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After ending one of Sri Lanka’s worst ever political crises, President Maithripala Sirisena was the chief guest yesterday at a passing out ceremony at the Military Academy in Diyatalawa. Passing out were 234 cadets, including 41 females and six Maldivians. With the President are Army Commander Mahesh Senanayake and the Diyatalawa Academy Commandant Priyantha Senaratne. Pic by Pradeep Pathirana

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