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Houses for Commonwealth medal winners

27 May, 2018

The six Sri Lankan medal winners of the Commonwealth Games 2018 were rewarded with houses in Colombo, at the 25th commemoration ceremony of the late President R. Premadasa held in Colombo 12 recently.

President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Minister of Housing and Construction Sajith Premadasa handed over the keys and the title deeds to the beneficiaries who brought honour and pride to our motherland.

The winners were weight-lifters Indika Dissanayake, C. Lakmal and Dinusha Gomes and the boxing medal winners were Anusha Kodithuwakku, T. Ranasinghe and Ishan Seneviratne Bandara.

Text & pix Ashraff A. Samad

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