"LOVE "(1965) A POPULAR ARTWORK OF YESTERYEAR AMERICAN ARTIST ROBERT INDIANA(1928) OF POP ART MOVEMENT

Robert Indiana -Love (1965)

The word spells love. But the picture is far more than a word. That lovely round O, beside the upright L and carried by the bracing E, takes on a bodily form. It swoons, it leans, its head has been turned. It flirts. It has been knocked sideways by love. The American pop artist Robert Indiana created a pure and concentrated modern pictogram with this surpassingly famous painting, lettered in the colour of love against a blue and green landscape. The image has sold by the million, Love – what else matters? From the Guardian Newspaper

 

Former Minister Of Coconut Development Has Given A Statement To Presidential Commission On An Alleged Financial Irregularity

The Former Minister of Coconut Development and Estate Development attached to  the previous government Jagath Pushpakumara has given a statement again to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate And Inquire Into Serious Acts Of Fraud,Corruption And Abuse Of Power this morning regarding an alleged financial irregularity occurred at Coconut Research Institute at Lunuwila.


The former Minister has given a statement regarding the alleged financial irregularity occurred at his tenure on a previous occasion too.The Commission has requested him to appear again today (26)before the Commission  to give a statement on the allegation.

One Person Was Killed And A Foreign National Got Injured Due To A Car Accident At Galle-Matara Main Road

One person was killed and a Foreign National got injured due to the Car they were travelling in veered off the Road and crashed  against a  Tree near a Fuel Station at Weligama Town on the Galle-Matara Main Road(In Southern Province) this morning.

The Driver of the Car and a Foreign National rushed to the Walana Hospital with injuries and the Driver who was in critical condition at that time succumbed to his injuries upon admission to the Hospital according to  Police. The deceased has been identified as a 42 year old resident of  Paburana in Matara.

The injured Foreign National has been transferred to the Matara General Hospital for further treatment the Police have said.Weligama Police are conducting an investigation on the incident.

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Around 24 Primary School Students In Agunakolapalassa Were Hospitalized Due To A Food Poisioning

Around 24 Primary School Students studying at Aluthwewa Model Primary School in Agunakolapalassa Area were  hospitalized this morning after consuming the morning meal provided them from the School it has been reported.

The 24 Grade 2 students were admitted to Agunakolapalassa Base Hospital for treatment,Their condition is  reported as not critical.

Electricity Board Has Requested Public To Use Electricity Sparingly Between 6.30-10.30 P.M

The Ceylon Electricity Board(CEB) has today(26) requested the public to use Electricity sparingly by switching off non essential electrical equipment daily from 6.30 p.m to 10.30 p.m untill the Norochchali Coal Power Plant becomes fully operational.

The sudden island wide power failure occurred yesterday(25) has caused a breakdown in Norochhalai Power Plant according to the Electricity Board.

A possible lightning strike on a transmission line between polpitiya and kolonnawa has caused the sudden power failure the Board has revealed.