President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today (07) inaugurated the cement manufacturing facility of Lanwa Sanstha Cement Corporation (Pvt) Ltd., the largest cement factory in the country, located in the Magampura Lanka Industrial Zone. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana
A group of individuals staged a protest holding candles in Kohuwala and Rajagiriya against Government’s mismanagement of economic policies which has led to a debacle causing heavy burden on general public. The protestors called on the government to go home and urged politicians to stop playing with people’s lives. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja
The Sri Lanka Railways on Saturday commenced a special train for local and foreign tourists from Kandy to Ella.The train will depart Kandy at 7:00 AM and reach the Demodara Railway Station at 2:20 PM on a daily basis. The return journey will commence at 3:40 PM from the Demodara Station and reach Kandy at 9:35 PM. Pix by Kithsiri de Mel
Members of the Swashakthi Foundation of Persons with disability yesterday distributed leaflets to receive the attention of the responsible authorities and public, requesting facilities for the disabled when accessing public buildings. The awareness campaign held in line with International Wheelchair Day, fell on March 1. Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe
People are getting their old generators repaired after the power crisis marred the country. Picture shows several people are gathered at a repair centre in Colombo. They say the centre makes good turnover for repairing and selling spare parts at a higher prices to capitalise the escalating demand. Even the price of second hand generators are very expensive due to heavy demand. Pix by Kithsiri de Mel
Federations of Health Professionals today launched their trade union action over several demands in all hospitals, medical centres, except in Cancer Hospital Maharagama, Entomology unit (IDH) and Blood Bank Colombo. Outdoor patient treatment units in many hospitals were closed as a result of the strike. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana and Nisal Baduge
Ukraine expatriates in Sri Lanka today staged a demonstration in front of the Foreign Minister urging Sri Lankan government to intervene on behalf of them. They also thanked the Sri Lankan government for their support including the decision to extend their visas for further two months. Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe
Evangeline Elchmanar, who was the first woman of color to win the prestigious ’Miss International UK’ title, held a media briefing at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (MBICH) today to join hands with Sri Lanka Tourism and made her contribution to promoting Sri Lanka in the UK. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana
A jasmine-tree planting programme was initiated in Elayapaththuwa, Anuradhapura under the auspices of Ven. Walpola Gothama thera. The main objective of this project is to offer jasmine flowers to the Ruwanveli Maya Saya and the Jayasri Maha Bodhi. The trees were planted with the assistance of pilgrims and devotees. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja
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