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Govt. to ask British Museum to return Tara Devi statue
The government would officially appeal to the British Museum to return the Tara Devi statue taken from Sri Lanka during the colonial rule, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs, Vidura Wickramanayake said yesterday.
Addressing the media at the Presidential Media Centre, the Minister said that the government had contacted a number of museums in several countries as well as private collectors and asked them to return cultural and religious artefacts and statues taken away from the country during the colonial period,
“We are working to bring back these ancient treasures and we already have received many similar items from the Netherlands,” the Minister said.
The National Peoples Power [NPP] secured 15 seats to win the 27 member Badulla Municipal Council. The Samagi Jana Balawegaya were second securing six seats.
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya [SJB] secured 11 seats while the National Peoples Power [NPP] secured 10 seats in the 29 member Gampola Urban Council.
The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress secured seven seats in the 17 member Eravur Urban Council while the United National Party [UNP] were second securing four seats.
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