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Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Galle Face Protest Continues For The 12th Day

61 Corona Positives Reported Today (20)

Another 61 Corona Positives had been reported in the country today (20) ,Increasing the total number of Corona Positives reported so far to 663,006 according to the Ministry Of Health .

However no Corona deaths had been reported today in the country the Ministry has stated, At the moment 3949 Corona Positives are being treated at Government Hospitals ,Quarantine Centers and under home care system it has been reported ,

Only 1685 PCR Tests and 1489 Rapid Antigen Tests had been performed in the country yesterday (19).

QUOTES FOR LIFE

ඕනෑම අවස්ථාවක සැබෑවටම සිය ආදරය ලබා දීමට සැදී පැහැදී සිටින ආදරණීයයෙකුගෙන් කිසි දිනක ආදරය යැදිය යුතු නැත (උපුටා ගැනීමකි )

Prices Of Wheat Flour,Bread And Bakery Products Had Been Increased

The Price of a Kilo Gramme of Wheat Flout had been increased by Rs.40, following the fuel price hike with effect from yesrerday (19)according to the Prima flour company .

Meanwhile The price of a 450 Gramme loaf of Bread had been increased by Rs.30 from Rs.120 to Rs.150 as a result of the flour price increase the Bakery owners had announced yesterday .The prices of all other Bakery products had been increased by Rs.10 they have stated .

Proresters In Hikkaduwa Blocked Colombo -Galle Main Road During Anti Govt.Protests

Transport activities in Colombo -Galle main road had been disrupted for few hours today(20) when a group of residents in Hikkaduwa area had blocked the main road from Thiranagama ,Hikkaduwa and protested against government .

The protesters had burnt tyres on the road during the protest it has been reported .However later police had dispersed the protesters and opened the road for transport activities .

Meanwhile a group of Protesters had blocked the galle road from panadura area and protested against fuel price hike and fuel shortage since yesterday (19).The protesters had burnt tyres on the road as well .However a group of residents had chased away the protesters today and opened the galle road for transport activities it has been reported .