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.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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