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Saturday, April 30, 2022
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අවංක ආදරයක් පවතිනුයේ එකිනෙකා හැරයාමට අකමැති එක්ව සිටීම සඳහා අසීමිත කැපවීම් කරන හදවත් තුළ පමණකි (උපුටා ගැනිණි )
Inflation Rate Had Been Increased
The Inflation rate indicated in Colombo Consumers Price Index for this month had risen to 29.8 percent according to market sources .
The Inflation rate recorded in last March was 18.7 percent it has been revealed .The Inflation rate had gone up due to the price hike of Food and non food items recently according to Census department .
Private Petroleum Tank Truck Owners Had Launched A Strike
Private Petroleum Tank truck owners had stopped transporting fuel with effect from midnight tonight (30) according to Private Petroleum Tank truck Owners Association .
Petroleum Tank Truck owners had launched this strike action against not increasing the transport fares coincides with the fuel price hike .The meeting held yesterday (29)between the representatives of Private Petroleum Tank truck owners Association and the authorities regarding increasing transport fares of Petroleum Tank truck owners had ended without a result it has been reported .
Health Minister Had Announced The Price Increase Of 60 Essential Drugs
Minister of Health Professor Channa Jayasuman had issued an extra ordinary Gazette Notification announcing the Price increase of 60 Essential Drugs by 40 percent .
Due to this Price increase Prices of many of the Essential drugs in the market will be increased heavily according to health circles. This is the second time that the Health Minister has allowed the Private Pharmacy owners to increase drug prices in recent weeks .
Although Prices had been increased ,Many essential drugs including those Prescribed for Heart ailments ,Kidney diseases and Cancers are out of stock in Pharmacies these days it has been reported .
Friday, April 29, 2022
No Power Cuts On 01st And 03rd Of May
There will be no more power cuts on 01st of May and 03rd of May due to the public holidays according to Public Utilities Commission .
Power cuts will be not implemented in these days due to the International labor day and Ramazan holiday the Commission had stated .However there will be 03 hours and 20 minutes long power cut scheduled to be implemented on next Monday it has been announced .
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විශ්වාසය කඩ නොකරන තැන්වල ,නිතර සොයා බලන තැන්වල උතුරන තරමේ ආදරයක් පවතී (උපුටා ගැනීමකි ).
President Rajapakshe Had Agreed To Form An Interim Government -Former President Maithripala Sirisena
President Gotabaya Rajapakshe had agreed to form an Interim Government with the participation of all parties under a new prime minister Former President and the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Maithripala Sirisena has today (29) stated .
The number of Cabinet Ministers in the Interim Government will be 15-20 members and they along with the prime minister will be selected by a National Council comprising of all party leaders the former President has stressed ,
President Rajapakshe had revealed this during the talks held with a delegation lead by former president Maithripala Sirisena it has been reported .
Monday Was Declared As A Public Holiday
Government has declared this coming Monday (02) as a Public holiday as the 01st of May or May day falls on this Sunday (01).
Ministry of Public Administration had announced this today (29).
Some Commercial Banks Increased The Credit Card Interest Rate
Some Commercial Banks had taken steps to increase the interests rate of Credit Cards which has been decreased by the Government recently .
One of the leading Private Banks providing Credit Card facility had increased the interest rate by 30 percent it has informed the customers.
Meanwhile a study has revealed that the usage of Credit Cards in Sri Laka is on the increase .
Thursday, April 28, 2022
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තමා ආදරය කරන අයගේ හැඟීම් තේරුම් ගැනීම ,ඒ තුළ ජීවත් වීම හා ඔවුන් වෙනුවෙන් කැපවීම සැබෑ ආදරයක ස්වභාවයයි .(උපුටා ගැනීමකි )
Main Opposition To Submit No Confidence Motion In First Week Of May
The Main opposition Samagi Janabalawegaya Party had decided to submit the no confidence motion against the government in Parliament within the first week of May according to the Party sources.
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So far around 125 MP's had signed the No confidence motion and the group of 41 former government MP's who are functioning as an independent group are due to sign the motion the sources have stated .,
Millions Of Employees Lunched An Island Wide Strike Today (28)
Millions of Government ,Semi Government and Private sector employees had today (28) launched an Island Wide token strike demanding the Government headed by President and Prime Minister to resign.
Due to this strike organized by around 1000 trade unions representing various fields including Transport ,health ,ports ,Postal ,Fisheries ,University ,Education and Agriculture sectors many services have paralyzed which caused inconvenience to the public it has been reported .
