SINHALA THOUGHT FROM THE WEB

UNAIDS Sri Lankan Office To Commemorate World AIDS Day Today(28) At Galle Face Green

The Sri Lankan Office of the United Nations Aids Programme(UNAIDS)  with the collaboration of National Sexually Transmitted Diseases(STD) /AIDS Campaign is due to commemorate World AIDS Day which falls on 01st Of December by today(28) at Galle Face Green in Colombo .

The main feature of today's commemoration of World AIDS Day is a Volkswagon Beetle Car Possession which is due to travel in the main areas of Colombo by carrying HIV/AIDS Awareness massages.Fifty Beetle Cars are due to participate this possession which travels 10 main areas in Colombo City and reach the Galle Face Green around 4.30 p.m this evening.

The Car possession is due to be started from Independence Square in Colombo at 2.30 p.m.

There will be a free blood checkup for HIV/AIDS and consultation programme on sexually transmitted diseases at Galle Face Green today as a part of the World AIDS Day Commemoration .

Different  Cultural Events are also due to be held under the programme,There's also a Musical Show featuring prominent Sri Lankan Artists and Award Ceremony to pay tribute to those who committed to make awareness among people on HIV/AIDS.

A Group Of Opposition MP'S Handed over A No Confidence Motion Against Finance Minister

A Group of Opposition MP'S have  yesterday(27) handed over a no confidence motion against Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake to the  Parliamentary Speaker Karu Jayasuriya with Signatures of  44 MP'S .

The Opposition Members belonging to United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) have decided to bring a No Confidence Motion against Finance Minister by claiming the Minister has mislead the Parliament by stating around 5.6 % from Gross Domestic Product has been allocated for Education through the 2016-Annual Budget.

Meanwhile Finance Minister Karunanayake has told earlier that he will not afraid to face the No Confidence Motion and those who are behind this move have done so due to lost their perks through the budget presented by him.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

Thirty Ninth Auditor General Has Assumed Duties

Mr.Gamini Wijesinghe has today (27) assumed duties as  39th  Auditor General of Sri Lanka.He is the former Director General Of  Sri Lanka Accounting And Auditing Standards Monitoring Board.

Mr.Wijesinghe will be succeeding  the outgoing Auditor General  Mr.S Swarnajothi who was holding the position since 2007.

A FAMOUS LANDSCAPE PAINTING OF YESTERYEAR FRENCH ARTIST OSCAR CLAUDE MONET(1840-1926)

THIS COLORFUL LANDSCAPE PAINTING WAS DONE BY YESTERYEAR FRENCH ARTIST OSCAR CLAUDE MONET WHO WAS THE FOUNDER OF FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST PAINTING.

Heavy Traffic Prevailed In Borella(In Colombo) Area This Evening Due To A Protest March Launched By University Students.

A Heavy Traffic has been reported from Borella(In Colombo) Area this evening due to a protest march launched By a large number of University Students over several demands including the Close Down of Private Medical Collage in Malabe .

The Five Day  Protest March organized by Inter University Students Federation was began from Kandy and has ended this evening at Parliament Roundabout .

Meanwhile a court order was issued by this morning preventing the protesters from traveling towards  the Parliament from Polduwa Bridge.