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Priyanka Kurugala(dailynews.lk) A PostgraduateSchool of Medical Sciences(PGSM) is to be built adjoining thePeradeniya University MedicalFaculty, Higher Education andResearch Minister Dr. SarathAmunugama said.The construction of the proposedfacility which will be built at a costof Rs. 4 billion is to beginimmediately.Dr. Amunugama said a secondPGSM is an urgent need as the only such facilityin Colombo cannot cater to the existing demand.The facility is also expected to offer postgraduatecourses related to medical sciences which are notavailable at the PGSM in Colombo.The minister disclosed these details addressingofficials at a special meeting at the ministry.He said already Rs. 100 million has been releasedto initiate construction and advised the officials to

commence the project immediately.Along with the proposed PGSM a new teachinghospital too is slated to be established.Peradeniya University Vice Chancellor Prof. AthulaSenaratne, Medical Faculty Dean M. D.Lamawansa, University Grants CommissionChairman Prof. Mohan Silva and ministrysecretary P. Ranepura were among theparticipants.

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PGSM coming up close to PeradeniyaUniversity Medical Faculty(colombogazette.com) Kumar Sangakkara was a

star attraction in the Royal Box on centre court forSportsman Saturday at Wimbledon.England rugby coach Stuart Lancaster and captainChris Robshaw are also in attendance, along withgolfers Justin Rose and Luke Donald.Irish legend Brian O’Driscoll, Leeds-born boxerNicola Adams, veteran runner Jo Pavey andParalympian star David Weir are also on the royallist.Tennis legends Boris Becker and MartinaNavratilova make appearances at their adoptedhome as do cricket greats Geoffrey Boycott,Andrews Strauss, Jimmy Anderson, former footballstars Gary Lineker and Graeme Le Saux and ex-rugby aces Matt Dawson and Bill Beaumont.

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(colombopage.com) July 07, Colombo: A formerLieutenant Colonel of Sri Lanka Army, RanjithChandrasiri Perera, who has been indicted forattempted assassination of the former head ofthe state of Sri Lanka has consented to pleadguilty for the charge, the counsel of the accusedannounced today before the court.Counsel Saliya Peiris informed Colombo HighCourt today that his client would plead guilty ofthe charges against conspiring to assassinateformer President Mahinda Rajapaksa, formerSecretary of the Ministry of Defense GotabayaRajapaksa and former Army Commander SarathFonseka.He is accused of conspiring to kill the threepersons at Deyata Kirula development exhibitionheld in BMICH, Colombo in 2008 in connivance

with the LTTE rebels.The former officer has allegedly assisted a LTTEsuicide cadre to gain entry into the grounds ofBMICH where the Deyata Kirula exhibition washeld. However the suicide mission failed and theLTTE suspect was arrested. The army officerwas arrested shortly afterwards.He was indicted in 2011 for harboring the suicidecadre in a secure location within the BMICHgrounds.The Army officer was the former commander ofthe Transit Army Camp at Ratmalana. Foursuspects are indicted for the charge. One ofthem has been released on bail. The LieutenantColonel and others are in remand since theywere arrested.

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Nadira Gunatilleke( ) The total population of Sri Lanka byMarch 2012 was 20.4 million. The Total FertilityRate (TFR) statistics in 2015 indicate that SriLankan Moor population had recorded 3.3 TFRwhile Indian Tamils had recorded a 2.9 of TFR.The TFR of Sri Lankan Tamils and Sinhalese is

2.3, Prof. Indralal de Silvaattached to the Department ofDemography of the ColomboUniversity said.Prof. de Silva said Sri LankanMoors reported the highest TFRin 2011 while Sri Lankan Tamilsand Sinhalese recorded the

lowest TFR in 2011.The highest TFR wasrecorded fromTrincomalee, NuwaraEliya, Anuradhapuraand Monaragaladistricts while thelowest TFR recordedfrom Colombo, Jaffna,Kalutara and Galledistricts.Prof. de Silvaaddressing a specialconference on‘Population for Healthand SustainableDevelopment’organised by theFamily Health Bureauand UNFPA inColombo yesterday,pointed out that the

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(colombogazette.com) The LTTE Black Tigers werecommemorated in the Jaffna university today, theJaffna media reported.Commemorating the LTTE is banned in Sri Lankasince the LTTE is listed as a terrorist group.However Jaffna university students hadcommemorated the LTTE Black Tigers by lightingcandles.The first Black Tiger was Vallipuram Vasanthan,who drove a small truck laden with explosivesinto a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) camp in Nelliady,Jaffna peninsula, on 5 July 1987, killing himselfand between 39–100 Sri Lankan soldiers.Black Tigers were specially selected and trainedLTTE cadres whose missions included mountingsuicide attacks against military and civiliantargets.Civilian targets included places of worship, ports,airports and assassinations of high-profile Indian

and Sri Lankan dignitaries, among them Sri LankanPresident Ranasinghe Premadasa.From their formation in 1987 until the defeat of theLTTE in 2009, more than 330 Black Tigers madesuicide attacks on land and sea, mostly in SriLanka. (Colombo Gazette)

( ) RetiredChief of Defence Staff, Lt.Gen. Jagath Jayasuriya,has reportedly not beengranted a visa to visit theUnited States although his

wife had been granted one in May this year.The visa applications had been sent to the USEmbassy in May and the duo was scheduled toleave the country on a private visit on June 30, theDaily Mirror learns. However, the passport of theformer CDS was still at the embassy and had not

been returned as yet.Lt. Gen Jagath Jayasuriya took over asCommander of the Army after the end of the civilconflict and was thereafter appointed Chief ofDefense Staff. He retired from the position a fewweeks ago.Meanwhile, when contacted by Daily Mirror on thematter, a spokesman for the US Embassy inColombo said that as a matter of policy, theycannot comment on individual cases. “That’s all wehave to say at this moment,” he said.

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(island.lk) After a long, hard fight a seven-foot-longcobra swallowed a five-foot-long viper in a paddy

field in Jayanthipura in Galenbindunuwewa.By Percy Kuruneru Anuradhapura Corr.

Cobra swallows viper

LTTE Black Tigers commemoratedin Jaffna university

Tiran Alles’ FRapplication fixed forsupport on July 10

By Chitra Weerarathne(island.lk) The Supreme Courtyesterday fixed for support onJuly 10, the fundamentalrights violation petition, filedby Tiran Alles, allegingimminent, illegal arrest.The Additional SolicitorGeneral Yassantha KodagodaPC, who appeared for the IGP and theDirector of the CID, gave an undertaking tothe Court that Alles would not be arresteduntil July 10. The status quo would remainthe same, he assured.Alles has said that the CID says he issuspected of having financial transactionwith the LTTE. He could well be illegallyarrested on that baseless allegation inviolation of his personal liberty.

(ceylontoday.lk) A 23-year-old Sri Lankan womandied early Saturday morning in Bahrain after fallingfrom the balcony of a ninth-floor residencebelonging to a U.S. Marine.The woman, Kudaliyanage Dona Nimesha UdariGunasekera, was attending a party at Class PlazaTwo in Juffair at the time of the incident, accordingto the Naval Criminal Investigative Service MiddleEast field office.According to NCIS, witnesses claim Gunasekerawas "visibly intoxicated and stumbling." A Marineattempted to grab her but was unable to reach herin time.Drinking alcohol in public is banned throughout theholy month of Ramadan, but U.S. personnel areauthorized to drink in their private residences.Marines at the residence have cooperated withBahraini authorities leading the investigation, saidCapt. Robert Martins, Marine Corps Forces CentralCommand Forward public affairs officer. TheMarines gave voluntary statements and werereleased.The investigation is ongoing, but no foul play is

suspected and no arrests have been made.It's the second death involving U.S. militarypersonnel in recent months in Bahrain. In May, asailor assigned to the USS Farragut died afterfalling from a hotel balcony in Juffair.Navy officials said the circumstances surroundingthat fall are still under investi(Stars and Stripes)

Sri Lankan woman falls to death in Bahrain

Justice Sarath deAbrew surrenders

(adaderana.lk) Appellate Court Judge Sarath deAbrew, who is alleged to have attacked a domesticworker at his home on or around June 26,surrendered to the Mt-Lavinia Magistrate’s Court, ashort while ago, Ada Derana court reporter said.A woman who had served as a domestic worker atthe residence of the Justice in question lodged acomplaint with Mt. Lavinia Police claiming that shehad been assaulted. Based on this complaint, ateam of police officers had visited Abrew’s residencein order to record a statement, however, the judgehad declined to give a statement, it was reported.

(adaderana.lk) Indian Union minister of state forroad transport, highways and shipping, PonRadhakrishnan revealed that the Centre isconsidering a proposal to establish a rail bridgelinking Rameswaram (a coastal pilgrim centre inTN) and Thalaimannar in Sri Lanka, the DeccanChronicle news agency reported. If the projectmaterialises, the two countries would be linked.A short boat ride used to connect the railway linesthat ended at Talaimannar in Sri Lanka(Talaimannar) and Dhanushkodi in India, whichwas in operation till 1966. During his visit to thecity on Sunday, the Union Minister told reportersduring an informal chat that the Prime MinisterNarendra Modi-led BJP government is

considering a proposal to establish a bridge toconnect the two countries.

Asked about the fate of the SethusamudramShip Canal Project, Mr Radhakrishnan saidthe project was not shelved. “The matter issub judice… a decision on the project wouldbe taken based on the outcome of the courtruling,” he said.

India mulling rail bridge between Rameswaramand Talaimannar

In a hotly contested case over the rights of thewell known musician, the late ClarenceWijewardena, the Western Province, CommercialHigh Court Judge, this week dismissed a casefiled by his widow and daughter seeking adeclaration that they are entitled to the economicand moral rights in respect of the lyrics, musiccomposition and melodies of 39 songscomposed by him.High Court Judge Mahinda Samayawardhenaheld that Clarence Wijewardena himself had soldsome of his songs during his lifetime to thirdparties, and in evidence, the Plaintiffs wereunable to give specific details where his unsold

songs were being performedby Defendant, AnnesleyMalawana.Judge Samayawardhenaholding in favour ofDefendant Malawana, statedthat the wife of ClarenceWijewardena did not have alist of his songs, and the onlyproperties listed as belonging to him are theland, his house and a vehicle. Any residualproperties were bequeathed to his daughter (wholives in Australia), so that even if the songs, hisproperty, his widow was not entitled to its rights.

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By Wickrama Senevirathne(nation.lk) A group of former LTTE cadreswere handed over to their familiesfollowing a one year rehabilitationprogram in Vavuniya on June 30. Theevent was held at the PoonthottamRehabilitation Center.Currently over 12000 such former LTTEcadres, who surrendered to the armedforces during the final stages of the war,have been rehabilitated and returned tosociety. Only 55 cadres remain in thefacility being put through therehabilitation process.At the event, seven former cadres were

released to their families having alsoreceived education, guidance along withtraining in various trades such asconstruction and carpentry.The individualswere releasedunder theguidance ofRehabilitationCommissionerGeneral MajorGeneral JagathWijethilake. Theevent waspresided overby PoonthottamRehabilitation

Center Co-coordinating Officer ColonelH.A.R Hambon and Lieutenant B.B.HFernando.

(island.lk) St. Benedict’s College, Colombo 13, theoldest Catholic institution in the archdiocese ofColombo will be celebrating its 150 years (1865-1915) of its existence in SriLanka on July 10, 2015commencing with Holy Massconcelebrated by old boyBishop and Priests at St.Lucia’s Cathedral at 8.00a.m. Thereafter a Collegeassembly will be held at 9.30a.m. at St. Benedict’sCollege quadrangle(Premises) where thePresident of Sri LankaMaithripala Sirisena willgrace the occasion as theChief Guest.

Further, the organizing committee had madearrangements to issue a commemorative stamp atthis function.

