Oil anointing ceremony for the 2021 Sinhala and Tamil New Year of North Central Province was held on April 17 at Anuradhapura Ayurveda Hospital premises with the presence of the Governor of the North Central Province, Maheepala Herath and State Minister of Solar Power, Wind and Hydro Power Generation Projects Development, Duminda Dissanayake.

The total number of Covid-19 deaths in Sri Lanka - 618

The Program to plant 2 million saplings with the aim of increasing the forest density and forest cover in Sri Lanka under the theme "Surakumata Parisaraya" commences at Ragama Diyagala Boys' Town on 16th of April with the presence of State Minister of Rural Roads and other Infrastructure, Nimal Lanza.

Ambassador Dr. Palitha Kohona met the Deputy Governor of Henan He Jinping and the Deputy Mayor of Zhengzhou, Wu Fu Min. He was received warmly.