Sankha Athukorale and Sharmal Dissanayake, after two contrasting semi-final clashes, reached the final of Men’s Singles of the Queen’s Open Ranking Tennis Championship 2015 at the Gymkhana Tennis Courts in Colombo on Tuesday (13). Top seed Athukorale had to survive a vivid five-setter against third seed Nishangan Nadaraja in the first semi-final while fourth seed Dissanayake had an easy passage against second seed Dineshkanthan Thangarajah in the second semi-final. Athukorale beat Nishangan by 1-6, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 and 6-0 while Dissanayake beat Thangarajah by 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 and 6-1.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
The funeral of arguably the Queen of the Sinhala cinema Malini Fonseka, will be held with state honours on Monday, May 26, 2025, at the Independence Square.
The NPP government has been at the wheel for almost 6 months now. The time to keep looking at the rear view mirror and living in the past is about over.
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