Due to the COVID situation most persons have restricted their movements in the outstations as well even though the areas are not under curfew, officials said
They said limited persons were calling over for work at government offices while shops and commercial establishments too have limited their operations.
"Even if shops open up, they close well ahead of the usual times. Some of the shops which were kept open until 8 pm now close up by about 5 pm and that too they with limited business", an officer in Matale said.
He said even the buses carried limited number of persons despite some of the private bus operators keeping off the roads due to the losses they are suffering.
He said as a result, many of the vegetable cultivators in the Matale area too have been affected and are unable to sell their produce.
(By Indika Aruna Kumara)
|
| Laggala new town captured today (16) morning |
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
Former Member of Parliament J.R.P. Suriyapperuma passed away today, January 2, 2025, at the age of 96.
Leave Comments