Monday, May 30, 2022

Death toll rises after Brazil landslides

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-latin-america-61626912 


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සැබෑ මාතෘ සෙනෙහසක් මෙන්ම කොන්දේසි විරහිත සැබෑ ආදරයක් /සෙනහසක් /මිත්‍රත්වයක් කිසිදා මුදලට මිල දී ගත නොහැකිය (උපුටා ගැනීමකි )



More Than 2000 Bakeries Had Shut Down Due To Gas/Fuel Shortage

More than 2000 Bakeries out of the 7000 Bakeries located in the island had been shut down so far due to the Shortage of Gas ,Fuel and flour according to the All Ceylon Bakery Owners Association ,


If this trend continues further they will be queues to buy Bakery products in future the Association had stated .

Litro Gas Distribution To Be Resumed Tomorrow (31)

 A Ship carrying 3500 Metric tones of LP Gas had arrived in Colombo Harbor today (30) according to the Litro Gas Company .


The Gas stock is currently being unloaded from the Ship and Litro Company is due to distribute 60,000 Gas Cylinders per day from tomorrow (31) the Company ha stressed .

Sri Lanka has paid US Dollars 6.5 million for a shipment of 7500 Metric tones of LP Gas and another shipment of 4000 Metric tones of Gas is scheduled to be reached the Country soon it has been reported .

Sri Lanka Needs US Dollars 554 To Purchase Fuel For June

 Sri Lanka needs US Dollars 554 million to import fuel for the month of June and out of that  only have US Dollars 100 million received under the Indian credit line so far for this purpose according to the Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekare ,


According to the Minister he is due to hold talks with the Central Bank to get the remaining US Dollars 454 to purchase fuel However Central Bank is facing a US Dollars shortage at the moment it has been earlier announced ,

Meanwhile Minister of Power is planning to hold talks with Indian officials regarding another loan scheme in view of purchase fuel for the country it has been reported ,

Sunday, May 29, 2022

Uvalde: US to review police response to Texas school shooting

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61622797 


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සැබෑ ආදරයකට තැනක් වේලාවක් කියා දෙයක් නොමැති අතර ඇත්තේ උනන්දුවක් හා කැපවීමක් පමණි (උපුටා ගැනීමකි )


 

Police Fired Tear Gas To Disperse A Group Of Medical Students Marching Towards Fort

 Police had fired Tear gas and water cannons to disperse a group of Medical Faculty students attached to Colombo Medical Faculty this evening (29)when they had attempted to enter Bank Road  near World Trade Center at Colombo Fort .


The protesters belonging to the  Medical Faculty Student Action Committee had begun their protest march near Nelum Pokuna Theater in Colombo by demanding end to the deal politics which helped to protect thieves ,and marching  towards     Galle face green at the time of the incident  ,Protesters  had later joined the Galle face protesters at Galle face green in Colombo .

Fisheries Minister Distributed 15,000 Liters Of Kerosene Oil Sent By India Among Jaffna Residents

 Minister of Fisheries Douglas Devanada had distributed 15,000 Liters of Kerosene oil received through the Indian credit line among the residents of  islands in Jaffna district (Northern Province )it has been reported .


The Indian Government had sent this stock of Kerosene Oil to be distributed among low income groups to ease the economic crisis faced by Sri Lanka at present .

Train Passengers Had Been Increased By 50 Percent Due To Bus Fare Hike

 As a result of the Bus fare hike and Fuel crisis faced by  the country the number of Train passengers is being increased by 50 percent   according to the Sri Lanka Railways  department.



Due to the heavy demand for  travelling  in Trains ,Railways Department had added two   additional carriages each for few trains today (29) the Department had stated .Authorities have planned to add another two carriages each to few other trains by tomorrow it has been reported .

Train tickets in Outstation Railway stations had been already sold out due to the higher demand for travelling in trains .



Saturday, May 28, 2022

Ukraine war: Putin urged to hold 'direct, serious negotiations' with Zelensky

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61618907 


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ආත්මීය බැඳීමක පෙර හමුවීමක් මෙන්ම එතැන් සිට විකාශනය වූ සීමාරහිත ආදරයක් පැවැතිය හැකිය ,(උපුටා ගැනීමකි ) 








Government To Increase Electricity Tariffs

 Government has planned to increase the electricity tariffs after nine years without effecting the low income groups according to according to the Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekare .



