Ven. Mahopadyaya Aluthgama Sri Dharmananda Nayake Thero, Senior Member of the Karaka Sabha of the Malwatte Chapter of Shiamopali Maha Nikaya, passed away this morning (Oct 02) at the age of 103.
Ven. Aluthgama Thero passed away while receiving medical treatment at the General Hospital in Kandy, according to Ven. Ketayapathane Piyadassi Thero.
The Cremation Committee is expected to assemble this afternoon to decide on matters of the cremation ceremony.
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.
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