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Sunday, July 31, 2022
A Fire Broke Out In A Motor Car
A Motor Car was caught fire in front of the Prime Minister's office at Flower road in Colombo -7 this evening (31) according to Police ,
Colombo Fire Brigade arrived at the scene and doused the fire before it spreads further .No one was injured due to the incident and the cause of the fire had not yet been revealed ,
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A 51 Year Old Male Had Shot Dead In Kotahena
A 51 year old male was shot dead by two unidentified individuals at Vivekenanada Road in Kotahena (Colombo )last night (30) according to the Police .
Two individuals arrived in a Motorcycle had carried out the shooting the Police have stated .The victim had died after being admitted to the Colombo National Hospital .
Postal Department To Increase Air Mail Fare
The Postal Department is scheduled to be increased the Air mail fares with effect from tomorrow(01) according to the Post Master General Ranjith Ariyaratne .
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The Air Mail fare will be increased based on Airline fares ,Fuel price hikes ,Price hike of Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) and train fares and the rate of depreciation of SrI Lnkan Rupee against Us dollars the Post Master General has sated ,
Fuel Will Be Issued Only For Those Registered With QR System From Tomorrow(01)
Government has decided to issue fuel for vehicles under the new QR code System known as National Fuel Pass system introduced for vehicles with effect from tomorrow (01) Island wide according to the Ministry of Power and Energy .
Accordingly only those vehicles registered under QR Code system can get fuel from all oil refilling stations in the island from tomorrow .Three wheelers will get fuel from a separate Oil refilling station it has been announced .
Due to the QR code system issuance of fuel for tokens and based on the final digit of the number plates will be cancelled and priority will be given for the Oil refilling stations which are adapting the QR Code system when issuing the fuel .
Saturday, July 30, 2022
Police Arrested 13 Persons Over Planning To Migrate Australia I legally
Police in Point Of Pedro have arrested 13 persons who were planning to migrate Australia in a Boat illegally at a house in Manalakadu at Point Pedro ,Jaffna this morning (30)..
The Police had arrested 08 males ,03 females and a child whilst staying at the house .The males and females arrested by Police are of the ages 21-38 and 08 males were remanded until 08th of August after been produced before the Pint Of Pedro Magistrate Court .
The 03 females and the child had been released on bail .
Another 83 Corona Positives And 03 Corona Deaths Reported
Another 83 Corona Positives and 03 Corona deaths had been reported in the country yesterday (29) according to Epidemiology Unit .
Accordingly the total number of Corona Positives reported in the country so far had been increased to 665,626 and the total number of Corona deaths had been increased to 16,556 the Unit has stated .
At the moment 922 Corona Positives are being treated at Hospitals and under home care it has been revealed .
Fuel Allowance Of MP's To Increase By An Exorbitant Amount
At a time the Country is facing a fuel crisis ,Government in Sri Lanka has decided to increase the fuel allowance of Parliamentarians by an exorbitant amount according to the Parliamentary sources,
Accordingly the fuel allowance of MP's in outstation areas is due to increase by nearly Rs,200,000 and the fuel allowance of MP's in Colombo and suburbs is due to be increased by Rs.100,000 the Sources have added .
MP's are due to receive the increased fuel allowance with their salaries of this month it has been reported .
Friday, July 29, 2022
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Police Arrested A Person Who Stolen The President's Flag From
Police Officers at Wella veediya Police in Colombo had today (29) arrested the person who had stolen the President's flag at the President's House after protesters' had stormed in to the house on 09th of July.
The man who had stolen the president's flag and used as his Bed sheet had been arrested by the Police after he had surrendered to the Police this morning .The suspect is a trade union activist the Police have said .
No School Holidays For Schools In This August
August School Holidays will not be given to Schools Island wide this year to cover the lessons missed during previous months as a result of the closures of schools Minister Of Education Susil Premjayantha has stated .
Accordingly schools will be held continuously until the end of November he has stated ,At present Schools are being held three days per a week due to the current fuel crisis .
