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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Today (14) Is Poson Poya Day

Sri Lankan Buddhists had today (14) celebrated "Poson " Poya day which mark the introduction of Buddhism to the country by Arahath Mahinda in the 3rd century B.C .

Fore more details visit https://lk.lakpura.com/pages/poson

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ව්‍යාජ ආදරයන් දහසක් ඉදිරියේ එක් අව්‍යාජ ආදරයක් කැපී පෙනෙන අතර එය ජීවිතයට ආලෝකයක් ගෙන දෙයි ,එවැනි ආදරයක් ස්වභාවයෙන්ම ඇති වන නිසා කිසිදින මිලට ගත නොහැකිය .(උපුටා ගැනීමකි )

Cabinet Decided Toi Declare Friday As A Holiday For Govt Sector Employees

Cabinet has today (14) given approval for a Cabinet paper submitted regarding declaring Friday as a holiday for government employees except essential services from this week up to 03 month period due to the current fuel shortage .

According to the government this holiday will not apply to the essential services including Health ,transport ,Power and Energy ,Education ,Water ,Electricity ,Defense Port and Air services .Cabinet has also decided to provide enough facilities to government sector employees to engage in cultivate activities in their backyards on Friday's in view of facing a food shortage in future.

Cabinet has also decided to provide no pay leave for government employees up to five years to engage in foreign employment ,

Many Vehicles Including Private Buses Are Due To Be Out Of The Roads Tomorrow (15)_

Due to the severe fuel shortage at present ,Around 90 percent of Private Buses as well as majority of Private vehicles will not be running tomorrow (15) according to the authorities .

There's a severe shortage of Diesel and Petrol in the country and as a result long queues can be seen in front of Fuel stations ,Many fuel stations were shut down due to the fuel shortage it has been reported .

Although Government had earlier announced that Private buses will be received the fuel through Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) depots that facility too halted according to Private Bus owners .

Unloading Of Gas Began From A Ship In Colombo Harbor-Litro Gas

Unloading of Gas from the ship carrying 3900 Metric tons of Gas is currently underway after paying the required amount US Dollars 2.5 million to the ship this evening (14) according to the Litro Gas Company,

This ship had arrived in Colombo harbor on 08th of June and the unloading of Gas from it has been delayed due to the Dollar shortage the Litro Gas had announced. As a result Litro Gas had suspended the distribution of Gas to the consumers for 11 days ,

Litro Gas is planning to resume the distribution of Gas to the consumers from tomorrow(15)