The Sri Lankan Embassy in Yangon, Myanmar together with the Sri Lankan community in Myanmar organised a special religious ceremony in rememberance of the victims of Easter Sunday terror attacks.
A 'Bodhi Pooja' ceremony was held at Sacred Shwedagon Pagoda on May 05 under the patronage of Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Myanmar Nandimithra Ekanayake, the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Myanmar said in a press release.
Three Sri Lankan monks led by Rev. Devananda Thero, who are studying at the Abhidhamma University in Myanmar, conducted the Bodhi Pooja.
I still remember the day of August 1947 floods, as it was the last school day at Kingswood College Kandy and the height the water soured. Water rose to the height of the Cross of the Chrurch at Getambe and the water was so high that it engulfed the Getambe Rajaponawarma Temple leaving only a few leaves of the Bo-tree visible.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate and submit a report over a complaint about the alleged illegal assets gained by model Piumi Hansamali.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
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