A 71-year-old male from Panagoda, a 52-year-old male from Colombo 8, a 71-year-old female from Colombo 2, a 44-year-old male from Colombo 2 and a 49-year-old female from Bandaragama died from COVID-related complications on Sunday (20), the Government Information Department said.
Most deaths were due to COVID triggered pneumonia and lung infections. The death toll from the virus has reached 176.
Another 592 people were tested positive for the virus on Sunday bringing the total positive cases from the Divulapitiya, Peliyagoda and prison clusters to 33,590.
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.
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.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
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