Major General Kamal Gunaratne (Retd), Secretary to the Ministry of Defence upon assumption of office as the Secretary of Defence made his first visit to the Security Force Headquarters-Wanni on Friday (l7) and addressed more than 300 Tri servicemen, Police and STF personnel.

MEDIA RELEASE- Coronavirus pandemic and the postponed Parliamentary election

In its continuous efforts to control the spread of new coronavirus within the country, the Navy conducted several disinfection programmes at Colombo Dockyard, entrances of Colombo harbour, Warakapola Base Hospital and Zahira College Puttalam on 12th and 16th April 2020.

With the detection of the 59-year-old woman with Covid-19 on April 15th, within a matter of a few hours the intelligence services were able to track the first tier of persons whom she had interacted with. Her son is a manufacturer of face masks and he sells them to shops.