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.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Read this week’s Sunday Times for your interesting articles including the ’’5th Column’’.
In its first electoral test since taking power, the ruling National People’s Power (NPP) fell short of expectations, winning only around 40 % of the national vote in Tuesday’s local government election and falling short of enough seats to gain control of the majority of councils.
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