President Rajapaksa offers the Atapirikara to Most Ven. Palegama Hemarathana Nayake Thera the chief incumbent of the Ruwanweli Seya.

A ‘Sakman Buddha’ statue said to be the tallest in the world was constructed and donated to the Pilimatalawa Ranawana Purana Vihara by Kandy Ruhunu Foods proprietor Deshabandu Padmasiri Muthumala and Mrs. Chitranganee Muthumala at the request of Viharadhipathi Ven. Ampitiye Sri Saranankara Chandajothi Nayaka Thera. The statue was unveiled by Hambantota district MP, Namal Rajapaksa recently. Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne, Chief Justice Mohan Peiris, Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena, Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena, Central Province Governor, Tikiri Kobbekaduwa, Chief Minister Sarath Ekanayake and VIPs from Burma, Japan, Thailand and Malaysia were present.

Two kilo metre long Koratota-Kongahehena road was fully carpeted at a cost of Rs. 50 million under the Maga Neguma concept of the government. Here the Minister of construction Housing, Engineering Services and Common Amenities Wimal Weerawansa
opens the renovated road for public use.

Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Dr. Rajitha Senaratna during his visit to Ampara District declared open a new building for Rural Fisheries Co-operative Society at Kanchikudicharu in the Thirukkovil DS Division. Here Minister Rajitha Senaratna opens the new building while Deputy Minister Sarath Weerasekera (right) and MP for Digamadulla P.H. Piyasena (left) look on. Pic by MA Phakurdeen – Addalaichenai Gr. Corr

‘Beyond Definition’, an orientation workshop held: ‘Beyond Definition’, an orientation workshop for Sri Lankan film and television producers, technicians and videographers and TV and film production companies on ‘Sony camera range in the modern 4 K Technology’ was held at the JAIC Hilton, Colombo recently, sponsored by Sony South East Asia and the Siedles Sony, Sri Lanka. Well-known TV and film personality and proprietor of Best Digital Audio Visual Production, Bertram Nihal was the chief guest.

The Ananda College Saukyadana Movement conducted an emergency care competition, 'MEDICAL-it' among schools to mark its annual First Aid Day - 'AROGYA-2014'. The basic first aid program was organised by a group of doctors representing the www.edoctor.lk web site with Miss Pushpa Ramyani Zoysa, a nursing officer and National Coordinator in Emergency care training.