Another 143 Corona Positives And 05 Corona Deaths Reported In The Country
Another 143 new Corona positives had been identified in the country yesterday (28) ,Increasing the total number of Corona positives identified so far since the beginning of the pandemic to 665,543 according to the Epidemiology Unit .
Five more Corona deaths had been reported in the country yesterday ,Increasing the total number of Corona deaths reported so far to 16,553 the Unit has stated .At the moment 845 Corona Positives are being treated at hospitals and at home it has been revealed .
Epidemiologists had requested the general public to wear a mask and adapt the Anti Corona health guidelines strictly these days when going to a public place to avoid contacting the disease .
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Colombo Fort Magistrate Ordered Police To Produce A Report On The Money Found From President's House
Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage had today (28) ordered the Colombo Fort Police OIC Sagara Liyanage to produce the sum of Money Rs.17 .8 million found at the President 's house by Galle Face protesters and handed over to the Police on 09th of July .
After the large crowd including the Galle face protesters had stormed in to the President's house on 09th of July during the public uprising ,Protesters had found the amount money left at the house and they have handed over the money to the Colombo Fort Police it has been revealed ,Although Colombo Fort Police had informed this incident to the Colombo Fort Magistrate three weeks back ,The police has failed to produce a report regarding the amount of money handed over by the protesters Colombo fort magistrate had stated .,
Meanwhile Colombo Fort Magistrate had released four persons arrested by the Colombo Fort police and produced before the court on the charges of illegally entering the President's house on 09th of July and presence when a group of protesters counting the sum of money recovered from the President's house .
Social Media Activist Pathum Kerner Arrested Over Protesting In Front Of The Parliament
Social Media Activist and one of the founders of the Galle Face Protest Pathum Kerner had been arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) yesterday (28) in connection with the unruly incidents occurred at the entry road to the Parliament near Polduwa Junction in Colombo on 13th of July during a protest campaign held there .
He was arrested after his arrival to the CCD to give a statement regarding the incidents occurred during the protest at Polduwa Junction it has been reported .According to the Colombo Crimes Division Kerner was responsible for assembling people near the Parliament on 13th of July and attempting to break the barricades setup to protect the Parliament .
Kerner was summoned by the CCD on 18th of July regarding the incident ,However he had informed the CCD through his lawyer that he was unable to appear before the CCD citing ill health .
President Prorogued The Parliament
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has prorogued parliament till August 3, 2022, a gazette notification stated.
Parliament had been prorogued from midnight today (28), until 10.30 am on August 3, the notice said.
The prorogation automatically dissolves parliamentary committees including the Committee on Public Enterprises.
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
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කුමන බාධකයක් මැද වුවද සිය ආදරය අතනොහරින බැඳීමක නොමියෙන සෙනහසක් ගැබ්ව පවතී (උපුටා ගැනීමකි )
Supreme Court Extended The Foreign Travel Ban Imposed Against Former Premier And Finance Minister
Supreme Court had today (27) extended the Foreign travel ban imposed against former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakshe and his brother former Finance Minister Basil Rajapakshe .after considering a fundamental rights Petition files against them in the court .
The fundamental rights petition files against two Rajapakshe brothers had been taken into consideration before the bench of five Supreme court judges headed by Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya today .This petition was filed in the Supreme court requesting to issue an order to the government to launch an investigation on those who are responsible for current economic crisis in Sri Lanka..
Galle Face Protester Dhanish Ali Who Was Arrested Yesterday Remanded Until 05th of August
Galle face protester Dhanish Ali who was arrested whilst at a flight to Dubai at Katunayaka International Airport yesterday (26) over forcibly entering the State broadcaster Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation premises along with few other protesters few weeks back ,had been remanded until 05th of August by the Colombo Fort Magistrate Court today (27),
The suspect was remanded after being produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate court today ,Dhanish Ali who is a resident in Webada ,Kurunagale area was charged for entering Rupavahini Corporation along with few other protesters on 13th of July and made the Television station to stop it's transmission for few hours .He was also charged over damaging state property during a protest held in front of Police headquarters on 09th of June .
