EMANTHI-NEWSBLOG: Jul 17, 2022

Sunday, July 17, 2022

During the Special Parliament proceedings Conducted yesterday (16) Speaker Mahinda Yapa had read the resignation letter sent by former President Gotabhaya Rajapakshe to the Parliament .

The date for electing a new Executive President of Sri Lanka is being fixed as 20th of July and the nominations for the President's post will be accepted on 19th of July .

Four Candidates including the Acting President Ranil Wikramaisnghe are contesting for the President post it has been reported ,The Candidates who are contesting for the President's post are Acting President Ranil Wikramasinghe ,Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa (Samagi Janabalawegaya Party ) ,Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka and MP Dallas Alhapperuma (Podujana Peramauna ).

JVP Leader Anura Kumara Disanayake from Jathika Janabalawegaya Party is also planning to contest for the President's post it has been revealed ,Next President is due to be selected through a secret ballot of the Parliament .

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අවංක ආදරයකට ,සැබෑ ලෙසින්ම කැපවීම් සිදු කරන සෙනෙහසකට වංක ආදරයකට වඩා පැමිණෙන බාධක ,හිරිහැර හා සිදුවන අසාධාරණකම් වැඩිය .සැළකිලි හා පිළිගැනීම්ද අඩුය .එහෙත් මවා පාන ආදර කථා අභිබවමින් කෙදිනක හෝ ජය ගනුයේ අවංක ආදරයක් පමණකි .(උපුටා ගැනීමකි )

Petrol Is Being Sold For Rs.2500 Per Liter In Puttalam

A liter of Petrol is being sold for Rs.2500 in and around Puttalam District (North Western Province ) these days it has been reported ,

Although the price is high many are purchasing Petrol for that price due to the daily needs reports have stated ,Some barons in and around Puttalam District are selling Petrol for higher prices secretly according to the Police ,

One Million Motorists Had Registered To Get New National Fuel Pass

One Million Motorists had been registered to get the new National Fuel pass introduced by the Minister Of Power and Energy by this evening (17) according to the Ministry .The Ministry had introduced the new telephone app to register for the new Fuel pass and within a day one million Motorists had registered their vehicles by using that facility it has been reported ,

Ceypetco And LIOC Had Reduced Fuel Prices

According to the Price mechanism of Fuel introduced by the government Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (Ceypetco) and Lanka Indian Oil Company (LIOC ) had reduced the Fuel Prices with effect from 10 p.m tonight (17) .

Accordingly Ceypetco had reduced the prices of a liter of Octane -92 petrol and Auto Diesel by Rs.20 and the price of a liter of Octane -95 Petrol and Super Diesel by Rs.10 although there is a short supply ,

According to the new price reduction the Price of a liter of Octane -92 Petrol will be Rs.450 ,Price of a liter of Octane -95 Petrol will be Rs.540 ,Price of a liter of Auto Diesel will be Rs.440 and the Price of a liter of Super Diesel will be Rs.510 it has been announced .

Lanka Indian Oil Company has also reduced their fuel prices from same amount as Ceypetco .

Long Queues Had Seen In Front Of Fuel Sheds Belongs To Ceypetco -No Distribution Has Taken Place

Although Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekare had announced there will be a distribution of Fuel from state owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (Ceypetco)Fuel sheds , Long queues to collect Petrol and Diesel had seen in front of Ceypetco Fuel sheds in many areas throughout the island it has been reported.

Until the next round of Distributing fuel is begins Minister Wijesekare had appealed the public not to be in queues of Fuel sheds .When next distribution of Fuel begins Fuel pass and last digit of the registration number of of Motorists are essential Ministry of Power and Energy has announced .

Meanwhile although Minister of Power had announced that a ship carrying 40,000 metric tons of diesel had arrived in the country ,no distribution of fuel had taken place up to now and the Minister had today announced the Duesel ship is scheduled to be arrived in Colombo harbor within next few days ,