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 අන්‍යයන් අනුකරණය කරමින් තමන් ආදරණීය බව ලොවට මවා පෙන්වන මානසිකත්වයක් ඇති බහුතරයට  වඩා කැපී පෙනෙනුයේ හා වටිනුයේ තමන්ට ආවේණීක අයුරින් ආදරය පවත්වාගෙන යන ආදරණීයයන්ගේ නොවෙනස්වන සුළු පරිත්‍යාගශීලී හදවතයි .(උපුටා ගැනීමකි )

 

A 15 Year Old Boy Was Drowned In Galle Face Sea Area

 A 15 Year old boy has drowned whilst bathing in sea area of Galle face in Colombo today(08) according to the Colombo Fort  Police .

The victim  had been drifted away due to the rough sea waves when he was bathing with another three boys and he has died after being admitted to the Colombo National Hospital by the Police life saving guards who had saved him.The deceased was a resident of Colombo-12 it has been reported.

Religious Places To Kept In Darkness Tomorrow Eve (09) As A Protest To The Increased Electricity Terrifs

 To oppose the increased Electricity tariffs all the temples in the island as well as churches belonging to the Colombo Archbishop will  switch  off the lights and  kept in darkness from 6 p.m to 10 p.m tomorrow eve (09)  according to the religious clergy .

Not only the general public the religious places too are suffering due to the increased electricity tariffs  Rev.father Cyril Gamini has stated during a press briefing held in Colombo today .

A New Mechanism To Decrease The Increased Electiricity Tarrifs Of Religious Places

 A new mechanism has been prepared to reduce the increased Electricity tariffs of Religious places by 50 percent according to the Public Utilities Commission .

This new Mechanism will be implemented  by removing the religious places from Religious places category and re-negated   them to the  common services category, the President of the utilities  commission Janaka Ratnayake  has stated .

Accordingly the  Electricity tariffs increased in last August which caused the increasing of  Electricity bills in religious places by 550 percent will be reduced by 50 percent he has stressed.The Electricity will be supplied to the religious places by Rs.32 per a unit from Rs.75 per unit under the new mechanism  he has further said .,