St. Benedict’s College celebrates 150 years

Rehabbed ex-rebels return to society

US restores GSPscheme; SL exports

to benefit(ft.lk) The Department of Commerce announcedyesterday that the US President had restored theUS Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) witheffect from 29 June 2015 for a number of countriesincluding Sri Lanka.The US President signed HR 1295 into law on 29June 2015, reauthorising the US GSP programuntil 31 December 2017, providing preferentialduty-free entry into US market for nearly 5,000products from 122 designated beneficiarycountries and territories, including Sri Lanka.

Provincial Council member HirunikaPremachandra tied the knot today in the

presence of President MaithripalaSirisena and several politicians and

guests. (Pictures from HirunikaPremachandra’s Facebook)

Hirunika says “I Do”

Moorsfrom P2decrease of age at marriage and increase ofremarriage rate is one reason behind theincrease of fertility in all ethnicities.There are few more reasons behind theincrease of fertility. Sri Lanka has become theleader of Asia in demographic achievementsand also the first country in South Asia to reach(1994) the replacement fertility. Sri Lanka is thefirst country in South Asia to reach belowreplacement fertility, he said.Annually between 150,000 to 225,000abortions take place in Sri Lanka while only 30Sri Lankan women in every 100 are employedin the formal sector. Teenage pregnancies isone of the burning issues in Sri Lanka at themoment. The teen fertility has been increasingrapidly during the past 10 to 15 years. The ageat marriage has gone down drastically. TheTFR in Sri Lanka is 2.42 by 2012 and the TFRof some countries such as Nepal (2.4),Maldives (2.3), Bhutan (2.3), India (2.5) in the

region is similar to SriLanka, he added.

(nation.lk) Former JVP leader SomawansaAmarasinghe vows that he would mobilise forcesto thwart the former President Mahinda

Rajapaksa’s attempts to enter the Parliament asan MP again. Former JVPer speaking at aconference organised by the National Council for a

Clean Tomorrow, said that so called FreedomAlliance was functioning only with the JVP andat present only the Sri Lanka Freedom Party isthere. “Others are just name-boards.”He said that they will start their campaign toget rid of all those corrupt elements seekingnominations and defeat a conspiracy beinghatched to destabilize the country.

Postal voting on August5-6, Teachers could

vote on Aug 3(adaderana.lk) Postal voting for the upcomingGeneral Election to be held on August 17 will takeplace on August 5-6, Assistant ElectionsCommissioner told Ada Derana. He added thatTeachers could cast their postal votes on August 3.The General Election is to be held on August 17while the acceptance of nominations began onMonday (July 6). The deadline for acceptingnominations has been set for noon on July 13.

Somawansha to fight against corruptelements seeking nominations

(colombogazette.com) United National Party (UNP)leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has been urged toincrease the number of Muslim candidatescontesting the upcoming Parliament election fromthe United National Party (UNP).In a letter to the UNP leader, the Muslim Council ofSri Lanka noted that the Muslim communities havebeen loyal supporters and have been voting theUnited National Party overwhelmingly for decades.“There is much concern amongst the communitythat their representation within the UNP has beenreduced. This is mainly because the UNP is

supposed to have made a decision to field only twoMuslim candidates in predominantly Muslimdominated areas. Sir, you are well aware, theMuslim representation has been higher in thedistricts ofKandy, Colombo in previous governments. We areconcerned that independent groups may comeforward from the Muslim community and the Muslimvote could get further fragmented, thereby reducingthe chances of even two members being electedfrom these districts,” the Muslim Council added.

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Widow asks for helpto educate child

(island.lk) Mangalika Ranasinghe (27) ofAttanagalle, Weerangula seeks publicassistance to meet the cost of her daughterMinoshi Gauli Kanishka’s education. Minoshi ispreparing for the Grade Five Scholarshipexamination this year.Mangalika’s husband J Somadasa, a daily paidworker, died three months ago and she finds itdifficult look after her daughter. She could becontracted through Upul Vinimal (0778317824).

(sundaytimes.lk) The Good market was re launched at itsnew premises on Rajakeeya Mw. The market which

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(adaderana.lk) Former President MahindaRajapaksa has rejected as “exaggeratedallegations” made by the United National Party(UNP) regarding the spending of a sumexceeding Rs 9.4 million for a “Rajapaksa familybreakfast.”Former UNP parliamentarian Nalin Bandara hadsaid, at a press conference on Monday (6), thatthe Rajapaksa family had ordered breakfast forover Rs 9.4 million from The Hilton Hotel and notpaid the bill.He had produced a document from the HiltonHotel to prove the allegation and inquired as towhy public funds had been spent on a familybreakfast.

However, Rajapaksa’s Media CoordinatingSecretary Rohan Welivita says that the documentproduced by the ex-MP was a pro-forma invoicedated 11 November 2013 to provide breakfast for1400 guests at the rate of Rs 5,200 per headduring the Commonwealth Heads of GovernmentMeeting (CHOGM) opening ceremony at theNelum Pokuna on 15 November, 2013.He conceded that the total bill with the servicecharge and taxes amounts to over Rs 9.4 million.The CHOGM 2013 opening ceremony wasattended by Prince Charles and the heads ofstate or

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(adaderana.lk) The Sri Lankan Government hasappointed four new ambassadors and one HighCommissioner to countries including Australia,Canada and South Korea.The following individuals have been appointed tothe diplomatic positions:S. Skandakumar – Ambassador to AustraliaDr A.S.U. Mendis – Ambassador to BahrainA.A. Jawad – High Commissioner to CanadaManisha Gunasekara – Ambassador to South

KoreaM.K. Pathmanadan – Ambassador toOmanThe latest appointment comes justweeks after the government appointednine new ambassadors.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had earlierannounced that 33 persons have been nominatedto fill vacant Heads of Mission posts overseas butwithheld their names pending approvals from the

respectivecountries.However,appointments areverified only afterthe respectivecountries haveapprove thegovernment’snominees.Last February, theforeign ministryrecalled more than50 diplomats fromits missionsoverseas, citing thatsome of them werepoliticalappointments andsome non-careerdiplomats.

By Deepal Warnakulasuriya(nation.lk) Commissioner of Elections MahindaDeshapriya reminds all the voters that a valididentity card is a must to vote at the generalelections duo on August 17. He reminds all whodo not have a valid identity card to apply for atemporary identity card before August 10.The Commissioner of Elections announces thatNational Identity card, valid passport, validdriving license, Government pensioner’s identitycard, senior citizen’s identity card, identity for

clergies, temporary IDs issued for thePresidential Election on January 08 and re-validated temporary IDs issued for last PCelections are the valid and will be accepted atthe polling booth.The Dept of Elections said that ones who do nothave identity cards could meet the relevantgrama niladhari or superintendent of the estateapply for a temporary identity card with twophotographs of required size.

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By Daya Lankapura(island.lk) The Communist Party of Sri L ankanand Lanka Sama Samaja Party have decided tocontest the forthcoming general electionunder the UPFA banner.The CP’s decision was made at a partyCentral Committee meeting on Saturday(04) with President of the CP RajaKollure and General Secretary D. E. W.Gunasekera in Colombo, CentralCommittee Member and the mediaspokesman of the CP, L.R. Stepehentold The Island yesterday.He said that CP candidates would befielded from Ratnapura, Galle andKurunegala Districts in the August 17General Elections from the UPFA.Meanwhile, the LSSP politburo had metwith party General Secretary Prof. TissaVitarana presiding on Thursday anddecided to contest the elections as anally of the UPFA, Deputy Secretary ofthe LSSP Anil Zoysa told The Island.The leaders of old left parties would holda series of talks with the leaders of

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President Maithripala Sirisena, former PresidentChandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Ranil

Wickremesinghe at an event in Colombo today to markKumaratunga’s birthday. (Courtesy BBC)

Sanath resigns fromSLFP organiser post

(colombogazette.com) FormerParliamentarian Sanath Jayasuriya todayannounced that he had resigned as Sri LankaFreedom Party (SLFP) Matara Districtorganiser.Jayasuriya said that he will also not becontesting the August 17 Parliamentelections. (Colombo Gazette)

Please help this child(dailynews.lk) R. M.Sagara PrasannaRatnayake ofAnuradhapura,Rajangana requests thepublic to help find fundsfor his one and a half-year-old daughter toundergo a brain surgeryrecommended by NeuroSurgeon Dr. Sunil Perera at Central Hospital,Colombo.The surgery costs about Rs. 1.5 million.Contributions can be remitted to T. W. M. D.Dissanayake, BOC Rajanganaya, A/N:77648511. For details contact 0773592442.

( ) Former militants of the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and their supportershave decided to form a political party named“Crusaders for Democracy” and seek tickets fromthe Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to contest theAugust 17 Sri Lankan parliamentary elections.Militants and their supporters from the Northernand Eastern districts of Jaffna,Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Mannar,Vavuniya and Batticaloa gatheredoutside the famous NallurKandswamy temple in Jaffna onFriday and took an oath to fight forthe rights of the Tamil-speakingpeople by democratic means suchas participation in elections througha political party to be known as“Crusaders for Democracy.”CFD’s Coordinator NadesapillaiVithyatharan said that a request willbe made to the TNA to give nomination to at leasttwo former militants in each of the districts of theNorthern and Eastern provinces where the TNAholds sway.Among the aims of the CFD are: the establishmentof a new political culture and a new kind of Tamil

leadership which will be marked by honesty andcourage; speedy implementation of rehabilitationand livelihood programs; securing the release ofTamil political prisoners; and building bridges withfair and accommodative political elements andleaders in South Sri Lanka with a view to securingan amicable political settlement of the Tamil

question.However, despite its commitment topursue the democratic path, theCFD is not regretful about its pastinvolvement with the LTTE. Thepress release on its formation notedthat Friday’s gathering was held atthe place near the Nallur templewhere “Thyagi” Thileepan of theLTTE fasted unto death to securethe rights of the Tamils when theIndian Peace Keeping Force heldsway in Jaffna in 1987.

Athmalingam Ravindra alias Rupan, who had heldhigh political and administrative positions in theLTTE both in Trincomalee district and in the Wannifrom the early 1990s to May 2009, has already putin an application for a TNA ticket in Trincomaleedistrict. (The New Indian Express)

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(ft.lk) The Constitutional Council,established by the historic 19thAmendment to the Constitutionenacted in April, held its first sitting inParliament yesterday with formerSpeaker Chamal Rajapaksaassuming the chair.The meeting was held at 10.00 a.m.at the Speaker’s official gallery.Speaker Rajapaksa, Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe and Oppos-ition Leader Nimal Siripala De Silvaattended as the Council’s ex-officiomembers, while the MPs WijeyadasaRajapakshe, John Seneviratne and R.Sampanthan participated as the nominees of theUNP, SLFP and minor parties respectively.The Prime Minister emphasised the importance ofstudying the conduct of the previous ConstitutionalCouncil established under the 17th Amendment inorder to make the new council more efficient.Wickremesinghe also stated that in order toensure the speedy establishment of theindependent commissions, the ConstitutionalCouncil should study the process to call forapplications for members of the commissions andwhat those applications should contain.

The council decided to appoint Secretary Generalof Parliament, Dhammika Dassanayake, as thetemporary general secretary to the council, theSpeaker’s office said in a media release.The council also decided to seek the advice of theattorney general concerning the appointment ofthree civil society representatives to theConstitutional Council.Since the constitutional requirement is for theConstitutional Council to meet twice every month,the next meeting will be held on 9 July at 10.00a.m. in the Speaker’s official gallery, the mediarelease said.

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By Deepal Warnakulasuriya(nation.lk) Former UPFA Parliamentarian andmonitoring Minister of External Affairs of theMahinda Rajapaksa regime Sajin de VassGunawardane was further remanded till July 21 bythe Colombo Chief Magistrate today on charges ofmisusing 22 vehicles belonging to the PresidentialSecretariat.

