WATCH: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa scheduled to make a special statement at 8.30 pm tonight (LIVE)

Colombo, August 20 (NewsWire) – President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is to make a special statement according to President’s spokesman Kingsley Rathnayake.

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The President will address the health crisis and the quarantine curfew which will come into effect for 10 days from 10 pm tonight. Read more

ජනාධිපතිතුමා ජාතිය අමතා විශේෂ ප්‍රකාශයක් සිදුකිරීමට නියමිතයි. දිනය සහ වේලාව ඉදිරියේදී දැනුම් දෙනු ලැබේ.#PresidentsSpeech #Colombo
— Kingsly Rathnayaka (@KingslyRathnyka) August 20, 2021

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