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lANKA’S MILITARY MIGHT

sanjeewam — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:00:24 +0000

Soldiers are seen here marching during the victory day parade at Galle Face yesterday. (Inset) President
Mahinda Rajapaksa hands over the ‘Parama Weera Vibhushanaya’ award, the highest gallantry award any
military person receives from the Head of State, to the family members of a soldier killed during the war.
Pictures by Pavithra De Mello and the President’s media unit

LANKA’S MILITARY MIGHT

sanjeewam — Sat, 18 May 2013 18:56:50 +0000

A soldier marching at the rehearsals for the Victory Day parade at Galle Face on Friday. Sri Lanka yesterday celebrated four years since the defeat of the LTTE by staging a massive military parade. - Picture by Pavithra De Mello

A Prison Bus

sanjeewam — Sat, 11 May 2013 19:13:11 +0000

While it is against the law to park across a zebra crossing, a prison bus exactly parked across it outside the Colombo Magistrates Court.
Picture by Lalith Perera

Up In Flames

sanjeewam — Sat, 11 May 2013 18:50:40 +0000

A cut-out of an electricity bill is being set on fire outside the Fort railway station last week during a campaign to inform the public on the new electricity tariffs and the impact it will have on the day-to-day lives of the people. The campaign was carried out by the Coordinating Committee for a Joint Trade Union Alliance with the support of opposition politicians.

Picture by Saman Kariyawasam

RANIL MEETS SALLEY

sanjeewam — Sat, 11 May 2013 18:45:03 +0000

UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake in conversation with former Colombo Deputy Mayor Azath Salley at the Nawaloka hospital on Friday after he was freed from detention. Picture by Asoka Fernando

clamouring for worker rights

sanjeewam — Sat, 04 May 2013 18:45:25 +0000

A JVP supporter expressing his emotions at a May Day rally organised by the Marxists in Colombo last week.

Picture by Saman Kariyawasam

Rally to free salley

sanjeewam — Sat, 04 May 2013 18:44:50 +0000

A father carrying his son during a protest staged in Colombo last week, following Friday prayers, against the arrest and detention of former Deputy Mayor Azath Salley. Picture by Lalith Perera

Back to Darkness?

sanjeewam — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:00:48 +0000

A woman holding aloft a torch during a demonstration held last week organized by the JVP against the increased electricity tariffs. – Picture by Lalith Perera

DISCHARGED!

sanjeewam — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:50:52 +0000

A suspect in the Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra murder case, UPFA parliamentarian Duminda Silva was discharged from the Nawaloka Hospital yesterday. He was granted bail last week.
Picture by Pavithra Jovan De Melo

Police surround a person who….

sanjeewam — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:55:43 +0000

Police surround a person who attended the candlelight vigil outside the Bodu Bala Sena headquarters last Friday (12). The police, bent on finding out who had organised the vigil, threatened to detain this man as he was wearing a T-shirt with the word ‘Peace’ printed on it, eye-witnesses said Picture by Easwaran Rutnam