All in a day’s work

Sharing his thoughts

President Maithripala Sirisena, who?undertook his?first formal visit to meet Security Force personnel serving in the East today, speaks with troops at a military camp.

24 May, 2015

Mud cookies to satisfy her hunger

A woman places mud cookies to sun drying in the city of Port au Prince, capital of Haiti, on May 27, 2015. The mud cookies represent an alternative to satisfy the hunger in Haiti. Using only three ingredients for processing, mud, salt and butter. Mud cookies somehow cover the food needs of the poorest people. The land can supply calcium to pregnant women, but health experts say that it may also contain deadly parasites or industrial toxins, plus processing conditions are unhygienic and the place

28 May, 2015

Trying to beat the heat

An Indian woman drinks water in Puri, 65km away from the eastern Indian state Orissa’s capital city Bhubaneswar. More than 1,100 people have died due to intense heat wave across India in the last one week, an official said.(Xinhua/Stringer)

29 May, 2015