Akkaraipattu police division in the Eastern province has been declared as a COVID-19 high-risk zone by Eastern province Governor Anuradha Yahampath.
The announcement was made by the Governor after 58 persons from the police division were tested positive for the virus and 86 COVID-infected persons were found from Kalmunai.
She has requested health and security personnel to make sure residents in the area are following quarantine rules and asked residents to limit travel to other areas in order to contain the spread in the province.
I still remember the day of August 1947 floods, as it was the last school day at Kingswood College Kandy and the height the water soured. Water rose to the height of the Cross of the Chrurch at Getambe and the water was so high that it engulfed the Getambe Rajaponawarma Temple leaving only a few leaves of the Bo-tree visible.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate and submit a report over a complaint about the alleged illegal assets gained by model Piumi Hansamali.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
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