On the initiative of the Sri Lanka Embassy in Beijing, Sri Lankan community members living in China and the Chinese friends of Sri Lanka donated surgical masks, forehead thermometers, disposable face masks, N95 masks, goggles, infrared electronic thermometers, isolation cloth, protection suits, and disposable gloves which could be used to effectively fight COVID-19 in Sri Lanka.
According to the Sri lankan embassy in Beijing, the medical supplies will be sent to Sri Lanka by Sri Lankan Airlines on 4 April 2020 and will be handed over to the Ministry of Health and other relevant line agencies. The Sri Lanka Consulate in Shanghai coordinated with the local agencies to fast-track the customs clearance while Sri Lankan Airlines air freighted these items free of charge from Shanghai to Colombo.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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