The air quality in Colombo remains unhealthy for sensitive groups while air quality in other parts have improved to good and moderate levels.
The National Building Research Organization (NBRO)’s Director of Environmental Division, H.D.S Premasiri explained that overall the air quality has improved as there are no external factors such as the cyclonic condition contributing to the air quality.
However he explained that air quality in Colombo remains unhealthy as air pollutants from factories, exhaust from vehicles and power plants get released to the atmosphere.
According to the Dynamic Air Quality Map of the NBRO Colombo recorded 58.0 particulate matter making air condition Unhealthy for sensitive groups while Badulla, Dambulla, Kurunegala and Kandy Batticaloa recorded 30 to 43 particulate matter by 11.30 am.
Anuradhapura, Nallur, Mullativu and Nuwara Eliya recorded good air quality conditions, recording particulate matter levels below 25.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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