The Employees Union of the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation (SLIC) today staged a protest at the Pittala Junction against the alleged attempts to privatise the SLIC. Pix by Kithsiri De Mel

Sri Lanka’s premier ICT exhibition INFOTEL 2014, under the theme of 'A Samarter Tomorrow ‘ was inaugurated yesterday by Minister of Telecommunications and IT Ranjith Siyambalapitiya at the BMICH, Colombo.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa is greeted by TNA MP R. Sampanthan during the tea party held at the parliament after the budget speech today. Pix courtesy Presidential Media and Samantha Perera

The Janatha Vimukthi Preamuna held an awareness campaign in Fort on Executive Presidency in the wake of controversy over President Mahinda Rajapaksa contesting for the third time. Members of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) distributed handbill

The National Trade Union Centre (NTUC) today staged a protest in front of the Fort Railway Station urging the authorities to introduce a salary hike of Rs.10, 000 in the upcoming budget and insisting on several other demands including the setting

The Socialist Students Union today launched a signature campaign near the Fort Railway Station to urge the government to increase the budgetary allocations for education up to 6 per cent in next year’s budget. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

A tense situation prevailed after a group of fishermen staged a protest in front of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Ministry in Maligawatta this morning urging the Ministry’s attention on their issues. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi

Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) Leaders engaged religious observances at its 11th convention in Maharagama today. Pix by Jayamal Chandrasiri

A young boy holds his sibling’s hand as they walk across the ground while participating in AIDEX 2014 – the annual sports meet for Jaipur limb users organised by the Colombo Friend-in- Need Society. The event was held at the Wesley Col

The tent erected by the students of the University of Sabaragamuwa to stage a Sathyagraha campaign was removed by the police yesterday on court order. Pix by Balangoda M. Geethakara

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Lance Corporal Premalal, who was paralyzed below the waist after being caught in a mortar attack in Kilinochchi during the war.....

Seen here is the CTB bus which plunged down a 150 metre precipice at Rambukwella junction in Teldeniya this afternoon. Pix by M.B. Ekanayake

UNP National Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe met several trade union leaders at his office today to discuss the issues faced by the working class. Pix by Nisal Baduge

Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) parliamentarian Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera is seen presenting a copy of the proposals for the 19th Amendment to the Constitution prepared by ‘Pivithuru Hetak’ National Council to the Opposition Leader Ranil

The Yal Devi night mail service to Jaffna was inaugurated this evening, after a lapse of 24 years from the Colombo Fort Railway station. It was inaugurated by the Post and Telecommunications Minister Jeewan Kumaratunga. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

Sri Lanka Postal and Telecommunication Service employees today staged a protest outside the Central Mail Exchange in Colombo urging the authorities to grant their longstanding demands including a salary increase of Rs.10,000. Pix by Kushan Pathiraj