The feast of St. Anne's Church, Talawila will be held on March 8
under the patronage of Bishop of Chilaw Rt. Rev. Dr. Valens Mendis and
the former Bishop of Chilaw Rt. Rev. Dr. Frank Marcus and the Additional
Bishop of Trincomalee and Batticaloa Rt. Rev. Dr. Joseph Ponniah.
There will be a special bus service from Colombo to Palaviya for the
benefit of Catholic worshippers, and railway tickets will be issued from
CGR counters set up at the premises of St. Anne's Church.
Communist Party meeting
Constitutional Affairs and National Integration Minister, D. E. W.
Gunesekera will be the chief guest at a meeting today at 10 a.m. at
Sugeeswara hall, Borella in support of the Community Party candidate for
Western Provincial Council, Mahesh Almeida. Similar meetings will be
held in support of candidates, Communist Party deputy organiser L. R.
Steven said.
Saeed Al Mansoori Ambassador of the State of Qatar in Sri
Lanka paid a courtesy called on Rishad Bathiudeen, Minister
of Resettlement and Disaster relief Services recently at his
ministry and discussed issues with regard to humanitarian
assistance. - Pic. A.S.M. Irshad, Colombo Fort TKN Corr.
SAARC
painting exhibition
Independence Day in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The
Minister of State for External Affairs of India, E. Ahamed
nips the ribbon to open the SAARC painting exhibition at the
National Art Gallery, Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 7
last Friday. The event was organised by the Indian Cultural
Centre. Cultural Affairs Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
and Foreign Affairs Minister Rohitha Bogollagama also
participate in the ceremony. The exhibition is open to the
public till March 7. Pic. A. Maduraveeran
The 61st Independence
Day of Sri Lanka was celebrated at the Royal Lake Club,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on February 4., in the presence of a
distinguished gathering from left: Ms. Beatrice, Adikalraj,
Mrs. Chandrika Ranasinghe, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in
Malaysia, Dr. D. D. Ranasinghe, Deputy Minister of Federal
Territories of Malaysia, Datuk M. Saravanan, President of
the Federation of Malaysian Sri Lankan Organisations and
Datin Kulasegaran.
