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Tuesday, March 17, 2020

A Special.Plane To Leave India To Bring Nearly 1000 Sri Lankan Buddhist Pilgrims

A special Sri Lankan Airlines Plane is

scheduled to leave for New Delhi ,India this evening (18)to bring nearly 1000 Sri Lankan Buddhist Pilgrims who are at Dambadiwa ,India the government has announced.

These pilgrims had left for Dambadiwa before implementing the pilgrim ban according to Ministry Of Buddha Sasana,Cultural Affairs and Religious Affairs .

The Plane carrying the pilgrims Is scheduled to be arrived to Katunayake International Airport before midnight tonight.

Sri Lanka is due to suspend all International Flights arriving in Sri Lanka for a two week period with effect from midnight tonight .

An Army Officer And A Small Child Are Among Those Tested Positive For Corona Virus

An Army officer and one year and Five

months old child among those 44 corona virus positives identified in Sri Lanka according to Health circles.

The Army officer has engaged in escorting overseas returnees including those who arrived from Italy to the quarantine Centers and believes to be contacted the virus.

The one year and Five months old child who had tested positive for Corona had arrived from Italy with his parents .His mother also tested positive for the virus it has been revealed.Authorities have taken sputum Samples of child's father to check whether he too got infected with the virus .

All of them are currently receiving treatment at IDH Hospital, Angoda .

President Has Announced Price Reduction Of Dhal And Canned Fish Amidst Corona Fear During His Address To The Nation

By addressing the Nation yesterday

(17)President Gotabaya Rajapakshe has announced a price reduction of Deal and Canned fish with effect from midnight last night (17)amidst corona virus fear .

Accordingly President Rajapakshe has stated that the price of a Kilo Gramme of Dhal has been reduced to Rs.65 and the price of Canned fish to Rs.100.

He has also stated that the state banks will halt the business loan repayments for a six month period .

President has urged the public to assist the programme launched by the government to combat the spreading of Corona Virus .

However due to Corona virus threat the Election will not be postponed and go ahead as scheduled he has stressed .Government Cannot maintain without passing a budget and when the government had attempted. To pass a proposal to allocate funds for the state expenditure Opposotion has prevented it president has said .