President Maithripala Sirisena has expressed his deepest condolences on the demise of the Mahanayaka of the Sri Lanka Amarapura Maha Nikaya, the Most Venerable Davuldena Sri Gnanissara thero, Presidential Secretariat said.
He has given instructions to hold the Most Venerable Davuldena Sri Gnanissara thero’s cremation ceremony with full state honours and further instructed the Minister of Buddha Sasana and the relevant officials to continuously look into the preparation works for the cremation ceremony.
Accordingly, all expenses of the cremation ceremony would be borne by the Government. The cremation ceremony will be held on Thursday the April 6th, Afternoon at the Independence Square, Colombo with full state honours.
A special committee has been appointed to organize the cremation ceremony and the members of the committee are scheduled to meet under the patronage of the Minister of Home Affairs this afternoon at the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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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