INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Following a milestone in international relations and provenance research, six priceless Kandyan artefacts seized during the Dutch colonial
occupation of Sri Lanka have now been returned from the Netherlands.Accordingly, these Kandyan artefacts will be on public display at the
issued during the event serves as a symbolic marker, celebrating the milestone in international relations and provenance research.The event
took place at the National Museum today, presided over by the Minister of Buddha Sasana and Cultural Affairs, Vidura Wickramanayake, and the
1765, during the siege of the Palace of Kandy.In attendance at this distinguished occasion were the Minister of Shantha Bandara, the State
Bonnie Horbach, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Sri Lanka; Ms
Dewi van de Weerd, the Ambassador for International Cultural Cooperation at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Maged Mosleh, the
Ambassador of Egypt in Sri Lanka; Somaratne Vidanapathirana, the Secretary to the Ministry of Buddha Sasana and Cultural Affairs; Sajani
Kasturiarachchi, the Director General of the National Museum Department and several distinguished officials from both the Netherlands and
