Bauddha Punarjeewa Commission report given to UNP

UNP National Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe and UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake are seen paying respect to Ven. Medagama Dhammananda Thera and Ven. Induragare Dharma Rathana Thera when the monks handed over the Baudda Punarjeewa Commission report at Sirikotha yesterday. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

Video: New Organisers appointed

New Organisers were appointed to the Western and southern province by the UNP National leader Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Parliamentary complex today. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

Lining up for UPFA nominations

With elections fever hotting up and speculations rife as to who would be in the fray for the upcoming polls to the Western and Southern Provincial Councils, these female hopefuls yesterday faced the UPFA nominations board for interviews at the SLFP Headquarters in Colombo.

Video: Aliya Resort and Spa opens in Sigiriya

The ‘Aliya Resort and Spa’ in Sigiriya was ceremonially opened by Economic Development Minister on Saturday. It has been built on a 22-acre land providing 220 job opportunities to the youth in the area. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

Video: Agricultural Research officers protest

The Union of Agricultural Research and Production Assistants of Sri Lanka held a protest near the Economic Development Ministry yesterday, against the curtailment their basic rights. Pix by Kithsiri de Mell

It’s all for the people!

Newly-appointed, radiant SLFP Colombo Central Organiser Hirunka Premachandra being escorted to her first SLFP Bala Mandala meeting in Kolonnawa today. On the left is her mother, wife of the slain SLFP stalwart Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra. Pix by Nisal Baduge

Derailed...

The Matara-bound express train from Vavuniya derailed at Poonewa between Vavuniya and Medawachchiya this morning. Pix by Romesh Madusanka

Video: Welcoming new visitors

The officers in the Dehiwala zoo received the albino turtles that were bred at a hatchery in Kosgoda a while ago. A veterinary surgeon at the Zoo is seen checking the newcomers upon receiving them. Pix by Kithsiri de Mel

Farewell to turtles

Wildlife officials are seen preparing to take the albino turtles that were bred at a hatchery in Kosgoda to the Dehiwala Zoo. An employee of the hatchery is seen bidding good bye to an albino turtle at the hatchery. Pix by Hemantha de Silva

Fishermen exchanged…

Sri Lanka Navy today assisted in the exchange of Indian and Sri Lanka fishermen released in accordance with the discussions between the two governments.Pix by Navy.lk

Protect our industry

The Sri Lankan Film Directors Association and the Film Artistes' Association today held a protest march from Shalika Road, Narahenpita to the Ministry of Mass Media & Information and handed over a petition urging the authorities to revise the National Film Corporation Act and to save the industry from ruin by improving digital film screening. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

First day at school

A ceremony was held to welcome students admitted to grade one in the Kirillawala Medi Maha Vidyalaya today. The children were taken to the school by a double-decker bus from Kirillawala to Kiribathgoda.

Midwives protest

Government Midwifery Service Association members today held a protest march from the Health Ministry at Dean’s Road, Colombo to the President’s Secretariat urging the authorities to safeguard their profession from moves to allow nurses to be trained in midwifery. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

Road flooded in Anuradhapura

The road Malwathu Oya lane leading to the Anuradhapura Sacred city is seen inundated due to the over flowing Malwathu Oya in Anuradhapura after the heavy rains in the area. Pix by Athula Bandara

Video: Religious rituals at the Kelani Viharaya

Devotees are seen performing religious rituals at the Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya on the Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day which falls today. It was on a Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day that Gautama Buddha for the first time set foot on Sri Lanka nine months after he attained enlightenment. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

Against casinos

Ven. Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera seen addressing the campaign against casinos at the Maharama Vipashyarama Temple today. UNP National leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, Karu Jayasuriya, Daya Gamage, Wijeyadasa Rajapaksa and several other politicians and civil society organisations participated at the event. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

‘Sathyagraha’ over water issue

The ‘Siyane Jalaya Surekime Jana Neguma’ organisation yesterday held a ‘Sathyagraha’ at Belummahara Junction urging the authorities to find an immediate solution to the water issue in Rathupaswala, Weliweriya. Pic by Kushan Pathiraja

Thai Pongal Celebrated

A group of Hindu devotees engage in religious activities at the Ponnambalam Veneshwar Kovil at Kochchikade to mark the Thai Pongal Day. Pix by Samantha Perera

Today is Thai Pongal

Devotees are seen attending to religious observances to mark today’s Hindu festival of Thai Pongal. Daily mirror will bring you snap shots of the celebrations conducted across the country.

'Thai Pongal'

Preparing for Thai Pongal

The Hindus turned out in numbers this evening to buy goods from shops at Pettah to celebrate the Thai Pongal festival which falls tomorrow. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

SLPCC conference at Kadirgamar Institute

The Sri Lanka Press Complaints Commission (SLPCC) held its 10th anniversary of the inaugural session of the Conference on Self Regulation and Ethical News Reporting at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

Anti-Smoking Day marked in Colombo

The Health Ministry today marked Anti-Smoking Day with a countrywide campaign against smoking and the use of tobacco. A protest march was organised by the Health Ministry, the Sri Lanka Association of Medical Administrators (SLAMA) and Alcohol and Drug Information Center (ADIC) from the Nelum Pokuna Theatre to the Viharamahadevi Park. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana.

Video: All smiles

Hirunika Premachandra receives her letter of appointment as Co-Organiser of the SLFP from President Mahinda Rajapaksa at a ceremony held at the Temple Trees this morning. Minister A.H.M. Fowzie, Kumara Welgama and a host of others participated at the ceremony. Pix by President's Media

Relic of St. Anthony brought to SL

A relic from the arm of St Sebastian, a saint who is deeply revered by Sri Lankan Roman Catholics was brought to Sri Lanka today. The relic will be enshrined at St. Sebastian's Shrine, Kandana. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

124th birth anniversary of Al-Haj Dr.TB Jayah

The 124th birth anniversary of Al-Haj Dr.T.B Jayah, organised by the Conference of Sri Lankan Malays, (COSLAM) was held with High Commissioner of Malaysia Azmi Zainuddin as the chief guest at the New Town Hall, Colombo 7 today. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

Reckless driving

A car allegedly driven by a person under the influence of liquor crashed into a concrete bus stop in Kalapaluwawa, Rajagiriya last night injuring two and completely destroying the bus stop. Pix by waruna Wanniarachchi

Rare sight

A crocodile was found in the swimming pool of a tourist hotel at Ahangama in Kathaluwa yesterday. The hotel belongs to UNP Western Provincial Councillor Maithri Gunaratne. The crocodile was later reported to have got out of the pool and dashed into the nearby sea. Pix by Ravindu Diyagahage & D.G. Sugathapala

MR in Jerusalem

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and First Lady Shiranthi Wickremasinghe Rajapaksa who are on a tour to Israel, visited religious sites in the Old City of Jerusalem today. The historic Old City is home to a number of sites sacred for the Christian, Islamic and Jewish faiths. Pix by Presidents’ media

Bowled by a maiden

World Tennis Number 1 Serena Williams of the US and Muthiah Muralidaran of Sri Lanka talk after playing cricket on the rooftop of a city hotel during a media event for the upcoming Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 9, 2014. AFP