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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

LIOC Refused To Supply Diesel For Local Power Plants

Lanka Indian Oil Company (LIOC) had today (18)refused to supply Diesel for the Power plants belongs to Ceylon Electricity Board due to not having extra amount of oil reserves for that purpose according to Ministry of Electricity .

Ministry had held talks with the officials of LIOC today (18)regarding supplying of diesel for Power plants to generate electricity required by the country and during the discussion LIOC had reveled this .LIOC only have a stock of Diesel to supply their oil filling stations in the country the Company officials had informed the Ministry ,

Ceylon Petroleum Corporation had stopped supplying Diesel to Power plants last week ,However agreed to supply 1500 metric tomes of Diesel daily during last weekend ,However for today Petroleum Corporation had supplied only 900 metric tones of diesel to the Electricity Board which is not sufficient to generate power it has been reported .

The Electricity Board workers unions had today warned that the supplying of electricity to the country will stop suddenly tomorrow if the fuel crisis continues further

Another 13 Corona Deaths Had Been Reported Today (18)

A total of 13 Corona deaths had been reported in the country today (18) Increasing the total number of Corona deaths that had been reported so far to 15,231 according to Director General Of Health Services (DGHS).

Accordingly 08 males and 05 females had died due to Corona infection DGHS has stated .Out of the deceased 11 were over 60 years of age and 02 were belonged to 30-60 year age group it has been revealed .

688 Corona Positives Had Been Reported Today (18)

Another 688 Corona Positives had been reported in the country today (18) Increasing the total number of Corona positives reported so far to 597,707 according to Epidemiology Unit ,

At the moment 13,970 Corona Positives are being treated at Hospitals .Quarantine Centers and under home care system the Unit has stated .

Another 133 Corona Positives had been recovered and discharged from hospitals and quarantine centers today increasing the total number of Corona positives that had been recovered and discharged in the country so far to 568,506 it has been revealed ,

Monday, January 17, 2022

Suspected drone attack in Abu Dhabi kills 3, wounds 6

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/drone-attack-abu-dhabi-tanker-explosion-fire-82304054

Veteran Popular Local Singer Neela Wikramasinghe Had Passed Away In Italy

Popular Veteran singer and musician Visharada Neela Wikramasinghe had passed away this evening due to a sudden heart attack at Milano city in Italy It has been reported ,.The well known songstress of the local music industry was in Italy to assume her duty as the new Sri Lankan consulate general in Milano city .She had assumed her duties on 10th of January and 71 years old at the time of her death .

She had sung many popular sinhalese hit songs including "Bala hindimi dura ethaka ay oba ",Chamara salunawe,Rahase handana ,Etha duraka ,Viyo gee gayen hade ,Ran tikiri sina ,silin bilin and Obage sevane ,

"May she attain nibbana "