Meanwhile, UPFA MP Thenuka Widanagamagewas remanded till July 14 by the MahiyanganaMagistrate after he surrendered to the Police foralleged violation of election laws in Mahiyanganaarea. Police confirmed that they arrested fivepersons and the parliamentarian for allegedlyassaulting supporters who were putting up postersin the area on June 29.

(adaderana.lk) Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party hasbarred former LTTE members from contestingparliamentary elections next month.The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) saidrehabilitated former LTTE members will beconsidered for selection at future elections.Several ex-LTTE members had applied to becandidates from the former battle zone districts inthe north and eastern provinces for the August 17polls. The party has even rejected a bid to contestby Ananthi Saseetharan, one of TNA’s electedmembers in the northern provincial council.Saseetharan was in the forefront of aninternational campaign highlighting the abuse ofhuman rights by government troops in the three-decade civil war against the LTTE.Her husband, Elilan was a senior LTTE member

from the eastern province in Trincomalee.Saseetharan alleged he went missing the day hesurrendered to the military.Senior TNA leader M A Sumanthiran said the partywas hopeful of winning a maximum of 20 seats inthe 225-member parliament. The party had won 13in the last election in 2010.The TNA is a coalition of five Tamil groups andthey were widely criticised for being proxies of theLTTE at the height of the LTTE’s militarycampaign. They won a massive 80 per cent of thevote in the first ever election to the northernprovincial council held in 2013.The TNA backed current President MaithripalaSirisena when he defeated Mahinda Rajapaksa asthe opposition unity candidate in the presidentialelection in January. (PTI)

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(adaderana.lk) FormerDefence Secretary GotabyaRajapaksa said the recentnews that he is about tocontest at the forthcomingGeneral Election is a hoax.“This has nothing to do with

my citizenship issue,” he said, adding thathowever he has already taken measures to cancelhis dual citizenship. “I’ve already handed over therelevant documents to the US embassy, in thisregard” he said.He told Ada Derana that he has no intention to

contest at the election and enter the parliament.“There is no need to get elected as aparliamentarian to serve the country,” he added.Earlier, the former Defence Secretary alsodismissed media reports that he would enterparliament through the National List and be aminister in the Rajapaksa government.It was also reported that former Speaker ChamalRajapaksa likely will not contest at the election aswell. A source close to the UPFA says that formerMinister Basil Rajapaksa has also not yet decidedwhether to contest or not at the polls.

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(island.lk) Accusing both President MaithripalaSirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinheof failing to fulfil their obligations, theJHU quit the SLFP-led UPFA.JHU spokesperson Nishantha SriWarnasinghe yesterday said that theparty had done so followingPresident Maithripala Sirisena’sdecision to field former PresidentMahinda Rajapaksa on theUPFA ticket at the August 17 generalelection.President Maithripala Sirisena reached anagreement with UPFA rebels on Friday.The JHU would give the leadership to a broad

coalition, United National Front for GoodGovernance, Western Provincial Council memberWarnasinghe said, adding that the party was readyto make whatever sacrifice required to form acommon front at the forthcoming parliamentary

polls.Commenting on Mahinda Rajapaksareturning to the SLFP’s fold,Warnasinghe emphasized that thosewho had exercised their franchise atthe January 8 presidential poll neverexpected that to happen. ThePresident’s decision whatever the

reasons which compelled him to accept MahindaRajapaksa was contrary to the January 8mandate, an irate Warnasinghe said.Responding to a query, the JHU spokesperson

said that the leadership was ready to give upthe name of the party and its symbol tofacilitate an understanding with like-mindedpolitical parties and civil society groups.Warnasinghe accused the SLFP of reversingthe January 8 revolution to pave the way foran agreement between warring factions.He alleged that the UNP never realized what

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Three SLFP ministersto contest from UNP

( ) LandsMinister M.K.D.S.Gunawardena,Portsand Shipping MinisterArjuna Ranatunga andCultural Affairs MinisterNandimithra Ekanayake are consideringcontesting the forthcoming general electionsfrom the United National Party, accordingpolitical sources.It is also reported that they had helddiscussions with former president ChandrikaKumaratunga about their future politicalarrangements.They have decided not to contest asSLFPers, if Mahinda Rajapaksa contests as aUPFAnominee, as they had supportedMaithripala Sirisena at the last presidentialelection.(Ranjan Kasthuri)

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(colombogazette.com) Muslim Tamil NationalAlliance (MTNA) leader Azath Salley says he willbe contesting the Parliament elections from theKandy District. Speaking to reporters in Kandytoday after meeting the Chief Prelates of theAsgiriya and Malwattu chapters, Salley said thathe will contest the election either with the UNP oras an independent candidate.Salley said that the people of Kandy haverequested him to contest the election from Kandyand represent the people of Kandy in Parliament.He also said that at talks held with UNP LeaderRanil Wickremesinghe he was told that the UNPhad proposed that only two Muslims contest inKandy on behalf of the UNP.Salley said that the UNP had in the past fielded

more Muslim candidatesfrom Kandy but now thatnumber is being reduced.He also accused the UNPof attempting to reducethe overall number ofMuslim candidatescontesting futureelections from the party.“This is taking a racial twist. We must stop this,”Salley asserted.Salley said that if the UNP fails to give himnominations to contest the August 17 election, hewill contest as an independent candidate in orderto keep his promise to the people of Kandy.(Colombo Gazette)

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( ) DineshGunawardena ledMahajana EksathPeramuna (MEP) todayannounced that it wouldcontest the forthcominggeneral elections along

with the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA)under the betel leaf symbol.In a statement its General Secretary Thissa YapaJayawardana said the decision had been taken

during the Central Committee meeting heldyesterday with the participation of its LeaderDinesh Gunawardena.It further said that they would represent theircandidate covering the most of districts at theelection.MEP Central Committee also expressed itsappreciation for the President Maithripala Sirisenafor giving nomination to former President MahindaRajapaksa to contest at the election on the UPFAticket.

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(colombogazette.com) The Tamil National Alliance(TNA) has rejected nominations for TNA ProvincialCouncil member Anandi Saseetharan to contestthe August 17 Parliament elections.Saseetharan had requested nominations tocontest and enter Parliament but the TNA hadtoday rejected that request.The TNA had noted that Saseetharan has alreadybeen given several privileges by the party and soa policy decision was taken not to give hernominations.Meanwhile, TNA Parliamentarian M.A.

Sumanthiran said thatthe TNA hopes tosecure at least 20 seatsin Parliament throughthe August election.At a meeting held inVavuniya today, the TNAdecided to handovernomination papers for its candidates contestingthe election from the North and East on Friday.(Colombo Gazette)

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‘Rajiv hitter’ to contestfrom BJP

( ) VijithaRohana Wijemuni, theNaval Rating who hit thethen Indian PrimeMinister Rajiv Gandhiduring an inspection ofguard of honour outsidethe President’s House,Colombo in 1987, is to lead the Bodu JanaPeramuna (BJP) election campaign fromGampaha, the party said.BJP is the election wing of Bodu Bala Sena (BBS)Organisation formed aiming the upcomingparliamentary election. BBS National OrganiserVen. Witharandeniye Nanda Thera is to lead theBJP election campaign from the Colombo District.

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(colombopage.com) July 07, Colombo: Sri Lanka'sMinistry of Women's affairs has urged the politicalparties to give women more opportunities whenthey prepare nomination lists for the upcominggeneral elections.The Ministry has urged all the political parties toensure that at least 30 percent of candidates theynominate for the forthcoming general election arewomen.Secretary of the Women's Affairs Ministry in apress release has requested the political parties toeven allocate one third of seats for women in theNational List.The release further stated that the percentage ofwomen in the last parliament was 5.8 percent andthat all political parties or groups should as per theCabinet decision of the new government ensurethat more than 30 percent of the total candidates

included in nomination papers should consist ofwomen candidates.The release also pointed out that 5.8 percentagesis a lowest rate among South Asian Countries andSri Lanka ranks 140 out of 153 countries in femalerepresentation in Parliament.Accordingly, not only in the parliament but also inprovincial and local councils, 30 percentparticipation must be given for women, theMinistry said.Slow progress in political empowerment has alsodamaged the country s attempts to bridge thegender gap. Sri Lanka's gender gap increasedover the last year and gender equality rankingdeclined from a 55 in 2013 to a 79 in 2014 out of142 countries according to World Economic ForumGlobal Gender Gap Report 2014.

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The latest film by London based Engineer cumaward winning actor WIMAL ALAHAKOONis now released in Sri Lanka and being captureda large audience.This is the last film of our beloved actressREBECCA NIRMALI before her untimely deathdue to a sudden illness. She is widely known as“WEDA HAMINE”, due to her memorableperformance in the teledrama ' Weda Hamine'. In

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I am pleased to forward this message for thesouvenir commemorating the 27th Anniversary ofthe Festival of Cricket.Cricket has become almost a lifestyle of the SriLankan people, one and a half centuries after theBritish introduced the sport to us. Today, it hasundoubtedly become the most influential game inthe country and the de-facto national sport. Furtherit has become a unifying force in the country,

transcending all boundaries.I understand that part of the excess proceedings ofthis event will be utilised to develop 31 schools ofthe teams who are taking part today. This willauger well for the future of the sport in Sri Lanka. Ialso understand that a part of the excessproceedings will be utilized for charity donations tocancer institutions, which is very commendable.I take this opportunity to congratulate the

organizing committee fortheir commitment anddedication to organisethis event in such agrand scale, making itthe largest Sri Lankanevent in the UK.

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I am pleased to send this message of felicitationon the occasion of the 27th anniversary of theFestival of Cricket 2015 organised by 31 SriLankan schools' OBAs' in the United Kingdom.Cricket is a sport immensely enjoyed by ourpeople without any communal or religious biasand indeed Cricket is a unifier of Sri Lankansacross geographical boundaries. Hence, I amglad to note that cricket-loving Sri Lankans,irrespective of their race, religion or politicalaffiliations join the Festival of Cricket, UK,

displaying solidarity and the spirit oftogetherness.This occasion provides an opportunity for the SriLankan community and others to enjoy the gameof cricket that is immensely popular in bothcountries. This is also an occasion to showcaseSri Lankan cuisine, music and traditionaldancing, giving an interesting cultural fervour tothe entertainment.Furthermore, I appreciate the decision taken bythe organisers to donate proceeds from the

Festival to schools in Sri Lanka andselected charitable activities.I congratulate the organizers of theFestival of Cricket for their contributionto promote Sri Lanka in the UnitedKingdom through sports and cultureand wish the festivities every success.

