President, Sri Lanka Ex-Servicemen’s
Association, Brig. K.A. Gnanaweera pinned a poppy on
President Maithripala Sirisena to mark ‘Poppy Day’ which
falls on November 8, at the Presidential Secretariat
recently. Here founder member and President of the Ceylon
War Veterans Association of World War Two, H.G.P. Jayasekare
presents a copy of the book ‘How Japan bombed tiny Ceylon’
to the President. Secy. Gen. Ex-Servicemen’s Association,
Rear Adm. S.A. Samaratunga looks on.
Lighting the Town Hall Blue :UN
Resident Coordinator Subinay Nandy, visiting UN Assistant
Secretary General for Political Affairs Miroslav Jenca and a
Colombo Municipal Council official switch on the lights
turning the Town Hall blue as part of the ‘Turn the World
Blue’ campaign where historic and landmark buildings across
the world were simultaneously lit in Blue to commemorate the
70th Anniversary of the United Nations and the 60th
Anniversary of Sri Lanka’s membership in the world body –
[Photo: Susantha Wijegunasekera]
It is not likely to be an indication
of the rising cost of living. Yet, this monkey in the
Kataragama Devale premises, seems to ponder over the
remnants of a smashed coconut. Devotees perform a ritual
before Lord Kataragama by smashing coconuts to ward off
evil. Pic: M.Nelson Piyaratne, Kataragama Group
