The COVID-19 outbreak has had a severe impact on normal life in the country. Though today (7) is Bak Full Moon Poya Day, the curfew currently in effect throughout the country means that there are no devotees at Buddhist temples.
These images were captured at the Bellanwila Raja Maha Vihara Temple in Colombo today, which would normally be teeming with tens of thousands of devotees on a Poya Day.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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