Ceylon Electricity Board had made regular requests in this regard ,However Public utilities commission  has not yet approved them Minister has stressed , 

Body Of A Missing Girl Found In A Marshland

 The body of  a Nine year old Girl Fathima Ayesha who had gone missing since last morning(27)  had been recovered  in a marshland  near her house at Atalugama in Banadaragama ,Kalutara today (28).


Her body was covered with mud it has been reported ,The girl went missing after going to market  to buy chicken it has been revealed ,Police had launched an investigation on the incident and expecting to question girl's father over the incident according to reports ,

The deceased girl believes to be faced some kind of incident on her way to the market Police had suspected ,

Police Fired Tear Gas To Disperse A Group Of Protesters At Colombo Fort

 Police have today (28) fired Tear Gas and water cannon to disperse a group of protesters at "Gota Go Gama" in Galle Face who had attempted to enter Bank road near the World Trade Center in Colombo Fort.


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Hundreds of Protesters had attempted to enter Bank Road to mark the 50th day of "Gota Go Gama " Protest in Galle face green ,Colombo .Bank Road is one of the areas in Colombo Court had ordered to ban Protesters from entering during today's protests ,

Protesters however pulled down the Road Barricades used by the Police to block the entry road , 

Friday, May 27, 2022

Wife Of MP Wimal Weerawanshe Had Been Sentenced To Two Year Imprisonment Over Diplomatic Passport Case

Colombo Chief Magistrate Court had today (27) sentenced  Shashi Weerasinghe the wife of National Freedom Front MP Wimal Weerawanshe to  two year rigorous imprisonment over the preparation of Diplomatic passport by providing fraudulent documents to the Immigration and Emigration Department ,


Colombo Chief Magistrate Buddhika shri Ragala had also imposed a fine of Rs.100,000 for the accused ,If Shashi Weerasinghe  fails to pay that fine  her prison sentence will be extended by another six months it has been reported ,

This case was heard at Colombo Chief Magistrate Court for a period of seven years ,

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Texas school shooting: Husband of killed teacher 'dies of grief'

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61569655 


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සැබෑ ආදරයක් වෙනුවෙන් ජීවත් වන්නන් එවැනි ආදරයක් හැඳිනගත්දා සිට එම ආදරය විසින් ජීවත් කරවනු ඇත .(උපුටා ගැනීමකි )





No Gas Distribution Today (27) -Litro Company

 Litro Gas Company has announced that there will be no distribution of Gas today as well (27) and therefore requested consumers to avoid staying in queues to purchase Gas these days,


Today is the fourth consecutive day that the Litro Company had not distributed the Gas cylinders to consumers as a result of the US Dollar shortage issue in the country, Earlier the Company had stated that the distribution of Gas cylinders will commence tomorrow (28).

However long queues can be seen in front of Gas outlets despite the statements issued by Litro Gas company to avoid staying in queues in front of Gas outlets. 

Employees Of State Printing Corporation Protested Against Rising Prices Of Essentials

 Employees attached to the State Printing Corporation in Colombo had held a protest in front of the Printing Corporation premises  last noon (26) over skyrocketing  Prices of Essentials including Food, Fuel, and Gas without a limit.


Protesters also opposed the do-away of government employees' allowances. They had requested the government to go home without putting the public in further difficulties  

Army Commander To Be Appointed Aa Chief Of Defense Of Stafff

 Army Commander General Shavendre De Silva is scheduled to be appointed as the Chief of Staff of  Defense with effect from 01st of June .


General De Silva is scheduled to be resigned from the Army Commander Post to resume duties as Chief Of Defense of Staff  it has been reported ,

Major General Vikum Liyanage who is the acting Chief of Defense Of Staff is scheduled to be appointed as the new Army Commander with effect  from 091st of June .

Monday, May 23, 2022

Monkeypox virus outbreaks are containable - WHO

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-61553822 


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කෙනෙකු විසින් ඇති කර ගත යුත්තේ ආත්මයටම ආදරය කරන/ ආමන්ත්‍රණය කරන  ,හදවත් නොබිඳින අව්‍යාජ  වූ ප්‍රේමයකි .(උපුටා ගැනීමකි ),

 

President Appointed A Cabinet Spokesman -Three Co Cabinet Spokesmen

 President Gotabaya Rajapakshe had today (23) appointed a Cabinet Spokesman and three  Co Cabinet spokesmen  of the New Cabinet ,


Accordingly Minister Of Media Bandula Gunawardane had been appointed as the New Cabinet Spokesman and Ministers Harin Fernando ,Mansuha Nanayakkara and Mahinda Amaraweera had been appointed as Co- Cabinet spokesemen . 

