balika Vidyalaya,Kegalle became the first school from the Kegalledistrict and for that matter the SabaragamuwaProvince to enter the semi finals of an all islandhockey tournament. Their performance is all themore creditable as the game of hockey is hardlyplayed in the Kegalle District with no propergrounds. There is only one ground in Kegallewhich is the public grounds and is used for allsports by all clubs and schools. St Joseph’sBalika Vidyalaya have already stamped theirclass in athletics winning the Junior Tarbat on

a number of occasion and have also performedwell at netball, chess and ladies cricket. In thesemi-finals for boys Nalanda College beat SriSumangala College 3-2 on penalty strokes andVijaya College, Matale beat St Aloysius College1-0. St Aloysius College, Galle also carved theirname into the record books when they becamethe first Southern School to play in the semi-finals of an all island schools hockeychampionship. This Southern Province capital isknown for cricket and soccer and now the gameof hockey is gaining ground. Another point ofinterest is that Central Province is reputed forhockey and just three teams managed to enterthe semi finals of this tournament. Is it a sign ofhockey is on its wane in the hills.

(dailymirror.lk) Sri Lanka Under 19 made agrand recovery after resuming on theirovernight score of 245 for 5 and losing twoearly wickets for the addition of 13 runs to posta mammoth score of 499 on the final day of thesecond Youth Test match against the IndiaUnder 19 which ended in a draw at theWelagedera Stadium in Kurunegala yesterday.The recovery came on the back of a valuableeighth wicket partnership of 188 runs betweenA.K. Tyrone and Binura Fernando who bothcracked tons. Tyrone made 123 which included17 boundaries and three sixes while Binuraremained unbeaten on 100 which had 15boundaries and a six.India Under 19 were left with a daunting task of319 runs for victory from one session of playand ended the day making 113 for 3.The two teams will now play three ODI’s withthe first scheduled to be played on August 4 atthe Rangiri Dambula Stadium. This will befollowed with the second ODI on August 6 atKurunegala and the third ODI at Dambula onAugust 8.Sri Lanka Under 19 212 (Kavindu Kulasekera84, Priyamal Perera 36, Kusal Mendis 34:

Kuldeep Yadav 6 for 38, Atul Singh 2 for 45)and (245/5 overnight) 499 (A.K. Tyrone 123,Kusal Mendis 65, Sadeera Samatawickrama63, Priyamal Perera 41, Hashan Dumindu 31,KavinduKulasekera 29,Minod Bhanuka16, BinuraFernando 100n.o.: CharmaMilind 4 for 98,Kuldeep Yadav 2for 132)India Under 19393 for 8 declared(Vijay Zol 128,Shreyas Iyer 84,Sanju Samson 70,Aamir Gani 41,Shubham Khajuria36: PriyamalPerera 2 for 24,A.K. Tyrone 2 for116) and 113 for 3(Akhil Herwadkar32, Shubham

Khajuria 15, Shreyas Iyer 26 n.o., SanjuSamson 23 n.o.: Priyamal Perera 2 for 28)-MSA

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(dailynews.lk) Waruna Attanayake of LyceumInternational School Wattala was the first to createa new meet, when he cleared 1.85 metres in theboys under 15 high Jump event at the John TarbatJunior Athletic Championship which started atMahinda Rajapaksa stadium Diyagama yesterday.The disadvantage ofAttanayake's height, beingthe shortest among the finalthree contenders, did notcreate problems for him totop the podium. UdeshRanasinghe of DharmapalaMV Pannipitiya finishedsecond with 1.67 metreswhle Attanayake's trainingpartner Sapna Senarathnefinished third with a 1.64metre jump.Attanayake compete alone for the record whichwas 1.81 metres, previously owned by by Primal

Dias of Maris Stella College Negambo back in1995.However Attanayake suffered a minor ankle injurywhere he break the bar at 1.88m and stoppedwithout finishing his full quota of three jumps.Dulsha Nethmini Weerasinghe of Bandaranayake

CC, Weyangoda won thegirls under 14 Shot Put with8.34m throws. NavodyaPerera of God ShepherdBMV Wattala finished third(7.85m).Jaani Gayana de Silva (AveMaria convent-Negambo)won the discus throw for girlsunder 15 with a 24.66 metrethrow. Sachini Madushika(St. Lawrance Convent

Colombo) finished second with 24.11metres whileAshmi Kavindya (St. Ritazs College-Thaldeka)finished third with 23.00 metres.

(dailymirror.lk) Sri Lanka will take on South Africain the final T20I of their three-match series today,with pride and their number one ranking in theformat, on the line, at the Sooriyawewa Stadium inHambantota.A series whitewash againstthe Proteas - Sri Lanka arealready 0-2 down – wouldsee the home team slip tothird in the ICC rankings,behind Pakistan and India.If Sri Lanka is to make anyimpression their batsmenwill have to put up a betterperformance as theyflopped at crucial stages inboth the games which sawtheir downfall.It was Kumar Sangakkarawho again played the sheet anchor role andvirtually was responsible in delaying an early winfor South Africa. Sangakkara was the top scorerfor Sri Lanka in both the matches with knocks of59 and 39.Captain Dinesh Chandimal will have to put hishead down and his dismissal in the previousmatch was due to rash shot he attempted chasinga wide ball of Lonwabo Tsotsobe. It’s also high

time that Lahiru Thirimanne and Angelo Mathewswho have both failed in the first two games put inmore effort with their bat.The bowling too has much left to be desired as theSri Lankan bowlers gave away 43 runs in the last

five overs with pacieNuwan Kulasekera andspinner SachithraSenanayake being theonly two to make anyimpression.Sri Lanka would mostprobably go into the gamewith some changes asskipper Chandimalmentioned in the postmatch conference, withSangakkara being tippedto given a rest.

