Bangladesh representatives handed over Gautam Buddha’ hair relics to the representatives of Sri Lankan government at a festive ceremony at Chittagong Buddhist Monastery on Wednesday.
Religious Adviser Maj Gen (retd) Dr ASM Matiur Rahman and Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury represented Bangladesh while Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, Trade and Marketing Development Minister Bandula Gunawardena and Religious and Moral Upliftment Minister Pandu Bandarnaike, received the relics on behalf of Sri Lankan government.
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