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News in Pictures
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| The newly appointed Acting Mahanayake
Thera of the Sri Lanka Ramanna Maha Nikaya Most Ven. Napane
Pemasiri visited the Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy on Tuesday
and paid homage to the Sacred Tooth Relics. Here,the Acting
Mahanayake Thera with Asgiriya Mahanayake Thera Most Ven.
Udugama Sri Buddharakkita Thera, Central Province Governor
Tikiri Kobbekaduwa, Central Provinc Chief Minister Sarath
Ekanayake, Kandy's GA Gamini Seneviratne and Embekke Sri
Kataragama Devala's Basnayake Nilame Hemantha Welivita after
being received at the Maligawa premises. Picture by
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| A medical camp for the students of
Carlton Pre-school in Maligawatte and a workshop on child
and maternal health were held at the Pre-school premises
under the patronage of First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa.
Picture by Lalith Welivitigoda |
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The Bank of Ceylon honoured one of
its senior staff members Madulugiriye Wijeratne
who brought fame to Sri Lanka by winning a prestigious award
from the (Madras)
Chennai University in India for his contribution towards
Buddhism through Tamil
writings by offering a special award at the Bank's long
service awards ceremony held
at the BMICH recently. Here, BOC General Manager K.
Dharmasiri presenting the
award to Wijeratne during the awards ceremony. Bank of
Ceylon Assistant General
Manager (Human Resources) L.G.N. Cyril is also in the
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A Japanese girl gazes at a Giant
Spider crab at the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, one of the
largest public aquaria in the world, located in the ward of
Minato in Osaka, Japan. The
walk-through aquarium displays several habitats in 16 tanks,
along with the marine life in
them. The habitats are from the Ring of Fire area of the
Pacific Ocean. The Giant Spider
crabs known as the largest crab species in the world are
found in Japan Deeps, 8, 000
meters below the surface of the sea. Picture by Saman Sri
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| A journalist receives a scholarship
from Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella.
Ministry Secretary Dr. Charitha Herath was also present.
Picture by Nissanka Wijeratne |
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