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News in Pictures
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| President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared
open a new building for the Badulla District Secretariat
yesterday. Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Nimal
Siripala De Silva and Foreign Employment and Welfare
Minister Dilan Perera were also present. Picture by Nalin
Hewapathirana |
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| Mass Media and Information Minister
Keheliya Rambukwella laid the foundation stone for a
proposed new Ayurveda Medical Centre at Delgaslanda, Kandy
recently. Here Minister Rambukwella with Provincial Health
Minister Sunil K Amaratunge and Kundasale Pradesheeya Sabha
chairman Asela Ekanayake on his arrival at the venue.
(Picture by Sunil Gunawardena, Kundasale group corr) |
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| A Pirith Pinkama to mark the 73rd
anniversary of the Bank of Ceylon was held at the Bank of
Ceylon Headquarters in Colombo Fort on Sunday. Here, Bank of
Ceylon Chairman Dr. Gamini Wickremasinghe carrying the
casket containing the sacred relics in the procession,
conducting the Maha Sangha of the Fort Sambuddha Viharaya to
the pirith mandapaya. Picture by Saman Sri Wedage |
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| A lorry carrying a load of rice to
Colombo from Hingurakgoda met with an accident at Omaragolla,
Galewela on Monday around 3 am. The driver of the lorry was
admitted to the hospital with injuries. Police are
investigating. Picture by M D Mahinda, Dewahuwa group corr |
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