A resident of Bandaranaike Mawatha, who was brought from Colombo to undergo mandatory quarantine process in North died in Jaffna Teaching hospital last night due to sudden illness, a senior official from the hospital said.
According to hospital authorities, he was not infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) but died due to sudden heart failure. He was admitted to hospital on April 22 with fever and later transferred to the ward.
His family is currently at Vidatalapali quarantine camp in North along with others from Bandaranaike Mawatha after the area was identified as a high risk region for COVID-19 outbreak with a higher number of persons from the area tested positive early this week.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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