Saturday, March 12, 2022

347 Corona Positives Had Been Reported Today (12)

 A total number of 347 Corona Positives had been reported today (12),Increasing the total number of Corona positives reported so far in the country to 655,730 according to Epidemiology Unit .


At the  moment 20,543 Corona Positives are being treated at Hospitals ,Quarantine Centers and under home care system the Unit has stated .

Only 4396 PCR Tests and 2996 Rapid Antigen Tests had been performed in the country yesterday (11) according to Health Promotions Bureau ,

Another 09 Corona Deaths Reported Today (12)

 Another 09 Corona deaths  had been reported in the Country today (12)  According  to Director General Of Health Services(DGHS).


Accordingly the  total number of Corona deaths reported so far in the country had increased  to 13,690  the DGHS  has stated .Out of the deceased majority  were over 60 years of age it has been reported .

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Friday, March 11, 2022

Ukraine war: Kyiv prepares for Russian attack

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60714515 


Price Control Committee Had Allowed Drug Importers To Increase Drug Prices By 29 Percent

 The Price Control Committee of the National Drugs Regulatory Authority had today (11) approved a 20 percent increase of All medicines selling in the country according to the State Minister Of Drug Production ,Supplies And Regulations Professor Channa Jayasumana .


The State Minster had stated in Parliament today  that the Medical Supplies Division got  stocks of Medicines sufficient for six month period and Drug Importers also have stocks of Medicine sufficient for 04 month period .

However Government Pharmacists Union had stated that the Government Hospitals currently have a stock of Medicines sufficient for 2-3 weeks and Private Pharmacies have Medicine stocks sufficient for a week period .

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අවංක ප්‍රේමණීය සිතක් උණුවන සුළුය .කාරුණිකය .අනෙකාට රිදෙන විට තමාට රිදුණා සේ දැනෙනුයේ ඒ නිසාය ,එවැනි ප්‍රේමයක් තුළ මවු ගුණයක් පවතින අතර අඩුපාඩු වැටහෙන විට පවා තම සිත අනෙකා පිරිසිදු කිරීමට පෙළඹේ .(උපුටා ගැනීමකි )





Wheat Flour Importers Had Increased The Prices Of Wheat Flour -Prices Of Bread And Bakery Products Too Increased

 The two main Wheat Flour importing companies in Sri Lanka .The " Serandib " and "Prima " had increased the price of a Kilo Gramme of Wheat Flour by Rs.35 and Rs.40 with effect from today (11) .


With the new price increase  the price of a Kilo Gramme of Wheat Flour in the local market had increased to Rs.156 it has been announced .

Meanwhile due to the increase of Wheat Flour price ,Bakery Owners had decided  to increase A Loaf of 450 Gramme Bread  by Rs.30 and other Bakery Products  by Rs.10 with effect from midnight tonight All Ceylon Bakery Owners Association had announced .

Accordingly the Price of A Loaf of 450 Gramme Bread will be increased to approx. Rs.100 the Association had stated .

Remembering One of the world's, largest Train Accidents reported from Sri Lanka In 2004

Tsunami memories:What happened in Paraliya in 2004.