Seventeen persons,have died and Around Twenty persons,were injured due to the adverse,weather prevailed in the island during last week as a result of the Fengal typhoon which made a landfall.in sri lanka according to thd Disaster Management Center(DMC).Around 479,821 persons,were Affected due to the adverse weather conditions it caused due to the typhoon it has been revealed.
Meanwhile around 103 houses were completely destroyed as a result this DMC has announced .
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporationn(Ceypetco) had reduced the Price of a liter of Octane-92 petrol by Rs.2 and increased the price of a liter of Ceylon White Diesel by Rs.3 and a liter of Kerosene Oil by Rs.5 with effect from midnight tonight (30) under it's monthly price revision formula it has been announced.
Accordingly the Price of a liter of Octane -92 Petrol had
The 22 member Cabinet of the new government which was appointed yesterday (18) had assumed duties in the respective Ministries today (19) it has been reported
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake had appointed the cabinet of Ministers yesterday whilst keeping some cabinet portfolios under him and they have sworn in before the president at the Presidential secretariat in Colombo. President appointed Dr Harini Amarasuriya as the Prime Minister and she is also the Minister of Education as well.The new Minister of Health and Media is Dr Nalin Jayathissa
The naltional Peoples Power Party (NPP)ead by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has emerged victorious at the Parliamentary Election held yesterday (14)by securing 159 seats out of the 225 seat parliament .
According ly NPP has won 159 seats (61.1) perecent which is a two third majority in the current parliament and the main opposition party in the previous parliament Samagi Janabalawegaya (SJB) has won 40 followed by 05 seats won by National Democratic Front ,03 seats won by Sri Lanka Progressive Front and 08 seats won by Tamil National Alliance (TNA) .Meanwhile according to the reports many former Parliamentariens representing Sri lanka Progressive Front and National Democratic front with a history of corruption had lost their parliqmentary seats
Sri Lankans had cast their vote today (14) at the General Election to elect 225 members for the 10th Parliament .According to the National Elections Commission the voting which commenced at 7 a.m today and ended at 4 p.m is peaceful and the overall voter turnout is around 65 percent.
The first election result released by the Elections Commission today was the Postal vote result in Galle District (Southern Province)and it was won by the governing National Peoples Power ( NPP) party. Out of the election results declared upto now almost all the resuls are in favor of NPP it has been reported Meanwhile according to The Elections Commission 17.1 million voters were eligible for today's voting including 1 million new voters .At the election around 8800 candidates were contested for 225:parliamentary seats of the 10 th parliament.
Lanka Sathosa Limited have reduced the Prices of three essentials with immediate effect to facilitate consumers according to reports.
Accordingly the Price of a Kilo Gramme Of green Gramme has been reduced byRs.51 ,The price of a kilo ramms. White Cowpea has been reduced by Rs.20 per Kilo gramme and White sugar has been reduced by Rs.5 per a kilo gramme the Sathosa has been announced .Meanwhile the Sathosa has decided to sell a Kilo Gramme Of Big anions for Rs.300 from yesterday it has been announced.
One of the injured students attached to the Kotalawala Defense Univerity in Colombo who was receiving treatment at Badulla Teaching Hospital for the injuries sustained as a result of the fatal Bus accident occurred last friday (01).had secretly fled away from the hospital last night (02) it has been reported.A 24 year old student had fled away without informing the hospital authorities it has been reported.Two young female students of the age 23 years have died as a result of the Bus they were travelling in crashed in to a dam at fifth post in Abagahaoya area at Dunhinda roadn,Badulla last friday morning and fourty others were admitted to Badulla Teaching Hospital for treatment .
Meanwile Ten students who are being received Intensive care treatment since last friday have recovered from their injuries and will be transferred to wards soon the Hospital authorities have stated.
