President Ranil Wickremasinghe who is in the UK to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II visited the London Buddhist Vihara, the oldest Buddhist temple in Europe. He is seen here offering pirikara to the Head Monk Most Venerable Bogoda Seelawimala Thera, Chief Sangha Nayake of Great Britain who also attended the funeral at Westminster Abbey on Monday representing the Buddhists in the United Kingdom. President Wickremesinghe left for Colombo this afternoon.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
A passenger attempting to smuggle the largest quantity of gold of 35 kilo grams was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today, a senior official said.
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