A total of 73,884 persons from 27,974 families in the country have been placed under home-quarantine, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.
Four deaths were reported from Ginigathhena, Siyambalape, Colombo 15 and Bandaragama on Tuesday (24) bringing the total number of deaths from COVID-19 to 94.
The total number of cases from the Minuwangoda and Peliyagoda fish market cluster increased to 17,436 with 458 persons tested positive for the virus on Tuesday.
DIG Rohana said during the past 24 hours 61 persons have been arrested for violating quarantine rules, especially failing to wear face masks.
He said legal action will be taken against 588 persons who were caught since the end of October for not wearing face masks and failing to maintain social distance.
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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