President Maithripala Sirisena is scheduled to undertake a State visit to India from February 15 -18, on an invitation extended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Presidential Secretariat said. During the visit President Sirisena meet Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and hold will hold bilateral discussions with Prime Minister Modi. The President is also scheduled to meet political leaders and other dignitaries. He will also attend religious observances at Buddhagaya and Thirupati. This is the first overseas visit by President Sirisena after assumption of office last month.
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.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
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