A ten hour long water cut which will cause enormous difficulties for the public is scheduled to be implemented in five divisions of the Colombo district from 7 p.m tonight(04) until 5 a.m tomorrow (05) morning according to the National Water supplies and drainage board.
Accordingly the ten hour water cut wil be implemented in Colombo 11,12,13,14 and 15 due to an urgent repair work of a pipeline the Wster Board has announced .
Seven students were injured and hospitalized due to a collision of two passanger buses at Adarasha junction on Horana-Maharagama road last morning(03).
The injured were admitted to Horana Base Hospital for treatment.The incident occurred due to a collision of a passanger bus travelled from Horana to Maharagama and a Bus travelled from.Horana to uduwa according to Horana Headquarter police.Police had arrested the two drivers of the buses over the incident
The Consumer Affairs Authority had announced a maximum Retails Price for Sugar
Accordingly The Maximum Retail.price of a,Kilo Gramme of White Sugar is Rs.275 and the maximum retail price of a Kilo Gramme of Brown sugar should be Rs.330 .
The maximum retail price of packed kilo gramme of white sugar is Rs.295 and the retail price of a packed kilo gramme of Brown sugar is Rs.350 according to the Authority .
Cabinet had approved a proposal to revise the Electricity tariffs every three months according to Government sources.
AAccording to the Excisting General Policy guidelines electricity tariffs need to be reviewed every six months .The proposal is against the guidelines trade unions had stated.
A Tourist Hotel employee in Ella area (Badulla) was injured and hospitalized due to a gun shooting incident occurred in the hotel yesterday(31) it has been reported.A gunman arrived in a Motorcycle had fired a gun shot towards the employee and fled away from.the scene according to the Police.
The injured employee had been admitted to the Demodara Hospital and later transferred to the Badulla General hospital for further treatment Badulla police had launched a mission to find thr gunman .
The 22 member Cabinet of the new government which was appointed yesterday (18) had assumed duties in the respective Ministries today (19) i...
