President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stated that measures will be taken to provide government assistance to improve the Piriven and Dhamma school education.

Defence Secretary Maj.Gen. (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne cautioned the prisons officials to refrain from getting involved in corruption and also supporting the convicted underworld criminals in the prisons as the law enforcement authorities had already commenced investigations on such officers.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa met with the EU ambassadors at the Presidential Secretariat (june 18). The discussion centered on rebuilding the economy after passing the COVID-19 crisis.

Nineteen (19) more individuals who completed their quarantine period at the quarantine centre established at Boossa Naval Base, left for their homes on 16th and 18th June 2020.