While there were enough buses for people in Dambulla town this morning, there was markedly few passengers to make use of them.
By contrast, long lines of farmers were seen queing up outside fertilizer shops to purchase fertilizer. There is a visible fertilizer shortage in the area and there was a rush to get at the lone lorry which pulled up outside one shop with a stock of fertilizer.
The shortage meant that only one fertilizer bag could be distributed to each farmer, and social distancing guidelines recommended by health authorities were completely ignored in the rush to obtain fertilizer.
Text and Pix by Kanchana Kumara Ariyadasa
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
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