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Sri Lanka to send back another 82 containers with garbage to UK

Sri Lanka is to send back another 82 containers with garbage to the United Kingdom (UK). Additional Director General of Customs Sunil Jayarathne said that as part of an ongoing process to send back garbage containers to the UK, steps will be taken to send back another 82 containers of waste from the Colombo Port to the United Kingdom tomorrow (Friday). A vessel with 65 containers and another vessel with seven containers will depart Colombo tomorrow morning while a vessel with 10 containers is

05 Nov, 2020

Another five coronavirus related deaths reported in Sri Lanka taking total to 29

Another five coronavirus related deaths have been reported in Sri Lanka, taking the total to 29 deaths so far. Of the five people who died, four are from Colombo and one is from Wellampitiya. A 46-year-old resident of Colombo 2 died while receiving treatment in hospital. He had tested positive for the coronavirus and was also a kidney patient prior to his death. The second coronavirus related death reported today is that of a 68-year-old resident of Wellampitiya. She died after being admitted

05 Nov, 2020

Isolation placed on Bulathkohupitiya and Galigamuwa lifted

The isolation status placed on the Bulathkohupitiya Police area and the Galigamuwa Pradeshiya Sabha area in the Kegalle District has been lifted from today. On 2nd November, a number of areas in the Kegalle and Kurunegala districts were declared as isolated areas. Accordingly, the Kemmathagama, Mawanella and Bulathkohupitiya Police divisions and areas which fall under the Galigamuwa Pradeshiya Sabha were declared as isolated areas. The Giriulla Police division in the Kurunegala District was a

05 Nov, 2020