A New Circular To Call Only Essential Workers To Work In State Sector

 Due to the fuel crisis prevails in the island Ministry of Public Administration is due to issue a special circler for state sector tomorrow (24)giving special  powers to  the heads of the institutions to call only essential employees to the work .          


                                                                                                                                                                            Accordance to this new circular heads of the State Institutions can  only call an essential employees to work  with effect from tomorrow  (24).

Proposed 21st Amendment To The Constitution Submitted To The Cabinet

 The draft of the 21st Amendment to the Constitution which proposed to curtail the powers of Executive Presidency was submitted to the Cabinet  today (23) by the Minister of Justice Wijedasa Rajapkshe .


The draft bill  is seeking  to reintroduce the features contains in 19th amendment which gives more powers to the Prime Minister and the Parliament ,However the draft bill retains the powers vested to President on increasing the number of  judges to the high courts and President's power to dissolve the parliament only after  two and half years .

The Cabinet is scheduled to be considered the  proposed Amendment to the Constitution by next week .

Sunday, May 22, 2022

Australia election: Anthony Albanese signals climate policy change

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-61539426 




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අව්‍යාජ වූ සෙනෙහසක් තුළ කිසි විටක පුහු ආටෝප /මවා පෑම් දක්නට නොලැබෙනු ඇත (උපුටා ගැනීමකි )

 



Prices Of Vegetables And Fish Skyrocketed

 Due to the fuel crisis the prices of Vegetables and  Fish are on the increase according to Market sources .The price of a Kilo gramme of tomatoes has exceeded Rs,1000 and prices of other upcountry and low country vegetables like .Beans ,Carrots ,Capsicum and Brinjals too  are being increased ,


      The prices of Fish too had  been increased and the price of a kilo gramme of some fish varieties had  exceeded over Rs.1000 it has been revealed , 

A Ship Carrying Indian Food And Medical Aid Arrived In Colombo Harbor

 A Ship carrying Food and Medical aid worth more than 2 Billion Sri Lankan rupees provided by the Indian Government had arrived in Colombo Harbor today (22) .


The aid consists of 9000 Metric tones of Rice 50 Metric tones of Milk Powder and more than 25 Metric tones of Medical and drug supplies was officially handed over to the Foreign Minister Professor G,L Pieris by the Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay .

This aid is scheduled to be distributed among beneficiaries in North ,Eastern ,Central and Western provinces according to the government ,

This food and medical aid consignment was flagged off from Chennai Port by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister  M.K Stalin on 18th of May. The second consignment of \food and medical aid send by Tamil Nadu government is scheduled to be arrived next week .

Government Decided To Name Fuel Stations To Provide Fuel For Essential Services

 Government had decided to name  separate Fuel stations  to provide fuel for essential services including Tri forces ,Police and Health services personal according to Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe .


During the meeting held between Prime Minister Wikramasinghe and the committee appointed to look after the fuel crisis in the country headed by former MP Sagala Ratnayake  ,Prime Minister had advised the authorities to provide Fuel for essential services through the Fuel stations functioning under the Cooperative Department .

Saturday, May 21, 2022

Australia election: Anthony Albanese vows unity after Labor seizes power


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-61534732
 

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ඕනෑම ආදරයකට සැබෑ අර්ථ කථනයක් ලබා දිය හැක්කේ අතලොස්සකට පමණකි ,මාතෘ සෙනෙහසද එසේමය .(උපුටා ගැනීමකි ).

 

Police Fired Tear Gas To Disperse A Protest March HND Students

 Police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse a massive protest march staged at Colombo fort today organized by HND (Higher National Diploma )Students in Colombo Fort today (21) when they have attempted to enter President's office .



Earlier today Colombo Fort Magistrate had issued a court order imposing certain restrictions on the protest march ,

The Court also restricted protestors from entering or moving towards certain roads including the road from the NSM roundabout to Chaithya Rd, or Janadhipathi Mawatha, Ceramic Street to York Street, Bank road, lower Chatham Street, the main road opposite the Grand Oriental Hotel, Layden Bastian Rd, Sir Baron Jayathilake road, Mudalige road, Hospital Street and Canal road.

A Ship Carrying 40,000 Metric Tones Of Diesel Arrived In Colombo Harbor

 A Ship carrying 40,000 Metric tones of Diesel under the Indian credit line  arrived in Colombo harbor this evening (21) it has been reported .


