The Inspector General of Police C.D. Wickramaratne today has ordered the Senior Superintendents of Police, Assistant Superintendents of Police and OICs to provide a special security plan near churches and places of worship today and tomorrow, said the Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana.
Development work of the Kerawalapitiya Industrial Estate Road, which is also an access road to the Expressway, commenced on Sunday under the Government’s Infrastructure Development Programme to expand investment opportunities and encourage investors. Development of this road was initiated under the patronage of the State Minister for Rural Roads and Other Infrastructure Nimal
There have been some media reports recently stating that the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) was going to join hands with the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB); these baseless reports have been fabricated by the party’s political opponents, Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said. He was speaking at a meeting of provincial journalists of the Kurunegala District, which was held in
Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said Rs. 517 million has been allocated for the development of botanical gardens in the country next year. The botanical gardens earmarked for major development are Peradeniya, Gampaha, Haggala, Seethawaka and Mirijjawila. Rs. 177.1 million has been allocated for the development of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya, Rs. 60.5 million
FRANCE: More than 40 countries have suspended travel from Britain in a bid to contain a fast-spreading new strain of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Scotland had already closed its border with the rest of the United Kingdom. France has halted all travel from Britain for 48 hours, including anyone transporting goods by road, air, sea or rail. Paris and London are in talks over