Public are being faced enormous difficulties due to the severe Gas and Kerosene oil shortage prevailed in the country at present it has been reported .
Many people had seen in long queues in front of the Gas agent shops in several areas in Colombo district today with empty Gas cylinders to collect Gas it has been reported .There were queues in front of Petrol sheds as well to collect kerosene oil according to the sources.
A total of 581 Corona Positives had been reported in the country today (03).Increasing the total number of Corona Positives reported so far to 542,793 according to Epidemiology Unit.
At the moment 15,122 Corona positives are being treated at Hospitals /Quarantine Centers and Home Care system the Unit has stated ,
Only 4618 PCR tests and 3252 Rapid Antigen tests had been performed in the country yesterday (02).
Another 21 Corona deaths had been reported in the country today (03) ,Increasing the total number of Corona deaths reported so far to 13,791 according to Director General Of Health Services (DGHS).
Accordingly 15 females and 06 males had died due to Corona infection the DGHS has stated .Out of the deceased 16 were over 60 years of age and 05 were belonged to the age group 30-60 years .
Employees attached to Ceylon petroleum corporation ,Electricity Board and Sri Lanka Ports Authority are scheduled to be launched a massive protest campaign in front of their respective institutions\ tomorrow(03) against selling national resources of the country.
These protests are scheduled be held in many areas including in front of Ceylon Electricity Board ,Kolonnawa oil Refinery in Kolonnawa and Khan clock tower in Colombo fort .
එකිනෙකා හොඳින් තේරුම් ගනු ලබන ,විශ්වාසය කඩ නොකරන සබඳතාවයක අසීමිත ආදරයක් මෙන්ම ආත්මීය සෙනෙහසක් ගැබ්ව පවතී (උපුටා ගැනිණි )
After the discussions held with Sugar Importers ,Finance Minister Basil Rajapakshe had advised the Consumer Affairs Authority to issue a gazette notification tomorrow (03( regarding the withdrawing of Controlled price of sugar ..The aim of this decision is to provide Sugar to consumers without any shortage the Consumer Affairs Authority has stated ,
According to the imposed Controlled price of Sugar a Kilo of of White sugar (without the Pack) had sold to Rs.122 and a Kilo of Brown Sugar (without the pack ) had been sold to Rs.128 .
