A sharp victory for the Zimbabwea team
Zimbabwe beat Sri Lanka by 22 runs in the second ODI. Batting first, Zimbabwe scored 302 runs for Sri Lanka. Skipper Dasun Shanaka launched a valuable innings for Sri Lanka in the reply innings. Dasun scored his maiden ODI century with 102 runs. His 94-ball innings included four sixes and seven fours. Kamidu Mendis scored 57 runs for Sri Lanka. Chamika Karunaratne scored 34 runs. Blessing Muzarabani and Tendai Chatara took 3 wickets each for Zimbabwe.
Large number of people die in a boat accident in Morocco
At least 43 people have been killed after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of southern Morocco. Foreign media reported that children were among the dead. Ten other people on board the boat have survived. Last year alone, about 4,000 migrants were killed in such accidents off the coast, according to foreign media reports.
A schoolboy who went swimming has gone missing
A 16-year-old schoolboy who went swimming in the Panadura beach has drowned and disappeared. Our correspondent stated that no information has been received about him so far. The 16-year-old student from Eluwila, Panadura had gone to the Panadura beach with his brother and father to bathe last evening (17). While bathing, the student suddenly fell into a stream and tried to hang himself on his father’s neck to save his life, but the student disappeared at that moment.
Strong warning to Houthi rebels
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has vowed to retaliate against Houthi rebels. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has issued a warning in response to a drone strike in Abu Dhabi by Houthi militants in Yemen, killing three people. The Emirate is a partner in the Saudi-led coalition against the Houthi rebels, who are believed to be backed by Iran. This is the first time that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been subjected to such a vicious attack, despite repeated attacks by Houthi rebels across the Saudi border. However, Houthi rebels have warned of further attacks on other targets in the emirate. A Houthi spokesman said the attack targeted several important targets, including Abu Dhabi and Dubai airports and an oil refinery in the Mustafa area of Abu Dhabi.
A warning to the owners of travel agencies
The Tourism Development Authority (TDA) has issued a notice to tourism service providers. It said the licenses of those companies would have to be revoked if they followed the “foreigners only” policy, regardless of local tourists
Scholarship tuition classes banned after midnight today
All tuition classes, lectures and seminars related to the Grade 5 scholarship examination will be banned from midnight today (18). As the scholarship examination will be held on January 22, activities including conducting tuition classes will be prohibited from midnight today until the end of the examination, the Examinations Department said. Accordingly, activities such as organizing and conducting tuition classes, conducting lectures, seminars, workshops, printing and distributing question papers including guessing questions are prohibited, the department said.
Sri Lanka Under-19 cricket team beats Australia
Sri Lanka beat Australia by 04 wickets in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Batting first, Australia scored 175 runs for the loss of all wickets while Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. Skipper Dunith Wellalage scored 52 runs. Meanwhile, the second one day cricket match between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe is scheduled to begin today (18) at 2.30 pm at the Pallekele Stadium in Kandy.
More than 89,000 people visited the port city
It is reported that 89,540 people have visited the Colombo Port City during the past 8 days. The Marina Zone in the Port City of Colombo, which opened on January 9, was open to the public from the following day. Accordingly, the public was able to enter the Marina Zone in the Port City of Colombo every day from 9 am to 6 pm and visit the premises. The last few days of the long weekend have also seen a large influx of people into the Marina area.
Manike Mage Hithe used to the election campaign of Prime Minister of India
The song “Menike Mage Hithe” sung by Johani de Silva is still in demand around the world. We find good evidence of this again in neighbouring India. The election theme song of the ruling Bharathiya Janatha Party has been created by translating “Menike Mage Hithe”. India’s Uttar Pradesh elections are set to take place soon. The ruling BJP, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is also gearing up for its victory these days. The party theme song for the election campaign was released recently. The song was composed by the Sri Lankan new generation singer Yohani de Silva and sung to the tune of ‘Menike mage with which shakes the world. The song ‘Menike Mge Hithe’ which was released last year has become hugely popular in India and has surpassed 200 million views on YouTube.
People stand out against Pushpika De Silvas false statement, She lied about taking Fourth place
Mrs World Beauty Pageant took the attention of the whole world and Mrs America was crowned as Mrs World this time. People paid much attention to the Sri Lankan contestants as the controversial incident happened in the Mrs Sri Lanka crowning moment. Pushpa the Silva was able to get into the final six contestants and she had made a statement on her social media saying that she got fourth place in the event. But people commented under her statement correcting her saying that there is no way of giving places except the first three contestants. People started to criticise her statement had requested to correct it. Also, many Sri Lankan people criticised her for leading such a controversial incident as many suspects she used her political influence to win the contest. Also, the contestants who participated in the Mrs Sri Lanka event supported the former resigned Mrs World Caroline Juri for standing against the system. Even they didn’t approve of the way she removed the crown many said that Caroline Juri was pressured backstage for her controversial act as many believe the judgment was done under high political influence. So many Sri Lankan names resigned Mrs World Caroline Juri as the “Beauty queen of the people heart” who sacrifices her crown standing against the system. This is the comment by Libby Crawford Please correct your assumptions of ” fourth place”.Nobody was sixth or fifth or fourth. That is false. No scores or placements are given to anyone but the top three in the world. Be happy for the winner and give her congratulations as she is deserving your respect Just as the organisation respected the Ms Rosys appearance at the event. As you were lucky to place in the six.