A large number of people qued in front of liquor shops.
After the removal of the travel restriction law (June 21) at 4 am, shop owners took action to open shops in all the plantation towns including Hatton. With the removal of the travel restrictions, the Hatton Excise officials verbally instructed the liquor store owners to remove the seals on the closed liquor stores and to operate by the store’s health instructions. With the reopening of closed liquor stores in Hatton, media reported a large number of people coming to buy liquor. Although several SLTB and private buses have been added to the service after removing the travel restrictions, there has not been a significant increase in the number of buses coming to cities. All plantation towns, including Hatton, were heavily guarded by police.
A tempered situation occurs in front of the Fort Railway Station today.
The situation has arisen due to the intervention of the police to control a protest being held by the Inter-University Student Federation. Protesting students say the government is preparing to pass a bill to privatize education under the guise of an pandemic.
About 20,000 policemen will be deployed to observe the public violating quarantine rules
After the travel restrictions are eased around 20,000 policemen will be deployed to observe whether the public would violate the quarantine regulations, Police media spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said Accordingly, 700 instant mobile roadblocks with the main roadblock at the entrance to the province will be deployed in the Western Province and about 8000 policemen are assigned to man those roadblocks.
The gem recently found in South Africa is not a diamond.
The South African government stated that stones found in KwaHlathi village KwaZulu-Natal province village last month are not diamonds but quartz. It prompted thousands of people to rush to KwaHlathi village which is located more than 300km southeast of Johannesburg. But after conducting tests, officials have revealed the stones are quartz crystals, and they are considered less valuable. The country is already suffering from high levels of economic inequality with a surge in joblessness due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. According to Johns Hopkins University data, South Africa has recorded more covid 19 positive cases than any other country on the continent with 1.8 million confirmed infections and nearly 60,000 deaths reported.
Covid 19 current situation in Sri Lanka – People who received both the doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine have infected with the virus
Several people who received both doses of the AstraZeneca injection have been infected with the coronavirus. These people are among the infected confirmed on the 19th from the Kurunegala Municipal Council area. A group including employees of the Kurunegala Municipal Council have been infected with the virus.
Five more Grama Niladhari Divisions isolated with immediate effect
It has been decided to isolate five more Grama Niladhari Divisions with immediate effect from this morning. The only isolated rural services in the Kotmale Police Division in the Nuwara Eliya District are the Kaludamada, Hapugastalawa, Weerapura, Beramana South and Pahala Gorakoya divisions. Also, the announcement of the isolation of 24 more Grama Niladhari Divisions from this morning was made yesterday. Travel restrictions across the country today have been relaxed, subject to strict health guidelines.
disciplinary action will be taken against those who provided false information regarding the corona pandemic in the country- channa Jayasumana
Minister of State channa Jayasumana has stated that disciplinary action will be taken against those who provided false information regarding the corona pandemic in the country. He also suspected that some people would do such things to change the data and overthrow the government. “About 4% of the country’s 3% are conspirators and saboteurs. When those three or four per cent of the people come to positions of responsibility, they sometimes think that they can overthrow governments by moving numbers and figures. The President of the Government Medical Officers’ Association said that it should be about those who worked with such care. We hope to hold disciplinary inquiries in this regard and punish those found guilty. ” he said
Usain Bolt shares thoughts about his twin babies- ThunderBolt and Saint Leo Bolt
Sprinter Usain Bolt has announced about his newborn twin boys named ThunderBolt and Saint Leo Bolt by posting an Instagram post on fathers day. But the couple hasn’t confirmed when exactly the twins were born. He has posted a photo of him and his wife Kasi Bennett with their twin boys and one-year-old daughter Olympia Lightning with a lightning bolt emoji next to each of his children’s names in the post. Bolt retired from athletics in 2017 and still holds the 100m and 200m world records. He is also the only man to have won three 100m Olympic titles and 23 major gold medals during his career and it had made him the fastest man in history.
Sri Lanka Reported 47 covid 19 related deaths yesterday
Another 47 covid 19 related deaths have been confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services. Accordingly, the number of corona deaths in the country has increased to 2581.
A small whale with burn wounds had been dumped on the beach.
Local fishermen point out that the body of a small whale with burn wounds had been dumped on the Karadikkuli beach in the Musali Divisional Secretariat Division in Mannar yesterday evening (19). A group of fishermen in the area had spotted the whale when they were fishing and had informed the Mannar Assistant Fisheries Inspector’s Office. Residents and fishermen in the area say that there are burn wounds on many parts of the body of the whale and it is suspected that it was a whale that was caught in the fire of the Express Pearl ship recently. Meanwhile, the bodies of dead turtles and a large whale had been dumped in Mannar and Jaffna in the last few days.