Tuesday, May 16, 2017

A 72 Year Old Motorcyclist Was Killed After Falling Down To The Lunuoya

Image result for accidentA 72 year old  Motorcyclist was killed after falling  down to the Lunuoya following the collision of his Motorcycle  with a Lunuoya Bridge on Thoduwawa-Madampe road this morning(16).

The deceased had been identified as a resident of egodayaya,Madampe area and he faced this incident while on the way to Thoduwawa area to buy fish for his hotel  it has been revealed.

Marawila Police are conducting an investigation on the incident.

Nepali President Bidya Devi Bandhari Had Left Sri Lanka

Image result for bidya devi bhandariNepali President Bidya Devi Bandhari who arrived in Sri Lanka last Saturday(13) to attend the concluding ceremony of the United Nations International Vesak Festival had left Sri Lanka today(16).

She was the chief guest of the concluding ceremony of the United National Vesak Festival held last Sunday(14) in Kandy.

GSP Plus Tariff Concession Regained By Sri Lanka Will Become Effective From 19th Of May

Image result for gsp plus sri lanka 2017The GSP Plus tariff concession regained by Sri Lanka from the European Union will become  effective from this Friday(19) European Union Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives Tung Lai Margue  has been announced this morning(16).

Accordingly Sri Lankan Products including Garments will be able to export to the European  Union countries under 66% tariff concession.

No condition has applied when granting the once suspended GSP Plus concession to Sri Lanka again and only considered the progress made by Sri Lanka under the current regime in the fields of   human rights,Environment Security and Labour relations as well as the progress achieved when implementing 27 international conventions  relevant to good governance the  European Union Ambassador has stated .

Due to the regaining of  GSP Plus concession the production and the export sectors in the country are expect a record growth according to the government.

European Union has suspended the granting of GSP Plus concession to Sri Lanka during the previous regime.


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Monday, May 15, 2017

Foreign-Wannacry Ransomware Cyber -Attack: Your Questions Answered

Computer Emergency Response Team Advised Sri Lankan Computer Users To Be Vigilant On Ransomware Cyber Attack

The computer emergency response team  of Sri Lanka
has advised Sri Lankan computer users to be  extremely vigilant as the Ransomware cyber attack which locked computer systems in many countries might be targeted  Asian countries including Sri Lanka in their next round .

Do not open suspicious mails receive to the mail accounts , save all the  importent files in the computer  to an external drive as well as update the Anti virus guard in the computer to protect from the cyber attack according to the Computer energancy response team .

Microsoft conpany have introduced a software to protect computer systems from the Ransomware cyber attack however most countries not able to update it in time it has been revealed .

A group called shadow brokers has launched this cyber attack last Friday (12) and the group reported as charging  ransoms to repair the damage done to the computer systems .


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