The Dalai Lama has launched a mobile app for followers to stay up to date with his travels and teachings.
According to the BBC the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, 82, already has a Twitter account with more than 16 million followers.
His free app, currently only available on iPhone, will hold news, videos, photos and information.
In 2013 the Roman Catholic Church launched the Pope App, which followed the Confession app where users could keep track of their sins.
And other religious apps have sprung up, allowing leaders to keep in touch with congregations and helping people find food that conforms to their religious requirements while travelling.
The Dalai Lama's app, simply titled Dalai Lama, does not have enough ratings yet for a points scoring on the app store.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
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