A young female Assistant Lecturer attached to the Department of International affairs in Arts faculty of the University of Colombo was,killed after colliding with a Lorry whilst crossing the road at Wikramasinhapura,Battaramulla (Colombo ) last morning (20) it has been reported.
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Trade Unions representing Many sectors including Telecommunications,Postal ,Electricity ,Banking and Insuarance is due to hold a Joint protest in Colombo against selling of State Resources .
According to the National Resources Protection Movement which organizes this protest Government is planning to sell around 40 State owned Enterprises to the Private sector.
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is being scheduled to submit a proposal to Public Utilities Commission to reduce the Electricity tarriffs by nearly 20 percent tomorrow(22) it has been reported.
The Public Utilities Commission has,informed the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to submit a new proposal regarding reducing Electricity tarriffs following the public consultation held in this regard on 15th of February.
Sri Lanka and Israel had signed an agreement to start direct air services between two countries .
According to the Ministry of Ports ,Shipping and Aviation the agreement was signed by the Minister of Transport and Riad safety in Israel Miri Regev and Minister of Ports and Shipping in Sri Lanka Nimal Siripala,De Silva.The direct flights between Sri Lsnka and Israel will begin from next March accordance to a,fixed schedule it has been announced.
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The Prison Hospital in Welikada is currently overcrowding according to the Prison Department.Prison overcrowding has caused this situation the Department had stated.
The number of Beds at the Prison Hospital is 185 ,But the number of Prison inmates currently in the hospital is 350 it has been revealed.Many ranked as VIP s 'including some politicians who are serving prison sentences over criminal activities are being currently received treatment in the hospital according to the reports
හොද මුහුණක් පෙන්වා දිය යටින් ගින්දර,ගෙන යන මිතුරන් හා නෑදැයන්ට දිය හැකි සුදුසුම දඩුවම සදහටම අත් හැරීමයි.මන්ද සර්පයන් කුමන මොහොතක හෝ දෂ්ට කිරීම වැළැක්විය නොහැකි වීමයි,(උපුටා ගැනිණි).
The 22 member Cabinet of the new government which was appointed yesterday (18) had assumed duties in the respective Ministries today (19) i...
