A 15 year old student has died after drowning in a water hole at Kotadeniyawa-Mirigama road in Kotadeniyawa yesterday (16) whilst bathing with five of his friends it has been reported.
The owner of the Araliya Rice Company Dudley Sirisena has yesterday(28) stated that his Company along with other Rice companies will supply all varities of Rice to the market for the controlled price until next January as a support to the current President .
Rice companies will supply all varieties of rice to the Market according to the conttrol price announced by the government recently with effect from yesterday Sirisena has stressed during a press briefing held yesterday (28);in Polonnaruwa District.He has also stated that there's a shortage of Nadu rice variety in the market at present.
The senior Deputy Inspector General Of Police (DIG) in charge of North Central Province Priyantha Weerasuriya has been appointed as the acting Inspector General Of Police(IGP)by the President Anura Kumara Dissanayake with effect from yesterday(27).
He was apoointed as the Acting Inspector General Of Police (IGP) as the court has removed the former IGP Deshabandu Thennakoon from functioning as IGP.The new acting Inspector General Of Police began his 36 year long career as a police constable before being promoted to the Acting IGP Post it has been revealed.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is due to address the nation via Electronic media tonight at 7.30 p.m it has been announced.
President Dissanayake is due to make a special statement
Dr.Harini Amarasuriya of the National Peoples Power Party (NPP) has sworn in as the New Prime Minister of the Government before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake last evening (24)at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.
Four Cabinet members of the new government of President Dissanayake holding 17 ministries had also sworn in before President last evening.The new Ministers of the Givernment are President ,Prime Minister along with Wijitha Herath and Lakshman Nipunaarachchi.
President has also appointed new secretaries to the 17 ministries of the new governemnt.Earlier President Dissanayake has appointed Retired Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha as the new secretary to the Ministry Of Defense and former Senior Deputy Inspector General Of Police (DIG) Ravi Seneviratne as the new secretary to the Ministry of Public Security .
President Dissanayke who was elected as the 09th Executive President of Sri Lanka had sworn in his post before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya in a simple ceremony held at the Presidential secretariat on last Monday.Afterwards President has appointed Dr.Nandika Sanath Kumanayake as the new secretary to the President .
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has dissolved the Parliament with effect from midnight last night(24) according to the government sources.The gazette nollification regarding the dissolvement of the Parliament signed by the President has been issued yesterday .p The General Election to elect 225 members to the new Parliament will be held on 14th of November this year and the new parliament will be convened on 21st of November it has been announced.
The nominations for the forthcoming Parliament election will be accepted from 04th of October until 12 noon on 11th of October .
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Mattakkuliya Police in Colombo District had arrested a 50 year old Person over attempting to offer a monthly bribe of Rs.100,000 to the Act...
