At least six inmates and an officer of the Welikada Prison have tested positive for COVID-19 virus, a senior official from the Department of Prisons said.
Assistant Prisons Commissioner Chandana Ekanayake told local media today the detainees were sent to Welikanda Hospital for treatment and the officer was sent to IDH Hospital.
He further said that all the prisoners associated with those who tested positive for COVID-19 will be referred for PCR tests shortly.
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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