Parliament seat allocations for Badulla, Jaffna revised

Schools in Kandy city limits to remain closed

All schools in the Kandy city limits are to remain closed for another week. Central Province Governor Lalith U. Gamage said 45 schools in Kandy and five schools in Akurana will remain closed till December 11. He said the decision has been taken due to an increase in coronavirus patients in the Kandy district. Earlier, the coronavirus forced the closure of 45 schools in Kandy from 25 November till today (04). The following day (26), Eastern Province Governor Anuradha Yahampath announced that

04 Dec, 2020

Covid patient produced before Magistrate via Skype

A coronavirus patient was produced before the Panadura Magistrate today using Skype technology. The Covid patient had spat?on the face of a Public Health Inspector (PHI) in Atalugama when the latter had attempted to transfer him to a Covid treatment centre on Wednesday (02). The Bandaragama Police arrested the suspect today and produced him before the Panadura Magistrate using Skype technology. The PHI officer who was spat on and PHI officer in charge of Atalugama also appeared before the Mag

04 Dec, 2020

Atalugama becomes a hotspot after spitting incident

By Vyshnavy Velrajh Atalugama in Bandaragama has become a hotspot as officials engaged in Covid related duties have refused to continue their services in the area. The refusal comes after a Covid patient had spat on the face of a Public Health Inspector (PHI) when the latter had attempted to transfer him to a Covid treatment centre on Wednesday (02). PHI Association Secretary M. Baalasooriya told Colombo Gazette that as a result, two PHI officers and a cab driver who were involved in the proc

04 Dec, 2020