"DIL APNA AUR PREET PARAI" SONG FROM THE FILM "DIL APNA AUR PREET PARAI" SCREENED IN 1960 -SINGER LATA MANJESHKAR

THE ACTRESS WAS IN THE SCENE -LATE MEENA KUMARI

Private Bus Owners Suggests A 10% Bus Fare Hike From Next Week

The Private Bus Owners Association has today (11) suggested the government  a 10% increase of Bus fares from next week as a result of the fuel price increase and annual Bus Fare Revision .

According to the President of the Private Bus Owners Association Gamunu Wijeratne ,the minimum Bus Fare too should be increased from Rs.10 to Rs.11 as per the suggestion.

The Private Bus Owners Association is due to  meet the National Transport Board and the Minister Of Transport next Monday to discuss on the the Bus Fare increase according to Wijeratne.

State Minister A.H.M Fowzie Has Been Sworn In As State Minister Of National Unity

State Minister Of National Integrity and Reforms A.H.M Fowzie has been sworn in as State Minister Of National Unity and Reconciliation in front of the President Maithripala Sirisena today(11).

At the same time Presidents Counsal Ariya B.Rakawa has been sworn in as the new Governor of Uva Province 

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A Haul Of Heroin Weighing 1.767 Kilo Grammes Has Been Recovered In A House At Horana

Police Anti Narcotic Bureau Officials have today (11) recovered  a haul of Heroin weighing 1.767 Kilo Grammes hidden in a house at Moragahahena in Horana as per an information received from a suspect arrest with a haul of Heroin on 04th of May in Horana City.

The haul of Heroin worth more than Rs,20 Million has been recovered from a house belongs to the suspect who had provided the information to the Police on the haul of Heroin.

The haul of Heroin recovered from the house concealed in a steel safe according to the Police.

Presient Has Removed The Newly Elected Chairman Of The Timber Corpoartion Over Corruption Charges-Another EX Politician Has Been Appointed To The Post Today

President Maithripala Sirisena has yesterday (10) removed the former Parliamentarian Anurudda Polgampola he had earlier appointed as the Chairman of the State Timber Corporation and today (11) appointed a former Parliamentarian Shantha Bandara to the post according to the President's Media Division.

President had appointed Anurudda Polgampola as the new Chairman of the State Timber Corporation on 04th of May after the former Chairman P.Dissanayake was sacked from the post as a result of accepting a Rs.20 million bribe from an Indian Businessman along with the former President's Chief Of Staff . However as the local media revealed that the Polgampola is a corrupted person ,President has removed him from the post yesterday.

The new Chairman of the Timber Corporation Shantha Bandara has taken his appointment letter from the President this noon at the President's Official Residence in Colombo.

Airport Customs Have Arrested Two Persons While Attempting To Smuggle Foreign Currency Notes To Singapore

Airport Customs have today (11) arrested a 55 year old male and a 30 year old female while attempting to smuggle foreign Currency notes worth around US Dollars 72,000 (More than Rs.10 million) to Singapore at the Katunayake ,Bandaranaike International Airport .

The two suspects have arrived at the Airport to board a Sri Lankan Flight flying to Singapore it has been revealed.

Airport Customs have launched an investigation over the incident.