A 73-year-old woman from Bandaragama and a 65-year-old man from Colombo 14 died from a COVID-triggered heart failure and COVID pneumonia respectively, the Director General of Health Services said.
The two deaths reported on Monday (14) increased the death toll from the virus to 154. A total of 685 persons were tested positive on Monday bringing the total number of positive cases from the second wave to 29,837.
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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