Former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Speaker Karu Jayasuriya took time off their busy schedules amid all the political crosscurrents to pick the winners of a raffle draw held on the occasion of the 47th National Day of the United Arab Emirates held at the Shangri-La hotel, on Monday.UAE's Ambassador to Sri Lanka Ahmed Ali Al Mualla looks on.
Picture by Sulochana Gamage.