The Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Audrey Azoulay will visit Sri Lanka from July 16 – 19 at the invitation of the government, Foreign Ministry said.
During the visit, Director-General Azoulay will call on President Ranil Wickremesinghe and will have meetings with Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha and Actg. Minister of Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya, the Ministry said in a statement.
She will also ake part at the celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Sri Lanka’s Membership of UNESCO at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre and travel to UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
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The only orangutan held at the Dehiwala National Zoological gardens had passed away yesterday.
The Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Organisation Ven Galagodaatte Ganasara Thera was today imprisoned for the third time.
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