Kandana police said yesterday they arrested the person believed to
be the main suspect who set fire to a private bus at Welisara
killing the bus conductor, who is now being interrogated.
An employee of Dankotuwa Porcelain Ltd. displays new tableware
designs at a factory. (AFP)
Sri Lanka ceramics eye another Oscar for acting bone china
Sri Lanka's ceramics industry, which has supplied crockery for
Hollywood's glitterati at their annual Oscar banquet, is now hoping
to win its own acting award - for look-a-like bone china.
Singer Sri Lanka chairman Hemaka Amarasuriya handing over the Singer
Trophy to Saman Jayantha the captain of the winning team HNB that
defeated East West Marketing in the Singer MCA knock out cricket
final at SSC yesterday.
Pic by Herbert Perera
Ton-up Jayantha gives HNB k/o title
Hatton National Bank's skipper Saman Jayantha, the Sri Lankan
cricketer led by the front, by making a dashing 114 runs, which laid the
foundation for his team to win the 'Singer' MCA k/o cricket final
beating East West marketing at the SSC grounds yesterday.
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse meets Indian Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the Asia Africa Summit in
Jakarta. Picture by Sudath Silva.