INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Former Sri Lanka cricket captain and former MP Arjuna Ranatunga has been appointed as the chairperson of the 15-member National Sports
Council to advise the sports minister on subject-related policy matters.The letters of appointment of the council members were handed over
by Minister of Sports Roshan Ranasinghe today (Aug 10).The members of the council are as follows:1
Former MP Arjuna Ranatunga (Chairman)
2
Air Force Commander Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana
4
Navy Commander Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenna
5
Sports Director-General Amal Edirisooriya
6
Major General Rajitha Ampemohotti
8
Former Sri Lankan hurdler Sriyani Kulawansa
9
Attorney-at-Law Ajith Pathirana
10
Chrysantha Mendis
12
Lasitha Gunaratne
13
Nalinda Ilangakoon
14
Sudath Chandrasekara
15
Sujani Bogollagama (Secretary)The council was previously headed by former Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardena, however, its members
economic crisis.The council previously consisted of 14 members.
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