Maithripala SirisenaH.E. Presidentof Sri Lanka

Message from Hon. President of FoC 2015The day has dawned, long awaited annualopportunity to meet with fellow countrymen toenjoy our favourite sport CRICKET , in no smallmeasure too - a feast of talent is in store to beunleashed by 31 teams of 7 players per side doingtheir best to collect maximum runs in limited overs.Presiding over the largest organising committee todate, it is my privilege and pleasure to welcomeyou all today, to the 27th Annual Festival of Cricket.A committee of sixty eight members under twelvedifferent chairs have put in a tremendous amountof work over the last nine months Introducing newmeeting venues and concept of teamwork with 12sub-committees, to make this a most enjoyableand memorable day of sport and friendship.This year for the first time England and WalesCricket Board (ECB) has been instrumental insecuring the new venue - The Hainault RecreationGround. Our grateful thanks, therefore, go to theECB and the Essex Cricket, who very kindlyintroduced us to the Hainault Recreation groundsat Fairlop, Ilford in Essex, which has 10 full size

cricket pitches. Fairlop Station is served by thepopular Central Line Tube that travels throughCentral London to the western suburbs; it haseasily accessible connections to all the otherunderground and over ground services. Thegrounds are also accessible from the North (A406)Circular, A12 and M25 roadsOn behalf of the organising committee, I take thisopportunity to sincerely thank The Chief Guest HisExcellency Dr. Chanaka Talpahewa, the ActingHigh Commissioner for Sri Lanka in the UnitedKingdom, Special Guest Former England CricketCaptain Mr Mike Gatting (OBE), Mr Chris Whitaker- Facilities & Investment Manager ECB, HerWorshipful Mayor, Cllr. Barbara White of RedBridge Council, The sponsors this year - Bank ofCeylon, Sri Lankan Airlines who have furtherincreased their sponsorship by providing the first 5prizes of Return Air tickets to Colombo for theCharity Raffle, Constantine Associates, FairwayHoldings, Lyca Fly and Tillmax. Our thanks also goto the Trade and Business Marquee holders, the

Advertisers in the Souvenir and on thegrounds, and to our Media partnersNewslanka, Sesatha Web, CeylonUK,and Serendib who continue to give thisevent full publicity.Profits from the event will be donated toseveral charities in the UK and in SriLanka. Cancer Research and the Anthony NolanTrust are the UK beneficiaries while in Sri Lankathe cancer hospital will receive equipmentdonations. As in previous years, schools in SriLanka will also be given funds for cricketdevelopment.On behalf of the Festival of Cricket organisingcommittee I would like to thank all those who haveworked tirelessly to make this event a successfulone, including the cricketers, officials and notforgetting our enthusiastic spectators who willtoday, contribute to making this a wonderful day ofsport and a successful family event.

Upul Ekanayake

Message from Charity Chairman FoC 2015The Charity Raffle is an integral part of the Festivalof Cricket, and participation in it is as important asthe Cricket and Hospitality events taking place onthe day. It delivers a “humane thought” of helpingpeople less fortunate than ourselves amongst allthe frivolities that are going on. It is therefore withmuch gratitude that I thank the support of all the 31OBAs of the FOC in trying to sell as many ticketsas possible. As reiterated in the past, the funds weraise do not depend on the profits we make from

the Festival, but only from the sale of our raffletickets. This year all the funds raised from the rafflein total will go towards institutions dealing inCancer Research in UK and Sri Lanka extending aspecial contribution to the Anthony Nolan Fund.Also, I, categorically state that no expenses havebeen incurred in the running of the raffle and in thisaspect I must thank Mass Global Shipping forsponsoring the cost of printing tickets andSrilankan Airlines for their magnanimous support in

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On behalf of ECB, I would like to send our warmbest wishes to all the cricketers taking part in thisyear's Festival of Cricket at Hainault RecreationGround.This year marks the 27th anniversary of theFestival and the 2015 competition will be biggerand better than ever before with more than 30teams taking part in 7-a-side matches spreadacross ten pitches.My congratulations to the organisers you do awonderful job on behalf of your community and weare delighted that cricket continues to play such a

central role in your wider celebration of Sri Lankanculture.Our own support for this year's competitionincluded working closely with the Essex CricketBoard to ensure the Festival could gain full accessto the excellent new cricket facilities at Hainault.We are also grateful to the Essex branch of theAssociation of Cricket Officials for supplyingtoday's match officials and the Essex CGA for theirsupport in upgrading the pitches.This reflects a concerted effort on ECB's part toengage more closely with the many different South

Asian cricket communities acrossEngland and Wales and recognise theimportant contribution you make to ourwider recreational game.Good luck to everyone taking part todayand please do give generously to theFestival's official charity partners who areraising money for cancer research.Best wishes

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The change of venue from last year,is due to the chosen venue is a largeplay ground boasting 10 CricketPitches and offers much greaterpotential more spaces for stalls fortraders and entertainment. This year'stournament will be the biggestchallenge and opportunity forthe FoC in its 26-yr history ofthe Cricket tournament andthe accompanying variety ofentertaining activities too.The FoC is delighted andgrateful for the supportextended by the English &Wales Cricket Board (ECB) insecuring this large playground which hosts the annual ECBleague matches.FoC is mindful that the inconveniencethat might be experienced by loyalParticipants/Spectators who haveattended regularly and who might beinconvenienced to travel to the newvenue this year in East London.However, it became imperative totransfer to a bigger play ground dueto the increasing number ofparticipating OBU Cricket Teams in

recent years. The good news is thatthe Ground is a stone's throw fromLondon Underground FAIRLOP(Central Line) and is relatively easilyaccessed from the A406 NorthCircular Road.

In preparation for this year'sFestival of Cricket on Sunday12th July, the FoC Committeeand sub-committees have hadtwo planning meetings - on the22nd Feb and, on the 22ndMarch 2015.A key decision made at themeetings was to purchase, asopposed to hiring , physicalassets that are re-usable for

future tournaments such assetsinclude marquees, furniture etc.Several other important decisions toowere made:

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MediaIt was announced that six return AirTickets to Sri Lanka are available forthis year's FoC Raffle - courtesy of SriLankan Airline.The Rate-Card for the event is on theFoC Website now i.e. Fees forEntrance/Car Parking Tickets, Trade /Business Marquees, etc. For thedeadline of applications, Fees and forother information, please visit:http://www.festivalofcricket.orgIt is to be appreciated that the FoC isrun by an Executive Committee as ateam who take pride in their voluntarywork, striving to promote and fosterunity among the Sri Lankancommunity in the UK. In the main, theproceeds raised by this event will bedistributed among the 31 participatingOBU associations for thedevelopment of their schools in SriLanka ; donations will also be madeto Cancer Institutes in Sri Lanka ,Cancer Research UK , and othercharitiesPlease hold 12th July in your diary.Released by Nihal Emmanuel, FoCMedia Chairman 2015

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Maliyadeva - Nanda Ratnayake & Rukshan Seneviratne

Maris Stella Kithsiri Seneviratne & Arjuna Amarasekara

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Nalanda - Methsiri Wijeratna & Krishan Bulathsighala

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Richmond Wickrama de s Waidyanatha & Rohana Amarajeewa

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Shivananda - S.Umachandran & R.Hariharan

St. Aloysius Praneeth Hettiarachchi & Rex Fernando

St. Anthony's - Azan Bureh & Niroshan Perera

St. Benedict's Balraj Rajarathnam & Ravi Raveendran

St. Peter's Brian Ratnayake & Kazan Ahamed

St. Joseph's - Joe Selvarathnam & Shaukat Mamujee

St. Joseph Vaz Wasantha Perera & Damsiri Peiris

St. Sebastian Flavian Aponso & Sirinimal Fernando

St.Thomas Adheeb Thaheer & Gamini Gunawardena

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Renowned Meditation Teacher from USA Ven.Henepola Gunaratana Thera delivered a DhammaTalk on meditation at the London Buddhsit Vihara.This Dhamma talk was a part of the day retreatand with this talk once again the LBV has starteda series of Dhamma talks on every first Saturdayof the month.Ven. Ven. Henepola Gunaratana Thera was bornDecember 7, 1927 in the small Sri Lankan villageof Henepola. He was ordained as a monk at theage of 12, and received his education atVidyasekhara Pirivena, a monk's school atGampaha. He received upasampada when he

was 20, in Kandy. He received his highereducation in Sri Lanka at Vidyalankara College inKelaniya and the Buddhist Missionary College (anaffiliate of the Maha Bodhi Society) inColombo.After his education, he was sent to Indiafor missionary work as a representative of theMaha Bodhi Society. He primarily served theUntouchables in Sanchi, Delhi, and Bombay.He also served as a religious advisor to theMalaysian Sasana Abhivurdhiwardhana Society,Buddhist Missionary Society, and Buddhist YouthFederation. Following this he served as aneducator for Kishon Dial School and Temple Road

Girl's School. He was also the principal of theBuddhist Institute of Kuala Lumpur.BhanteGunaratana came to the United States at theinvitation of the Sasana Sevaka Society in 1968in order to serve as the General Secretary of theBuddhist Vihara Society of Washington, D.C.. Hewas elected president of the society twelve yearslater. While serving in this office, he hasconducted meditation retreats and taught coursesin Buddhist Studies.Ven.Gunaratana earned a bachelor's, master's,and doctorate in philosophy at American

University.[1] He has also taught graduate levelcourses on Buddhism at American University,Georgetown University, Bucknell University, andthe University of Maryland, College Park. He alsolectures at universities throughout the UnitedStates, Europe, and Australia. He is the author ofthe book Mindfulness in Plain English.Ven. Gunaratana is currently the abbot of theBhavana Society, a monastery and meditationretreat center that he founded in High View, WestVirginia.

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Col. Sudath Madugalle(dailynews.lk) The Most Venerable GalagamaDhammasiddhi Sri Dhammananda Attadassi Therawill be conferred the Chief Prelateship of theAsgiriya Chapter of the Shyamopali MahaViharawanshika Maha Nikaye, today. On the 13thof December1999, he was appointed as theAnunayake Thera of the Asgiriya Chapter, aposition he held till his ascent to the ChiefPrelateship of the same Chapter recently. A directsuccessor from the line of disciples of the firstChief Prelate of the Asgiriya Chapter – the MostVen. Urulewatte Sri Priyadarshi DhammasiddhiMahanayake Thera, the Most Ven. Attadassi Therais also the 10th ascendant to the ChiefIncumbency of the historic group of Viharasconsisting of the Urulewatte Purana Vihara,Humbuluwa Raja Maha Vihara, Asgiriya Viharaand the Urulewatte Temple.Born on 11th January 1922 in Asgiri PallesiyaPaththuwa in the Matale District, the MostVenerable Thera was called by the layman’s nameof Kulatunga Mudiyanselage Kiribandara in hischildhood. Son of parents, TennakoonMudiyanselage Pinchi Amma Kumarihami andKulatunge Mudiyanselage Dingiri Banda Nilame,he was ordained as a novice monk in the year1936 under the tutelage of Ven. Udurawana SriDhammananda Thera. He received his higherordination (Upasampada) in 1942 under the

guidance of Ven. Udurawana Sri DhammanandaThera and Most Venerable Mullegama SriGunaratane Mahanayake Thera. Ven. UrulewatteGunaratane Thera and Ven. GammulleChandrajothi Thera acted as the Karmacharyas inhis Upasampada ordination.The Most Venerable Galagama Attadassi Theraexcelled at his studies at the Matale SriDharmaraja Pirivena where he was enrolled in1937. After 10 years of primary Piriveneducation at this Pirivena, he passed thesubjects of Sinhala, Pali, Sanskrit and Tamil withDistinction Passes in 1947. He continued toperform excellently in his higher studies.Completing the Prachina, Prarambha,Madhyama and Final years, the Most VenerableThera gained the Panditha Degree and waslater awarded the Saddharmacharya Degree bythe Vidyodaya Pirivena. In 1950, he continuedhis winning streak in education; he succeeded ingaining the Abhidamacharya andThripitakacharya and also, the covetedMagdhima Bhanaka Degree in the same year.In the year 1950, the Most Venerable Theraassumed the position of Karmacharya of theAsgiriya Maha Vihara, one among the manypositions he would ascend to in later years. In1982, he became a Member of the Karaka SanghaSabha and, he was selected to the SeniorMembership of the same council, in 1994. TheMost Venerable Thera was awarded the venerated

title of Mahopadya in 1994 and was conferredthe honorary title of ‘Sthavira VanshalankaraShasana Sobhana’ by the Vidyalankara

Pirivena in the year 2002.His effective and efficient discharge of dutiesentrusted to him won him many an admirer andhonour. He was entrusted with the prestigious taskof the Thewawa of the Sacred Tooth Relic– aresponsibility and honour exclusive to the Asgiriyaand Malwatte Chapters of the Syamopali Maha

Viharawanshike Maha Nikaya – in 1981. In theyears 1999 and 2000, the Most VenerableGalagama Attadassi Thera was placed in charge ofthe aforementioned Thewawa.His yeoman service and utmost contribution to theBuddha Sasana and the society at large warrantsworthy mention. Foremost among them is theservice rendered during the Chief Incumbency ofthe historically important Mahiyangana MahaVihara, which he assumed on the 25th of March2000. He spearheaded construction projects that

saw a face-lift of several structures at the aforesaidVihara and fresh construction of several more. Headvised and supervised the renovation of library,administration and sanitation facilities for devotees.He also instituted a Montessori by the name of SiriSangabo and a Nenasala for the benefit of thechildren and youth in the surrounding areas.In around 74 years of monkhood, he haspreached and led religious worship around theisland. His conduct has been becoming of a greatBuddhist monk and has been respectful of allprinciples and duties required of a prelate of thehighest order. The Most Venerable Thera has alsoled Buddhist missionary activity overseas; notableamong them are his visits to Bharat (India) in1991, Singapore in 2000, Laos in 2003 and,Thailand in 2003 and 2005. Truly mindful of whatis required of a Nayake Thera, he has alsogroomed several disciples including the SeniorMember of the Karaka Sangha Sabha – Ven.Urulewatte Dhammarakkhitha Thera and the ChiefTrustee Prelate of the Humbuluwa RajamahaVihara – Ven. Urulewatte Dhammkitthi Thera.

