Indictments served on Mahanama and Dissanayake

Low quality sanitisers circulating in the market

By Indika Sri Aravinda Low quality sanitisers, which will not have the desired effect, are circulating in the market, officials have warned. Excise Spokesman, Deputy Commissioner Kapila Kumarasinghe told Colombo Gazette that a large volumes of ethanol have been released to the market to produce sanitisers, including hand sanitisers. The authorities had released ethanol to the market in order to assist steps being taken to contain the spread of the coronavirus. However, Kumarasinghe said that

08 Dec, 2020

Schools in Galle to remain closed

All schools in the Galle Educational Division will remain closed until Friday (11), the Education Department of the Southern Province announced. The Department said 26 schools in the Galle Education Zone will remain closed for the next three days and will be reopened on Monday (14). A decision was taken on Sunday (06) to close all schools in the Galle Educational Zone for three days from yesterday (07). Governor of the Southern Province Willie Gamage issued instructions to close the schools a

08 Dec, 2020

Government insists no Tamil political prisoners in Sri Lanka

The Government today insisted that there were no Tamil political prisoners in Sri Lanka. Speaking at the weekly post Cabinet media briefing, Cabinet co-spokesman Minister Udaya Gammanpila said that there are no political prisoners in Sri Lanka. He said that those arrested in the North and East are detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act on terrorism charges, and cannot be deemed as political prisoners. Prisoners in Sri Lanka are convicted based on the crimes that they have committed an

08 Dec, 2020