The new base workshop building of the Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (SLEME) Regiment, which has already made a breakthrough in many an innovative product of international standards, was inaugurated by Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva in Kosgama.
A group of members of the Ape Jana Bala Party (Our-Power of People Party) staged a protest opposite the residence of its Gampaha District Party Leader Jeewan Chaturanga. The protesters demanded that party leaders should not allow Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thero to take the Parliamentary seat gained from the National List in the last General Election.
A combined operation was carried out by the No 62 Flight at United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) including Sri Lankan Aviation Unit to assist Zambian Special Forces to restore peace in the Boramata area in the Eastern Sector in the Central African Republic, which was attacked by Arab Messiriya Janjaweeds.
A rare scene of stunning double rainbow across the skies was seen in the Puttlam area. Double rainbows are formed when sunlight is reflected twice within a raindrop with the violet light that reaches the observers eye coming from the higher raindrops and the red light from lower raindrops.
The syrup produced by Ayurvedic practitioner Dhammika Bandara, which he claims is a cure for COVID-19, was handed over to Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene today at the Parliamentary complex. The Speaker and several other government MPs were later seen taking a sip of the syrup.
The Colombo Municipal Council today began cremating unclaimed bodies of coronavirus victims after obtaining legal clearance from the Attorney General. At least 20 bodies are being cremated from today. Officials said that it will take approximately two hours to cremate each body so the process will take a few days.
Despite the Government claiming that maximum facilities are provided to Covid-19 patients, the accommodation facilities at the Divisional Hospital A – Dankotuwa remain at a minimum level. Patients also complain that there is no facility for them to pass the time and ease their stress. However, the service rendered by the hospital staff including doctors and nurses is commendable and great, they said.
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