Forty five (45) persons have arrived in the country from Doha, Qatar in two flights (QR 668 and UL 218) and thirty two persons from Chennai in two flights (6E 9034 and UL 1026) have arrived in the country today (14), the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-9 said.
Another four persons will be arriving from Abu Dhabi in a special passenger flight, the Centre said. Upon arrival they will be taken to military run quarantine centres.
Army Commander Shavendra Silva said bringing down Lankans stranded overseas will commence from Monday.
At present 2,956 persons are being quarantined in 31 quarantine centres.
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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