An agreement to merge the Sri Lanka Amarapura and Ramanna Nikayas was signed today (August 16) Friday at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute in Colombo.
With the signing of the agreement, the two Nikayas will function as the Sri Lanka Amarapura Ramanna Sama Gri Maha Sangha Sabhawa.
The signing of the agreement took place under the patronage of the Most Venerable Mahanayake of the Sri Lanka Amarapura Maha Nikaya, Aggamaha Panditha Kotugoda Dhammawasa Thera and the Most Venerable Mahanayake of the Sri Lanka Ramanna Nikaya, Aggamaha Panditha Napane Pemasiri Thera.
The signing of the agreement would mean the joint participation in national and religious activities.
(Pix by Indika Handuwala)
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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