Sri Lanka, Jan. 9 -- Two separate ceremonies to mark the 124th birth anniversary of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Founder and former Prime Minister S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike was held in Colombo yesterday. The event at the SLFP headquarters was presided over by SLFP Chairman and former President Maithripala Sirisena and was attended by SLFP General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara and other SLFP members.

Addressing the occasion, former President Sirisena stated that the demands of youths who attended "Aragalaya" closely followed the Bandaranaike ideology. "With or without their knowledge, that is the system change they demanded. The socio-economic and political transformation they wished for is reflected in the Bandaranaike ideology," he commen...