"WATER LILLIES"(1905)ONE OF THE FAMOUS SERIES OF PAINTINGS DONE BY YESTERYEAR FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST ARTIST CLAUDE MONET ( 1840-1926)

FEEL LIKE  A FRIEND WHO LOVES CLAUDE MONET'S PAINTINGS ON WATER LILIES LOOKING OUT AT THE POND.

Center For Policy Alternatives Has Filed A Fundemental Rights Petition At Supreme Court Against The Appointment Of Field Marshal Sarath Foneka As MP

The Center For Policy Alternatives(CPA) has today(18) filed a fundamental rights  petition at Colombo Supreme Court seeking an order to cancel the decision to appoint former Army Commander Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka as a member of parliament.

The petition which was filed by CPA through an Attorney has named the General Secretary Of the United National Party(UNP) Kabir Hashim ,MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka,The Speaker Karu Jayasuriya the Elections Commissioner Mahinda Dehapriya and Attorney General as respondents of the case.

The Governing United National Party has appointed  the Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka to the national list seat left  vacant after the death of fomer Minister Of Lands M.K.A.D.S Gunawardena.Field Marshal Fonseka has taken oath before Parliamentary Speaker as a MP in the Parliament on 09th of February.

A 15 Year Old Elephant Allegedly Kept by Former MP Sajin Vaas Gunawardena Has Been Taken In to Custody.

A 15  year old Elephant allegedly kept by former MP of the United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) Government, Sajin Vaas Gunawardene has been taken in to custody by officials of the Wild Life Department today(18).

The Elephant has been taken in to custody by the Police due to a permit problem the sources have said.

The Elephant had been kept at the Hirewatta Buddhist Temple in Ambalangoda(In Southern Province) over the years and former MP Sajin Vaas Gunawardena has hired a mahout to take care of the Elephant for past ten years  sources have  revealed.

The  Elephant in custody is due to be handed over to the Uda Walawe Elephant Home.

POPULAR YESTERYEAR SINHALA SONG SUNG BY ANJALENE GUNATHILAKE

One Of The Three Helium Filled Balloons Belonging To Google Project Had Fallen Down In Pupurassa Area

One of the three Helium Filled Balloons belonging to  the Internet Giant Google's Leon Free Hi Speed Internet  Project which entered Sri Lankan Air Space on Monday had fallen down in Pupurassa Area of Gampola District(In Central Province) last night according to the Police.

Residents of the Pupurassa Area where the Balloon fell down have handed over  the balloon with it's gadgets to the Gampola Police last night.

The internet giant Google has struggled to find the right balloon design both could be durable and inexpensive to float and navigate to travel through the stratosphere local experts who are involved with the project have said. 

Exise Department Officials Have Arrested Three Persons With Over 800 Bottles Of Illegally Imported Liquor At Narahenpita

The Excise Department Officials have  arrested Three Persons with a stock of over 800 Bottles of illegally imported Foreign Liquor in their residence at Narahenpita(In Colombo)  during a raid carried out today(18).

The arrested stock of illegally imported Foreign Liquor including expensive brands of Whisky is estimated as worth around Rs.6 Million according Excise Department.