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Friday, May 20, 2022

ආදරය ,සෙනෙහස යන වදන්වලට ප්‍රායෝගික අර්ථකථනයක් දිය හැක්කේ සැබෑ ආදරයකට පමණි (උපුටා ගැනීමකි )

Heavy Traffic Occurred In Borella This Morning Due To A Protest

A heavy traffic had been occurred in and around Borella area (Colombo ) this morning as a group of persons had blocked the road from Borella roundabout demanding to issue Domestic LP Gas it has been reported .

The protest had been stopped after the authorities had promised the protesters that LP Gas cylinders will be distributed among them by 3 p.m today(21) it has been reported .

Litro Gas company had recently announced that they have received a sufficient stocks of Gas and around 80,000 gas cylinders will be issued daily from this weekend .

Nine Cabinet Ministers Had Been Appointed Yesterday (20)

Nine Cabinet Ministers including two from main Opposition Samagi Janbalawegaya (SJB) Party and three independent MP's from the breakaway faction of ruling Podu jana peramuna Party and one from Sri Lanka freedom Party (SLFP) Had been sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaskhe yesterday (20).

Accordingly Mp's Harin Fernando and Manush Nanayakkara from main opposition SJB had been appointed as Minister of Tourism and Land and Minister of Minister of Labor and Foreign Employment respectively ,Sri Lanka Freedom Party MP Nimal Siripala de silva had sworn in as Minister of Naval and Aviation and Independent MP's Susil Premajaynatha and Wijedasa RAjapakshe had been appointed as Minister of Education and Minister of Justice. Another Independent MP Tiran Ales had been appointed as Minister of Public Security .The other ministers appointed are , Ramesh Pathirana as minister of Plantation Industries, Nalin Fernando as the minister of Trade, Commerce, and Food Security and Keheliya Rambukwella as Minister of Health .

Earlier four Cabinet Ministers had been appointed to the new government of Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe .

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 .