"The Islamic people of the world have suffered immensely from war. We know that hundreds of thousands of our fraternal Muslims people live in refugee camps due to Israel - Palestinian war and other conflicts in the world.

The President Mahinda Rajapaksa was quoted as saying during his speech delivered on the occasion of the visit of the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to  Sri Lanka, at Sapugaskanda.

MRS ANOMA FONSEKA, President Seva Vanitha Army Branch (SVAB) and the tower of strength behind Army Commander, Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka, as his beloved wife and mother, not only for her own children, but also for all War Heroes, was honoured conferring her the title “Sandamadala”.

All arrangements have been finalised to launch work on the Uma Oya Multipurpose Scheme, expending a colossal sum of 45 billion rupees.

Work on this Multipurpose Scheme  will get underway on Tuesday. It will strengthen the economy of the Wellassa people cultivating the Uva and the South. Minister Chamal Rajapakse said this project is another notable feature of the Mahinda Chintana policy.

Several agreements in the fields of energy will be signed during the President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Sri Lanka. President Ahmadinejad is on his way to Sri Lanka on Monday at the second leg of three-nation tour. During his visit to Sri Lanka, President Ahmadinejad will hold talks with his counterpart, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka and Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama on issues of bilateral interests.