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News in Pictures
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| A ceremony to felicitate people in
Panadura who worked for the benefit of religion and society
was held at Galgoda Sri Maha Viharaya, Panadura on December
26. Here, senior lecturer Dr Pelenwatte Dhammathilaka Thera
presents the Sasana Bandu Honorary Title to Sandamala
Ratnakala Kumarihami Weeraman of Panadura at the ceremony.
Chief incumbent Ven Pothupitiye Pannasekara Thera and
Panadura Divisional Secretary K G Wijayasiri are also in the
picture. Picture by Panadura North group correspondent,
Susil Ratnaweera |
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| A passenger bound to Kiran from
Valaichchenai fell asleep and lost an envelope containing Rs
19,000. S Premnath, another passenger, who picked the
envelope handed it over to Eravur Police after informing the
bus crew. Satkunam Nilani inquired from the bus crew and
collected the money from the Eravur Police Station. Here,
Eravur Police O I C R A P Perera hands over the money to
Nilani's son. Picture by Sivam Packiyanathan, Batticaloa
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| A 29-year-old mother of Dambugala,
Medawachchiya who conceived twin foetuses, gave birth to one
baby inspite of the abortion of the other foetus, in a rare
caesarean operation conducted by consultant obstetrician and
gynaechologist Dr Asela Amarasiri at the Anuradhapura
Teaching Hospital recently.Dr Amarasiri said both the mother
and the new born are doing well at the hospital.He said
normally when one child (foetus) belonging to twins dies in
the uterus, the other child would either die or be born
concurrently. The operation was performed during the 24th
week of the pregnancy when one foetus got aborted to save
the other child. Caption: The mother with the new born
infant. Nimal Wijesinghe, Anuradhapura additional district
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