A ruling on allowing MP Ranjan Ramanayake to attend Parliament will be given after a three weeks study on the matter, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena informed the House yesterday (19).
US President Donald Trump has made his farewell address before leaving office, saying: "We did what we came to do - and so much more."In a video posted on YouTube, he said he took on "the tough battles, the hardest fights. because that's what you elected me to do".Trump has still not fully accepted the result of last November's election, which he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
A 43-year-old COVID-19 positive patient who had escaped from the Punanai Treatment Centre was later located in Eheliyagoda, said the Police Media Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana, He had escaped from the Punanai Treatment Centre last night while being treated after testing positive for the coronavirus. DIG Ajith Rohana said that legal action will be taken against him under the
Russia’s consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor on Tuesday said Russia’s second vaccine against COVID-19 is 100% effective based on the results of clinical trials, the TASS news agency reported. Russia began mass trials of EpiVacCorona, which is being developed by Siberia’s Vector Institute, in November. Moscow has said its other approved COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, is 92%
31 persons were arrested for not wearing face masks and failing to maintain social distancing during the last 24-hours, said the Police Media Spokesperson Ajith Rohana. The DIG stated that 2662 suspects have been arrested since October 30 for not wearing face masks and maintaining social distancing in public areas.