The ascension of the Most Venerable GalagamaDhammasiddhi Sri Dhammananda Attadassi Theraas the Chief Prelate of the Asgiriya Chapter is mostworthy and of great merit. May the Most VenerableThera receive the Blessings of the Noble TripleGem and the commendation and respect of thelaymen and Sangha alike, in the years to come!(The writer is Vice President – All Ceylon BuddhistCongress and Assistant Secretary-General – WorldFellowship of Buddhists.)

Ven. Galagama Attadassi Mahanayake Thera Conferred Title of Chief Prelate of Asgiriya Chapter

New epoch for Asgiriya Chapter

(dailynews.lk) North from the lake is situated theAsgiri Maha Viharaya, the other monastic centreof the Siyam Nikaya. This temple is believed tobe considerably older ‘than the Malwatu Viharayaand the “Asgiriya Talpata” voices this claim.Asgiri Maha Viharaya was founded byCommander Siriwardhana at the inquest ofParakramabahu IV of Kurunegala (1305-1335A.D.). The original buildings were set up in theTrinity College premises. The bhikkhus to take upresidence here was sent from Valasgalahermitage in Yapahuva. The name Valasgala istranslated into Pali as “Acchagiri” and the presentSinhalese name Asgiri is derived from it.According to another legend Asgiri was namedafter the mother queen of Vikramabahu who wascremated in the present cremation ground orAdahana Maluva at Asgiriya.It is said that she built a temple called“Talagahamulla Viharaya” which later became the“Asgiri Viharaya”. At present the Asgiri TempleComplex is called “Heyagiri Wijesundararama”.Heyagiri is a erroneously translation in toSinhalese the pali word Acchagiri. During the lastking of Kandy, His Commander-in-Chief

Urulewatte Wijesundara Rajakaruna Seneviratnebuilt a new temple near the old one and thewhole temple complex became to known as“Heyagiri Wijesundararama”.The King also made land grants to the templeand an inscription by him to this effect is still seennearby. But the popular name Asgiriya continuedto be used. During the reign of Rajadhi Rajasinha(1779-1797 A.D.) the streets of Kandy werestraightened and as a result the oldbuildings of the Viharaya had to bedemolished and a new temple wasbuilt at “Udamadapota”. This is nowknown as” Pahala Pansala “or lowertemple. The demolition for thesecond time took place during thereign of Vimaladharmasuriya II(1687 – 1707) when he was buildinga wall round the city.It is seen from the history of theAsgiri Viharaya that almost all therulers of the Kandyan Kingdom havecontributed much towards itsdevelopment. On the other hand, itwas mainly the monks of this

Chapter who have safeguarded the Tooth Relicon behalf of the ruling monarch duringtroublesome times.Again, it was Wariyapola Sumangala AnunayakeThero of the Vihara who re-hoisted the Sinhaleseflag in protest when the British hoisted their flagat the time of the signing of the KandyanConvention in 1815.

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Asgiriyafrom P24Among the historical monuments belonging to theAsgiriya Vihare are the “Purana Viharaya” or the

Old Temple and the “Aluth Viharaya” or the NewTemple which was built by Pilimathalawe Dissawein 1768. The temple known today as “MedaPansala” was built by Meegastanne Dissawe inDumbara in 1767.

Parana Viharaya contains a sedate figure ifBuddha under a Makara Thorana Arch, andthe interior is very similar to that of GedigeViharaya. The figures on each side of Buddhaare the deity Natha on his right and deitySaman on his left. A new “Aluth Vihare” wasbuilt by the Pilimathalawe Adhikaram, a son ofthe Pilimathalawe Dissawe in 1801. Thisviharaya has a recumbent figure of Buddhahewn out of Rock thirty six feet long. Asgiriyaalso has two poya-ges.One of the most important monumentsstanding in the Maha Vihara Grounds is the“Gedige Viharaya” in the “Adahana Maluwa”or the Royal Cremation Ground. According tothe legend this viharaya was found byVickramabahu (Senasammatha?) in memoryof queen Chandrawathie who was crematedhere. A beautifulgedige style image shrineand a monastery constituted this viharaya andwas known as “Rathnabanu”. The viharayahad three maluwas or terraces, Uda (upper)maluwa, Meda (centre) Maluwa, Palle (lower)Maluwa. The cremation of the Royal familymembers was at the Meda Maluwa, thereforethe temple in the premises was known as the“Adahana Maluwa Gedige Viharaya”.Historically, Adahana Maluva Gedige is thesecond oldest monument in the city andarchitecturally it belongs to the same schoolthat influenced the monuments at NathaDevale and Gadaladeniya Vihara in Uda

Nuwara. It is believed that the plan of the NathaDevala Gedige has been made use of here.Adahanamaluve Gedige Viharaya plays asignificant role in the Kandy Esala Peraharain thatin final night the Relic Casket of the DaladaMaligava is deposited there until thecommencement of the last day Perahara whichbegins from this site. This is done in order to fulfila wish of King Kirti Sri Rajasinhe (1747 – 1781),who, having re-started the Dalada Perahara,ordered that the Casket be deposited atAdahana Maluva as a mark of respect to hisqueen mother cremated there.Adahana Maluva was the place where thedead bodies of the kings of Kandy wereburned and their remains were buried.Valentyn says that the body ofVimaladharmasuriya I (1592 – 1604), whodied in 1604 was “cremated according to thecustom of his country in a princely arbour”.Maha Astana, the son of VimaladharmasuriyaI, and Dona Catherina who died in 1612 wasalso cremated there with “very great state androyalty, while great mourning lamentation weretaking place at the sepulcher”. He also speaksof Dona Catherina who died in July 20, 1613.“She was cremated on the 21st with greatsplendour on the same spot where the funeralof her son had been celebrated”.In 1878-80 the railway line to Matale wasconstructed under the Adahana Maluva in atunnel and the last of the tombs which wasalmost the only remains of the Royal burialground was destroyed.Among the historical monuments in the city ofKandy are three other important temples

belonging to the late Kandyan period. They areGangaramaya, Huduhumpola and Nittawela.These stood outside the boundaries of the oldcity but today they are within the municipal limitsbecause of their close proximity to the ancientcity.- Central Cultural Fund

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MahelaCONT FROM P30... but when it mattered most, the final foursessions of the Test, they let it slip, promptingmany to wonder if the result would have beendifferent had the two been around.In this lengthy chat with Wisden India,Jayawardene speaks about his dear friend, thefuture of Sri Lankan cricket, the Caribbean PremierLeague and more. Excerpts:Now that Kumar Sangakkara has also announcedhis retirement, how do you think Sri Lankan cricketwill cope with your twin absences?We have had quite a few discussions (regardingSangakkara’s retirement). We have spoken aboutthis for the past one year, from around the time Iretired, but Sri Lankan Cricket convinced him toplay a bit longer so he changed his stand. He isfantastic. If you ask Kumar, he would say I am thebest but if you look at his numbers, it’s quite clearwho was. Kumar’s numbers are phenomenal andhe has stamped his legacy. He is someone everyyoungster should learn from. He has handledhimself very well on and off the field. He issomeone who has given a lot to Sri Lankan cricketand I am very proud to have played with him. It’sgoing to be a tremendous loss for Sri Lankancricket, but like all teams, Sri Lanka will also gothrough a transition period. I hope the young sidecan learn from some of the things that we havetaught them and take Sri Lankan cricket in the rightdirection. That’s our only hope.Do you think once Sangakkara leaves, the legacythat you and he built over the years will begin towane? You’ll have to wait and see. We tried tochange the culture in the team over the last tenyears and we have managed well. It also dependson the next generation and if they want to stay thepath or follow a new direction. But I think once heleaves, our signature in the side will cease to existand I don’t think many will take our approachforward. Younger guys have a very different viewand different ways of going about things and theyshould be allowed to pursue their own path. It willbe interesting to see how things pan out. We had agreat run for over 15 years and no one can stayforever but we are proud that we have giveneverything we had for the country.Experience is something the Sri Lankan side lacksright now, and it was evident in their loss toPakistan. Will that become more and more of aproblem during this transition?I don’t know. I didn’t watch too much of the matchbut I know that Pakistan have much moreexperience. Obviously, Younis Khan’s knock in thefourth innings showed that. I know the boys willlearn from this experience and you will see a muchbetter performance the next time. I’m sure they willhave a chat about it and see what positives theycan take away from it. I thought everyone foughtvery well, especially the bowlers did a great job forSri Lanka. We just need to fine tune a bit… so Ijust think Sri Lankan cricket needs to be supportedduring this period.

Switching over to the CPL now. Is your form a bitof concern? You have made just 13 runs fromthree innings…Not really. See, I walk into situations where I haveto tee off from the start. I don’t obviously open theinnings, so it has been different for me to adapt tothis new role. Thankfully, Chris (Gayle) has been ingreat form and he has finished off games for us(Jamaica Tallawahs). It’s just the start of thetournament and we have had a couple of toughgames. We were outplayed in the last game butwe were apart from that we have had a goodtime. I am looking forward to the home run, wehave four games and hopefully I can get someruns. Home games are going to be crucial forus. It’s a great tournament and verycompetitive. Talent is brilliant and everyone isenjoying it. I am looking forward to the nextcouple of weeks.What is your take on the CPL? What sort of animpact do tournaments like these have onyoungsters as well as seniors? It’s great. It’ssomething for us to challenge ourselves in adifferent way. I think Indian cricket has come along way in international cricket because of theIPL where young players share dressing roomswith seniors from all over the world. Allcountries are benefiting from that exchange.West Indies is trying to do the same thing andthey are doing a great job with that. It’s verycompetitive and there’s a lot of quality. Youngtalent in West Indies is going to learn a lot fromthis. It’s good for us (seniors) too. It’s nice toget away from international cricket. It’scompetitive but it’s very entertaining as well sowe are very relaxed and it’s brilliant. It’s fun tobe here and I am really enjoying my crickethere.Do you see a similarity in the way the game isapproached in the West Indies and in SriLanka, not just by the players but also thefans?No. Of course, there are a lot of similarities inthe way the SriLankans and the WestIndians approach theircricket. They have anattacking brand ofcricket that they haveadopted from the 80sand the 90s. There is alot of raw talent and Ithink we share acommonality in that.But the difference isthey have a hugepower game. Wecannot compare that tothe Sri Lankan way(laughs), but the flairand lot of the otheraspects of their gamecan be compared tothem. The importantthing is that theenvironment is very

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by Reemus Fernando(island.lk) Mahinda College, Galle cruised to 37runs victory over S. Thomas’ College as left-armpaceman Visitha Sammana spearheaded theirbowling attack with a three wicket haul in theSinger Cup Inter School Under-17 Division I crickettournament match played at Mount Lavinia onTuesday.Chasing 188 runs to win the Thomians lost wicketsat reguler intervals. They were four wickets down for34 runs at one stage before skipper RomeshNallaperuma (57) and Rusith Karunaratne put on afifth wicket stand of 76 runs.But that was not enough for the home team to poseany threat as others failed to resist the pacebarrage of Mahinda.While left-arm paceman Sammana picked up threewickets, right armers Prashan Kavinda and KavinduMaheesha and off-spinner Ashen Kandambi pickedup two wickets each.Earlier, Ravindu Hansika top scored with 78 runs forMahinda. He scored nine fours and a six in his 116-ball knock.Scores:Mahinda 187 all out in 49 overs (Ravindu Hansika78, Mitheesha Ekanayake 37, Kavindu Maheesha21; Sithila Rathnayake 4/27, Romesh Nallaperuma2/31)S. Thomas’ 150 for 9 in 50 overs (RomeshNallaperuma 57, Rusith Karunaratne 53; VisithaSammana 3/22, Prashan Kavinda 2/20, KavinduMaheesha 2/38, Ashen Kandambi 2/15)

By Hafiz Marikar(ceylontoday.lk) Kingswood Collegedid well in one of the earliest sportsthey took up, basketball, to beatColombo International School in thefinal of the Central ProvinceEducation Department organizedbasketball tournament which wasplayed at Randles Hill.Kingswoodians who took an earlylead, handling the ball easily, went onto score 99 points against 70. At halftime the winners led 47/33.

