"PEACOCK IN BRIGHT SUNLIGHT " (1911) AN EGYPTIAN STYLE PAINTING OF RUSSIAN ARTIST NATALIA GONCHAROVA

THIS PAINTING WAS DONE BY YESTERYEAR RUSSIAN AVANT-GUARDE ARTIST NATALIA GONCHAROVA.SHE WAS ALSO A WRITER,ILLUSTRATOR ,SET DESIGNER AND A COSTUME DESIGNER.HER GREAT AUNT NATALIYA NIKOLAEVNA WAS THE WIFE OF FAMOUS RUSSIAN POET AND NOVELIST ALEXANDER PUSHKIN.

Police Are Conducting A Special Investigation On The Mysterious Death Of A Five Year Old Girl

The Police Are  conducting special investigation on the mysterious death of a five year old girl whose body was found at a canal situated near her house at Divulapitiya(In Western Province) today(13).

A special search operation was launched by the Kotadeniyawa Police after they have received a complaint that the deceased girl had gone missing from her house since Saturday Morning.

The girl who was sleeping with her grand mother went missing since Saturday morning according to the complaint made by her parents to the police.

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Kaduwela-Kadawatha Outer Circular Highway Which Will Connect To Four Expressways To Be Inaugurated On 17th Of September

Kaduwela-Kadawatha Outer Circular Highway

The Motorists will be able to reach Matara(In Southern Province) to Kaduwela(In Colombo) in one and half hours after the outer circular highway from Kaduwela to Kadawatha open on 17th of September.

The 8.9 Kilo Meter outer circular highway is scheduled to be inaugurated by Minister Of University Education And Highways Lakshman Kiriella  and it will be connected to Southern Expressway,Katunayake Expressway ,Colombo-Kandy Expressway and Colombo-Northern Expressway,

The construction work of the Kaduwela-Kadawatha outer circular highway began on 2012 with the cost of Rs.44 billion.The four lane expressway is having six toll plazas and three toll office buildings.It comprises 250 meter long six lane bridge built over Kelaniya River and five overpass bridges .

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Air Port Custom Officers Arrested A Sri Lankan With Six Pieces Of Gold Hidden Inside His Rectum

The Air Port Custom Officers have yesterday (13) arrested a Sri Lankan at the Katunayake Bandaranaike International Air Port who attempted to smuggle six pieces of gold worth around Rs.3 million to the country.

The 51 year old  suspect who returned from Chennai ,India was concealed six pieces of gold weighing 600 grammes inside his rectum according to the custom officers.

A FAMOUS PORTRAIT OIL PAINTING OF ELISABETH THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA (1865) BY YESTERYEAR GERMAN ARTIST FRANZ XAVER WINTERHALTER

.THIS FAMOUS PORTRAIT PAINTING WAS DONE BY GERMAN ARTIST FRANZ XAVER  WINTERHALTER WHO WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS PORTRAIT PAINTINGS OF ROYALTY IN MID NINTEENTH CENTURY.THIS PORTRAIT PAINTING IS KNOWN AS ONE OF XAVIER'S BEST KNOWN ART WORKS AND IT'S NOW AT THE KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM IN VIENNA,AUSTRIA.