Stamp in memory of Kadirgamar

COLOMBO: The Philatelic Bureau of the Department of Posts will issue a new postage stamp in the denomination of Rs. 10 tomorrow to commemorate the late Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar. The stamp has been designed by Vasantha Srinath Kurukulasooriya.

The official first day cancellation of this stamp will take place at the Sri Lanka Institute of International Studies, Horton Place, Colombo 7 with the participation of Posts and Telecommunications and Rural Economic Development Minister D.M. Jayaratne, Foreign Employment Promotion Minister and Posts and Telecommunications Deputy Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena and Foreign Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera.

Meanwhile, the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies in conjunction with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will conduct the first Lakshman Kadirgamar Memorial Lecture tomorrow from 6.00 p.m. at Committee Room 'A' of the BMICH.

The First Memorial Lecture titled 'India and Sri Lanka: Friends and Neighbours' will be delivered by Dr. Karan Singh, President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. Minister Samaraweera will chair the meeting.