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The Department of Meteorology says that today (20th) there may be several periods of rain in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and Galle and Matara districts.Accordingly, the department stated that in the Uva province and Ampara, and Batticaloa districts, there may be rain or thundershowers at some places in the evening or at night.The Department of Meteorology requests that people take necessary measures to minimize the dangers caused by temporary strong winds and lightning that may occur with thunderstorms.

The parliamentary debate on the National Assembly is scheduled to begin today (20).The ruling party is going to submit the proposal to the parliament to establish a national council to solve the country’s problems.Accordingly, the related debate is scheduled to be held tomorrow until 5.30 pm.

The Sri Lanka Coordinating Office of the United Nations has started a program to collect aid for Sri Lanka to provide food security and medical facilities including medicine.Accordingly, the website www.undp.org/srilanka/donate is available to anyone around the world to donate money.UN Resident Coordinator Hanna Singer says that Sri Lanka is facing the worst economic crisis since independence and the impact of the crisis has spread to all areas such as food security, health, and education.She further mentioned that the friends of Sri Lanka are invited to join together for the country on this occasion.

The Food Safety Unit of the Ministry of Health has started an investigation regarding the importation of poisoned rice into Sri Lanka.Acting Deputy Director General of the unit Dr. Tilak Siriwardena said that the samples have already been forwarded to government-approved laboratories.Accordingly, the inspection reports are expected to be received next week and if any customer has any doubt regarding the content of food items including rice, the relevant unit requests the public to contact the Food Safety Unit of the Ministry of Health on 0112 112 718.

Sergeant Narendra Fernando says that the public gallery of the Parliament will be opened from tomorrow (20).The Sergeant-at-arms has submitted to the Committee on Parliamentary Affairs the need to relax the restrictions on visiting the Parliament due to the Covid situation and security reasons.Accordingly, this will be implemented from tomorrow and it is stated that permission has been given to visit the Parliament from 09.30 am to 03.00 pm on non-session days.School authorities can apply online through the website www.parliament.lk and send a fax message to 011 2 777 473 or 335, said the Department of Communications of the Parliament.

The American ambassador to this country, Julie Chung, has made a note on her Twitter account regarding a sign that was installed on the Southern Expressway during her first official visit to the southern province.The sign on the Southern Expressway says “Danger Peacocks Ahead” in English.According to her, in a Twitter message, she mentions that she has never seen dangerous peacocks.

The time given to the public to visit the Lotus Tower has been extended.According to Chief Executive Officer Major General (retired) Prasad Samarasinghe, the public can visit the Lotus Tower between 12:00 noon and 10:00 night.He further mentioned that the Lotus Tower can be visited on weekends from 10:00 am to 11:00 pm.

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President Ranil Wickremesinghe and First Lady Professor Maithrie Wickremesinghe have paid their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Hall.The Presidential Media Division stated that Sri Lankan Ambassador Saroja Sirisena also joined the event.The funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II is scheduled to take place today (19) at Westminster Abbey.

The World Bank has released a new report on food security in 53 countries from September 2021 to August 2022.According to the relevant report, Sri Lanka ranks fourth among the countries with the highest food inflation in the world and the country’s food inflation is shown at 91%.According to this report, Zimbabwe, Lebanon, and Venezuela occupy the first three positions, while Turkey, Iran, Argentina, Moldova, Ethiopia, and Rwanda are the other countries in the top 10 with the highest food inflation.In September 2021, food inflation in Sri Lanka was recorded as 9.9%, which has increased tenfold in a year and…