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.
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.
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