UNP MP’s son assaults Ministerial Security Division officer

Over 40 people in Marawila placed in self-quarantine

Over 40 people in Marawila who had contact with a counsellor of the Kandakadu Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, have been placed in self-quarantine. The Government said that 45 people from 10 houses in the area have been placed in self-quarantine. A woman from Marawila who had served as a counsellor at the Kandakadu Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, had tested positive for COVID-19. Earlier, fifty six persons (56), including inmates and staffers, from the Kandakadu Treatment and Rehabil

09 Jul, 2020

Court discharges Tiran Alles over RADA fraud case

The Colombo High Court today discharged former Chairman of the Reconstruction and Development Agency (RADA) Tiran Alles and three others over a case filed accusing him of fraud. A case was filed against the former Chairman of RADA Tiran Alles, former North and Eastern Provinces LTTE Financial Head Emil Kanthan, former RADA Chief Operating Officer (COO) Saliya Wickramasuriya and and Dr. Jayantha Dias Samarasinghe. Alles and the three others were remanded and released on bail in November 2006 by

10 Jul, 2020

Over 250 people at rehabilitation centre contract virus

Another 196 persons have been detected with COVID-19 from the Kandakadu Rehabilitation and Treatment Centre. Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe said that the latest detection was made after receiving the results of 338 PCR or COVID-19 tests conducted so far on inmates and staff at the centre. The latest detection raises the total number of COVID-19 patients at the Kandakadu Rehabilitation and Treatment Centre to 252 patients. Dr. Jasinghe said more PCR tests are being condu

10 Jul, 2020