Diplomatic passport of Udayanga Weeratunga suspended

Watawala factory closed after employees test positive

By Vyshnavy Velrajh A garment factory in Watawala has been temporarily closed after eleven employees were detected with COVID-19. Public Health Inspectors Association Secretary M. Baalasooriya told Colombo Gazette that one Covid infected employee was detected following PCR tests conducted on Thursday (17). Following more PCR tests conducted on Friday (18) on the employee?s close contacts within the factory, 10 more employees had tested positive the following day (19). Baalasooriya said the C

24 Dec, 2020

Liquor stores except licence holders to close on Christmas Day

All liquor stores in the country except holders of hotel liquor licences will be closed tomorrow (25), the Excise Department said. The decision to close liquor stores tomorrow has been taken in view of Christmas Day. Earlier, the Government Medical Officers had requested authorities to close all wine stores in the country during the festive season. They had pointed out the risk in the coronavirus further spreading due to people moving from one place to another to consume alcohol during the fe

24 Dec, 2020

Passengers, crew from UK flight quarantined in special hotel

By Easwaran Rutnam Passengers and crew from a flight which arrived from the UK have been quarantined in a special hotel. Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva said that the SriLankan Airlines flight had already been deployed to the UK at the time a decision was taken to suspend flights from the UK. The Government had this week decided to suspend flights from the UK and transit passengers from the UK after a COVID-19 variant was detected in Britain. The SriLankan Airlines flight h

24 Dec, 2020