High Commissioner-designate in UK Rohitha Bogollagama assumes duties

The High Commissioner designate of Sri Lanka to the UK, Rohitha Bogollagama who arrived in London on 19 November 2023 assumed duties at the High Commission at a simple ceremony on 20 November 2023. 

High Commissioner designate Bogollagama was received upon arrival at Heathrow Airport by Special Representative of the UK Foreign Secretary Kathryn Colvin.

In his address to the staff at the High Commission, after assumption of duties, the High Commissioner-designate emphasised the importance of advancing national interests and urged to work towards progressing the existing friendly relations between Sri Lanka and UK. The ceremony was marked by the lighting of the oil lamp and milk rice and sweetmeats being served in keeping with Sri Lankan traditions.

High Commissioner-designate Bogollagama then paid a visit to the London Buddhist Vihara where religious observances and chanting of seth pirith was conducted by the Chief Incumbent of the Vihara and the Chief Sangha Nayake of Great Britain the Most Venerable Bogoda Seelawimala Thero.