August School Holidays will not be given to Schools Island wide this year to cover the lessons missed during previous months as a result of the closures of schools Minister Of Education Susil Premjayantha has stated .
Accordingly schools will be held continuously until the end of November he has stated ,At present Schools are being held three days per a week due to the current fuel crisis .
Another 143 new Corona positives had been identified in the country yesterday (28) ,Increasing the total number of Corona positives identified so far since the beginning of the pandemic to 665,543 according to the Epidemiology Unit .
Five more Corona deaths had been reported in the country yesterday ,Increasing the total number of Corona deaths reported so far to 16,553 the Unit has stated .At the moment 845 Corona Positives are being treated at hospitals and at home it has been revealed .
Epidemiologists had requested the general public to wear a mask and adapt the Anti Corona health guidelines strictly these days when going to a public place to avoid contacting the disease .
Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage had today (28) ordered the Colombo Fort Police OIC Sagara Liyanage to produce the sum of Money Rs.17 .8 million found at the President 's house by Galle Face protesters and handed over to the Police on 09th of July .
After the large crowd including the Galle face protesters had stormed in to the President's house on 09th of July during the public uprising ,Protesters had found the amount money left at the house and they have handed over the money to the Colombo Fort Police it has been revealed ,Although Colombo Fort Police had informed this incident to the Colombo Fort Magistrate three weeks back ,The police has failed to produce a report regarding the amount of money handed over by the protesters Colombo fort magistrate had stated .,
Meanwhile Colombo Fort Magistrate had released four persons arrested by the Colombo Fort police and produced before the court on the charges of illegally entering the President's house on 09th of July and presence when a group of protesters counting the sum of money recovered from the President's house .
Social Media Activist and one of the founders of the Galle Face Protest Pathum Kerner had been arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) yesterday (28) in connection with the unruly incidents occurred at the entry road to the Parliament near Polduwa Junction in Colombo on 13th of July during a protest campaign held there .
He was arrested after his arrival to the CCD to give a statement regarding the incidents occurred during the protest at Polduwa Junction it has been reported .According to the Colombo Crimes Division Kerner was responsible for assembling people near the Parliament on 13th of July and attempting to break the barricades setup to protect the Parliament .
Kerner was summoned by the CCD on 18th of July regarding the incident ,However he had informed the CCD through his lawyer that he was unable to appear before the CCD citing ill health .
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has prorogued parliament till August 3, 2022, a gazette notification stated.
Parliament had been prorogued from midnight today (28), until 10.30 am on August 3, the notice said.
The prorogation automatically dissolves parliamentary committees including the Committee on Public Enterprises.
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