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Francis Wanigasekera with Sri Lankans in Manila
Sri Lanka's Ambassador in the Philippines, Mr. Francis W. Wanigasekera entertained Sri Lankans in Manila on New Year's Day. The party was held to enable Sri Lankans to meet one another. Mr. Wanigasekera also offered a special pooja before the part...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Pilgrims Buried with Full Military Honours
The pilgrims from Indonesia who died in the air crash at Katunayake were buried with full military honours in their hometown in Benjarmasin in Kalimantan (formerly Borneo). In the photograph General Alamsyah Perwiranegara Minister for Religious Af...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Ambassador to Assist the Indonesian Government
Ambassador T. D. S. A. Dissanayaka of Sri Lanka with Dr. Burhani Tjokrohandoko Director-General of Haj Affairs of Indonesia just before he left in chatered DC-8 to bring the dead from the air crash in Colombo. The young ambassador has been commend...
Indonesian Observer
RHODESIAN Prime Minister, Mr. Ian Smith (right), and Opposition leader, Percy Mkudu, lead Ministers during the opening of the Rhodesian Parliament recently in Salisbury. The formal opening session began with the Salisbury-appointed Head of State e...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
Malawi Premier Dr. Hastings Banda is pictured here being sworn in as the country's first President, by the Chief Justice, when Malawi became a Republic within the Commonwealth. The cutting of the direct link with the British Crown --a link now re...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
First Rhodesian Parliament Opening
Mr. Ian Smith, S. Rhodesian Premier, and Mr. Chad Chipunza, Opposition United People's Party leader (left) at the opening of Parliament last week. This was the first full session since declaring unilateral independence last November. Mr. Chipunza ...
The Times of Ceylon Press