No sooner the Government lifted the curfew at 6 am today in the Colombo, Gampaha and a few other districts than the people began to gather outside economic centers, markets, supermarkets, wayside boutiques, groceries, pharmacies and fish and meat stalls. In queues outside supermarkets, the people were seen to be following the one meter social distancing rule required to minimize the possibility of contracting Covid-19. But at many places, panic buying got the better of them and they forgot the cardinal rule. The result: body-to-body queues. However, they all wore face masks or covered their noses and mouths with handkerchiefs.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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