A police officer on a motorbike with a child passes a group of protestors of the Joint Committee of Teachers and Principals TU today at Borella urging education authorities to resolve their salary anomalies and to allocate 6 per cent from the budget

The case against former North Western Provincial Councillor Ananda Sarath Kumara who had allegedly assaulted a female teacher of Navagaththegama Isuru Maha Vidyalaya was taken up at the Puttalum Magistrate Court today. Pix by Hiran Priyankara 

Customs officers are seen unloading the consignment of four million cigarettes worth Rs.112 million from a container at the Orugodawatte Rank Container Terminal today. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom speaks during a news conference in the Hilton hotel Colombo today. The Maldives President arrived on a three-day official visit to the island. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

'De Aruna Buddhadi Wandana' programme organised to invoke blessings to the UNP, the country and people began from UNP head quarters Sirikotha today with the participation of UNP National Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and National organiser Daya

The Ceylon Teachers Union yesterday lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission citing the rights of the students and parents had been affected when the students were admitted to the Grade 1 in schools. Pix by Nisal baduge  

Tangalle Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Sampath Chandra Pushpa Vidanapathirana, who was arrested last night, was produced in the Colombo High Court and remanded until the trial into the killing of a Britisher was completed. Pix by Samantha Perera

UNP National Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe and UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake are seen paying respect to Ven. Medagama Dhammananda Thera and Ven. Induragare Dharma Rathana Thera when the monks handed over the Baudda Punarjeewa Commission report

New Organisers were appointed to the Western and southern province by the UNP National leader Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Parliamentary complex today. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

With elections fever hotting up and speculations rife as to who would be in the fray for the upcoming polls to the Western and Southern Provincial Councils, these female hopefuls yesterday faced the UPFA nominations board for interviews at the SLFP

The ‘Aliya Resort and Spa’ in Sigiriya was ceremonially opened by Economic Development Minister on Saturday. It has been built on a 22-acre land providing 220 job opportunities to the youth in the area. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

The Union of Agricultural Research and Production Assistants of Sri Lanka held a protest near the Economic Development Ministry yesterday, against the curtailment their basic rights. Pix by Kithsiri de Mell

Newly-appointed, radiant SLFP Colombo Central Organiser Hirunka Premachandra being escorted to her first SLFP Bala Mandala meeting in Kolonnawa today. On the left is her mother, wife of the slain SLFP stalwart Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra. Pix by N

The Matara-bound express train from Vavuniya derailed at Poonewa between Vavuniya and Medawachchiya this morning. Pix by Romesh Madusanka

The officers in the Dehiwala zoo received the albino turtles that were bred at a hatchery in Kosgoda a while ago. A veterinary surgeon at the Zoo is seen checking the newcomers upon receiving them. Pix by Kithsiri de Mel

Wildlife officials are seen preparing to take the albino turtles that were bred at a hatchery in Kosgoda to the Dehiwala Zoo. An employee of the hatchery is seen bidding good bye to an albino turtle at the hatchery. Pix by Hemantha de Silva

Sri Lanka Navy today assisted in the exchange of Indian and Sri Lanka fishermen released in accordance with the discussions between the two governments.Pix by Navy.lk

The Sri Lankan Film Directors Association and the Film Artistes' Association today held a protest march from Shalika Road, Narahenpita to the Ministry of Mass Media & Information and handed over a petition urging the authorities to revise t

A ceremony was held to welcome students admitted to grade one in the Kirillawala Medi Maha Vidyalaya today. The children were taken to the school by a double-decker bus from Kirillawala to Kiribathgoda.

Government Midwifery Service Association members today held a protest march from the Health Ministry at Dean’s Road, Colombo to the President’s Secretariat urging the authorities to safeguard their profession from moves to allow nurses to

The road Malwathu Oya lane leading to the Anuradhapura Sacred city is seen inundated due to the over flowing Malwathu Oya in Anuradhapura after the heavy rains in the area. Pix by Athula Bandara

Devotees are seen performing religious rituals at the Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya on the Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day which falls today. It was on a Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day that Gautama Buddha for the first time set foot on Sri Lanka nine months aft

Ven. Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera seen addressing the campaign against casinos at the Maharama Vipashyarama Temple today. UNP National leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, Karu Jayasuriya, Daya Gamage, Wijeyadasa Rajapaksa and several other politicians and civil

The ‘Siyane Jalaya Surekime Jana Neguma’ organisation yesterday held a ‘Sathyagraha’ at Belummahara Junction urging the authorities to find an immediate solution to the water issue in Rathupaswala, Weliweriya. Pic by Kushan

A group of Hindu devotees engage in religious activities at the Ponnambalam Veneshwar Kovil at Kochchikade to mark the Thai Pongal Day. Pix by Samantha Perera

Devotees are seen attending to religious observances to mark today’s Hindu festival of Thai Pongal. Daily mirror will bring you snap shots of the celebrations conducted across the country.

The Hindus turned out in numbers this evening to buy goods from shops at Pettah to celebrate the Thai Pongal festival which falls tomorrow. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

The Sri Lanka Press Complaints Commission (SLPCC) held its 10th anniversary of the inaugural session of the Conference on Self Regulation and Ethical News Reporting at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

The Health Ministry today marked Anti-Smoking Day with a countrywide campaign against smoking and the use of tobacco. A protest march was organised by the Health Ministry, the Sri Lanka Association of Medical Administrators (SLAMA) and Alcohol and