At least 50 foreign nationals have been admitted to the special COVID-19 ward in Kopay, Jaffna for treatment, according to Northern Health authorities today.
Among them are a group of Indian construction workers who were working in a construction site commissioned by Colombo Municipal Council.
Earlier the Kopay Teaching College was converted as a special COVID-19 ward that comes under the purview of Jaffna Teaching hospital. Northern health authorities are on high alert for persons who are travelling into the province from other parts of the country as many new COVID-19 clusters are being identified in recent days. (N.Lohathayalan)
I still remember the day of August 1947 floods, as it was the last school day at Kingswood College Kandy and the height the water soured. Water rose to the height of the Cross of the Chrurch at Getambe and the water was so high that it engulfed the Getambe Rajaponawarma Temple leaving only a few leaves of the Bo-tree visible.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate and submit a report over a complaint about the alleged illegal assets gained by model Piumi Hansamali.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
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