News

Bogambara prison inmates protest demanding PCR test

12 Nov, 2020

By Vyshnavy Velrajh

A group of inmates at the Bogambara prison in Kandy staged a protest by climbing onto the roof of the prison today.

Commissioner of Prisons Administration/Rehabilitation and Skill Development Chandana Ekanayake told Colombo Gazette that a group of 50 inmates were involved in the protest.

The protest was staged calling on authorities to subject the inmates at the Bogambara prison for PCR tests due to a spread of the coronavirus within the prison.

Ekanayake said that a total of 153 inmates from various prisons in the country have been detected with COVID-19.

Nearly 114 inmates, including 94 female and 20 male inmates, are reported to have contracted the coronavirus at the Welikada Prison in Colombo.

Coronavirus patients have reported been detected from among inmates at the Bogambara and Kuruwita prisons as well.

Officials from the Department of Prisons and the Health Ministry held crucial talks yesterday on the containment of the coronavirus within prisons in the country. (Colombo Gazette)

Recommended For You

Feature Image

Sri Lanka tells UNHRC it will not accept Resolution 51/1

Sri Lanka has reiterated to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) it will not accept Resolution 51/1 which was passed by the Council last year. The Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN in Geneva, Himalee Arunatilaka, told the 52nd Regular Session of the Human Rights Council that a series of unhelpful resolutions had been adopted by the HRC, the latest being Resolution 51/1, without Sri Lanka’s consent as the country concerned. “I reiterate Sri Lanka?s position, which was stated by the

05 Mar, 2023

Feature Image

CBSL?s decision to raise policy rates in line with IMF expectations

The decision by the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) to raise policy rates is in line with International Monetary Fund (IMF) expectations, the global financial agency said. Peter Breuer, Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka, and Masahiro Nozaki, Mission Chief for Sri Lanka, said the CBSL?s decision to raise the policy rate is appropriate and in line with its objectives set under the inflation targeting framework. ?It reflects CBSL?s commitment to the inflation target and is

04 Mar, 2023

Feature Image

Domestic gas prices to remain unchanged

Domestic gas prices will remain unchanged in the month of March, local gas companies said today. Both Litro Gas and Laugfs Gas said that the price of domestic gas will remain unchanged. The price of gas is reviewed every month and based on a formula it is either increased or reduced. However the gas companies said that since the Sri Lankan Rupee has depreciated against the USD the price of domestic gas will remain unchanged. (Colombo Gazette)

05 Mar, 2023