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Agga Maha Panditha title conferment

Sri Lanka, May 19 -- A felicitation ceremony was held at the BMICH yesterday to confer the Agga Maha Panditha honorary title on Most Ven. Dr. Pannila Sri Ananda Nayaka Thera by the Government of Myanm... Read More


Vesak to be celebrated with renewed vigour

Sri Lanka, May 19 -- Millions of Buddhists the world over are getting ready to celebrate Vesak, which falls on the Full Moon Poya Day on May 23. This day commemorates the Birth, Enlightenment, and Pas... Read More


Sri Lankan seafarer listed as POI in probe

Sri Lanka, May 19 -- A Sri Lankan seafarer along with 20 Indian sailors is listed as a Person of Interest (POI) in the ongoing probe of the Dali crash on the Baltimore Bridge in the USA on March 26. ... Read More


Buddha Rashmi National Vesak festival in Colombo

Sri Lanka, May 19 -- The Buddha Rashmi National Vesak festival will be held from May 23 to 26 with many features this year. The Gangaramaya Temple, the Presidential Secretariat and the Prime Minister'... Read More


President to address World Water Forum in Bali

Sri Lanka, May 19 -- President Ranil Wickremesinghe left for Indonesia yesterday (May 18) to participate in the 10th World Water Forum High-Level Meeting, which commenced in Bali, Indonesia. The foru... Read More


Merchant vessel violated ROR regulations - Navy

Sri Lanka, May 19 -- The Navy was yesterday investigating a bizarre 'hit and run' on the Eastern high seas after an unidentified vessel rammed into a fishing craft killing one fisherman while another ... Read More


Local research team for Lanka's territorial waters

Sri Lanka, May 19 -- The President's Chief of Staff and National Security Advisor Sagala Ratnayaka has informed US Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu that steps will be taken to set up a local res... Read More


GMOA calls for tough action

Sri Lanka, May 19 -- Steps have been taken to amend the National Medicines Regulatory Act and the Penal Code to curb the serious health threat posed to people's health due to quack doctors. The Gover... Read More


A NEW ERA FOR SINGAPORE

Sri Lanka, May 19 -- Unlike many Asian countries where political volatility is the norm, Singapore rarely witnesses political upheavals of any kind. In this sense, the City State is a bastion of stabi... Read More


Boxing boss Dian Gomes throws his last punch

Sri Lanka, May 19 -- On Tuesday May 21, a legacy and vision that he leaves behind is likely to pose new challenges to his successors in a way that no other has inherited in an arena where disputes and... Read More