The 18th session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) of the Food and Agriculture Organization got off the ground in Colombo today at the Bandaranaike International Memorial Conference Hall (BMICH. The conference will be held till June 5. Pix

The mighty mini club has organised a mini cooper appearance at the BMICH premises today followed by a photo shoot to be published in the mini world magazine. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

UNP MP Ranjith Madduma Bandara marked his 25 years in politics yesterday at a ceremony at the public library auditorium in Moneragala. Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, UNP leadership council Chairman Karu Jayasuriya and MP S

Kumar Sangakkara raises his bat for his first Lord's hundred, England v Sri Lanka, 4th ODI, Lord's, May 31, 2014. Sri Lanka made 300 for nine against England. (Getty Images)

A campaign to collect signatures from the public urging the government to resettle people affected during the war and pave way for them to go back to their old professions was held in front of the Fort Railway Station today. Pic by Pradeep Dilrukshan

President Mahinda Rajapaksa is seen releasing baby turtles hatched at the Bentota Turtle Conservation Project to the sea. Pix by Presidential Media

Nine-year-old Saubagya Devmini, a girl from Ranseagoda, Kamburupitiya suffering from an acute bone disease met the President at the Temple Trees today along with her parents. Pix by President’s Media

A new luxury bus service from Negombo to Matara on the Southern Expressway (E01) was commissioned today under the patronage of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Deputy Minister Sarath Kumara Gunarathna at the Negombo Main Bus Stand. Pictu

Deputy Minister Antony Victor Perera welcomes UNP MP Harsha de Silva with a garland, when UNP MPs visited the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant on a fact-finding mission this morning.Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

Teachers and Principals marched towards the Education Ministry in Colombo today protesting against the failure of the government to resolve their longstanding grievances. A tense situation prevailed once the protestors reached the Education Ministr

A collective of trade unions of undergraduates and lecturers, nurses and parents today held a protest march from the Colombo National Hospital to Colombo Fort against the curtailing of the Allied Health Science degree period. Pix by Kushan Pathiraj

Members of the Rawana Balaya today held a protest inside the Ministry of Religious Affairs demanding the government to disband the newly started Special Police Unit to look into religious and related matters. Pix by Nisal Baduge ???

Two school children in a school van are seen worshipping to a Buddhist monk who is holding a placard during a protest march of Inter University Bhikku Federation held today. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks this morning at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India. Presidential media

The All Ceylon Health Services Union today held a protest march near the Health Ministry urging the authorities to solve salary anomalies. They marched from Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children to the Health Ministry premises. Pix by Pradeep Dilruks

Six multi-day fishing trawlers were gutted and several others extensively damaged by fire in Kudawella fishery habour in Tangalle. The fire had broken out in one of the trawlers and had spread to others. The cause of fire was yet to be established.

The UNP MPs who were attacked during their fact finding mission in Hambantota met the Police IGP today at the Police Headquarters. Pix by Kithsiri De Mel 

Seen here is action from the Kaijie Superstar Motorcycle Championship jointly conducted by the Sri Lanka Motor Cycle, Negombo Motor Sports Club and Nuwara Eliya Motor Sports Club, held at the Kanway Autodrome Circuit in Mirigama today. Pictures by Pr

It was a beautiful Sunday evening for the young and the old.  Picture shows young girls rolling and frolicking on the beach at the Galle Face Green. Pic by Nisal Baduge

The main Opposition United National Party (UNP) Parliamentarians, Ruwan Wijewardene, Tissa Kuttiarachi and Harin Fernando  having light moment at the public rally held at Pelawatta junction in Buttala yesterday.Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

Chinese People's Armed Police Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Niu Zhizong paid a courtesy call on Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Genaral Jagath Jayasuriya at the Joint Operations Headquarters today. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

The Ministry of Law and Order together with the Police Department organised a news briefing today at the Ministry on the killing of a police constable in Kurunegala. Pix by Nisal Baduge

The Matara District Disaster Management Centre (DMC) has launched a search operation to recover the body of a man reported to have jumped into in the Nilwala River from the Mahanama Bridge at Matara. Pix by Krishan Jeewaka Jayaruk

A petition was handed over by the Professional Web Journalists Association in the presence of media rights groups and Opposition parliamentarians to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) today against some websites being unofficially ban

Undergraduates of Allied Health Sciences who protested against curtailing of the period of their studies today handed over a complaint to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, urging action against the Police officers who they alleged “me

Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) Parliamentarian Athureliya Rathana Thera is seen at the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today when a case against Sri Lanka Thawheed  Jamaad was taken up. Pix by Nisal Baduge

Former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake is seen getting into her vehicle after attending a hearing at the Chief Magistrate’s Court this morning. Lawyer Gunaratne Wanninayake is also in the picture. Pix by Nisal Baduge ???

The National War Heroes Ceremony was conducted today under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the War Heroes Memorial at Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. Here a mother is seen looking for the name of her son engraved on the memorial.Pix by Kus

A university student seen with the black eye from the police assault was produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate today. Police informed the Magistrate they only used ‘minimum force’ to control the situation that prevailed outside th

National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader Wimal Weerawansa today presented the party’s 12 proposals to the Most Reverend Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith at the Archbishop’s House in Colombo. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana