Ministry of Health says that it has not taken a decision to change the current procedure of cremation of those who succumbed to COVID-19.
A final decision on this matter has to be taken by the technical committee of the Ministry of Health, Ministry Spokesman Dr. Jayaruwan Bandara said.
Current procedure of cremation of corpses of persons tested positive for COVID-19 was decided by the Director General of Health considering scientific and technical reasons both related to the pandemic as well as the soil in Sri Lanka.
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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