Music maestro Pandit W.D. Amaradeva celebrated his 85th birthday at the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Performing Arts Theatre where a concert and a felicitation ceremony were held, organised by the Star Events, headed by Sudharma Neththikumara and the Director General of Media Centre for National Security, Lakshman Hulugalle. Here Defence and Urban Development Ministry Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa with Pandit Amaradeva Mrs Amaradeva is at extreme right. Pic: Chandana Perera

The second floor of the new building under construction at Ananda Maha Vidyalaya, Kotte constructed from the decentralised funds of the Water Supply and Drainage Minister Dinesh Gunawardane and the new library from the funds of Provincial Minister Upali Kodikara and the Provincial Councillor Isuru Devappriya was opened recently. Former Principal Nandana Perera and the Principal W.W. Dharmadasa are also in the picture. Pic: Wehelle Piyathilake, Maharagama Spl. Cor.

The International Institute of Health Science (IIHS) Diploma Awards ceremony was held recently under the patronage of Senior Minister for International Monetary Cooperation and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning Dr. Sarath Amunugama at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute Auditorium. Here Dr. Amunugama hands over a diploma certificate to a student. President IIHS Prof. Mahinda Balasuriya, Vice President of IIHS Prof. Kithsiri Edirisinghe, Prof. Gunapala Nanayakkara and several other professors and doctors participated in the ceremony.