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News in Pictures
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| First Ladies of Heads of government,
who participated in the 22nd Commonwealth Heads of
Government meeting inaugurated at the Conference and
Exhibition Complex Centre in Perth, Australia, pose for a
group photograph yesterday. Australian Prime Minister’s
partner, Tim Mathison and First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa are
in the picture. Picture by Lalith Weliwitigoda |
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| Prime Minister D. M, Jayaratne
awarding a trophy to one of the recipients at the State
Literary Awards Festival which was held at the Mahawa
Vijayaba MMV yesterday. Cultural and Arts Minister T B
Ekanayake is also in picture. Picture by Sumanachandra
Ariyawansa |
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| Military officials jointly with the
people of Jaffna celebrated Deepavali festival by lighting
1,000 oil lamps. Jaffna Security Forces Commander Major
General Mahinda Hathurusinghe, Brigadier Piyal Wickramaratne
and Jaffna District Secretary Imelda Sukumar participated.
Picture by Nissanka Wijeratne |
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| Principal Sri Sanghamitta Balika
Vidyalaya, Colombo, Vinitha Jayaweera retired from
government service yesterday after serving the school for
six years and helping it to achieve several major aims in
the education sphere. Here Jayaweera comforting a student
who could not hide her emotions on hearing about her
retirement. Picture by Saman Sri Wedage |
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