All prisoners will be able to call their homes three minutes a week, as Prisons Department has stopped visitor arrivals due to COVID threat, a spokesman of the Prisons Department said.
He said Sri Lanka Telecom has provided a one-month free of charge phone call facility exclusively for Prisons Department.
All calls will be supervised by prison officers, he added.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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