Colombo flooded

President meets mother of rape victim

President Maithripala Sirisena met the mother of the?girl who was raped and killed in Jaffna recently. The President,?who was visiting Jaffna, assured the victim’s family that justice will be served.

26 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

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