Pictorial biography of the late Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranaike released on International Women’s Day

SIRIMAVO: Steering the Destiny of a Nation, a pictorial biography of the late Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranaike was released on March 8 to coincide with International Women’s Day. Photo shows the book’s coordinator Dr. Ranjith Cabral presenting the first copy to Ms Sunethra Bandaranaike, Secretary of the Bandaranaike Museum Committee, at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Museum at BMICH premises. Mr Dharmasiri Pieris, retired civil servant who served as Secretary to the Prime Minister during Mrs Bandaranaike’s second term, spoke briefly on the occasion. Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga was also present.