The High Commission of India in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism of the Government of Sri Lanka celebrated the 10th International Day of Yoga as a 10-day Yoga Mahotsav.
A group of yoga enthusiasts took part in the programme from different locations among the locations were Public Library - Jaffna, Thonadamanar Bridge - Jaffna, Royal Botanical Garden - Kandy and District Hospital - Hambantota and near Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura.
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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