A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Saturday, May 6, 2017
SRI LANKA’S EX-FIRST LADY SPENT MILLIONS TO WATCH VESAK IN PARIS
Image: Shiranthi Rajapaksa in Paris.
Sri Lanka’s former first lady, Shiranthi Rajapaksa, spent 25 million
rupees to watch Vesak, the biggest Buddhist festival in Paris while
packing in a pilgrimage to Lourdes, a beloved shrine of the Catholics.
She was representing Sri Lanka at the 2014 Vesak celebrations organised
by the UNESCO in France and stayed in a super luxury hotel which charged
2,000 euro a night for the room only. She spent three nights there,
Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera told parliament.
“King George the Fifth had stayed in this hotel, but Queen Elizabeth
does not stay in this hotel because it is too expensive for her,”
Samaraweera said. “But for our queen, the cost is not a problem.”
He disclosed accounts of the visit of the former first lady who was also
accompanied by her aunty, Daisy, who recently shot to fame after
Yoshitha Rajapaksa claimed she had gifted him a multi-million rupee
palatial home in Mount Lavinia.
Aunty Daisy and the first lady also used the mini bars in their rooms
extensively, according to the bills submitted to the Sri Lankan embassy
in Paris, the minister said. The drinks had to be replenished thrice
during their stay which cost a total of 25 million rupees to Sri Lankan
tax payers, the minister added. (COLOMBO, May 5, 2017)
- ECONOMYNEXT