Thousands of Employees who had launched strike today protested on roads and marched towards the Galle face green where the major protests is being held urging government to resign ,
Litro Gas To Cut The Daily Gas Supply By 50 Percent
Until the Country return to normalcy from the current economic crisis Litro Gas Company had decided to cut off the Gas supply by 50 percent according to the Chairman of the Company Vijith Herath ,
Accordingly the daily Gas supply will be reduced to 30,000 Cylinders per day from 60,000 -80,000 Gas cylinders per day supplied earlier he has stated .
As the authorities do not have US Dollars 30 million to purchase the monthly requirement of Gas Cylinders public should have switched in to alternative methods until the current situation return to normalcy the Litro chairman has stressed .
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
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තම ආදරණීයයා වෙනුවෙන් අසීමිත කැපවීමක් කළ හැක්කේ සැබෑ මාතෘත්වයකට /මිත්රත්වයකට පමණකි .(උපුටා ගැනීමකි )
Ministry Of Finance Had Issued A Circular To Cut Down Government Expenditure
The Ministry Of Finance had issued a new circular announcing tough measures to restrict government spending for essential services only .
The Circular had instructed the authorities to stop all new recruitments for the state sector and advised to suspend all overtime payments of those employees who had not covered over time duty ,The total Overtime payment received by a Government employee should not exceeds the salary of that person it has been stated .
Government Decided To Import Chemical Fertilizers And Pesticides
Government had decided to import Chemical fertilizer and pesticides the imports which had been suspended recently according to Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation Janaka Chakkumbura .
Due to the Government's Policy of using Organic fertilizer for crop cultivation in the country the importation of Chemical fertilizer and pesticides had been suspended since few months .However as Government has decided to import them again Minister Chakkumbura had requested the farmers to resume cultivation activities which suspended due to the shortage of Chemical fertilizer and pesticides .
A Request To Stop All Private Construction Work As A Protest Against Price Hike Of Cement
Sri Lanka National Constructions Union had requested the Public to stop all Private Construction Work for a period of three months as a protest against the Price hike of Cement .
If the Government and the public can stop all the Construction work for a period of three months at this stage Cement Companies cannot sell Cement and the prices of Cement will be decreased as a result he has stressed ,
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
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අනෙකාගේ සතුටට හේතුවක් වීම මෙන්ම එවැනි සතුටක් තමන්ගේ සතුටක් බවට පත් කරගැනීම සැබෑ ආදරයක ස්වභාවයයි /(උපුටා ගැනීමකි )
Electricity Bill Will Not Be Increased -Public Utilities Commission
The Public Utilities Commission never given it's approval to increase the Electricity bill although the Ceylon Electricity Board had requested to increase the Bill on two occasions the President of the Commission Janaka Ratanayake has stated ,
There's no truth of the rumor's spreading in at present saying that there will be a 100 percent hike in Electricity bills Public Utilities Commission Chairman has stated. Electricity Bill will be increased accordance to a special mechanism not due to the recommendations of Politicians .
Litro Gas Increased The Prices Of All Varieties Of Gas Cylinders
The Litro Gas Company which faced a severe Gas shortage had increased the Prices of all varieties of Domestically used LP Gas with effect from Midnight tonight (26).
Accordingly the Price of a 12.5 KG LP Gas Cylinder had been increased by Rs.2185 to Rs.4860 the Company has announced, The Price of a 5 KG LP Gas Cylinder had been increased by Rs.1081 to Rs. 1945 and Price of a 2.5 KG Gas Cylinder had been increased by Rs.506 to Rs.910 .
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakshe Had Refused To Step Down From His Post
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakshe had today (26) stated that he will not step down from his post no matter who ever ask him to do so and will step down if the Opposition shows they have the majority in Parliament .
Addressing a group of former Provincial Councilors at his official residence in Temple Trees at Colombo this morning ,Prime Minister Rajapakshe had stressed that if anyone can oust him from premiership can try to do so .
Earlier Prime Minister had stated that he will be the Prime Minister in an Interim Government scheduled to be formed in future .
Many protests currently being held in Colombo and outstation areas including the one at Galle Face Green in Colombo demanding the resignation of both Prime Minister and President ,
Monday, April 25, 2022
Colombo Magistrate Refused To Issue A Court Order Against A Protest Near Temple Trees
Colombo Additional Magistrate Harshana Kakunawela had today (25) refused a request made by Colpetty Police to issue an interim court order to remove a group of protesters who were protested in front of Prime Minister's official residence "Temple Trees " In Colpetty (Colombo ) this evening .
Colombo Additional Magistrate had informed the Colpetty Police that the Court cannot issue an interim court order preventing a Protest without knowing the organizers of the Protest and advised the Police to use Police powers to disperse it if the Protest is being conducted in harmful manner ..