For the champions, HasanakaNillupul 21, Vidura Alwis 17 andMayantha Weerawardena 17 werethe scorers. For the runner-up teamMohamed Salim 26, HiranKaraliyadde 27 and Mohamed Hamza12 were the scorers. The mostoutstanding player award went toVidura Alwis.AL Azar College Akurana won theconsolation final by beating St.Anthony's College by 67 points to 47.

Kingswood outplay CIS in final -CP Basketball Tournament

(nation.lk) The Sri Lanka Inter UniversityFlag Football Tournament organized byEFLI- Sri Lanka and sponsored by theSouth Asia Gateway Terminals concludedlast Sunday at the CR and FC groundLongdon Place with the NIBM Wildcatsbeating Kotalawela Defence Academy inthe championship final.An enthusiastic crowd witnessed theproceedings and even a heavy downpourbefore the final was no deterrent tospectator or player who enjoyed theexcitement of the first ever University FlagFootball tournament introduced in Sri Lankathis year.An exhibition game which was played priorto the Cup final was a hit with ColomboLions players like Andrew Siriwardena, andSri Lanka rugby star Shenal Dias makingsome excellent runs against the experienced USEmbassy invitation team.The Cup final between NIBM Wildcats and

Kotalawela Defence University Riffles dished outsome excellent throwing and running down theflank.




The skipper of the champion NIBM Wildcats team receives theCup trophy from Erwin Haaze the CEO of SAGT as Tournament

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Indika Welagedara( ) Science College Mount Laviniascored a smashing 52 points (6 Goals, 2 Tries) to26 (3 Goal, 1 tries) win over a depleted RoyalCollege out fit in their Milo schools knock outrugby championship semi-finals played at theHavelock park yesterday. Science College lads led38-5 at the breather.Royal College who wentinto yesterday’s gamewithout six forwards andcentre Akash Iddaweladue to injuries andstudies, were completelyoutplayed by the ScienceCollege outfit in the firsthalf in which they scoredsix tries through theirdazzling three quarters.Yesterday’s 52-26 win isthe biggest victory marginfor Science Boys againstRoyal after their previousbest of 36-19 at the RoyalComplex two years ago.Yesterday’s win alsohelped the Mount Laviniaboys to avenge their 22-37 defeat in the hands ofRoyal in the SingerLeague Tournament atRoyal Complex earlierthis year.Science opened scoring in the second minute ofplay through their captain Lasindu Karunathilaka.Tharindu Maduranga made the conversion to giveScience a 7 Nil lead.

Hashan Madumadawa scored the second try forScience but the conversion was missed byTharindu. Score 12 nil.Royal came back to the game with a try scoredthrough Fajudeen. Full back Ovin Askey missedthe conversion. Score read 12-5 in favour ofScience.Science scored four back to back tries through

Flanker Madusanka, fullback Supun Dilshan,winger Thanuj Madurangaand prop M.C.J. Silva,which centre Tharindukandamby made threeconversions to go into thehalf time with acommanding 38 points to5 lead.In the second half, RoyalCollege came up with abetter display by scoring apenalty try and two moretries through their fly halfGayal Jayasinghe andvise captain cum flankerKeshan Peiris. Askeymade all three convertedto reduce the gap.Science scored only twotries in the second half,through winger ThanujMaduranga and full backSupun Dilshan.

Both were converted by centre TharinduMaduranga to seal a 52-26 win for Science whenreferee Priyantha Gunarathna blew the finalwhistle.

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The Sri Lankan ODI squad for the ODI seriesagainst Pakistan has been named by the selectors.The ODI series commences on July 11, with theremaining four games scheduled for July15, July19, July 22 and July 26.The team is as follows.1. Angelo Mathews2. TM Dilshan3. Kusal Janith Perera4. Upul Tharanga5. Lahiru Thirimanne6. Dinesh Chandimal7. Milinda Siriwardene8. Ashan Priyanjan9. Nuwan Pradeep10. Thisara Perera11. Suranga Lakmal12. Lasith Malinga13. Sachithra Senanayake14. Seekkuge Prasanna15. Sachith PathiranaCourtesy: (www.srilankacricket.lk)

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Bavalan Pathmanathan,club player in Surrey,

dies after blow to chest( ) Britishcricketer dies due to injuriessuffered after being hit on thechest during Division 3 match inBritish Tamil League.Bavalan Pathmanathan, a SriLanka born cricketer, died afterbeing hit on the chest during aBritish Tamil League Division 3 match in Surrey,UK, on Sunday.The 24-year-old was playing for the ManipayParish Sports Club when a ball hit him in thechest. An air ambulance was flown into the LittonDong recreational ground. But Pathmanathandied of a heart failure later, the British TamilLeague official website said.Pathmanathan was originally from Jaffna, SriLanka.“Our cricketer Bavalan Pathmanathan is nolonger with us. He was hit by the ball on his chestwhile batting. Our club was totally shock by hisdeath at this young age,” said a Facebook postby Manipay Parish Sports Club.

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(colombogazette.com) The Indian cricket team willplay the first of the three-Test series against SriLanka in Galle from August 12 to 16 according to amedia release issued by the hosts broadcastersSony Six.Although BCCI is yet to confirm the itinerary, themedia release issued by Sony Six states that thesecond Test match will be played at the ColomboOval from August 20 to 24 while the final Testmatch of the series will be played in Pallekele fromAugust 28 to September 1. Meanwhile, the BCCI

is planning to advance the tour.“At present the tour is due to start around August11 but we want it to be advanced by a week as theteam would have returned from Zimbabwe by July20. We are working out the modalities and theprogramme will be out in 2-3 days. We are keenthat the team return from Lanka by September 2or so, so that they have a complete break of onemonth before the home series against South Africain October-November,” a BCCI source said.September, however, could see the alternativetournament to the T20 Champions League, asplanned by BCCI, taking place but no details haveemerged thus far on this front.The Test series would be India’s first in Sri Lankaafter five years. India drew 1-1 in the previousrubber between the two teams held in the EmeraldIsle in August, 2010.After returning home from Lanka, India awaitSouth Africa for a full series of Tests, ODIs andT20Is.South Africa will play four Test matches(Ahmedabad, Delhi, Nagpur and Bengaluru), fiveone-day internationals (Chennai, Kanpur, MP,Rajkot and Mumbai) and three T20s (Kolkata,Mohali, Dharamshala).

(colombogazette.com) Sri Lanka’s fast-bowlingcoach Champaka Ramanayake has said that 23-year-old Dushmantha Chameera is the mostexciting fast-bowling find he had come acrosssince Lasith Malinga.Ramanayake, a former Sri Lanka seamer with 18Test caps, was responsible for the emergence ofMalinga, and hebelieves Chameera hasthe same raw materialin him.“Chameera is theequivalent of Malinga atthe start of his career,pace wise, but not skillwise which he has todevelop,” Ramanayakesaid. “Malinga bowledwith a lot of confidenceand had raw pace andhe had an unusualbowling action.“Chameera has got pace which was lacking in ourbowling line-up. It is good to have a bowler whocan hit speeds of nearly 150 kmph consistently inyour team. He has to work on his skill levels andhe needs strengthening for sustainability.”Chameera went off the field for treatment in hissecond over during Pakistan’s second innings inColombo, but returned afterwards to bowl with alot of pace and picked up three wickets. Heunsettled the Pakistani batsmen and broke thewrist of Wahab Riaz, who was subsequently ruledout of the Test series.“I am very proud of his attitude that even with aside strain he continued to bowl. Pain issomething every fast bowler has to carry withthem throughout their careers,” Ramanayakesaid.Ramanayake said that he got to know Chameerabetter when he was working with the Sri Lanka Ateam during the home series against Pakistan A.“Working with the A team, there is a lot of time tocondition the bowlers better. Chameera alongwith the other fast bowlers underwent similartraining as the seniors. It was enjoyable workingwith the youngsters.”Ramanayake said the arrival of Michael Main, thenew trainer from England, was helping thebowlers get fitter and stronger. “Conditioning isvery important. We are doing a special programon fitness and strengthening for all our fastbowlers, it’s a six-month course,” Ramanayakesaid. “With the climate and weather we have hereit’s tough on the fast bowlers, you can’t bowl them

in long spells. Sri Lanka must be the toughestplace in the world for fast bowlers. Unlike incountries like England, New Zealand and Australiawhere the conditions and pitches are suitable forfast bowling, it’s a challenge in Asian countries.”Dhammika Prasad, who was named Man of theMatch for his seven wickets in Sri Lanka’s win

against Pakistan in thesecond Test, hasovercome fitness andinjury problems whichhad held back hisprogress in the past.Ramanayake said thatPrasad’s role in thesenior team was to giveconfidence to thebowlers and work ontheir mental side.“Dhammika had abowling fitness issue

and when he was in the Sri Lanka ‘A’ team lastyear we treated him as a special case. Weconditioned him and he was asked to bowl spellsfor a day as in a match situation. It’s a mental thingas well. Bowlers can have a bad spell or a bad daybut unlike batsmen they can always come back.”(Courtesy ESPN Cricinfo)

India yet to confirm Lanka schedule

Chameera most exciting bowler since Malinga

(ceylontoday.lk) Defending champion AnandaColombo beat Thurstan Colombo by 5 wickets inthe second round match of 'Singer Trophy' Under15 division I inter schools cricket tournament atAnanda Mawatha yesterday.Thurstan: 126 in 46.2 overs (K, Perera 35, K.Darshana 5/20)Ananda: 127/5 in 27.4 overs (K. Nirmal 63, T.Weerasinghe 2/15)De Mazenod wins by 5 wktsDe Mazenod beat President's College, Rajagiriyaby 5 wickets in their match ended at Rajagiriyayesterday.

