The Chilaw Hospital was inundated due to overflowing of the Deduru Oya and Munneshwaram Tank. As a result about 300 patients who were being treated in the Chilaw Hospital were transferred to Marawila and Ragama Hospitals and the Colombo National Hospital this morning. Chilaw town and most of the roads were also seen under water. Pix by Jude Samantha
Indian Army General Bikram Singh arrived in Sri Lanka today on a five day visit to strengthen military relationship between the two countries. He is visiting the country on an invitation from Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya. He was given a guard of honour at the Army Headquarters. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana
Colombo Lawyers Association and Chief Magistrate’s Court Lawyers Association staged a joint protest opposite the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court denouncing the attack carried out on lawyer Gunaratne Wanninayake near his house in Borallesgamuwa last Monday. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja
The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) today organised a leaflet distribution campaign outside the Fort Railway station in Colombo expressing its disapproval about the verdict given by the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) regarding the impeachment motion against the Chief Justice (CJ) Shirani Bandaranayke. Pix by Kithsiri De Mel
The movement for Equal Rights staged a protest outside Fort Railway Station to urge the government to release the Jaffna University students who are being held in Custody and to end the military rule in the North. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana
Sri Lanka's batsman Angelo Mathews dive for his crease as the Australian throw misses the stumps on the third day of the first cricket Test match in Hobart on December 16, 2012. Tillakaratne Dilshan led a fighting counter-attack with a pugnacious century as Sri Lanka trailed Australia by 141 runs with two days to play in the first Hobart Test on Sunday. AFP
Customs officers today seized a consignment of copper and metal worth Rs.11 million which was to be exported to India today using forged documents and declaring that the consignment consisted of rubber sheets. No suspects have being arrested. Pic by Kushan Pathiraja
A religious ceremony was held today at the Hunupitiya Gangaramaya Temple to mark the 69th birthday of its Chief Incumbent Ven. Galboda Gnanissara Thera (Podi Hamuduruwo). President Mahinda rajapaksa and Opposition leader Ranil Wickckremesinghe were present at the Ceremony. Pix by Nisal Baduge
National Sangha Council Congress (Jathika Sangha Sammelanya) was held today at the Maharagama Youth Centre to mark the ninth death anniversary of Soma Thera who passed away in Russia during a visit to accept an honorary doctorate in St. Petersburg. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana
The all Ceylon Health Services Union today staged a protest march beginning at the Aurvedic roundabout in Colombo urging the authorities to resolve several demands including uniform allowance and proceeded to the Ministry of Indigenous Medicine where they besieged the secretary’s office. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja
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