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News in Pictures
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| President Mahinda Rajapaksa has
brought on an agricultural revival in the country by
bringing all cultivatable lands across the nation under the
plough. Here, the President inspecting some vegetables from
the Greenhouse at President’s House in Kandy. Picture by
Chandana Perera |
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| A consignment of essential drugs was
donated to the Cancer Hospital, Maharagama and children
warded at the hospital were also treated with food items by
the ANCL Buddhist Association. Here ANCL Chairman Bandula
Padmakumara handing over a parcel consisting of essential
drugs to Hospital Director Dr. Wasantha Dissanayake. The
members of the ANCL Buddhist Association, ANCL Dr. P.
Malllikaarchchi and Samanmalee Padmakumara were also
present. Picture by Samantha Weerasiri |
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| A mother and a child shop for Vesak
decorations with all arrangements underway to celebrate
Vesak tomorrow. The government has declared May 24 and 25 as
official Vesak holidays while declaring May 21 to 27 as
Vesak Week. The government has chosen Charatha Dhamme
(‘Conduct according to the Dhamma’) as the Vesak theme this
year. Picture by Nissanka Wijeratne |
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| The number of foreign and local
tourists visiting Marble Beach in Trincomalee has increased
considerably in view of the peaceful environment prevailing
in the Eastern Province. Here, tourists enjoying themselves
at Marble Beach. Picture by I. L. M. Rizan, Addalaichenai
Central Correspondent |
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| The Addalaichenai Divisional Level
English Language Day Competition 2013 was held at
Addalaichenai Al Muneera Girls High School recently. Those
who won 1st and 2nd places in the Divisional Level Language
Day Competition will participate in the Zonal Level English
Language Day Competition. Here, Addalaichenai Divisional
Education Officer M. A. C. Gassaly hands over a certificate
to a winner. Assistant Education Director P. M. Abul Hasan
and In Service Advisor S. M. M. Ibrahim are also present.
Picture by I. L. M. Rizan, Addalaichenai Central
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| Careless dumping of garbage is a
nuisance to the people of the Eheliyagoda town. Though the
Eheliyagoda Pradeshiya Sabha and MOH office have jointly
adopted a system to remove garbage twice a day, some
residents pay no attention on the cleanliness of the town.
Picture by Nimal Wijayatunga Eheliyagoda Special
Correspondent |
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| Digamadulla District MP P.H.Piyasena
who visited Dheewaragammana, a remote village in the Dambana
Divisional Secretariat division distributed house hold items
among housewives and school equipment among schoolchildren.
Here, MP Piyasena distributes an item to a woman. Picture by
M.A.Phakurdeen Addalaichenai Group Correspondent |
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| Ven Shiraishi Mineyoshi Thera from
Japan arrived in Sri Lanka to participate in the special
Meditation Ray Power treatment programme. Meditation Ray
Power treatment helps restore the body's natural balance and
bring the body back to the natural rhythm. Picture by
Kumarasiri Prasad, Airport Correspondent |
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