Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa informed Parliament today that the Government will allow the burial of victims who die from COVID-19.
Mr Rajapaksa made the statement in answer to a question raised by Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Colombo District MP S.M. Marikkar.
Mr Marikkar pointed to a statment made in Parliament yesterday by State Minister COVID Disease Control that COVID-19 does not spread via groundwater. If this is the case, Mr Marikkar asked why the Government was not allowing those who died from COVID-19 to be buried.
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena moved to order the MP to sit down, stating that Mr Marikkar's question was not a point of order and that he was creating an unnecessary issue. However, the Prime Minister then got up to say that the Government would allow for the burial of victims of COVID-19.
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 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.
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.
New commanders have been appointed to the Sri Lanka Army and Sri Lanka Navy.
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