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Saturday, February 15, 2020

Government Had Purchased 4 Million Kilo Grammes Of Paddy From Farmers -Rice And Vegetable Prices Have Sky- Rocketted

Paddy marketing board had already

purchased 4 million Kilo Grammes of Paddy from the Yala season harvest currently on according to the Board.

Paddy purchasing Centers had been established in every District to purchase paddy harvest directly from the farmers and Farmers will be received Rs.50 per a Kilo Gramme of Paddy that is well prepared with quality government has stated .

However Still the all varieties of rice are being sold at the market for higher prices and some rice varieties are being sold for prices that exceeds Rs. 100 it has been reported .

Vegetable prices too are escalating rapidly on daily basis and the price of a coconut now exceeds Rs.80 according to market sourced

Three Injured Due To A Bus Collision

Three Persons including a private Bus

driver and two female Passangers travelling in a Ceylon Transport Board (CTB )Bus had been injured and hospitalized due to a Private Bus -CTB Bus Collision occurred at Kandy -Kurunagala Main road today (15)according to Police.

The incident occurred when a Private Bus travelling from Kurunagala to Kandy had collided with a rare side of CTB Bus travelling in the same direction.

The injured had been admitted to Kurunagala Teaching and Mawatha gama Hospitals for treatment. Mawatha gama Police are conducting an investigations over the incident.

Thirty Three Sri Lankan Students Evacuated From Wuhan ,China Released After Being Quarantined

Thirty Three Sri Lankan students evacuated from Wuhan ,China due to the corona virus epidemic had been handed over to their caretakers after being quarantined at Diyathalawa Army Base yesterday (14) evening .

These students have been quarantined for 14 days since 01st of february and they are in good health at the time of the release according to authorities .

The handing over ceremony was held at Akuregoda Army Headquarters last evening under the patronage of Army Commander General Shavendra De Silva. A tribute has been paid to the Sri Lankan Airlines crew who had risked their lives and joined the evacuation process of Sri Lankan students from Wuhan.

First Corona Virus Death Confirmed In Europe

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-

europe-51514837

Truth

Remanded Former Sri Lankan Ambassador Udayanga Weerathunga Had Been Transferred To Prison Hospital

Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to

Russia Udayanga Weerathunga who had been remanded yesterday (14) by the Colombo Fort Magistrate had been transferred to Welikada Prison Hospital last night from P ward of Magazine prison according to a recommendation of a prison Hospital Doctor it has been reported .

The Former Sri Lanka Ambassador had been transferred to Welikada Prison Hospital over complaints of having piles and heart ailment .

However doctors at the Welikada Prison Hospital who had checked the condition of Udayanga Weerathunga today (15)had revealed that he will be able to transferred to the Magazine Prison by tomorrow (16) as he is not suffering from a serious illness .

Suspect is scheduled to be transfered to the P ward of the Magazine Prison, Borella where he had been sent yesterday by the court .Remanded MP Ranjan Ramanayake is also at the P Ward of the Magazine Prison according to sources .