By Rathindra Kuruwita Thirty four more persons were arrested by the Police on Sunday for violating quarantine laws. They had been arrested for not wearing face masks, not maintaining physical distancing, etc., police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said. He went on to say that 2,415 people had been arrested for violating quarantine laws since October […]
Leos of the Kalubowila Leo Club (KLC) together with their counterparts at the University of Zimbabwe organised Embrace Diversity Culture Exchange programme on Dec 13 to share and value diverse yet beautiful differences in the two cultures. The KLC has said in a media statement: “It is well known that the inability to value and […]
President approves Sabry’s plan AThe Justice Ministry and Police Headquarters yesterday (11) reached a consensus on an unprecedented plan to recruit 150 lawyers as Chief Inspectors as part of key reforms required to revamp the police. The Justice Ministry said that Justice Minister Ali Sabry PC had received President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s nod for his […]
The 10 MPs have been instructed to appear for PCR tests, parliament sources said.
Serjeant-at-Arms of Parliament Narendra Fernando said that all MPs would be subjected to PCR tests on Jan 13 and 15.
MP Gayantha Karunathilaka and his family had tested negative for COVID-19, Narendra Fernando said.
Narendra Fernando said MP Karunathilaka had been identified as a close associate of MP Rauff Hakeem, who recently tested positive for the highly contagious virus.
Karunathilaka is reported to have attended Parliament on Jan 05 together with Hakeem.
Narendra Fernando said upon being notified, MP Karunathilaka had volunteered undergo PCR tests.
He said the test results had confirmed that the MP and his family had not contracted the virus.
By Saman Indrajith Secretary General of Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake yesterday said that the proceedings of Parliament would continue in compliance with health guidelines, although three MPs had contracted COVID-19. Dasanayake said that discussions had been held with the health authorities regarding the situation and the places the COVID-19 infected MPs visited had been disinfected by […]