Two persons were killed and another three persons had been injured and hospitalized due to a fight erupted between two factions at Pulmodei area (Easrern Province) yesterday (29).
The injured were admitted to the Trincomalee Base Hospital for treatment .The deceased were of the ages 41 and 45 year old it has been revealed.
The preparing of a Charge sheet against the chairman of Public utilities Commission Janaka Ratnayake is currently underway according to the Minister Of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekare .
All the Government MP's are supporting the preparation of this Charge sheet the Minister has stated.The Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission had severely Criticized the managment of Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) over implementing the scheduled power cuts continuously without giving relief to the Students sitting for the ongoing GCE Advanced Leval Examination.
The Constitutional Council has today (28) announced that not a single member of the National Elections Commission had informed the Council about resigning from the Commission up to now .Some media outlets had reported that the member of the National Elections Commission Mrs.P.S.M Charles had resigned from the Elections Commission ,But up to now she hasn't informed the Council on the resignation the Constitutional Council has stated ,
The President of the Constitutional Council Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardane has today (28) stated if a member of the Elections Commission has resigned further action will be taken after being informed on the resignation .
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Although the regulator Public Utilities Commission had refused to approve daily Power cuts suggested by the Ceylon Electricity Board(CEB) ,The CEB had informed the Commission that the scheduled daily power cuts will be implemented as usual due to the lack of resources available with the Electricity Board to avoid these cuts.
Public Utilities Commission had earlier requested the Ceylon Electricity Board to avoid daily scheduled Cower cuts citing the G.CE Advanced level examination currently underway ,until 17th of February .
The 22 member Cabinet of the new government which was appointed yesterday (18) had assumed duties in the respective Ministries today (19) i...