President's: 193 in 45.5 overs (K. Malinda 27, NRodrigo 3/25)De Mazenod: 198/5 in 35.2 overs (S. Jude 66, R.Fernando 50, M. Perera 2/35)Bens win by 13-runsSt. Benedict's Kotahena beat MaliyadevaKurunegala by 13 runs in their match ended atKurunegala yesterday.St. Benedict's: 165 in 49.3 overs (M. Theekshana53, S. Ranathunga 2/7)Maliyadeva: 152 in 48.5 overs (M. Premadasa 83n.o., B. Wijesundara 3/41)(IR)

Ananda beat Thurstan - 'Singer Cup'U-15 Div.I Cricket

Mahelafrom P30You see batsmen going hard at the top ordernowadays and it’s very exciting. They find thatattack is the best option rather than beingnegative and getting bogged down. I think it’sabout having the right balance. Test cricket willbenefit not only because of T20 but alsobecause of the mindset of these players.Nowadays, batsmen are much more confidentplaying their shots. They can use what theylearn in T20s in Tests but they should find abalance and be able to execute it regularly.Your Ashes prediction?It’s going to be tough to predict, but I thinkAustralia have a better overall package.England is going in as the underdog eventhough they are playing at home because theyare an inexperienced Ashes outfit. Australiahave all bases covered. Having said that, this isa funny game… If England have a great start,then they might just be able to pull somethingoff. Should Australia do what they have done inTest cricket for a while now, I think they aregoing to win this. Also, I think the Ashes hasbeen a great advertisement for Test cricket forthe past decade or so. It is the focal point in Testcricket. This time it has built up as well, so I amlooking forward to it.Source: Wisden India




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Upananda Jayasundera( ) UdayaRanasinghe of VidyarthaCollege, Kandy won the under18 table tennis singles title andwon a Gold Medal for SriLanka at the South AsianCadet and Junior Table TennisChampionship which was heldfrom 17th to 19th June 2015 inNew Delhi, India. As captain ofthe Vidyartha team, he led theSri Lanka team to win therunners-up trophy with his school mates, KrishanWickremaratne, Dinesh Kavishka and Prasad deSilva.

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Marlon 6 for 10Dilwin Mendis-Moratuwa(dailynews.lk) A fine bowling spell of 6 for 10 byMarlon Madushanka guided St Sebastians cricketto beat Anthonians Cricket Club Wattala by anarrow margin of 12 runs in their rain hit SaraTrophy division one cricket match played atTyronne Fernando Stadium Moratuwa.Sebs batting first collected 77 runs and ShanakaSampath claimed 6 for 22 for the visitors and inreply Antonians collapsed for a paltry 65 runs withMarlon Madushanka during the damage and Sebsrecorded their third successive victory.Sebastian cricket - 77 Tharuka Dabare 26,Tharindu Darshana 3/25, Shanaka Sampath 6/22and 71/2, Mohomed Feshal 34 n/o, Harsha deSilva 25 n/o, Tharindu Darshana 2/17. AnthoniansCricket Club - 65 Shakthi Kanakathanthri 23,Geethal Fernando 3/42, Marlon Madushanka 6/10.

Malinda, Avishka helpHoly Cross

( ) An outstanding bowlingperformance by Malinda Jayod (5 for 29) andAvishka Perera (4 for 17) helped Holy CrossCollege Kalutara to a three wicket win overBandaranaike College Gampaha in theirrecently concluded inter-schools under 17division two encounter at Kalutara.Bandaranaike : 101 in 24.1 overs (DilharaPolgampala 25, Dulshan Dananjaya 22,Geethanjana Navaratne 17, Malinda Jayod5/29, Avishka Perera 4/17)Holy Cross : 102 / 7 in 19.1 overs (LahiruThambavita 16, Salith Fernando 16, ThimalHemapriya 2/12, Sasmitha Kodithuwakku 2/10)

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(nation.lk) St. Peter’s College produced asensationally smashing show in the annals of theschools sporting history as their tennis playersbagged the under-19 all-island title last week at theSri Lanka Tennis Association Tennis court inColombo following the success of the under-15and under-17 teams which also won the titles.The success of the school’s tennis was just thetonic that the Peterites would have wanted at atime their rugby team produced a disappointingshow in the concluded League season and gavetheir fans very little to cheer.The Peterites in the process completed the typicalGrand Slam in tennis by winning all three agegroups as well as the All Island Overall Schoolstennis Championship for the third consecutive yearand the ninth time over the past 11 years.It was also the first time that any school had wonall three competitive age groups since it wasintroduced by the Ministry of Education. ThePeterite show had even outshone the days sincethe early 1990s when Royal College were kings intennis and dominated the arena.But unlike Royal, the Peterite dominance came ata time more schools contest the title by investingheavily. By creating unparalled history the Peteriteshave raised the bar and taken schools tennis to ahigher level which makes them the team to beat in

the future.The Peterites signaled their entry when theirnumber one player Chehan Fernando defeatedAnanda’s top exponent Akila Vimukthi to take a 23-12 win over the Anandians.When the two heavyweights Royal and St. Peter’slocked horns, Chehan Fernando blasted outopponent B Suren who beat him at a recent Otterstournament as the Peterites won 23-12.The Trinitians and the Benedictines merely fell bythe wayside.In the semi finals the Peterites took on the strongColombo International School (CIS) team and withskipper Davishka Ranasinghe defying medicalprescription over an illness they triumphed theirway into the final.Shanitha Perera and U Dilshanth pulled off aremarkable win in the deciding doubles 6/3, 6/0.In the other semi final Royal beat S. Thomas’ 3-2to book a date with the Peterites.Overcoming illness to Ranasinghe, Nabeel Sabriand Shanitha Perera along with a back injury onChehan Fernando, the Peterites were determinedto go the distance.Chehan Fernando beat Royal captain VikumJayasuriya 6-3, 6/3 while Davishka Ranasinghewith Nabeel Sabri won the first doubles 6-7, 6-1, 6-1 as the Peterites went two up.

The Royalists hit back with Tharin Munasinghepulling a match back for his team and then NadilSilva equalled it all by beating R Krishanthan 6/1,6/3 to make it 2/2.In the decider the Peterite pair of Dilshanth andShanitha threw in everything to subdue Royal’sdetermined duo of B.Suren and S. Kuganeshwho dominated thecontest at the start andthreatened to run awaywith the match.It was Shanitha whocame up with aremarkable ace to breaka 30-30 deadlock asDilshanth intercepted areturn to put away awinner while the Peteritecrowd went into tearfulcelebrations to mark thehistory-makingoccasion.Peterite sportscoordinator Rev FrSharm Dasanayakeattributed the triumph tocomplete dedication and

sacrifice by the Peterites which was unrivalledalong with the parts played by the College rectorRev Fr Trevor Martin, master in charge BernardJesuthasan and coach Dinith Pathiraja in a majorprogramme.

The Under 19 tennis team of St. Peter’s College poses for a ceremonialpicture. From left Nisheth Mendis, R Krishanthan, Davishka Ranasinghe,Ramin Dharmaratne, Nabeel Sabri, Chehan Fernando, U Dilshanth and

Shanitha Perera.

Peterites dethrone Royal heydays in smashing show

NIBMfrom P35The match went into extra time with the scoresdeadlocked at 13-13 at full time. In the secondminute of the three minutes of extra time, NIBMtouched down to seal a 19-13 victory.The winners of each segment:Cup Champions: NIBM Wildcats (Trophypresented by Erwin Haaze CEO of South AsiaGateway TerminalsPlate Champions: IIT Dragons (Trophy presentedby Dilroy Fernando – Director EFLI – Sri Lanka)Bowl Champions: Jaffna Warriors (Trophypresented by Dhashma Karunaratne –Commercial & Marketing Manager, SAGT)Shield Champions: IIT Panthers (Trophypresented by Adam Pieasants of the USEmbassy)




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By Hafiz Marikar(ceylontoday.lk) Ct Sports: Karate team ofDharmaraja College, emerged champions in theCentral Province Karatechampionship, which was held on a grand scale atthe University of Peradeniya Gymnasium. Thiswell organized competition saw fifteen top teamsin action, and it was a good interesting show,

which everyone present at the championshipenjoyed.The champion Rajans team coached by SamanWeerasinghe comprised of some top fighters likeKalana Tennakoon, Jeewaka Weerasinghe, A.Alahakoon and Pasindu de Silva.Trinity College teams too did well and put up agood show, and were able to take second place.

S M Jeffrey Abdeen - Kandy SportsCorrespondent( ) Vijaya College, Matale and NalandaCollege, Colombo emerged joint champions at theall island schools boys under 17 hockeychampionship organised by the Sri Lanka SchoolHockey Association and the Matale SchoolHockey Association when the find, ended in anexciting scoreless draw at Edward Park Matale.Both team appeared to the tired when the finalsbegan as this was their third match for the day.They played the quarter finals in the morning andlater the semi finals, followed by the finals.Thirty two teams participated in this tournamentand the main problem of the organiser was a lackof another venue which resulted in matches beingnot worked off to schedule.The Bernard Aluvihare Stadium with barrenpatches at certain places was not the best ofvenues at this hockey tours. It is quite large andwas divided into two courts and two matches wereplayed simultaneously. This was not an issue theother venue was Edward Park.The best of all venues Nandimithra EkanayakeInternational Hockey Stadium with its excellentinfrastructure and facilities cannot be used as theastro tarf wheel is over 12 years old needsreplacement. Some of the matches were alsoplayed at a ground owned by Sirimavo

Bandaranaike Vidyalaya close to the hockeystadium.The finals produced good hockey though theplayers were a little slow on the field. They did wellto defend their territory especially in the shootingrange to thwart their opponents from scoring.Before the commencement of the match the twoteam, were introduced to the chief guest andformer National Hockey coach A J M Farook andthe Present President of the Sri Lanka SchoolHockey Association Mrs ChandrakanthiKarunanayake and others.Roshan Hemantha and S N Jayasinghe umpiredJoseph Vaz College, Wennappuwa scoredstunning 4-1 on penalty strokes over St ThomasCollege, Matale to win the consolation finals, atthe Bernard Aluwihare Stadium.It was quite on plucky performance by theWennappuwa whose hockey is on the rise as theylast became joint champions with Christ ChurchCollege at the all island schools under 19tournament at Matale.The ability for the Joseph Vazians to give a goodflight to Matale schools in Matale is a good sign ofprogress.In the semi final Vijaya College got the better of StThomas College Matale 1-0 and Nalanda Collegebeat Joseph Vaz College 3-2 on penalty strokesafter the match ended in a scoreless draw.

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Upananda Jayasundera - Kandy Sports SpecialCorrespondent( ) Udaya Balasuriya was elected as

the President of the Kandy Sports Club at theAnnual General Meeting held at the Club House atNittawela, Kandy on Sunday the 25th of June2015.Udaya is the nephew of E.W. Balasuriya, formerSports promoter of the City of Kandy. The KandySports Club is functioning as a Sports Club for thelast 141 years. Udaya Balasuriya succeeded Dr.Sarath Kapuwatte who was the President of theClub for 15 years. During his tenure of service, theClub became Champions in Rugby for 14 years.An old boy of Trinity College, Kandy Udaya playedfor the School Rugby XV in the year 1979 as aSecond Row Forward.His team mates were Tikiri Ellepola, RaviBandaranayake and Kumar Bulathsinhala to namea few. Before becoming the President Udaya wasthe Senior Vice President of the Kandy SportsClub. He gave a speech and thanked themembers of the Club for electing him as thePresident of the Club.

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The new President Udaya Balasuriya (on right)being greeted by Malik Samarawickrema, formerSri Lanka rugby player and presently a Trustee

of the Club. Picture By Upananda Jayasundera –Kandy Sports Spl.

