Minister of Minor
Exports Crop Promotion Reginold Cooray awaits the auspicious
time to lay the foundation stone for the four-storied
Panchakarma Hospital complex at the Molligoda Ayurvedic
Hospital premises Wadduwa recently. W.P. Health Minister
Jagath Angage has made a financial allocation for the
project. W.P Transport and Sports Minister Upali Kodikara
looks on. Wadduwa Gr. Cor. S. Ruparatne Piyadasa
A group of Malaysian
Buddhists which visited Lanka recently presented a five-feet
marble Buddha Statue, weighting three and a half tons, to
Sri Nagarukkarama Temple, Eheliyagoda. Viharadhipathi Ven.
Marapana Hemananda Thera and other participants pay their
respects to the Statue at the temple premises. Pic: Nimal
Wijetunga, Eheliyagoda Special Correspondent
High Commissioner for
Sri Lanka Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe presented his
credentials to the Governor General of New Zealand Lt.
General Sir Jerry Mateparae at the Governor General’s House
in Wellington recently.From left: Chester Borrows, Minister
for Courts, Associate Minister of Justice and Associate
Minister of Social Development Lady Janine Mateparae,
Lieutenant General Sir Jerry Mateparae, Governor General of
New Zealand, Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe, Mrs. Malathie
Samarasinghe, Aruna Abeygoonesekera, Hony Consul for Sri
Lanka in New Zealand and Ms Sashikala Premawardhane,
Minister, Sri Lanka High Commission, Canberra.
