US STILL HOPEFUL ABOUT NORTH KOREAN SUMMIT

FROM YESTERYEAR SINHALA CINEMA: A SONG FROM "APEKSHA" FILM SCREENED IN 1978

SONG WAS SUNG BY SUJATHA ATTANAYAKE AND LATE  H.R JOTHIPALA

CAST OF THE FILM -MALINI FONSEKA,AMARASIRI KALANSURIYA,GEETHA KUMARASINGHE AND ROBIN FERNANDO

Colombo Grand Mosque Has Announced The Begining Of The Ramadan Fast

After the sighting of new moon,The Colombo Grand Mosque has today (16) announced that the Month of Ramadan fasting of the Muslim Community wil begin at the dawn of this Friday(18).

However majority of Muslim Countries including Saudi Arabia had earlier announced that the Month of Ramadan fasting will begin tomorrow(17) as the new moon was not visible.

Meanwhile Cabinet has approved to import a proposal on importing 250 metric tonnes of Dates from Saudi Arabia  to Sri Lanka in view of distribute them among Muslim families with exonomic difficulties in the country through Muslim Churches .

The Cabinet proposal in this regars had been submitted to the Cabinet by the Prime Minister and Minister of Islsmic Affairs.

Meanwhile Saudi Arabia has not provided Dates to the Muslim Community of Sri Lanka this year as in previous years it has been revealed.

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.