President Mahinda Rajapaksa is seen here greeting Prime Minister D.M Jayaratne at the 64th Independence Day celebrations held in Anuradhapura yesterday. Pic by Thusitha kumara
By Victor Ivan The political outlook of our country has not kept pace with the unprecedented changes that have swept across the modern world today. It still stagnates at an unprogressive level where the ideological backwardness of politicians reigns supreme. Although, Prabhakaran had been removed from the political scene of the country, the various schools [...]
By Imaad Majeed Pictures by Pavithra Jovan De Mello While the number of accidents have been increasing of late, little attention has been paid to the state of vehicles on the road. Aside from emission tests, there is no system for assessing the condition of vehicles, particularly school vans. Children are put at risk day [...]
Women security officers of the Civil Defence Force are seen here during final rehearsals in Anuradhapura on Friday for the Independence Day celebrations. Sri Lanka celebrated 64 years of independence yesterday.
A snapshot of the Ratmalana Railway Yard where 100 employees have been infected with the Dengue virus and two have died. The Sunday Leader was refused entry to take pictures. Public Health Inspectors have filed legal action against the Chief Mechanical Engineer for not maintaining and keeping clean some 80 acres where the Railway’s maintenance [...]
Text and pictures by Pavithra Jovan De Mello Situated on Beach Road in Hendala, Prithipura Infants Home at first strikes one as a well-maintained, safe haven for physically challenged children. Despite an occasional hint of sadness in the eyes of some of the children, these same eyes light up when they see a camera, and [...]
Richard Dawkins, popular writer and Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, addressed a full house on Friday, January 20, at the Galle Literary Festival. Nearly 800 people attended the programme with many having to stand or sit on the floor in order to hear Dawkin’s talk about his latest book, ‘The [...]
Seen here is the former LTTE chief arms procurer Kumaran Padmanathan, who is now under government custody, celebrating Thai Pongal in Point Pedro last Sunday. He is still listed as a wanted person by INTERPOL. Picture courtesy: ‘We are Sri Lankans’
UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa visited the Malwatta Mahanayaka Priest to obtain blessings on his birthday. The chief incumbent of the Malwatta chapter presented a jewelry studded replica of an elephant to Mr. Premadasa during the occasion.
A passing out ceremony was held in Puttalam for another batch of soldiers last Thursday. The selected soldiers will be deployed in Haiti as part of a UN peace keeping mission.
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