VIDEO: First family celebrates New Year...

April 14, 2014  

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, First Lady Shiranthi Wickramasinghe Rajapaksa and family members engage in Sinhala-Hindu New Year celebrations at the Carlton Residence in Tangalle today (April 14). Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President’s Secretary Lalith Weeratunga and Chief Justice Mohan Peiris were also present during the traditional ceremony. (Pic by Sudath Silva)
VIDEO: First family celebrates New Year...
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