Litro Gas Failed To Resume Distribution Of Gas Today (25) As Announced
Although Litro Gas Company the main Gas Provider in the country had announced that they will resume the distribution of Litro Gas from Today (25) after halting the distribution of Gas five days ago due to the shortage .No Gas distribution had taken place at the two Gas terminals of the company in Muthurajawela and Kerawalapitiya today it has been reported .
Litro Gas had earlier announced that although they will stop distributing Domestic LP gas for five days until today essential services will receive Gas cylinders as usual .However it has been reported that Gas is out of stock in the company at present ,
A large number of consumers had been seen today in queues in front of the Gas selling outlets despite this situation .
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Sunday, April 24, 2022
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Soap And Washing Powder Products Goes Up By More Than 100 percent
Soap and Soap products Importers had increased the Prices of Soap and Soap based Products and Washing Powder by more than 100 percent with immediate effect it has been announced .
Accordingly the price of a popular Cake of 15 gramme "Sunlight " Soap had been increa
sed to Rs.135 from Rs..70 and A cake of Baby soap had been increased to Rs.175 from Rs..75 and a Cake of Lifebouy "Soap had been increased to Rs.145 from Rs.75 it has been reported ,
The prices of Washing powder products .Liquid soap had been also increased by more than 100 percent as well along with Tooth Brushes .,Toothpaste and Shampoos ,
Milk Powder Prices To Be Increased Within This Week.
Although Imported Milk Powder haven't seen in local market at present ,Milk Powder Importers had decided to increase the Imported Milk Powder prices Rs.800-1000 within this week according to the Milk Powder Importers Association .
As the controlled price mechanism is not there for Imported Milk Powder ,Milk Powder Companies can increase the Milk Powder prices as they wish the Association has stated ,
More Than 3000 University Students Had Marched Towards Premier's Official Residence
Earlier these students had planned to march towards Galle Face and hold a protest campaign in front of President's official residence .However as Police had strengthen the security by using permanent road barriers in Galle Face area since this morning ,Protesters had changed their plan and marched towards the Prime Minister's official residence at Wijerama road ,Protesters had hanged black flags in front of the premier's residence and protested standing on a wall there .
Later they have joined the thousands of Protesters protesting at Galle face green .
Saturday, April 23, 2022
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අවංක ආදරයක්/මිත්රත්වයක් හැමෝටම හම්බ වෙන්නේ නැහැ .ඒ තරමට දුර්ලභයි .එවැනි සබඳකම් කවදාවත් බිඳෙන්නේ නැහැ .ආදරණීයයි ,(උපුටා ගැනීමකි )
Sri Lanka Received 40,000 Metric Tones Of Rice From India
A stock of 40,000 metric tones of Rice received from India under the Indian credit line is currently being sold to the public through "Sathosa " Outlets Island wide it has been announced.
Accordingly White raw rice is being sold at Rs.145 per a Kilo ,Nadu Kilo Rice for Rs.145 and a Kilo Gramme of Samba is being sold for Rs.175 according to sources .A Consumer can only purchase five kilo grammes of Rice at once according to Sathosa .
Rebel MP Group To Support No Confidence Motion Against The Govt ,If The Govt Fails To Form An Interim Govt .
If the Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakshe has failed to resign from premier post and form an Interim Government the 40 member rebel MP group functioning as an Independent Group had decided to support the no confidence motion due to be submitted to Parliament by Main Opposition Samagijanabalawegaya Party against the government it has been reported ,
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According to the sources the Rebel MP Group had held several rounds of talks with Samgijanabalawegaya Party regarding this .Rebel MP Group is currently holding talks with Samagijanabalawegaya party over the forming of an Interim government if the no confidence motion approved in the parliament with majority of votes .
The MP Group had suggested the Main opposition to restrict the Cabinet to less then 20 members when forming of an interim government ,
Colombo Additional Magistrate Refused To Issue An Interim Order Against A Protest
Colombo Additional Magistrate had today (23) rejected the request made by Colombo Fort Police to issue a Court order to prevent an Anti government protest scheduled to be held in front of Galle face green tomorrow (24) coincides with the ongoing Anti Government protest in the area .
However Colombo Additional Magistrate T .Prabhakaren had refused to issue an interim order against the protest by saying he has no power to issue a court order to stop a future protest
Friday, April 22, 2022
Media Minister Godahewa Resigned
Media Minister Nalaka Godahewa had handed over his resignation today (22) to President Gotabaya Rajapakshe demanding to form an Interim government at this crisis situation it has been reported ,MP of the Main Opposition Samagijanabalawegaya Party Mujibur Rahman had revealed this in Parliament today (22).
