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First ‘Randoli Perahera’ will be paraded today

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1 month ago

August 26, 2023

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The first ‘Randoli Perahera’ of this year’s Esala Perahera festival of the Temple of the Tooth Relic will parade the streets of Kandy tonight.

The first ‘Randoli Perahera’ will get underway at the auspicious time of 7.26pm.

It will travel along Dalada Veediya, DS Senanayake Veediya, Temple Road, Deva Veediya, Colombo Street, EL Senanayake Veediya, Cross Street, DS Senanayake Veediya and then Raja Veediya to return back to the temple.

Meanwhile, the final ‘Kumbal Perahera’ of this year’s Esala Perahera festival of the Temple of the Tooth Relic paraded the streets of Kandy last night.

The ‘Randoli Perahera’ will parade the streets for five days and then the final Randoli procession will be held on the 31st of August.

The Kandy Esala Perahera festival will conclude with the water cutting ceremony and the day procession.

The official closing ceremony of the Kandy Esala Perahera will be held under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the President’s House in Kandy.

Following the day Perahera, Diyawadana Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa Pradeep Nilanga Dela accompanied by the Basnayake Nilames of the dewalayas will hand over the epistle or the traditional Sannas Pathra to the President informing him that the Perahera festival was concluded successfully.

It will be followed by the presentation of cash prizes and certificates to the dancers and artistes who performed at the Perahera by the President.

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Fmr. SDIG gets 5-yr. jail term

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2 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Ratnapura High Court has sentenced former Senior DIG Lalith Jayasinghe for five-year imprisonment for intimidating Kahawatte OIC not to arrest MP Premalal Jayasekera over a shooting incident.

Ratnapura High Court also ordered the convict to pay a fine of Rs. 20,000.

The shooting incident took place during the 2015 Presidential election campaign.

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Notice on issuing revenue licenses in WP

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5 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Department of Motor Traffic has decided to temporarily suspend the issuing of revenue licenses in the Western Province due to a system update.

According to the department, the services will be unavailable from this Wednesday (September 27) to next Monday (October 02).

The Motor Traffic Department said in a statement that vehicles of which revenue licenses are expiring from Tuesday, September 26 can be renewed until October 10, without fines.

Meanwhile, the online service for revenue licenses was temporarily suspended from midnight yesterday (September 24) and will remain so until Friday, October 06.

The department added that the temporary service suspension was due to an update on the system maintained by the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka.

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CID ordered to hand over Schaffter’s remains to family

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6 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to hand over the remains of late businessman Dinesh Schaffter to his family as postmortem examinations have been concluded.

The specialist doctors’ committee appointed to compile a report on Schaffter’s death had informed the courts that the relevant investigation activities have been concluded, and that the remains of the late businessman can be released.

Furthermore, Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya, also pointed out that the five-member expert committee headed by Prof. Asela Mendis, which was appointed by the court to compile a report on Schaffter’s death has informed the court that their judicial investigations have been completed.

Accordingly, the Additional Magistrate, who stated that the expert committee has requested the court to issue an order for the release of Schaffter’s remains, ordered the CID to hand over the body to his family under the supervision of Prof. Clifford Perera and Judicial Medical Officer P.R. Ruwanpura.

Later, the case was also ordered to be recalled on October 09, 2023.

(Source : adaderana.lk)