President Mahinda Rajapaksa presented 300 metric tons of dates to the Muslims in the Holy Month of Ramazan. Here Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne presents the consignment to Senior Minister A.H.M. Fowzie. Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs Director M.H.M. Zameer, Lanka Sathosa Chairman Nalin Fernando and ITN Director Hashim Omar were present. Pic. Ruzaik Farook.

An inter-religious community meeting was held at Dehiwala Municipal Council Auditorium under the patronage of the Mayor Danasiri Amarathunga recently. Agga Maha Panditha most Venerable Walpola Piyananda thera of Los Angeles Dharma Vijaya Temple, Dy. Principal, Ihsaniya Arabic College, Colombo 10, Moulavi U.F.M. Farood, Deputy Mayor Kesaralal Gunasekara, Ven. Kirama Vimalajothi thera, Venkateshwara Swami of Dehiwala and Rev. F. Muthukuda Arachi are seen in the picture. Pic: M.S.M. Munthasir, Panadura Central Group.

A mobile service and social welfare program was held recently at the Divisional Ssecretariat Maharagama. At the Mobile Service the ‘NERD’ institution introduced a coconut oil pressure machine to the public. The Minister of Water Supply and Drainage Dinesh Gunawardane presented the machine to an entrepreneur, D. Rupasinghe. Provincial Minister Upali Kodikara, Provincial Councillor Salochana Gamage, U.C. Member Nichantha Wimalachandra and Jagath Pathirana and the Divisional Secretary Buddhi Tharanga Wimalasena also present Pic: Wehelle Piyathilake, Maharagama Special Cor.

A group of Sri Lankan parliamentarians who visited Australia recently on the invitation of the Australian Government called on the Speaker of the Australian Parliament Mrs. Bronwyn Bishop. Here the leader of the Sri Lankan delegation, Leader of the House and Irrigation and Water Resources Management Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva presents a memento to Mrs. Bishop. Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody is also in the picture.

The annual gettogether of The Sri Lanka Republic of Korea Association was held at the Grand Oriental Hotel, Colombo on Friday. Here the Association President Rtd. DIG J.M.S.W. Jayasundara greets the Korean Ambassador Won-Sam-Chang.
Pic. Sudath Malaweera