Cabinet has approved a Cabinet paper suggesting the increase of Electricity fare by two stages .Accordingly Cabinet has approved a proposal to increase the Electricity fare in January and June .
According to the Ceylon Electricity Board officials to cover up the profit loss of CEB the Electricity fare need to be increased by 70 percent .
There will be no power cut in Southern Province and Ella Tourism Zones with effect from tomorrow(01) according to the Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekate . .
All Tourist zones will be released from Power cuts with effect from 15th of December once the new power unit of the Norochchalai Coal Power Plant will be added to the national power grid form 15th of December Minister has stated .Thereafter the two hour and twenty minutes long daily Power cut schedule will be reduced to one hour it has been reported .
The third Secretary of the Sri Lankan Embassy in Oman E .Kushan has been arrested this evening (30)by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officials on his arrival at the Katunayake .Bandaranaike International Airport over human smuggling and sexual harassment charges against House maids sent to Oman .
The suspect had arrived in Katunayake International Airport this evening from Muscat in Oman .Officials had leveled sexual harassment human smuggling and selling Sri Lankan maids in Oman charges against the suspect it has been revealed .CID Officials are questioning the suspect at the Airport .
A 22 year old female had committed suicide by jumping to the Victoria reservoir according to the Police, accordingly the deceased female who was a resident of Rangala in Theldeniya arrea had committed suicide over a love affair,
The Navy Officers had launched a special search mission in search of the victim's body
a 17-year-old boy has drowned and disappeared whilst bathing in Aberdeen Water fall at Norton Bridge (Central Province).
The drowned boy identified as Krishnan Vinushan from Bagawanthalawa area had faced this incident when he along with a group of his friends came to Aberdeen fall to celebrate a birthday party it has been revealed. Ginigtahhena Police along with the residents of the area have launched a search mission in search of the missing boy .
The 22 member Cabinet of the new government which was appointed yesterday (18) had assumed duties in the respective Ministries today (19) i...
