Daily NEWS Srilanka

All religious observances were conducted today in connection with the 70th Independence Anniversary of the country.The Buddhist religious observances took place at Kollupitiya, Polwatta Sri Dharmakeerthiyarama Pirivena under the patronage of the Mahanayaka of Ramanna Nikaya Most Venerable Naapana Pemasiri. A group of people including Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, Minister Gamini Jayawickrema Perera and Foreign Affairs