During the fasting period, they abstain from food and drinks and worldly pleasures from predawn to sunset, engaging in righteous deeds. These pictures captured in Colombo's Red Mosque, Devatagaha Mosque, and the Inner Bagatale Road Mosque on the 28th day of Ramadan show devotees gathering for Iftar to break their fast at sunset.
Pix by M. A. Pushpa Kumara, Nilan Maligaspe and Eshan Fernando
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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