Flooding has temporarily displaced over 30,000 in Batticaloa and 57,000 in Ampara to relatives houses or temporary camps, reported officials from the District Secretariats.
So far one death has been reported in Batticaloa.
According to the Deputy Director of the District Disaster Management Center in Ampara and Batticaloa, M. A. C. M. Riyas, this is the worst flooding he has seen in a decade.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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