The 72nd Independence Day ceremony commenced at Independence Square in Colombo a short while ago. The ceremony is presided over by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
The ceremony began with the hoisting of the National Flag and the singing of the National Anthem by a group of school students.
The ceremony will also consist of a military parade featuring 315 officers and 5673 other ranks as well as 154 military vehicles.
Pix by Indika Handuwala
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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