The Sri Lankan Church’s official Sinhala-language publication, Gnanartha Pradipaya, the oldest continuously published Sinhala newspaper in the country, will mark its 161st year with its edition dated Sunday, June 21.
The Day of Buddha commemorates the birth, enlightenment (nirvana, likened to an experience of heaven), and death of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina meet with Archbishop Kevin S. Randall, the Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See to Bangladesh at her official residence in Ganabhaban on May 12, 2024.