MP Namal Rajapaksa, Chairman of the
Hambantota District Development Committee addresses the
gathering on the construction of the proposed 10-storeyed
Hambantota District General Hospital building at Siribopura,
funded by the Netherlands Government and the People's Bank
of Sri Lanka. Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, Disaster Management
Minister Mahinda Amaraweera and Health Minister Maithripala
Sirisena are also in the picture.
Agriculture Minister Mahinda Yapa
Abeywardena and Government officials launch the construction
project for the Matara, Meddawatta Temple's Dharma Salawa. -
Pic. A.W. Gunawardhana, Matara Central Cor
A youth organisation, “Wayambata Ketak”
was formed by former UNP Kurunegala district MP Dayasiri
Jayasekara for youth of Kurunegala district recently. The
President of “Tharunyata hetak” organisation and Hambatota
district MP Namal Rajapaksa was the chief guest. Here, the
chief guest presents the membership card to a new member of
the newly formed youth organisation at Panduwasnuwara in
Kurunegala. Pic: S.M.
Wijayaratne, Kurunegala Corr.
The Sri Lanka-Pakistan Friendship
Association conducted a colourful Sports Gala and Cricket
Festival yesterday at the Malay Cricket Club, Padang, Slave
Island, Colombo 2.
Justice Saleem Marsoof PC, Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri
Lanka was the chief guest while General (Retd) Qasim Qureshi,
High Commissioner for Pakistan in Sri Lanka
was the guest of honour. Here the chief guest lights the oil
lamp to inaugurate the Festival. ( Right)A cross section of
the gathering. Pic: Chinthaka Kumarasinghe
A ceremony to award higher national
diploma in local governance was held at the BMICH, Colombo
recently. It was organised by the Sri Lanka Institute of
Local Governance (SLILG). Here the Chief Guest Local
Government and Provincial Councils Minister A. L. M.
Athaullah presents the diploma certificate to a recipient.
Ministry Secretary R.A.A.K. Ranawaka and Sri Lanka Institute
of Local Governance Director J.A. Hameed were present. Pic:
I. L. M.Rizan, Addalaichenai Central Correspondent
Students of Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo
won six awards at Reflections 2013, the international
festival and competition organised by the City Montessori
School, Rajendra Nagar (Campus III), Lucknow, where students
from South Asia, participated recently. Anuki Bogahawatte
and Tharushi Jayaratne won second places for Pixar
Discipline (Multimedia presentation), Nilusha Devapriya won
the third place for Jekyle High (Speech), Bogahawatte and
Devapriya won the consolation prize for Dumb Charades while
Sachini Wijewardena won consolation prizes for Papyrus
Writing and Rhetoric. The Visakha team also collected the
consolation prize for Choreography. Staffers Inoka Subashini
de Silva and Ruklanthi de Silva accompanied the team.
