One of the famous local notorious underworld gangster Mohommad Najim Mohommad Imran allias Kanjipani Imran had fled away to Rameswaram in South India days after his release on bail by a Sri Lankan court Indian media has reported ,
Colombo Magistrate Court had ordered to release the imprisoned underworld gangster Kaniopani Imran on bail on 20th of December .
The Cabinet Proposal to increase the Electricity Bill is scheduled to be submitted to the Cabinet tomorrow(02 ) according to the Government .
According to the Cabinet Proposal the Rs.8 rate charge for the usage of first 30 units of Electricity recommended to increase to Rs.30.Also the Proposal recommends to increase the rate of Rs.10 charge per unit for the usage of 31-60 Electricity units to Rs.37 per a unit ,and the Rs.16 rate charge for the usage of Electricity units from 61-90 units to Rs.42 per unit .
Around 30,000 Government employees who are of the age of 60 years had retired yesterday ( 31) accordance to the Government sources .These employees had retired accordance to the retirement age fixed by the government recently .
The previous government had extended the retirement age of Government employees to 65 years and it has been implemented since 01st of January 2022 .However government had decided to reduce the retirement age to 60 again late last year (2022) due to the current economic crisis.
However due to the service requirement secretaries of the President and the Prime Minister had recommended to keep 300 employees attached to the Railways department in service further .The new recruitment's to fill the vacancies created as a result of those who had retired , will be made soon the Ministry of Indigenous affairs had announced.
The Police have arrested a 24 year old youth who had abducted a 15 year old pregnant girl whilst receiving treatment at Anuradapura General Hospital.
The Abducted girl was molested
Police had arrested the suspect along with the pregnant girl whilst traveling in a Three wheeler at Dambulla-Kekirawa road.
The Peoples Bank had increased the Interest rate of the loans issued to the Customers up to 15 perecent the Bank has announced.This decision has been taken by considering the rising inrerest rates in the local market the Bank has stated .
The National Savings Bank has also increased the interest rates of the loans to 15 percent recently.
The 22 member Cabinet of the new government which was appointed yesterday (18) had assumed duties in the respective Ministries today (19) i...
