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Birthday blessings

LocalTags: Print EditionThe traditional alms-giving ‘Kiri Ammawarunge Danaya’ was held at the Abhayaramaya Temple in Narahenpita in view of the birthday of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday morning. The members of Maha Sangha led…

Receiving blessings

LocalTags: Print EditionPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday arrived at the Anuradhapura Sacred city and received the blessings of Atamasthanadhipathi and Chief Sanghanayake of Nuwara Kalaviya Most Ven. Pallegama Hemarathana Thera. The…

No threat of tsunami after Sumatra quake

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Meteorological Department yesterday evening said that there is no tsunami threat to Sri Lanka following the earthquake of magnitude 6.8 what reported in the Indian Ocean yesterday evening. Foreign media reported…

NIOSH to be made chartered body – Manusha

LocalTags: Print EditionThe National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will be made a chartered body, Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara said. He said the Institute has the required resources,…

Rifle misfires killing five-year-old child

LocalGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionA five-year-old child from Kataragama was reported dead after he was severely injured by an air rifle which misfired on Wednesday.   According to Police, the father of the deceased had…