President Mahinda Rajapaksa was a special
guest of honour at the 2600th Sambuddhathva Jayanthi and UN
Vesak Day celebrations held in Bangkok yesterday. Here the
President with Mahachulalongkornraja Vidyalaya University
Rector Most. Ven. Prof. Phra Dharmakosajarn and Thai Prime
Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the event. Pic: Sudath Silva
The Senakadagala Training Centre of the
National Youth Brigade was opened at Getambe, Kandy under
the patronage of Youth Affairs and Skills Development
Minister, Dullas Alahapperuma recently. Here Kandy district
MP and Senakadagala SLFP Chief Organiser, Dilum Amunugama
unveils the plaque. National Youth Brigade Chairman Col.
Dharshana Ratnayake was also present.
New houses were distributed among widows
and children of five fallen war heroes in the Bingiriya area
of Kurunegala district recently. Here Major Gen. R.D.
Samaratunge, Commander of the Wijayaba Regiment opens one of
the houses to be donated to Mrs. W.N. Samantha Kumari, whose
husband K.N. Sunil Premachandra sacrificed his life in
Jaffna five years ago. Chairperson of Seva Vanitha Unit of
Wijayaba Regiment Mrs. P. Samaratunge is also in the
picture. D.M. Sampath Dissanayake, President of Bingiriya
Agri-Export Zone of Sri Lanka Export Development Board was
also present.
Pic: S.M. Wijayaratne, Kurunegala Cor.