State ceremony of Oil Anointing for the New Year was held at the Sri Pushparama Temple in Malegoda, Payagala, with the participation of President Maithripala Sirisena.
The Chief Incumbent of the sub divisions of Bentara and Valallavita, Thripitakacharya Ven. Malegoda Nanda thero anointed the President with oil at the auspicious time at 10.41a.m. the government information department.ent reported.
President Sirisena planted a red sandalwood plant in the temple premises to mark this occasion. Commissioner of Ayurveda L. H. Thilakarathna presented a handbook on Ayurveda to the President at this occasion.
Mrs. Jayanthi Sirisena, Ministers Rajitha Senarathne, Sarath Fonseka, Mahinda Samarasinghe and the Governor of the Northern Province Reginald Corey were also present.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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