The foundation for South Africa’s win the secondT20 was laid by man of the match David Millerwho was responsible with a 21-ball knock of 36, insetting a challenging target for the host side. Hewill no doubt be the cynosure of all eyes as theProteas look to wind up their tour on a winningnote.-MSASri Lanka Probable Playing XI:

Kushal Janith Perera,Mahela Jayawardene,Dinesh Chandimal(c),Kumar Sangakkara(w),Angelo Mathews,Tillakaratne Dilshan,Nuwan Kulasekara,Thisara Perera,SachithraSenanayake, LasithMalinga, AjanthaMendisSouth Africa ProbablePlaying XI:Henry Davids, Quintonde Kock(w), Faf duPlessis(c), Jean-PaulDuminy, AB de Villiers,David Miller, DavidWiese, Wayne Parnell,Morne Morkel, ImranTahir, LonwaboTsotsobe

(dailynews.lk) Southern Province clichedthe boys championship of the soccertournament of the 39th national sportsfestival while North Western Province tookthe girls title in the championship worked offat Seevali Grounds Ratnapura andMudduwa Grounds respectively from July27 to 30, 2013. Southern Province enteredthe semi finals of the boys tournament byovercoming North Western Province 5 - 3while Western Province beat NorthernProvince by 5 - 2 in the other semi final.Southern Province won the final in a penaltyshootout by eight goals to seven in extratime after the scores read nil all at full time.North Central Province beat NorthernProvince by 7 - 0 in the Women’s semi finalwhile North Western Province overcameSouthern Province in the other semi final. NorthWestern Province scored a resounding 9 - 0 winover North Central Province in the final Nineteams took part in this tournament including sidesfrom Northern and Eastern Provinces.WesternProvince was adjudged as the runners up of theboys tournament while North Central Province was

declared as the runners up of the women’stournament. M.I.J.B.Shivantha of the SouthernProvince was adjudged the best player. Theawards were distributed by the chief guest Ministerof Public Administration and Home Affairs JohnSeneviratne while Basnayake Nilame of SamanDevalaya Kamal Ratwatte was also present.

(island.lk) HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka – It wasSouth Africa against Kumar Sangakkara again,this time in Hambantota, and the visiting bowlingunit managed to overcome and guarantee theirside a trophy. In vicious winds, South Africa’sattack held their nerve to defend a challengingtotal and ensure the series was won with a gameto play.Sangakkara was the only batsman to mount achallenge and lacked the support South Africa’sline-up gave each other, albeit somewhatscrappy.As was the case in the first match, the bowlers,led by Lonwabo Tsotsobe upfront, struckregularly to ensure Sri Lanka were always atarm’s length from the total.Earlier, aggressive batting by JP Duminy andDavid Miller steered South Africa to 145-6 in thesecond Twenty20 international in wind-sweptHambantota on Sunday.Duminy scored 30 off 23 balls and Miller hit a 21-ball 36 after the tourists, who elected to bat afterwinning the toss, were reduced to 48-3 in theninth over.South Africa needed a win to wrap up the three-match series, having won the first game by 12runs in Colombo on Friday.The tourists were unchanged for the secondgame, while Sri Lanka brought in MahelaJayawardene and Nuwan Kulasekara in place ofTillakaratne Dilshan and Jeevan Mendis.Seamer Kulasekara finished with two for 22,while Sachithra Senanayake claimed two for 18in four steady overs of off-spin bowling despitethe windy conditions.Opener Quinton de Kock scored 19 and starbatsman AB de Villiers was run out after making15.South AfricaH. Davids b Kulasekara 7Q. de Kock st Sangakkara b Senanayake 19F. du Plessis b Malinga 12JP Duminy c Mathews b Senanayake 30

AB de Villiers run out 15D. Miller c Chandimal b Kulasekara 36D. Wiese not out 7W. Parnell not out 10Extras: (2lb, 7w) 9TOTAL: (for six wickets) 145Overs: 20Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-44, 3-48, 4-86, 5-105, 6-132Did not bat: Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir, LonwaboTsotsobeBowling: Kulasekara 4-0-22-2 (1w), Malinga 4-0-32-1 (1w), Senanayake 4-0-18-2 (5w), Mathews4-0-32-0, Mendis 4-0-39-0

Sri LankaK. Perera lbw b Tahir 21M. Jayawardene c de Kock b Tsotsobe 6D. Chandimal c de Kock b Tsotsobe 2K. Sangakkara c Wiese b Morkel 39L. Thirimanne b Parnell 18A. Mathews c de Villiers b Wiese 1T. Perera not out 22N. Kulasekara c de Kock b Morkel 10S. Senananyake not out 1Extras: (1b, 2w) 3TOTAL: (for seven wickets) 123Overs: 20Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-27, 3-48, 4-85, 5-88, 6-90,7-112Did not bat: Lasith Malinga, Ajantha MendisBowling: Lonwabo Tsotsobe 4-0-17-2 (1w),Morne Morkel 4-0-34-2 (1w), Wayne Parnell 4-0-25-1, David Wiese 4-0-25-1, Imran Tahir 4-0-21-1.Result: South Africa won by 22 runsSeries: South Africa leads three-match series 2-0Toss: South AfricaUmpires: Ranmore Martinesz and RuchiraPalliyaguruge, Sri LankaTV umpire: Raveendra Wimalasiri, Sri LankaMatch referee: Andy Pycroft, Zimbabwe.

Southern Province emerge boyssoccer champions

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