The National Vesak Week has been declared from today till May 2.All arrangements have been finalized to hold the State Vesak Festival- 2018 at the Devagiri Raja Maha Vihara in Bingiriya, Kurunegala on April 28th under the patronage of the President Maithripala Sirisena.
According to the government news portal this year's Vesak festival aims to create a society of wise Buddhists making the village temple as the center of spiritual development in order to realize the sustainable goals of development. Many programs will be held centering the Vihara during the Vesak Week.
Among the many religious programmes organized for the Vesak Week are 150 spiritual development programs in the Kurunegala District, 6 mobile services programs, 16 Dharma School teacher training programs, 61 Health and Dharma Programs, 30 child meditation programs, 18 Professions and Buddhism programs, 20 novice monks training programs, 37 programs featuring parent-children bonds.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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