Sri Lanka's Male Weightlifter Chaturanga Lakmal Jayasuriya and Female Weightlifter Dinusha Gomaz had won two bronze medals for the country in their events worked out at the 21st Commonwealth Games currently underway in Gold Coast ,Australia today(05).
Male Wightlifter Chaturanga had won the first medal for the country in the Commonwealth Games a Bronze Medal in 56 KG Category and later Female Weightlifter Dinusha Gomaz added another Bronze Medal to the Sri Lanka's Medal Tally in the first day of the games by wining the Bronze in Womens 48 KG Category .
Chilaw Police had arrested two persons with 220 Kilo Grammes of Kerala Cannabis in possession today (05) while transporting it by a Van near Bangadeniya Junction in Chilaw.
The estimated value of the stock of Kerala Cannabis taken into custody in possession of the suspects is around Rs.25 million it has been revealed.
Forty Six Students attached to a school in Monaragala who are in Anuradhapura for an Educational Trip were admitted to the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital this morning (05) due to a food poisoning.
The condition of the students is not critical according to reports.
The group of students had stayed in a Temple in Anuradhapura and fallen sick after consuming the food prepared by themselves it has been revealed.