Rohan Dissanayake still plays netball at the age of 68-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Source:Dailynews Age is not a barrier to take part in sports and a good example is Rohan Dissanayake the 68 year old sportsman who is still playing Netball in Victoria league, Australia. He is a product of Wesley College Colombo having being involved in Badminton as well as Netball in Sri Lanka. He used to play Badminton and Netball though Netball was not familiar with men but Rohan used to play mixed Netball and was a very active player on the courts .He was the only International Badminton Federation and Asian Badminton certified Badminton umpire those days and at one time he was holding top posts in the Mercantile Badminton. Federation Rohan Dissanayake contacted Daily News for an exclusive interview and said” Before migrating to Australia I worked at Sri Lankan Airlines for nearly twenty years .I was ...

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National Chamber successfully concludes online B2B event with Turkey, signs MoU Source:FT The National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka in association with the Adana Chamber of Industry and Adana Chamber of Commerce in Turkey organised a B2B online meeting session concluded successfully on 29 June which was initiated by Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Turkey M.R. Hassen and Ambassador of Turkey to Sri Lanka Demet Sekercioglu, with the participation of Adana Chamber of Industry Vice President Bülent Başer, Adana Chamber of Commerce President Atila Menevşe, National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka President Nandika Buddhipala and a large gathering of Sri Lankan and Turkish companies. The objective of this meeting was to create awareness and to explore trade opportunities for Sri Lankan exporters in the Turkish market. Ambassador M.R. Hassen, during his opening remarks, welcomed and thanked three Chambers for showing keen interest in connecting with each other through ...

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