EMANTHI-NEWSBLOG: May 19, 2022

Thursday, May 19, 2022

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 .