Due to severe flooding, all schools in the Matara district will be closed on Monday (09) and Tuesday (10). Schools have been closed since Thursday (05) and the District Disaster Management Committee decided to extend this due to the harsh weather situation.
The Zonal Education Office, Matara, said that they do not yet know whether the flooding and closures will impact the grade 5 scholarship exams that are scheduled to be held on October 15.
So far 6967 families are stranded due to the severe flooding and 399 houses have sustained damages. On Thursday (05) the President instructed authorities to provide flood relief and to use the armed forces to assist with distribution.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is firm about the President’s five-year tenure, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
Individuals who have obtained a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) yet do not meet the cutoff, can choose to remain tax exempt after notifying the IRD in writing, provided that their monthly income does not surpass the threshold, according to the State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya.
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