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Services at Sri Lanka Airports meet Universal Security Audit Programme-Continuous Monitoring Approach standards – AASL
Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited (AASL), as the civil airport operator and the aviation services provider announced that it has been able to meet the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) requirements for the aviation security systems at Bandaranaike International Airport and other airports, reassuring that Sri Lanka’s airports and skies are safe.
During the period from May 8th to May 18th, 2023, a special expert team comprising the international audit team of ICAO conducted the audit on Sri Lanka’s aviation security systems under the Universal Security Audit Programme Continuous Monitoring Approach (USAP-CMA). Under the audit, eight critical areas, such as the regulatory framework of the national aviation security system, training of aviation security personnel, quality control functions, airport operations, passenger and baggage security, etc. were audited impartially by a four-member expert audit team.
ICAO audit team leader – Aurelien Lavayssiere, in his interim report has declared that Sri Lanka has achieved 92% of the score. (The score achieved in the previous audit carried out in 2012 was 85.6%.)
Russian state media reports that ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow and has been granted asylum after the Russian Foreign Ministry said earlier that he stepped down and left the country.
[Aljazeera]
Some 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, Volodymyr Zelensky has said in a rare admission of the extent of the nation’s casualties.
In a post on social media, the Ukrainian president said 370,000 others had been injured, though this figure included soldiers who had been hurt more than once.
He also claimed that 198,000 Russian soldiers had been killed and a further 550,000 wounded.
The BBC has not been able to verify either side’s figures.
While both Kyiv and Moscow have regularly published estimates of the other side’s losses, they have been reluctant to detail their own.
[BBC]
Iqbal Hossain Emon and Azizul Hakim bagged three wickets apiece as Bangladesh defended their Under-19 Asia Cup title with a comfortable 59-run win against India in Dubai.
Chasing 199, India were bowled out for 139 in 35.2 overs, completing a horror Sunday that also saw the men’s Test and women’s ODI sides suffer big defeats.
Electing to field, fast bowler Yudhajit Guha cleaned up Bangladesh opener Kalam Siddiki relatively early for 1. Zawad Abrar struck two fours and a six in his 20 but fell to Chetan Sharma caught behind. Guha then struck again getting rid of captain Azizul Hakim with Bangladesh slipping to 66 for 3 in the 19th over.
Mohammad Shihab James and Rizan Hossan then stitched a 62-run stand for the fourth wicket to resurrect the Bangladesh innings, but wickets in quick succession wrested any momentum they had built.
James departed first on 40 dismissed by Ayush Mhatre in the 32nd over before Debasish Deba fell eight balls later to KP Karthikeya. Raj then bowled Hossan for 47 while Samiun Basir and Al Fahad fell in the space of an over as Bangladesh slipped from 128 for 3 in the 32nd over to 167 for 8 in the 42nd.
Wicketkeeper-batter Farid Hasan and Maruf Mridha added a crucial 30-run stand for the ninth wicket before Bangladesh were all out for 198 in the last over.
India, however, failed to get going in their chase from the outset. Mhatre departed in the second over bowled by Fahad while 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi fell in the fifth after hitting two fours. When C Andre Siddharth became Hossan’s first victim, India found themselves struggling at 44 for 3 in the 12th over.
Captain Mohamed Amaan and Karthikeya added a brief 29-run stand for the fourth wicket, but soon Emon ushered a collapse and there was no way back for India. The medium pacer first had Karthikeya caught behind for 21 before striking two balls later to send back Nikhil Kumar for a duck. In his next over, he removed Harvansh Pangalia as India were reduced to 81 for 6 in the 23rd over.
That became 92 for 7 when Fahad removed Kiran Chormale giving ‘keeper Farid his fourth catch of the innings. Amaan and Raj tried to delay the inevitable but once Hakim removed his opposite number in the 32nd over, the game was as good as done.
Hakim picked the last three wickets to spark jubilant scenes in the Bangladesh camp.
Brief score:
Bangladesh U-19 198 in 49.1 overs (Rizan Hossan 47, Mohamed Shihab James 40, Farid Hasan 39; Yudhajit Guha 2-29, Hardik Raj 2-41, Chetan Sharmq 2-48, ) beatIndia U-19 139 in 35.2 overs (Mohamed Amaan 26, Hardik Raj 24; Al Fahad 2-24, Azizul Hakim 3-8, Iqbal Hossain Emon 3-24) by 59 runs
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