State Of Emergency Had Been Passed In Parliament
The gazette notification issued by the President Ranil Wikramasinghe regarding the implementation of the State of Emergency had been passed in Parliament with a majority of 57 votes today (27).
During the voting 120 MP's had voted in favor of the Gazette notification and 63 were voted against it .A Day prior to the voting the main opposition Samagi Janabalawegaya (SJB) Party had announced they will vote against the state of emergency .
Ten MP's from the Independent group which had broken away from the government bench a few months ago had voted in favor of the state of emergency along with the government group. .
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
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හදවතින් උපදින ආදරයක් ජීවත් කරවනුයේ එකිනෙකා කෙරෙහි පවතින අසීමිත විශ්වාසය ,ලෙන්ගතුකම හා සිදු කරන කැපවීම් යන රන් හුයවල් විසිනි (උපුටා ගැනීමකි )
Main Opposition Samagi Janabalawegaya Party To Vote Against State Of Emergency In Parliament
The Parliament is scheduled to be convened at 10 a.m today to pass the State of Emergency as a law and the debate regarding this will be held until 4.30 p.m the government sources had revealed .
Main opposition SJB had stated that the Party had unanimously decided to vote against the state of emergency which was declared under the public security ordinance because it blocks the freedom of expression and freedom to protest ,
President's lawyers Raised Objections Against Naming Him As A Respondent Of Fundamental Rights Petitions On Easter Attacks
A hot debate goes on among legal circles these days regarding whether to remove President Ranil Wikramasinghe's name appeared as a respondent in the many fundamental rights petitions filed at the Supreme Court regarding the Easter Sunday attacks carried out in 2019 ,due to the powers vested with the executive presidency ,
The lawyers appeared at the Supreme Court behalf of the President Ranil Wikramasinghe had made a request today (26)from the seven bench Judge panel of the Supreme Court that the Fundamental rights petition filed by many factions cannot be carried forward the President Wikramasinghe's name as a respondent because he was elected as the President .
Attorney at law Suren Fernando who appeared for President Wikramasinghe has raised an objection before the court today and said that as his client was elected as the executive president a case cannot be conducted against him as per the article 35 of the Sri Lanka's constitution .
However many factions had opposed this remark and the lawyers representing the former President Maithripala Sirisena who is also named as a respondent of the fundamental rights petitions filed on Easter Sunday attacks had raised objections before the seven member judge panel .
Amidst objections, the Supreme court requested the lawyers representing behalf of the former President Maithripala Sirisena to make their submissions today .Several factions including the Sri Lanka Bar association had filed 12 fundamental rights petitions on Easter Sunday attacks at the Supreme Court .
Monday, July 25, 2022
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Colombo Fort Magistrate Court Issued Interim Order For Six Galle Face Protesters Banning Them Going Abroad
Colombo Fort Magistrate had issued an interim order for the 06 persons over a complaint made by the Colombo Crimes Division that they had damaged the public properties whilst staging a demonstration in front of the Police headquarters .
Government To Restrict Fuel Importation In Next 12 Months
Minister of Energy Kanchana Wijesekare had today (25) stated that government will restrict the importation of fuel for next 12 months due to the foreign currency problem faced by the country at present
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The QR Code system has been introduced due to the Government's inability to meet the daily requirement of fuel in the country. Even if there are enough stocks of fuel available it is not practical to supply fuel to every fuel station in the country he had further said.
Colombo Magistrate Court Extended The Foreign Travel Ban Imposed On Former Central Bank Governor
Colombo Magistrate Court had today (25) extended the foreign travel ban imposed on former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivaad Cabral who is accused as one of the officials responsible for the current economic crisis in Sri Lanka ,until 26th of October this year .
