Sinhala and Hindu New Year today

The lively environment of springtime vivid, delicate and energetic, announces the dawn of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year refreshingly with hopes for a new life that transcends all kinds of differences to open up new horizons, states Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in a Sinhala and Tamil New Year message.

Since the Sun and the Moon are the prime factors in the sustenance of life on Earth, the people worshipped the Sun and the Moon with utmost devotion since ancient times. Considering nature as divine was a habitual practice of kings and the general public, states President Maithripala Sirisena in a Sinhala and Tamil New Year message.

The International Development Association (IDA) of the World bank has provided financial assistance of USD 125 Million to implement a climate resilient agricultural projects covering eleven dry zone districts in the country benefitting over 62,000 families.