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News in Pictures
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| Economic Development Minister Basil
Rajapaksa at the workshop attended by members of Pradeshiya
Sabhas in the Gampaha district at the Eurostar Hall Gampaha
yesterday. Local Government and Provincial Councils Minister
A M M Athaulla, Deputy Minister Indika Bandaranayake and
Ministry Secretary Dr Nihal Jayatillaka were also present.
Picture by Chaminda Hittatiya |
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| The bicycle is still a popular mode
of transport among the young and old in the Northern
Province where civilian life has returned to normal,
brimming with confidence for the future after the return of
peace. Here, a mother peddling her two children to school,
passing the ruins of an old royal castle in Jaffna. Picture
by Nissanka Wijeratne |
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| Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena
opened Hemals Thalassemia Care Unit at Mahara, Kadawatha
yesterday. The Thalassemia Care Unit was built on a property
valued at Rs 500 million, donated to the Health Ministry by
Hemalatha Malini Ariyaratne. The government spent around Rs.
25 million for the project. The unit can accommodate 25
in-house patients. Thalassemia patients in the Western
Province were earlier treated at a room at the Ragama
Teaching Hospital. Thalassemia patients in the Western
Province can also obtain treatment from this Thalassemia
Care Unit free of charge. Minister Mervyn Silva and MP
Sudharshani Fernandopulle also participated. |
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