Having recorded more than 40 COVID positive cases from the Pamunuwa area in Maharagama, the Medical Health Officer of the area has isolated the Pamunuwa Grama Niladhari division. Accordingly, the road leading to Pamunuwa Church and to the Sri Jayewardenapura hospital is shut. Pix by Nisal Baduge
Veteran journalists Sudeva Hettiarachchi and Kingsley Ratnayake, who has been appointed as the Director-General of Presidential Media, assumed duties this morning at the President’s media premises. Pix by President’s media unit
The Global Lifestyle Lanka as part of their social responsibility commitments recently held events of tree planting in several areas of Thimbirigasyaaya and Colombo Municipal Council Jurisdiction under the theme “Haritha Saviya”.
Emergency PCR tests were conducted at the Dedicated Economic Centre at Welisara yesterday considering the prevailing pandemic situation at Dambulla and Thambuththegama. The vendors were seen in long queues to undergo PCR tests. Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe.
A health team of the Colombo Municipal Council carried out PCR tests on residents of Dr Lester James Peries Mawatha, Colombo as a precautionary measure to fully contain the COVID-19 virus in the country. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi
Devotees are seen engaged in religious observances at Gangaramaya Temple and Bellanwila Raja Maha Viharaya today to mark the ’Bak’ Full Moon Poya Day. The significance of Bak Poya was historical since it marks Buddha’s second visit to Sri Lanka. Pix by Kithsiri de Mel and Pradeep Dilrukshana
Roshan Abeysundara, the Sri Lanka Air Force swimmer who swam from Mannar to Danushkodi, India and returned to Mannar had been appointed as an Environmental Ambassador by the Ministry of Environment. Pix by Damith Wickramasinghe
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