School students, office employees, and even tourists were touched at the sight of a group consisting of hundred novice monks from the Gangaramaya temple engaged on a pindapatha charika (alms-receiving walk) holding onto their bowls.
Many came forward to fill the bowls with treats, food and snacks as the novice monks walked on the busy streets of Colombo amidst rainy weather.
Pix by Indika Handuwela
An exhibition badminton match between Sri Lanka’s youngest Olympian shuttler, Viren Nettasinghe, and Anders Antonsen, the World No.2 ranked in Men’s Singles, will take place at the Mercantile Badminton Association (MBA) Courts at Malalasekara Mawatha, Colombo 7 on Friday (13).
A SriLankan airlines flight has been grounded in an airport in Indonesia due to a technical defect leaving 93 passengers stranded, an official said.
A protest is underway at the Liberty Circle following Israeli forces attacking an aid ship to Gaza containing prominent activists carrying food to try and end the blockade of resources by the Israeli Government.
A garbage tractor driver from Kurunegala has gone viral on social media after adorning his municipal vehicle with teddy bears, fabric flowers, and colourful decorations, many of which were salvaged from the very trash he collects or purchased himself.
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