Ceylon Electricity Board(CEB) had decided to extend the daily power cut hours from next Monday (06) to Wednesday (08) period due to the shortage of Diesel to generate power it has been announced .
Accordingly 20 zones in the Island will be faced a two hour and fifteen minute long power cut from 8.30 a.m to 10 .30 p.m daily from next Monday to Wednesday the Public Utilities Commission had stated ,Currently two hour power cut is being imposed in the Island daily .
Two Wild Elephants had been killed and another one was injured after colliding with a Train transporting Wheat Flour from Colombo to Trincomalee near Thalapathkanda Railway station yesterday(04).
Accordingly a 04 year old Wild Elephant and one year old Elephant calf had died due to the Collison with train it has been reported .A 15 year old female Elephant had been critically injured due to incident ..
The train was derailed after colliding with Three Wild Elephants and the Train services on that Railway line had been disrupted as a result ..
The Litro Gas Company has today (03) announced that the Company will not supply LP Gas until further notice from tomorrow (04 ) due to the shortage of Gas and urged consumers to not to await in queues in front of Gas outlets ,
Litro Gas had issued around 16,000 Gas Cylinders today and the Gas distribution is most likely to be resumed from next Tuesday (07) if a shipment has arrived before that .,
After Government Hospital patients had undergone enormous difficulties due to the severe Drug shortage occurred in Hospitals since months ,President Gotabaya Rajapakshe had today (03) requested the relevant officials to release Rs.1,8 billion from Covid-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund to import essential medicines President Media Unit has announced .
President had instructed the relevant officials to release the money from Covid fund to import essential medicines during a discussion held at President's house in Colombo today (03) with health officials and local drug manufacturers ,
President had stressed that as Corona is under control in the country the funds of the Covid fund collected through donations can be used for other health needs of the country ,
Telecommunication tax is scheduled to be increased to 15 percent from 11.25 percent with effect from midnight tonight (03) the National Telecommunication Regulatory Commission(TRC) had announced .
Accordingly Telephone fares will also be increased the Commission has stated ,
The 22 member Cabinet of the new government which was appointed yesterday (18) had assumed duties in the respective Ministries today (19) i...
