The Galle Literary Festival came to a close on Sunday, 17 Januar, a relaxed agenda, including a paced-out walk around the Galle Fort with Mrs. Carder marked the end of an action-packed week.
Sessions came to a close with a Literary Lunch at Jetwing Lighthouse hotel. All authors featured in this year’s festival were present at the final day’s lunch which also saw the inauguration of a regional prize for poetry. The Edward Lear Poetry Prize is open to poets of the SAARC nations and is to be announced at the Literary Festival next year.
With the Fairway Galle Lit Fest drawing to a close our photographers captured the following scenes over the last few days of the festival in Galle.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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