Sri Lanka, March 31 -- President Ranil Wickremesinghe had not planned any ceremony or other celebration for his birthday even though it fell last Sunday.

Throughout the day, he stayed with First Lady Prof. Maithri Wickremesinghe at his official residence at Paget Road, Colombo.

Former Presidents, Ministers as well as ordinary people had made phone calls to wish the President. Some had come to the Paget Road residence to wish him well.

According to the instructions given by the President to call again to thank everyone who greeted him over the phone, the security personnel had connected the calls to President Wickremesinghe from time to time last week.

Instead of coming to the Presidential Secretariat as usual, President Wickremesinghe...