China has decided to provide 2000 metric tones of Rice to Sri Lanka as an emergency food aid in first week of April to mark the 70th anniversary of the Rubber and Rice pact signed between Sri Lanka and China ,The Chinese Embassy in Colombo has announced ,
The value of this consignment of Rice is around 25 million US Dollars the Embassy has stated ,
According to the Director General Of Health Services (DGHS ) 02 Corona deaths had been reported today (25) in the country ,Increasing the total number of Corona deaths reported so far to 16,452 .
Accordingly a male and a female one over 60 years of age and other belonged to 30-60 year age group had died due to Corona infection the DGHS had stated .
Lanka Indian Oil Company (LIOC) had increased prices of all varieties of Petrol by Rs,49 per Liter with effect from midnight today (25) the Company has announced.
Accordingly price of Octane -92 Petrol had been increased from Rs.254 to Rs.303 per a liter and Price of Octane-95 Petrol had been increased to Rs.332 per a liter LIOC had announced ,This is the second time in this month that the LIOC had increased prices of fuel due to the depreciation of Sri Lankan Rupee against US Dollar and Russia -Ukraine war ,
However the price of Diesel will remain unchanged according to the company ,LIOC had increased the prices of Petrol and Diesel by Rs.50 and Rs.75 per a liter on 10 th of March
Another 234 Corona Positives had been reported today (25) In the country ,Increasing the total number of Corona Positives reported so far to 660,633 according to Epidemiology Unit .
At the moment 7125 Corona Positives are being treated at Hospitals ,Quarantine Centers and under home care system the Unit has stated,
Transport Minister Dilum Amunugama had suspended the decision taken by the Railway Authorities t
Transport Minister had suspended the decision of increasing Train fares as the new increased train fares were announced before receiving Ministry approval .However the fares of Long distance Special trains and Intercity trains will be increased from next Monday (28) mainly to cover fuel cost the Minister has stressed .
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