The Colombo additional Magistrate Harshana Kakunawala has extended the foreign travel ban imposed on former Central Bank governor after taken into consideration a private complaint made against him by the former Governor of Southern Province Ranjith Keerthi Thennakoon,The private complaint filed by the former governor of Southern Province is scheduled to be taken in to consideration on 26th of October ,
Through the private complaint filed on court by the former governor of Southern province he had submitted several charges against the former Central Bank governor Cabral including his decision to pay US Dollars 6.5 million belonging to the Central Bank to an American national without the Cabinet approval between 2006 to 2015 to promote Sri Lanka's image .
Sunday, July 24, 2022
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Another Ship Carrying 3750 Metric Tons Of Gas Has Arrived
Another ship carrying 3750 Metric tons of Gas had arrived at Colombo harbor this evening (24) according to Litro Gas Company .
Yesterday (23) another ship carrying 3740 Metric tons of Gas had arrived at harbor and unloading of Gas from that ship is currently underway the Company has stated .The unloaded stocks of Gas will be distributed from tomorrow (25) island wide prioritizing the Colombo district it has been announced.
Work From Home Facility For State Employees Extended For Another Month
Government has extended the work from home concept introduced to Government employees since 28th of June for another month period due to the current fuel crisis .Accordingly only a limited number of employees should be called to work and other should work from home the Ministry of Public Administration had announced through a circular issued today (24).
However this circular will not affect when calling employees to work to maintain public services which cannot be functioned through online the Ministry has stated .
Parliament To hold a debate on the Military attack on Protesters
The government has decided to hold a debate on attacking the protesters of "Gota go home " village in Galle face ,Colombo this Wednesday (27) on a request made by the opposition.
The chief opposition whip Laxman Kiiriella of the main opposition "Samagi Janabalawegaya (SJB) Party had earlier requested the government to convene the Parliament tomorrow (25) to hold a debate on the attack of "Gota go home " village.
However, due to the problems that arise on calling all the MP''s to Colombo tomorrow, the Government has decided to hold the debate on this Wednesday when the Parliament meets to approve the Gazette notification issued by President Ranil Wikramasinghe on the state of emergency.
The military attack carried out against the peaceful protesters at "Gota go home "village last Friday was an illegal and anti-democratic act, the Chief Opposition whip has stated.
Saturday, July 23, 2022
Main Opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya Requested Premier To Covene The Parliament
The main opposition SamagI Jana Balawegaya (SJB)Party had today (23) requested Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardane to convene the Parliament on this Monday (25) to debate on the Military attack taken place against the Peaceful protesters at Gota Go Gama in Galle face and current situation in the country .
Station Masters Commenced A 48 Hour Long Strike
All the station masters attached to the Sri Lanka Railways Department had commenced a 48 hour token strike from 6 p.m this evening (23) over the new Train ticket fare revision .
As the increased Prices of Train tickets are high Station Masters are demanding a fair revision of Train ticket fares .Sri Lanka Railways Department had announced that the Train ticket fares will be increased with effect from this evening ,However Station Masters had said they will be selling the Trian tickets at the old price .
President Instructed Officials To Issue Fuel To School Buses And Vans
President Ranil Wikramsinghe had today (23) instructed the relevant authorities to issue fuel to Vans and Buses transporting School Children from this evening through the Ceylon Transport Board (CTB) Depots.
As Schools are scheduled to be re opened from Monday (25 ) President directed officials to expedite the issuance of fuel for School vans/Buses and Public transport system .
All government and private schools which had been closed down on last week of June as a result of the paralyzing of the Public transport system are scheduled to be re opened this Monday and from next week School children are being asked to come to school only three days per week until further notice due to the current fuel crisis.
Accordingly Schools will be opened only on Mondays ,Tuesdays and Thursdays until further notice and on Wednesdays and Fridays school children need to be studied through online the Ministry of Education had stated ,
Friday, July 22, 2022
Retired General Kamal Gunaratne Had Been Appointed As The Defense Ministry Secretary
President Ranil Wikramsinghe had re appointed retired General Kamal Gunaratne as the Secretary to the Ministry Of Defense .
