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Colombo?s air quality continues to drop with more vehicles on street

By Indika Sri Aravinda Colombo?s air quality is continuing to drop with more vehicles returning to the street after the curfew enforced to contain the spread of the cororonavirus being relaxed. Sarath Premasiri, a senior scientist at the National Building Research Organization said the air quality has dropped by 150 percent when compared to what it was during the curfew. The clean air resulted in mountains as far as Ratnapura and Kandy being visible in Colombo. However, with more vehicles re

08 Jun, 2020

Inter-district public transport to resume tomorrow

Inter-district public transport will resume tomorrow, the Transport Ministry said. Transport Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said that public transport between districts will be operated from tomorrow (Monday) by strictly adhering to the health guidelines. He said that inter-district public transport will also operate between Colombo and Gampaha. The Minister said that a final decision with regards to inter-district public transport was taken today. Accordingly, apart from public bus transport r

07 Jun, 2020

Police claim most wanted criminal killed in shootout

The Police claimed that a most wanted criminal has been killed in a shootout in Minuwangoda. The suspect, identified as ”Gona-Kovile Raja’ was killed in a confrontation with the Police. He was the main suspect wanted over the attack on a restaurant in Soysapura, Moratuwa recently. The Police said that the suspect had also been wanted over several other crimes. (Colombo Gazette)

07 Jun, 2020