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News in Pictures
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Traditional welcome |
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa and First
Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa visited the Japanese ambassador's
official residence yesterday to participate in the first
year commemoration of the Japanese tsunami triggered by the
massive earthquake
which resulted in over 19,000 deaths on March 11, 2011. Here
Japanese ambassador to Sri Lanka Nobuhitho Hobo and his wife
welcome the President and the First Lady. Picture by Sudath
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Following the meetings with South
African President Jacob Zuma and South African Foreign
Minister Maite Nkoana- Mashabane, External Affairs Minister
Prof G.L. Peiris had further discussions at the Foreign
Affairs Ministry in Pretoria, South Africa with Foreign
Affairs Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim and Defence
Minister, Constitutional Affairs Minister and Chief
Negotiator with the African National Congress Roelf Meyer
appointed by former President F.W. de Klerk of South Africa.
Other officials attending the meeting included Sri Lanka’s
High Commissioner in South Africa Shehan
Ratnavale and South Africa’s High Commissioner in Sri Lanka
Geoffrey Quinton Doidge. |
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Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel Chief
Executive Officer Lalith de Silva makes the official
presentation of the first Mobitel Liyasara sim card to First
Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa at a
function at Temple Trees on International Women’s Day on
March 8. Telecommunications
and Information Technology Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya,
Child Development and
Women’s Affairs Deputy Minister M. L. A. M. Hisbullah,
Director Mobitel Anoma Laphir,
Director Mobitel Wijesiri Ambawatte and Senior General
Manager Mobitel Customer Care
Jean Fernandez are also present. The Mobitel ‘Liyasara’
special package was introduced
to empower and enhance the lives of Sri Lankan women who
play a vital role contributing
towards the development of the country in every sphere. |
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