Chamila Pieris, Dinuki de Silva and Niranjala Manjarie in a scene from Walas Pawula (Bear family) which will be staged from today to Saturday at the Elphinstone Theatre. Walas Pawula is the latest creation of ‘Play House’ and is directed and choreographed by Dr. Chandana Aluthge. The founder of ‘Play House’ is Somalatha Subasinghe.

by Pramod de Silva and Bharatha Malawaraarachchi

History was created in Parliament yesterday when the Government and the main Opposition rose as one to pass the Budgetary allocations for Defence and Interior Ministries, which are now under President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga.
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Remains of Ven. Soma Thera arrive today

by Chamikara Weerasinghe

The remains of Ven. Gangodawila Soma Thera will arrive at the Bandaranaike International Airport today between 7 am and 9.30 am and will be taken immediately to the Colombo North General Hospital, Ragama for a full-scale post-mortem. The remains will then be taken to the Bambalapitiya Vajirarama where it will be kept for public respect until 3 pm tomorrow (19), after which the remains will be taken to the Sri Vajiragnana Dharmayatana at Maharagama where it will lie in state until the cremation.
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