With this consignment of Diesel India had provided US Dollars 1.5 billion worth fuel to Sri Lanka so far according to the Indian High Commission in Colombo .

However Minister of Power Kanchana Wijesekare had today stated Fuel which will be sufficient to use  for 10 days have been finished in just  06 days due to the higher demand of fuel in the country at present , 

IGP Had Given Five Hour Long Statement To CID

 The Inspector General Of Police (IGP) C.D Wikramaratne  had arrived at Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters in Colombo Fort this evening (21) and given a statement more than five hours long regarding the assault of protesters at Galle face green and in front of Temple trees (Prime Minister's official residence ) it has been reported .


IGP had arrived at CID to give the statement after the CID officials had requested him to do so . 

So far 08 persons including MP's Sanath Nishnatha and Milan jayathilake had been arrested and remanded over assaulting protesters at Gota gogama in Galle Face and "Mayina gogama " at Temple trees ,

Friday, May 20, 2022

Monkeypox: 80 cases confirmed in 11 countries, says WHO

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-61532083 


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ආදරය ,සෙනෙහස යන වදන්වලට ප්‍රායෝගික  අර්ථකථනයක්  දිය හැක්කේ සැබෑ ආදරයකට පමණි (උපුටා ගැනීමකි )



 



Heavy Traffic Occurred In Borella This Morning Due To A Protest

 A heavy traffic had been occurred in and around Borella area (Colombo ) this morning as a group of persons had blocked the road from Borella roundabout demanding to issue Domestic LP Gas it has been reported .


The protest had been stopped after the authorities had promised the protesters that LP Gas cylinders will be distributed among them by 3 p.m today(21) it has been reported .

Litro Gas company had recently announced that they have received a sufficient stocks of Gas and around 80,000 gas cylinders  will be issued daily from this weekend .

Nine Cabinet Ministers Had Been Appointed Yesterday (20)

 Nine Cabinet Ministers including two from main Opposition Samagi Janbalawegaya (SJB) Party and three independent MP's from the breakaway  faction of ruling Podu jana peramuna Party and one from Sri Lanka freedom Party (SLFP) Had been sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaskhe yesterday (20).


Accordingly Mp's Harin Fernando and Manush Nanayakkara from main opposition SJB had been appointed as Minister of Tourism and Land and Minister of Minister of Labor and Foreign Employment respectively ,Sri Lanka Freedom Party MP Nimal Siripala de silva had sworn in as Minister of Naval and Aviation and Independent MP's Susil Premajaynatha and Wijedasa RAjapakshe had been appointed as Minister of Education and Minister of Justice. Another Independent MP Tiran Ales had been appointed as Minister of Public Security .The other ministers appointed are , Ramesh Pathirana as minister of Plantation Industries, Nalin Fernando as the minister of Trade, Commerce, and Food Security and Keheliya Rambukwella as Minister of Health .

Earlier four Cabinet Ministers had been appointed to the new government of Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe .

Diesel Ship Due To Be Arrived In The Country Today (21)-Ministry Of Power

 A ship carrying 38,000 metric tones of Diesel under the Indian credit line is schedule to  arrive in Sri Lanka today (21) according to the Ministry Of Power .


Another ship carrying 37,000 metric tones of Petrol had already arrived in Colombo harbor and unloading of the stocks of Petrol from that ship is currently underway the Ministry has stated ,Distribution of Octane 92 and Octane -95 petrol had begun since last morning the Ministry has further said ,However according to the sources Ceylon Petroleum Corporation had only distributed stocks of petrol to a limited number of Petrol stations in the island and still there's a long queues can be seen in front of Petrol stations .

Prime Minister Ranil Wikramsinghe had stated foreign reserves in the country is not sufficient to utilize to  purchase fuel  to the country ,

MP Namal Rajapaskhe Had Given A Statement To CID Regarding Attacks On Protesters

 The eldest son of the former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakshe,MP Namal Rajapakshe had arrived in Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters in Colombo Fort this evening (20) to give  a statement regarding the attack on Protesters at Galle face green and in  front of premier's official residence  Temple trees occurred on 09th of May .




MP Rajapakshe had arrived in CID accordance to the notice issued to him ,

Thursday, May 19, 2022

Afghanistan's female TV presenters must cover their faces, say Taliban

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61508072 


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සැබෑ සෙනෙහසක් තුළ සංසාරික බැඳීමක් ,දැඩි මිත්‍රත්වයක් එකිනෙකා කෙරෙහි දක්වන අසීමිත විශ්වාසයක් නිතැතින්ම පවතී .(උපුටා ගැනීමකි )



 


Police Fired Tear Gas To Disperse University Student Protest

 Police had fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse an Anti government protest march organized by the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF)this evening(19) near the World Trade Center in Colombo  .