(sundayobserver.lk) Sri Lanka batsman KumarSangakkara says he is "at peace" with hisdecision to retire from Test cricket.Last month the 37-year-old announced he willfinish his international career after the secondmatch of the three-Test series against India inAugust.Sangakkara, who is six months into a two-yeardeal with Surrey, is Sri Lanka's highest runscorer and is the fifth-highest Test scorer of alltime, with 12,305 runs in his 132 Testappearances.He spoke to the BBC Asian Network about hisinternational retirement, his plans for the futureand also whether he is backing Australia orEngland to win this summer's Ashes series."When you finally get to that point, there is asense of relief and sadness but at the same timeyou understand that there is a different part ofyour life to look forward to."Cricket will still be a part of it but there are somany other things to enjoy.Ultimately I am at peacewith my decision."The timing of the decisionhas nothing to do with theyear I've had. I am prettysure I could contribute foranother year and a half,possibly two."But when you realize you are fast approaching38, there is a little voice in your head which startsasking you a few questions. You realize that theend is nigh and it's time to make a decision."It's been a while coming and a lot of thought anddiscussion went into it. I have no doubt in mymind that itâ€(tm)s the right decision to make,both from a personal but also a cricket and ateam point of view.""I will have to be smart and think about whatopportunities to take. But it will still be an excitingchoice to make, and I hope to have the strengthto make the right choices."Not politics for sure - I am someone who likes totalk about it rather than do something about it.""Cricket-wise, in SriLanka, everyone is prettykeen to give somethingback and however youdecide to give that back"coaching, administrationor doing a little bithowever you can â€" Iwill always be available.Timely decision"Could I go intocommentary? I don'tknow, but it's important tosit down and take stockand when you do make adecision, you make it forthe right reasons."Sri Lankan cricket is at acrossroads right now"where the interimcommittee has beencharged with changingthe nature andadministration of thestructure of first classcricket, and to turn into asustainable and moretransparent andaccountable model. "Ithink it's such animportant task and sucha vital one that I wishthem all the best. If thereis anything I can do tohelp, I am available and Ihope we can take SriLanka onto a new path.""He will bring a lot ofhonesty, stability and

good old fashioned hard work" and he is awonderful human being."He is good, he is honest and he is simple. Hegives it everything and he is also a very goodman manager so England could not have askedfor a better coach."I am excited for Trevor and he will do a great job

with England as long as theplayers let him in and leaveroom for what Trevor has tooffer.""The advantage is withAustralia, it's an Ashes forthem to lose."But looking at the qualityEngland have, I think theAshes will be closer than

most would think, and they will give Australia astrong run for their money."The Australians are a wonderfully strong groupand led by a wonderful leader, not just a captainin Michael Clarke, but over the last two or threeyears we have seen a transformation that's beenamazing he has grown as an individual and as acricketer so he will have a huge impact on theseries."They will come out all guns blazing and play afantastic brand of cricket and England will also dothe same. Everyone will hope for a great contestand I think it will be one."(BBC)

Trevor Bayliss worked with Sangakkara when hecoached Sri Lanka between 2007 and 2011. (BBC)

Sangakkara speaks of retirementand forays into politics

S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen - Kandy Sports Corr.( ) St. Aloysius College, Ratnapurascored a thrilling 10 run win over Wayamba RoyalCollege in their schools under 15 Division Twosecond round cricket tournament match played atKurunegala on Saturday.St. Aloysius College, Ratnapura 168 for 8 in 32overs (Mohamed Rishard 52, Gagana Chalana 42,

Isuru Sampath 16 not out, Ishanka Dilshan 14, L.c.Nihanga 2 for 42, K. Wiswajith 2 for 29, M.M.M.Wickremasinghe 3 for 21).Wayamba Royal College 158 all out in 31.4 overs(K. Wishwamith 39, B.V.L. Batapola 20, L. Milinda24, Ishanka Dilshan 3 for 24, Isuru Sampath 2 for2, Iman Tharindu 2 for 24).

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St. Aloysius in 10 run win

Dharmaraja emerge champs - CentralProvince Karate C'ship

Vijaya and Nalanda joint champions

Udaya Balasuriya heads Kandy Sports Club

Chehan Fernando,Boys’ Under-18

champion100th ColomboChampionshipTennis 2015(island.lk) ChehanDeepal Fernando ofSt. Peter’s College,Colombo, emergedchampion in theBoys’ Under-18Singles category atthe ongoing 100thversion of theColomboChampionship openranking tennistournamentorganised by theSLTA PlayingSection.Fouth seededFernando beat top-seed B. Suren 6-0,6-3 in the semis

before getting the better of Savit Weerasinghe 6-3, 6-3 in the finals.

Trinity in 64-run winS. M. Jiffrey Abdeen-Kandy Sports

Correspondent( ) Right off spinner and skipperHasitha Boyagoda in a deadly spell took 6 for22 to spearhead Trinity College to a 64 runswin over De Mazemed College Kandana inTheir schools under 17 second round matchplayed at the Asgiriya Stadium Kandyyesterday. Apart from Hasitha Boyagoda'sdevastating bowling in batting it was thatprolific run getter Sanogeeth Shanmuganathanwho scored a flamboyant 75 with 7 sixer and 3four facing 42 balls. He has now scored over650 runs in the under 17 cricket tournamentmatches including a record breaking 270 notout against Sri Rahula College.Trinity College 194 for 9 wickets 50 overs(Hasitha Jayasuriya 16, SanogeethSanmuganathan 75 Poorna Wanasekera 41,Sashintha Waidyatillake 18, ThiyagarajahDusopan 15 not out, A Fernando 4 for 41).De Mazenod College 130 all out in 34 overs -(Praveen Fernando 37, Shanuka Fernando 25,W. Yasintha 26, Hasitha Boyagoda 6 for 22,Kalana de Soysa 2 for 1).

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Chehan D. Fernando whowon the Boys’ U-18Singles title at the

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(island.lk) The new playing conditions for Tests,One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20Internationals (T20Is) have come into effect withthe series between Bangladesh and South Africa,which started in Mirpur earlier yesterday (Sunday,5 July).It is important to note that the playing conditionsare applicable to international cricket and must beread together with the Laws of Cricket. Whilst aplaying condition may affect the Laws of Cricket asthey may apply to international cricket, thesechanges are not amendments to the Laws ofCricket themselves.In addition to the amendments to the playingconditions (outlined below), a revised ICC Code ofConduct will come into effect on Wednesday, 8July.The main amendments to the playing conditionsare:ODI - Fielding RestrictionsNo more compulsory catchers required in Overs 1-10.No more batting Powerplay.

5 fielders allowed outside the circle in overs 41-50.ODI - IntervalIf Team 2 is batting and a match is close toconclusion at the time the scheduled interval isreached, either captain can make a request to theumpires to extend play by an extra 15 minutes /minimum 4 overs to obtain a result.Once the interval is taken, the referee has alsobeen given discretion to reduce the interval time ifhe feels a result is imminent.ODI & T20I - Free Hit from All No BallA Free Hit is to be awarded after all modes of Noball.If the No ball was called for having too manyfielders outside the circle, the field can be changedfor the Free Hit even if there is no change instriker, but only to the extent of correcting thebreach.Test, ODI & T20I - Significant movement by aFielder or WicketkeeperThe Law relating to defining significant movementof a fielder or a wicket keeper has been amendedto allow movement before the batsman has played

the ball, as long as it is in response to a movementby the striker to play the ball.Test, ODI & T20I - Attempting to run out the NonStrikerThe bowler is permitted, before releasing the balland provided he has not completed his usualdelivery swing, to deliberately attempt to run outthe non-striker.Test, ODI & T20I - Umpires reporting breaches ofLaw 42The umpires are now able to use their discretionas to whether they report breaches of the followingLaw 42 offences:i. A bowler repeatedly bowling more than theallowed number of bouncers above shoulderheight in an overii. A bowler repeatedly bowling full tosses abovewaist height that are likely to inflict injury.iii. A bowler repeatedly running on the danger areaon the pitchiv. Stealing a runTest & ODI - DRS – Requesting a Player ReviewChange to Clause 3.2 of the DRS Playing

Conditionsa) Teams must request a Player Review within 15seconds of the ball becoming dead, but oneexception has now been added.i. If the umpires use an Umpire Review to answeran appeal for a Caught decision, for either a faircatch or a bump ball, the request for a PlayerReview of that Caught decision may be made byeither team within 15seconds of the result of the Umpire Review beingcommunicated.Test, ODI & T20I - Third Umpire – Contact withSpiderCamNew Clause 3.11 in DRS Playing Conditions,Clause 8 in the Third Umpire Playing Conditions.The on-field umpire can now use the TV umpire toassist in detecting whether the ball has been incontact with any part of SpiderCam - the camera,its apparatus or its cables above the playing area.There have been no changes to the Women’s Test,ODI or T20I playing conditions at this time.(ICC)

( ) Colombo FC overcame Blue StarFC by 1-0 in the final and bagged the CargillsFood City FA Cup 2015 at the SugathadasaStadium on Saturday.K A D Madushanka of Colombo FC, a promisingyouth player collected a perfect double pass sentby Dimithri which came through Blue Star defenseand kicked the ball into the net in the 68th minuteto score the victorious goal.The final was an evenly balanced battle till the halftime where the score stood as 0-0. In the first 15minutes of play, Colombo FC controlled the gamebut Blue Star bouncedbacked to get the gamein to the balancecreating some excitingand attackingmovements.In the 76th minuteColombo FC wasreduced to 10 menwhen the referee Azardsent off the Colombo FCstriker with a Red cardbut Blue Star could notget the best out of theadvantage.Madushanka won theCagills Food CityGolden Ball awardoffered for the bestplayer of thetournament.

Madushanka who is also in Sri Lanka Under-19team, scored during the quarter-final againstSaunders, Semi-final against Navy in addition tothe solitary goal in the final.Dilan Kaushalaya De Silva of Saunders baggedthe Golden Boot award for his five goals scored inthe tournament while Manjula Fernado the BlueStar goal keeper was awarded the Golden Gloveaward for his continuous match winningperformances. M.S Irshan was awarded theGolden Whistle award for the best referee of thetournament.

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Cargills Food City FA Cup-2015 champions Colombo FC team.

Text and Pic by M. H. M.Irham of Dharga Town,Beruwala(island.lk) Green Line SportsClub, Veyangala, Agalawattabecame champions of theBeruwala Football League Inter-club Soccer Tournament beatingthe only Dialog ChampionsLeague rep in the BeruwalaFootball League, Super SunSports Club, Beruwala by twogoals to one in the final, playedat the Vernon FernandoStadium, Kalutara recently.The qualifying round matcheswere played at the BakeerMarkar Stadium, Dharga Town.Super Sun SC led 1-0 at thebreather. Their centre forwardMohamed scored the opening goal for SuperSun. Green Line SC centre forward M. D. M.

Fowzer equalised in the 58th minute. Thewinning goal was netted by M. M. M. Imran in

the 80th minute forGreen Line SC.This is the first timethat these two teamsmet in a final of thisnature. The gamewas controlled by R.A. Tharanga.Anura de Silva, thenew President of theFootball Federationof Sri Lanka, IfthikarJameel, a member ofthe WesternProvincial Council(WPC), and anothermember of the WPC,M. M. M. Amjad werepresent at the awardceremony of thefinals.

The victorious Green Line SC, Veyangala, soccer team whichbecame champions of the Beruwala Football League Inter-club

Tournament. They beat Super Sun SC 2-1 in the tournamentfinal recently at Kalutara.

(ceylontoday.lk) CT Sports: Sri Lanka won thesilver medal in the fourth edition of the SouthAsian Basketball Association (SABA)Championship which got underway at theKanteerava Stadium here on Saturday. Thechampionship was organized by (SABA) and thisyear India hosted the tournament.Defending champions India won the gold medalwhen they beat Sri Lanka by 119-52 in the final.The Indian Basketball team has qualified for the

2015 FIBA Asia Championship for men which willbe held at Changsha, Hunan, China fromSeptember 23 – October 3, 2015. Sri Lanka'sunbeaten run to the final saw them demolishingBhutan 100-57, Maldives 92-66, Bangladesh 80-63 and Nepal 76-68.Six South Asian nations including Sri Lanka, hostsIndia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives and Bhutanparticipated in the championship.(KR)

New playing conditions come into effect, says ICC

Colombo Football Club bags FA Cup

SL Basketball squad secures silver medal -SABA Championship

Green Line SC, Veyangala win BeruwalaFL Inter-club title







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