Sri Lanka’s new High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Rohitha Bogollagama visited the London Buddhist Vihara immediately after assuming duties at the High Commission on Monday (20th).
The London Buddhist Vihara started by Anagarika Dharmapala in 1926 is the oldest Buddhist temple in Britain.
Pictures show the onetime Foreign Minister offering flowers at the shrine room and with Venerable Bogoda Seelawimala Thera, Head Monk of the Vihara and Chief Sangha Nayaka of Great Britain, Mrs. Bogollagama and Mr. Amal Abeywardene, Secretary of the British Maha Bodhi Society.
Customs have detected 228 mobile phones and tabs valued at over Rs 30 million left behind in the duty free shopping complex at the Banaranaike International Airport today, Customs officials said.
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