Another 103 Corona positives and 06 Corona deaths had been reported in the country yesterday (22) according to the Epidemiology Unit .
Accordingly out of the 06 Corona deaths reported yesterday ,04 were females and 02 were males .03 of the deceased were over 60 years of age it has been reported .
A total number of 1537 Corona positives are being treated at Givt hospitals and under home care system it has been reported .
Treasury Secretsry had issued a circular requesting all state sector employees who are currently placed under work from home concept to report to work as usual from tomorrow (24)
Due to the fuel crisis government has instructed all state sector employees to work from home from.24th of July until 24th of August .
The Ministry of Finance had temporarily banned the import of 367 Food,Garments and other items with immediate effect under the Inport Export Control Act it has been announced today (23)\.
Earlier the Ministry of Finance had banned importing of several food items and fruits to the country need due to the foreign reserve shortage .
President Ranil Wikramasinghe had yesterday (22) given his approval as the Defense Minister to the detention of three Protesters for 90 days to question under the terrorism prevention act .despite the opposition of the western governments and European Union.
Accordingly, the President had given approval to the Police to detain the Convener of the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) Wasantha Mudalige ,Hashantha Gunathilake and Venerable Galwela Sirdhamma Thero for 90 days to question .
The three protestors along with 16 others had been arrested during the Anti Government Protest march held in Colombo last Friday (19) over violating court orders .However, other 16 persons were released on bail later and the above three protesters are being further detained under the orders of the Ministry of Defense .
Meanwhile US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chang has stated in a message posted to her Twitter account that the Sri Lankan government is slowly destroying the country's democracy by using acts like terrorism prevention act which violates the human rights and requested the government to ensure the freedom of expression of the people .
All the universities which were closed down months back will be reopened for academic activities before the end of this September according to the University Grants Commission .
At the moment the academic activities of All the universities are being conducted through online and even after resuming academic activities lessons will be conducted through both Online and on sight modes the Chairman of the UGC Professor Sampath Amarathunge has stated .
After resuming Academic activities any student who wishes to continue lessons through Online can continue he had stressed .
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