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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Economic Expert And Former Minister MP Bandula Gunawardane Had Given Wrong Statistics On Kerosene Oil Prices

One of the most notable incidents occurred on Tuesday(15) is that the wrong statistics given to media by the so called Economic Expert,Well known tutor of Economics and the Former Economic Minister of the Country ,Joint Opposition MP Bandula Gunawardana during a press briefing held in Colombo over prices of Kerosene Oil.

During the Briefing he has revealed that a liter of Kerosene Oil costs Rs.111 in 2014 during previous regime and now with the new price increase it increased to Rs.157 .However after the Media personal there reminding him that the price of a Kerosene Liter has been increased from Rs.44 to Rs.101 not to Rs.157 as he mentioned, The former Minister says I have to look back again on the sttistics then.

MP Gunawardana however is a strong critic of the Government's economic policies ,But this time he has proved that his knowledge on the Economics is poor as other politiciens of the countrt
y.

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Spill Gates Of Udawalawe Reservoir And Kala Wewa Have Been Opened Due To Rising Water Levels

Five Spill gates of the Udawalawe Reservoir and Two Spill gates of the Kala Wewa(River) have been opened this evening(16) due to the rising water levels of the reservoir and the Wewa as a result of the heavy showers prevailing in according to the Disaster Management Center.

Due to this situation the people living in low land areas around the Udawalawe Reservoir and Kala Wewa are being advised to be vigilant over possible floods.

Train Services Of Upcountry Railway Line Have Been Disrupted Due To A Collapsing Of A Soil Mound And Rocks

Train Services in the up country railway line have been distrupted

for hours this evening(16) due to a collapsing of a soil mound and rocks in to the railway line near the Thalawakale Train Station as a result of the heavy showers experiencing in central hill areas it has been reported.

A Train that was running in the Upcountry railway line at that time had stopped for around one hour till the removing of the Soil mound and rocks fallen to the Railway line has finished.

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Private Bus Unions Called Off The Scheduled Strike

Private Bus Unions have decided to

called off the scheduled Island Wide strike as the talks held between Private Bus Union leaders and Transport Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva and Deputy Tranport Minister Ashok Abeysinghe had ended successfully the Unions have stated.

During the talks the Transport Minister has agreed to increase the Bus fares by 12.5 percent with the increasing of minimum bus fare by Rs.2 from Rs.10 to Rs.12.A Cabinet Paper regarding this increase is due to be submitted to the Cabinet on next Tiesday it has been announced.