All smiles

Remembering a great leader

  President Maithripala today visited the High Commission of India in Colombo to convey his condolences on the demise of the former President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. President Sirisena signed the Condolence Book and fondly recalled his meeting with Dr. Kalam last month in Colombo

29 Jul, 2015

India pays tributes to ex-president

Indian Children pay tribute to former Indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who is well known as the father of India’s missile program, in Kolkata, India. Kalam, who was India’s 11th president from 2002 to 2007, died of cardiac arrest during a lecture at a management institute in Meghalaya’s capital Shillong at the age of 83 late Monday evening. (Xinhua/Tumpa Mondal)

29 Jul, 2015

Annual buffalo racing kicks off in Thailand

Thai buffalo racers compete during an annual buffalo racing in Chonburi Province, Thailand, July 19, 2015. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)

21 Jul, 2015