The World Women's Day was marked yesterday at the Kularatne Hall of Ananda College Colombo under the patronage of First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa. Minister of Women's Affairs and Child Development Tissa Karalyadda presents a memento to First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa as a tribute to Sri Lankan women. pic: Lalith Walivitigoda

Senior Minister of International Monetary Cooperation and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Sarath Amunugama met the President of Ethiopia Dr. Mulatu Teshome at the
Presidential Palace in Addis Ababa as a special envoy of President Mahinda Rajapaksa recently. Dr. Amunugama discussed important state matters with the Ethiopian President.

Hadih Al Haman Group of Saudi Arabia together with the Sea Gulf Shipyard (Pvt) Ltd., laid the foundation stone for their new shipyard which undertakes yacht/pleasure craft repairs, ship building and ship repairs. Here the Deputy Minister of Ports and Highways Rohitha Abeygunawardena unveils the plaque at the dockyard. Deputy speaker Chandima Weerakkody, Galle District MP Dr. Ramesh Pathirana and Southern Province Governor Dr. Kumari Balasuriya look on.
Pic: Dr. Richmond Wijesekera, Bantota Group Cor.

Plastic chairs were distributed among Dhamma schools and death donation societies in the Dehiowita Divisional Secretariat by the Kegalle district UNP parliamentarian Champika Premadasa recently. Here the MP presents a set of plastic chairs to a recipient while Sabaragamuwa Provincial Councillor Sujith Perera, Dehiowita Pradeshiya  Sabha Opposition Leader Sestus Arasakularatne
look on.