Various events were held throughout the island today (4) to mark the country's 72nd Independence Day.
The following are pictures from the District Secretariat in Mannar, the Madampe Divisional Secretariat, the Matale District Secretariat and the Monaragala Vipulananda Tamil Maha Vidyalaya.
Meanwhile, staff from the Puttalam People's Bank branch presented gifts and vouchers to parents of infants born today at the Puttalam Base Hospital in celebration of Independence Day.
Pix by G. Coonghe in Mannar, Jude Samantha in Madampe, Mahesh Keerthirathne in Matale, Sumanasiri Gunathilake in Monaragala and Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe in Puttalam
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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