Saturday, April 11, 2020

All Schools To Be Re-Opened On 11th Of May

Government has decided to re open all
schools on 11 th of May for the second term not on 20th of April as earlier planned in view of preventing the spreading of corona virus in the society .
Steps are being taken to provide facilities to students to carryout their studies through distance learning system during the long holidays according to the Ministey of Education .

Meanwhile the power to take a
 decision regarding opening of universities after consideting the situation has been given to University authorities through  Ministry of Hhigher Education .

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Msximum Control Price For Five Rice Varities


Government has introduced  a control price for  Rice varities ,Keeri Samba ,Red and White Samba and Red and White Kakulu  with effect from yesterday (10).

Accordingly the maximum retail price of  Kilo Gramme of  Keeri Samba should be Rs.125,A kilo gramme of Red and White Ssmba should be Rs.90 and Red and White Kakulu Kilo will be Rs.85  .

The traders who are selling these  Rice varities for  higher prices will  be severely pinished according to the Consumer Afairs Authority .

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Islandwide Curfew To Be Temporarily Lifted In 20 Districts Except 06 Districts On This Thursday (16)

The island wide curfew currently being imposed will be lifted in 20 districts for 10 hour period except 06 Districts that are identified as high risk zones of spreading corona virus ,on coming Thursday (16) at 6 a.m  The Presidential Media Division has announced this evening (11).

Accordingly the curfew imposed in 20 districts except Colombo ,Gampaha ,Kalutara ,Puttalam ,Kandy and Jaffna Districts will be lifted at 6 a.m on this Thursday and re imposed at 4 p.m on the same day .

Earlier the authorities have decided to lift the curfew on 6 a.m this Tuesday (14)until 4 in the evening .

Curfew imposed in The six districts mentioned above will be continued until further notice it has been announced .

Public is being advised to limit the  purchase of goods to most essential ones after lifting the curfew and avoid travelling to other districts .

Also Government has requested from the public to restrict the folowing of Sinhala /Hindu new year customs among family members only .

Public will be able to putchase goods at home through the Home delivety system intriduced by the Government it has been stated .However many complained that they have not received anything through home delivery system implemented by government and private sector super markets up to now and many goods were delivered to only a certain areas in Colombo where Parliamentaruans and their relatives are being located .

The home delivery system is a total failure they have stated .


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Eight Corona Virus Positives Reported In The Island From Last Night (10) Up to This Evening (11)

Global research and innovation forum to mobilize international ...Although the Director General Of Health Services Dr.Anil Jasinghe has yesterday (10)announced that no corona virus positive has been identified during yesterday ,07 Corona virus positives had been identified around 11.30 p.m last night (10)through PCR tests carried out according to Epidemeology unit .

With these positives who had been identified whilst undergoing quarantine at Oluwil Quarantine center ,the total number of Corona virus positives in Sri lanka had been increased  to 197 this morning.

This evening another corona virus positive had been identified by increasing  the total number of corona virus positives to 198.

A 12 Hour Water Cut Imposed By Water Board Amidst Corona Virus Spread

The National Water supplies and drainage board had imposed a 12 hour long water cut since 4 p.m this evening (11) in several areas of  Colombo and Gampaha districts Amidst the curfew imposed in the country at present .

The water cut is being imposed in several areas including  Kelaniya ,Paliyagoda ,Wattala ,Mabola ,Katunayaka ,Seeduwa and Biyagama areas due to a mantainance work of a pipeline according to the Water Board .People in these areas are being faced severe difficulties due to this water cut amidst curfew it has been reported .

As the health officials have advised the public to wash their hands often to prevent the spreading of corona virus in the society ,long Water cuts like this will be hampered the implementation of these practices among public according to experts .








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