A charity concert was held yesterday (June 11) in aid of families of the victims and the reconstruction of the Churches following th tragic Easter Sunday Attacks at the Archbishop's House.
The event was a collaborative initiative between the Italian Embassy and the Archbishop's House. Conductor , Maestro Jacopo Sipari di Pescasseroli performed alongside other musicians from Italy. The group performed the "The Four Seasons by Vivaldi"
Captured here are images from the evening.
(Pix by Sameera Weerasekera)
I still remember the day of August 1947 floods, as it was the last school day at Kingswood College Kandy and the height the water soured. Water rose to the height of the Cross of the Chrurch at Getambe and the water was so high that it engulfed the Getambe Rajaponawarma Temple leaving only a few leaves of the Bo-tree visible.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate and submit a report over a complaint about the alleged illegal assets gained by model Piumi Hansamali.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
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