Diesel Ship Due To Be Arrived In The Country Today (21)-Ministry Of Power

 A ship carrying 38,000 metric tones of Diesel under the Indian credit line is schedule to  arrive in Sri Lanka today (21) according to the Ministry Of Power .

Another ship carrying 37,000 metric tones of Petrol had already arrived in Colombo harbor and unloading of the stocks of Petrol from that ship is currently underway the Ministry has stated ,Distribution of Octane 92 and Octane -95 petrol had begun since last morning the Ministry has further said ,However according to the sources Ceylon Petroleum Corporation had only distributed stocks of petrol to a limited number of Petrol stations in the island and still there's a long queues can be seen in front of Petrol stations .

Prime Minister Ranil Wikramsinghe had stated foreign reserves in the country is not sufficient to utilize to  purchase fuel  to the country ,

MP Namal Rajapaskhe Had Given A Statement To CID Regarding Attacks On Protesters

 The eldest son of the former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakshe,MP Namal Rajapakshe had arrived in Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters in Colombo Fort this evening (20) to give  a statement regarding the attack on Protesters at Galle face green and in  front of premier's official residence  Temple trees occurred on 09th of May .

MP Rajapakshe had arrived in CID accordance to the notice issued to him ,

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Police Fired Tear Gas To Disperse University Student Protest

 Police had fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse an Anti government protest march organized by the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF)this evening(19) near the World Trade Center in Colombo  .

Meanwhile Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage had today ordered the IUSF protesters not to   enter or walking on President's road ,York street ,Bank Street ,Chatham dtreet .Mudalige road and Hospital streets during the protest ,

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Fifty Three MP''s In Government Want Speaker To Suspend Provision Of MP's Lunch

 Fifty three MP's representing governing Sri Lanka Progressive Party (Podujana peramuna ) had handed over a letter to the Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena today (19)requesting to suspend the provision of  lunch for all MP's in the house in view of the economic difficulties faced by the general public at present .

At this stage it will be not fair to spend large amount of money to provide lunch for the MP's and Parliament staff the letter that handed over to the Speaker had stated .The group of MP's had requested the speaker to take steps to provide a lunch for the MP's of the house for the market price when the parliamentary sessions are being held on the whole day .,

Price Of Loaf Of Bread Increased By Rs.30

 Price of a Loaf of Bread weighing 450 Grammes will be  increased by Rs.30 and prices of all other Bakery products will be increased by Rs.10 each with effect from mid night tonight (19) according to the All Ceylon Bakery Owners Association .

This price increase will come into effect due to the increase of a Kilo Gramme of Wheat flour by Rs.35 the Association had stated .According to the new price hike the Price of a loaf of Bread will be Rs.170 it has been revealed .