News

Roshan Mahanama says no to politics

05 Oct, 2022

Feature Image

By Easwaran Rutnam

Former Sri Lanka cricketer and ICC Match Referee Roshan Mahanama says he has no plans to enter politics.

Responding to a question raised by Daily Mirror, Mahanama said that if he wanted to enter politics he would have done so when he retired from the game.

Speculation arose that Mahanama was to enter politics after he was seen at the Aragalaya protests and also launched a program to offer meals to the needy.

Mahanama said that he had been invited to join politics after he retired from cricket, but he turned down the offers.

The former cricketer said that his focus now is to give back to the country through his charity.

Roshan Mahanama yesterday (Tuesday) launched the Roshan Mahanama Trust to provide a platform for all stakeholders to join in unison in order to enrich the lives of underprivileged children in Sri Lanka.

The charity, which had been registered in Sri Lanka, will initially focus on education and growth, health and wellbeing, a safe environment and sustainable change.

The Trust will collaborate with like-minded organizations such as the Indira Cancer Trust, and SOS Children?s Village.

Cricketing greats like Brian Lara, Wasim Akram, Sunil Gavaskar and Chaminda Vaas also issued video messages extending support to Mahanama?s charity. (Courtesy Daily Mirror)

Recommended For You

Feature Image

Dilan says Mahinda lost last election because of Basil Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) spokesman Dilan Perera says former President Mahinda Rajapaksa lost the last Presidential election because of his brother Basil Rajapaksa. Speaking at a public event in?Hali-Ela,?Perera said that?Basil Rajapaksa fled the country as soon as?Mahinda Rajapaksa lost the election. “We were with?Mahinda Rajapaksa. We did not abandon him. But he (Basil Rajapaksa) fled within 24 hours,” Perera said. He said that former Minister Wimal Weerawansa was quoted in the media a

27 Jun, 2016

Feature Image

President takes fight against drug use to Nuwara Eliya

President Maithripala Sirisena today took the fight against the use of drugs to?Nuwara Eliya and promised to implement programs in the area to eradicate the menace. The President said that drug addiction among?males and females in Nuwara Eliya has led to?high levels of poverty. The President was speaking at the 6th phase of the ‘National Program for a Drug Free Country’ held today at the New Town Hall in Nuwara Eliya. Speaking further the President said setting an example is better than givin

26 Jun, 2016

Feature Image

US gives Sri Lanka tips on training to eliminate WMD

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA The US Government has concluded a five-day workshop in Colombo for members of the Sri Lankan Ports Authority and Customs, Police, Navy, and Coast Guard to provide training on eliminating the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Led by U.S. military experts from the International Counterproliferation Program (ICP), the workshop covered themes such as border security, technology, and threat assessment, the US Embassy in Colombo said. The embassy added that

27 Jun, 2016