Sri Lankans across the country marked the Sinhala -Tamil New Year with religious and traditional events.
With the dawn of the New Year earlier in the day and other auspicious times large numbers visited the temples and Kovils.
The auspicious time for preparing meals for the New Year was at 3,29 P.M. and commencement of work, transactions and partaking in meals was at 5.05 pm.
Police said that over the 24 hours no serious incidents were reported while policemen have been deployed to maintain security and traffic.
Meanwhile ther auspicious times due are:
Anointing Oil -April 16 (Sunday) at 9:41 a.m. clad in red and yellow while facing the direction of South.
Leaving for Work -April 17 (Monday) at 6:28 a.m. clad in white-colored clothes while facing the direction of South when leaving the house.
Planting of Tree Saplings - April 20 (Thursday) at 6:38 a.m. clad in golden-colored clothes whilst facing the direction of East.
A protest was held in front of Attorney General’s Department Colombo today by a group of individuals calling for the Removal of the Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe .
Meteorology Department forecasted that showers will occur at times in Northern, North-central, Eastern and Northwestern provinces and in Matale and Nuwara-Eliya districts.
A retired Navy Medical assistant was arrested for obtaining bribes amounting Rs 300,000 promising to get a student admitted to Visakaha Vidyalaya Colombo.
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