Present
here
A function was held to commemorate the 55th Chinese National day
at the BMICH on Thursday organised by the Sri Lanka-China Friendship
Foundation.
Present
on the occasion was JVP leader Somawansa Amarasinghe, President
of the Foundation Cultural Affairs Minister Vijitha Herath and the
Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Sun Guoxiang. Also in attendance
was Tourism and Investment Promotion Minister Anura Bandaranaike.
Absent
there
Also ongoing at the BMICH at the same time was the S.W.R.D.Bandaranaike
memorial oration being delivered by Professor Laksiri Fernando with
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse in attendance. However at this
venue conspicuous by his absence was the junior Mr. Bandaranaike
who chose to attend the Chinese National Day celebrations next door
instead of his late father's memorial oration.
Rain
a spoiler
The new traffic arrangement on Galle Road and Duplication
Road, which was to be tried out on Poya day (September 28), was
postponed due to bad weather, according to a senior police officer.
It was rescheduled for today but there was no confirmation if this
would go ahead either. Looks like it is not only cricket that gets
postponed by bad weather. |
