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Saudi Arabia, Iran and UAE have
donated a stock of 200 metric tons of dates to Sri Lanka
for distribution among Islamic devotees during Ramazan. The
stock was symbolically
handed over to Prime Minister D M Jayaratne at Visumpaya,
Colombo by the envoys of the respective countries recently.
Here, Saudi Arabia's ambassador Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman al
Jammaz hands over the dates to the Prime Minister. Senior
Minister A H M Fowzie, Muslim Affairs Department director Y
L M Navavi and other officials were also present.
Staffers of the Associated Newspapers
of Ceylon Limited also staged a protest against the UN
resolution sponsored by the US and the West at UN Human
second Council sessions in Geneva. Here, they are proceeding
towards the Fort railway station to join in the main rally.
Picture by Saliya Rupasinghe.
A mass public protest against the
anti-Lanka resolution to be tabled before the UNHRC sessions
was held in Bulathsinhala on Sunday jointly organized by
Pasyodunrata DevelopmentFoundation and alliance of civil
society organizations in Bulathsinhala. Ports and Highways
Deputy Minister and Bulathsinhala SLFP chief organizer
Nirmala Kotelawala and Panadura UC chairman Nandana
Gunatilleka also participated.
A protest campaign against the US
sponsored anti-Sri Lanka Resolution at the UNHRC sessions
was held at Anuradhapura yesterday led by Provincial
Minister and Anuradhapura East SLFP chief organizer H B
Semasinghe. Parlaimentarian Shehan Semasinghe and
Anuradhapura Mayor H P Somadasa also participated. Picture
by Hindogama Group Correspondent
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