Meanwhile Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage had today ordered the IUSF protesters not to   enter or walking on President's road ,York street ,Bank Street ,Chatham dtreet .Mudalige road and Hospital streets during the protest ,

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Fifty Three MP''s In Government Want Speaker To Suspend Provision Of MP's Lunch

 Fifty three MP's representing governing Sri Lanka Progressive Party (Podujana peramuna ) had handed over a letter to the Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena today (19)requesting to suspend the provision of  lunch for all MP's in the house in view of the economic difficulties faced by the general public at present .


At this stage it will be not fair to spend large amount of money to provide lunch for the MP's and Parliament staff the letter that handed over to the Speaker had stated .The group of MP's had requested the speaker to take steps to provide a lunch for the MP's of the house for the market price when the parliamentary sessions are being held on the whole day .,

Price Of Loaf Of Bread Increased By Rs.30

 Price of a Loaf of Bread weighing 450 Grammes will be  increased by Rs.30 and prices of all other Bakery products will be increased by Rs.10 each with effect from mid night tonight (19) according to the All Ceylon Bakery Owners Association .


This price increase will come into effect due to the increase of a Kilo Gramme of Wheat flour by Rs.35 the Association had stated .According to the new price hike the Price of a loaf of Bread will be Rs.170 it has been revealed .

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Galle Face Protest Entered It's 39th Day


 

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හදවතක් නොමැතිව මිනිසාට ජීවත් විය නොහැකි අයුරින් ආදරය සෙනෙහස ගැඹුරින්ම හදවතේ රඳවා ගත්  ආදරණීයයන්ට එකිනෙකා නොමැතිව ජීවත් වීම අසීරු වේ (උපුටා ගැනීමකි )

 

Litro Company Paid Money For Two Gas Ships

 Litro Gas Company had paid two ships which brought Gas stocks to Sri Lanka the Company has announced today (17) .



The Company is currently unloading 2800 metric tones of Gas brought by one 0f the ships and will take steps to distribute 80,000 Gas cylinders pee day  from tomorrow (18) the Company  had stressed .

Meanwhile due to the Fuel shortage long queues had been seen in many areas of  Colombo and outstation areas .

Prime Minister's S Office To Cut It's Expenditure

 Prime Minister Ranil Wikramsingfhe's Office had decided to cut down the monthly expenditure of the office for the month of June by 50 percent due to the current economic crisis .

According to the Prime Minister's secretary Saman Ekanayake Prime Minister Wikramasinghe wants other state institutions to follow this procedure due to the economic crisis .Prime Minister had transfer 26 employees recruited to Prime Minister 's office from other institutions .Prime Minister Wikranmainsghe 's office had handed ov
er 16 vehicles brought from other institutions .

Two MP's And Three Persons Attached To Provincial Councils /Urban Council Arrested Over Attacking Protesters

 The Criminal Investigations Division (CID) had arrested two Parliamentarians Former state Minister Sanath Nishnatha and Milan Jayathilake this evening (17) over attacking the protesters  held protests in front of Prime Minister's official residence "Temple Trees " and Gotagogame in Galle face green last Monday (09) .


They are due to be given  statements to the CID regarding the assault over protesters it has been revealed .Meanwhile CID officers had arrested three persons including tow   former Provincial councilors and a urban council worker over the assault over the protesters and they were remanded after being produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate .

CID officers have arrested them last night .

Monday, May 16, 2022

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Attorney General Has Ordered Officials To Arrest 22 MP's/ Social Activists Over Assaulting Protesters

 Attorney General Sanjay Rajarathnam has today (16) ordered the Inspector General Of Police (IGP)   and Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to arrest the 22 persons including MP's who are responsible for  assaulting protesters at Go Gota  home and Myna Gohome villages last Monday(09) and produce them before court .


Former Ministers Johnston fernando ,Sanath Nishntha and Deputy Inspector General Of Police (DIG) Deshbandu Thennakoon are among those who are ordered to arrest  it has been reported  .However Court has earlier banned  former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakshe from going abroad over involved in attacking the protesters ,



Seven Were Killed And Twenty Injured After A Motor Car Hit The Crowd

 Seven Persons including a samall.child  have died and twenty were injured and hospitalized due to.a Motor car participated a Motor cross ra...