MP Godahewa was appointed as the Minister of Media by President recently ..However President didn't accept the resignation Media Minister's resignation it has been revealed .
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Three Hours And Twenty Minutes Long Power Cut To Be Imposed On Saturday And Sunday
Although sufficient amount of Diesel said to be supplied to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) by authorities to generate power ,CEB had announced that There will be power cuts imposed during this weekend as well .
Accordingly three hours and twenty minutes long Island wide Power cut will be imposed on both Saturday (23) and Sunday (24) the CEB has stated
Litro Has Announced A Gas Price Hike By Rs.2500- Government Has Cancelled The Decision
Although not supplying sufficient amount of Gas Cylinders these days for domestic use ,Litro Gas Company had this evening (22) announced that the company is increasing the price of the 12.5 KG Gas Cylinder by Rs.2500 to Rs,5175 with effect from midnight tonight .
The Prices of other varieties of Gas Cylinders too will be increased accordingly the Gas Company has stated .
However within few hours after the announcement made by the Litro Gas Company regarding the price hike ,Government has reversed the decision by canceling the price hike of Gas cylinders ,The cancellation came after Prime Minister had instructed the authorities to submit a Proposal on increasing the Gas Prices to the Cabinet and getting approval .
Another 50 Corona Positives Has Been Reported Today (22)
Another 50 Corona Positives and One Corona death had been reported in the country today (22) ,Increasing the total number of Corona Positives and Corona Deaths reported so far from the country to 663,091 and 16,500 respectively according to the Epidemiology Unit.
At the moment 4020 Corona positives are being treated at Hospitals, Quarantine centers and under home care system the unit has stated ,
Thursday, April 21, 2022
සම්මානයක කොටස්කරුවන් වූ ළමුන්
පසුගියදා තමිල් නාඩුවේ පැවති දමිළ ටෙලි නාට්යය සම්මාන උළෙලේ හොඳම මවට හිමි සම්මානය දිනාගත් "අබියුම් නානුම් "(ටෙලි නාට්යයේ )මවගේ චරිතයට පණ පොවන විද්යා මෝහන් විසින් එම ටෙලි නාට්යයේ සිටින කුඩා දරුවන්ද සම්මාන වේදිකාවට ගෙන්වා ගත් අයුරු වීඩියෝ පටයේ දැක්වේ .කුඩා දරුවන් සම්මාන වේදිකාවට ගෙන්වා ගත්තේ ඇය සහ ඔවුන් අතර පවතින බැඳීම පෙන්වා දීමටයි ,
Main Opposition Part Handed Over Amendments To The Constitution
The main opposition Samagi anabalawegaya Party (SJB) had today (21) handed over some amendments to the constitution including abolishing the Executive Presidency to the Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abegunawaradne .
The amendments including abolishing Executive Presidency ,Removal of 20th amendment to the Constitution, Establishing Independent Commissions and forming a National Security Council had been handed over to the speaker it has been revealed .
Samagi Janabalawegaya Party is also plans to hand over a no confidence motion against the government and an impeachment motion against the President soon .
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අවංකව ආදරය කරන අය කුමන තත්ත්වයක් මතු වුවද එකිනෙකා හා රැඳී සිටිනවා මිසක කිසි විටක අතහැර දමා ගියේ නැත යන්නේද නැත .එවැනි ආදරයකට අවංක යන නම යොදනුයේ ඒ නිසාය .(උපුටා ගැනීමකි )
Police Had Interdicted The Kuttigala Police Sargent Who Participated Galle Face Protest
The Department of Police had interdicted the Police Sargent attached to Kuttigala Police who had participated the Mass Anti Government Protest held in Galle Face green and displayed a Anti Government poster the Police Media Division has announced ,
The Police Sargent was interdicted with effect from 14th of April the Division had stated ,Earlier he was arrested and produced before the court by the Colombo Fort Police over an Anti Government statement he had made whilst participating the protest ,However he was released on bail by the Court at that time .
Three Senior Police Officers Were Transferred Over The Incident In Rambukkana
Three Senior Police Officers including the OIC of Rambukkana (Sabaragamuwa Province )Police had been transferred with immediate effect over the tense situation occurred in Rambukkana area last Monday(18) where a protester was killed and many others injured due to a gun shooting incident ,
Accordingly OIC of Rambukkana Police ,Superintendent of Rambukkana Police and Senior Superintendent of Kegalle district had been transferred to enable the eye witnesses and the party of the prejudiced to attend the court and independent inquiry on the incident ,
Meanwhile the Police Curfew imposed in Rambukkana Police division after the Monday's tense situation was lifted with effect from 5 a.m today (21).
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