He was first appointed to that post in 2019 by the former President Gotabahya Rajapakshe .
Main Opposition SJB Party Handed Over A Letter To UN Office Against The Attack On Peaceful Protesters
The main opposition Samagi jana Balawegaya(SJB) Party had today (22) handed over a letter to the United Nations office in Colombo opposing the attack on peaceful protesters by the military ,
Members of the SJB Party MP's Nalin Bandara ,Mujibur Rahaman and Harshana Rajakasruna had handed over the letter to the UN officials .SJB had requested the UN officials to pay the attention on the attack carried out against the peaceful protesters in Galle face early this morning and do the needful against it ,
Galle Face Attack-Nine Arrestees Released On Bail
Nine persons arrested during the raid carried out by Police and Army at the Galle face protest site early this morning ,Had been released on bail by the Colombo Fort Magistrate Court later this evening (22).
A Lawyer was also there among those bailed out by the court . .Police and Army had arrested nine persons at the Protest site over the charges of being members of an illegal gathering in front of the President's office .
Nearly 1000 Army and Police personnel had stormed into the Protesters who remained in front of the Presidential Secretariat at Galle face area in Colombo around 1.30 a.m this morning and attacked and chased out the protesters from the area .This incident occurred at a time protesters had promised the authorities that they will withdraw from the Presidential secretariat by this evening as a temporary measure..
Due to this unexpected attack occurred in Galle face protest site t ,14 protesters were injured and admitted to the Colombo National Hospital .,The Police and Army personal entered the protest site this morning and removed the protesters and captured the Presidential secretariat hours before the swearing in ceremony of 18 Cabinet Ministers and new Prime Minister before the newly elected President Ranil Wikramasinghe .Military had also removed the temporary huts erected at the protest site by protesters ,
Lawyers and Human rights activists had condemned this attack on Protesters and members of the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission had recorded statements from the protesters this evening regarding the attack .Meanwhile after the attack protesters are now being gathered near the Bandaranayake Statue in Galle face area. ..
President Ranil Wikramaisnghe had imposed a state of emergency last week after being elected as the Acting President of Sri Lanka which gives military more powers to arrest and shoot anyone who will become a threat to the public security ,
Thursday, July 21, 2022
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Station Masters To Postpone Implementing Of New Train Fare Revision
Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters Union has decided not to implement the Price increase of Train fares scheduled to be implemented from midnight tomorrow (22) .
The Station Masters Union had informed on this to the General Manager of Sri Lanka Railways Department .There's no sufficient time to make train passengers aware on the new price revision of train fares and if the new price revision has implemented now both Train passengers and the Station Masters will face enormous difficulties The union had stressed ,
Leader Of The House Dinesh Gunawardena To Be Sworn In As New Prime Minister
Leader of The House Dinesh Gunawardane is scheduled to be sworn in as the New Prime Minister of Sri Lanka tomorrow morning (22) before President Ranil Wikramasinghe until the formation of an All Party government ,President's Media division has announced this evening (21).The Prime Minister's post has become vacant after the former Premier Ranil Wikramasinghe has been appointed as the President of Sri Lanka.
After swearing in of the new Prime Minister , Current Cabinet of Ministers appointed by ex president Gotabhaya Rajapakshe are scheduled to be sworn in before the President Ranil Wikramasinghe .
New President Sworn In - Galle Face Protest Continues For the 104th day
Ranil Wikramasinghe was sworn in as 08th Executive President of Sri Lanka this morning before the Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya at the Parliament Complex building in Colombo .
He has now become the first Executive President in Sri Lanka who has been elected as the president whilst the Political party he represents has only a single seat in Parliament .President Ranil Wikramasinghe who held Prime Minister's post six times previously was defeated at the Parliamentary Election held in 2020 ..His Party the United National Party (UNP) had only managed to secure a National List MP Post in that election and the new president had entered parliament through the National list slot received by his party .
Meanwhile Galle Face protest continues today (21) for the 104th day .
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
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