A Member of Parliament from the Nuwara Eliya distirct has been found to be COVID-19 positive, Parliament was told today.
This was after SJB member Hector Appuhamy told Parliament that there were reports about an MP being infected with COVID-19 and if that was the case Parliament sittings should be suspended.
The member presiding, Weerasumana Dissanayake first said there were no reports, but few minutes later confirmed that Nuwara Eliya district member M. Rameshwaram was infected.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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