Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Minister Wimal Weerawansa opened the Housing Complex at Sucharitha Mawatha, Gunasinhapura, Colombo 11 which was refurbished after 33 years at a cost of Rs. 6 million. Senior Minister A.H.M. Fowzie and Western Provincial Councillor Hirunika Premachandra were present.

The third phase of the Lake Gregory project, one of the main development projects in Nuwara Eliya was launched recently under the patronage of Minister of Public Management Reforms Navin Dissanayake. Here Minister in conversation with people in the area. Nuwara Eliya Mayor Mahinda Dodampegamage looks on. Pic Bilesh Samantha.

The World Fellowship of Buddhist Youth Sri Lanka donated eleven water tanks of 1,000 litre capacity for the benefit of kidney patients in the Anuradhapura district, in response to a request by the Buddhist temples in Galen Bindunuwewa. Three thousand safe drinking water bottles were also donated. Viharadhipathi of the Sri Shailatalaramaya and Secretary of the Sasanarakshaka Balamandalaya, Galen Bindunuwewa Ven. Piyananda Thera and Viharadhipathi, Sri Jayawardenaramaya, Padikaramaduwa Ven. Kannemaduwe Dhammananda Thera coordinated the program. Chief Sangha Nayaka of the Southern Hurulu province, Ven. Marambawe Piyarathana Nayake Thera presided over the ceremony. A fifteen-member delegation of the society headed by its President Ratnasiri Mutukumara, General Secretary, Rasika de Silva, Treasurer, Mrs. W.M. Fernando and life member K.K. Wijayaweera were also present.

The Arugam Bay in the Pottuvil DS Division in the Ampara district popularly known as a ‘Tourist Paradise’ is now being frequented by tourists from various parts of the world.
Pic: I.L.M. Rizan, Addalaichenai Central Cor.