Senior Minister for Urban Affairs and Minister Coordinating Haj Affairs A.H.M. Fowzie represented Sri Lanka at the swearing-in ceremony of the new President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani recently. Senior Minister Fowzie and the new President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani also had a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Kabul.

The Sri Lanka Ex-Servicemen's Association held a Poppy Day Walk yesterday. Retired officers of the security forces participated. Pic: Saman Mendis

The Nagahaveediya suspension bridge that links Nagahaveediya village with the Kataragama town is in a bad state and poses a danger to the villagers and students. The bridge is enough for three wheelers and two wheelers to cross the Menik Ganga.
Pic: M. Nelson Piyaratne, Kataragama Gr. Cor.
 

Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council member Harsha Siyambalapitiya has introduced self-employment opportunities for needy families in the Napawala Grama Niladhari division of the Dehiowita Provincial Secretariat. Here Siyambalapitiya presents a set of plasticware to a beneficiary while Dehiowita Provincial Secretary K.G. Lanerolle and area Grama Niladharini Nilani Hettiarachchi look on.