President Mahinda Rajapaksa in conversation with Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe. Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, Speaker W. J. M. Lokubandara and Leader of the House, Health Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva look on during the last rites of Justice and Legal Reforms Minister Amarasiri Dodangoda yesterday at the Parliament complex. Pic by Kamal Bogoda.