The decision whether persons whose deaths caused due to COVID-19 could be allowed to be buried has been further delayed.
This time, on the grounds that Health Minister Pavithra Wanniaarachchi returns to work after recovering from the COVID-19 infection. She is currently undergoing treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital.
Dr Sudharshani Fernandopulle, State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control said that it was the Health Minister who initially issued a gazette notification banning the burial of those who die from COVID19 and she would have to give the necessary directives on lifting the ban.
She said the procedure would be that the Minister gives a directive to revive the expert committee which initially looked into the scientific aspects on issues whether burial should be allowed.
The burials issue figured in Parliament this week after Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP S.M. Marikkar raised the issue.
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa responding said that burials would be allowed, but did not give a time frame when they would be allowed.
In the wake of the ‘outing’ of parliament Speaker Ashoka Ranwala with accusations that his PhD was fake, there has been a flurry of articles on fake degrees.
A Sri Lankan wanted for financial frauds and under a red notice was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport along with his wife and child as they were returning from India, Police said.
Mr. Gihan de Silva has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, the Government Information Department announced.
The Bribery Commission has apprehended former Provincial Councillor and businessman Salochana Gamage, along with another businessman, in Pitakotte over a Rs. 9 million bribery case.
The Government is considering abolishing the Office of the Chief of the Defence Staff (OCDS) when the term of office of its incumbent General Shavendra Silva ends on December 31.
New commanders have been appointed to the Sri Lanka Army and Sri Lanka Navy.
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