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Sri Lanka placed third at Gladiators World Youth Scrabble Championship
The Sri Lanka Youth Scrabble team was placed third at the recent Gladiators World Youth Scrabble Championship which was held as the first virtual youth cup.
Sri Lanka defeated Nepal, the US and Malaysia to qualify for the quarter-finals. At the quarter-finals they edged out Australia to secure a place in the semi-finals.
While the Thailand Youth team won the championship, Pakistan and Sri Lanka settled for the first and second runner up positions respectively. The top three teams were presented with US $ 1000.00, 700.00 and 400.00 respectively.
The Sri Lankan youth scrabble players were: Adeesha Dissanayake (Gateway College, Colombo), Nimuthu Witharana (Richmond College, Galle), Imeth de Silva (S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia), Sandali Vithanage (Musaeus College, Colombo), Sethmi Jayasinghe (Sacred Heart Convent, Galle), Nonithma Dharmadasa (Sacred Heart Convent, Galle), Sarindu Willaddarage (Richmond College, Galle – Reserve) and Dulandee Handapangoda (Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo – Reserve)
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the combined proposal presented by the Minister of Tourism and Lands and the Minister of Buddhasashana, Cultural and Religious Affairs to prepare a Master Plan to develop Sigiriya as a sustainable tourist destination with the contribution of all relevant parties.
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Agriculture to incorporate the Sri Lanka Institute of Agriculture, which currently has more than 1000 agricultural professionals as members, and to instruct the Legal Draftsman to prepare the bill for the same, so that the quality of service and ethics of the agricultural professionals can be widely, efficiently and effectively ensured.
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal furnished by the Minister of Buddha Sasana, Religious, and Cultural Affairs to declare the Vesak week from 02.05.2023 to 08.05.2023 and to implement various religious and social programmes during the period
Cabinet gives green light to develop Sigiriya as a sustainable tourism destination
Cabinet approves incorporation of the Sri Lanka Institute of Agriculture
Vesak week from 2nd to 8th May 2023
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