These images of a full ’solar halo’ were captured by young T.K Yanula Buddika Sathnidu, a Grade 3 student from St. Thomas’ College Matara today morning. A full solar halo is a rare sight. Sun halos are generally considered rare and are formed by hexagonal ice crystals refracting light in the sky — 22 degrees from the sun. This is also commonly called a 22 degree halo.
Former President and SLFP leader Maithripala Sirisena, SLFP General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara, Environment Minister Mahinda Mraweera, State Ministers Duminda Dissanayaka, Lasantha Alagiyawanna and SLFP trade union leader Anton Marcus are seen at the first inaugural meeting of the newly set up ‘SLFP Trade Union Bureau’. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana.
Several member groups attached to the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) today staged a protest opposite the Fort Railway Station without adhering to health guidelines and not maintaining social distances. They urged the government to meet several demands, including bringing the fuel prices down. The protesters reacted angrily to journalists when asked to wear their masks properly and it was reported that several protesters were intoxicated.
The first press briefing of initiative called ’True Patriots’ launched by Former Minister Mangala Samaraweera, who has stepped down from parliamentary politics, was held today (25) at the ’Freedom Hub’ in Colombo. The project will seek to empower the youth of this country with the aim of creating a radical centrist movement towards nation building. Pix by Kithsiri de Mel
The country’s first-ever ’’National Sandalwood Garden’’, grown and designed in Sri Jayewardenepura, Battaramulla, was vested with the public recently under the patronage of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. Sandalwood trees have high medicinal value and provide the perfect place for people to relax with their families and friends. Pix by Nisal Baduge
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