Public Utilities Commission had given approval to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to impose two and half hour power cut for tomorrow (24) and the day after (25) the Commission had announced.
Public Utilities Commission had given approval to impose a two hour power cut on this Sunday (26) as well the Commission has stated .
The Ministry Of Power and Energy is due to increase the Prices of Petrol, Diesel and Kerosene Oil by record prices in accordance to the new Price mechanism with effect from midnight tomorrow (24) it has been announced.
Accordingly, a Liter of Octane-92 petrol is expected to be increased to Rs.74 , Octane-95 Petrol to increase by Rs.78,A Liter of Auto Diesel by Rs.56 ,A liter of Super Diesel by Rs.65 and A Liter of Kerosene Oil to be increased by Rs.210 the sources have stated,
This price hike is scheduled to be implemented here amidst the decrease in Crude oil prices at the World Market.
Former Colombo District MP Hirunika Premachandre of the Main opposition Samgijanabalawegaya (SJB) Party along with a group of females attached to the party had staged a protest campaign in front of the residence of Prime Minister Ranil Wikramsinghe in Flower Road ,Colombo 07 this morning accusing the premier for protecting the Rajapakshe regime amidst the economic crisis faced by the country .
Although the Protesters had attempted to enter the residence area ,Police officers deployed there had put barricades to prevent them from entering the residence,
Customs Officers attached to Colombo Central Mail Exchange had today (22) taken in to custody a Parcel received by the Mail Exchange from Netherlands containing 13,640 "Ice " (Methamphetamine ) tablets worth Rs.13.6 million .
The Parcel which contains narcotic tablets was addressed to a local individual and the Tablets were wrapped in seven bed sheets in the pack it has been revealed .As there was no one to claim the ownership of the parcel Customs Officers at the Central Mail Exchange had opened the Parcel and recovered the stock of Ice narcotic according to the sources.
The parcel was handed over to the Police Narcotic Bureau for further investigations ,
A person was killed due to a Wild Elephant attack occurred at a School in Saliyapura ,Anuradhapura District (North Central Province) last evening (21) it has been reported ,
The Wild Elephant who suddenly broke into the Saliyapura Central Collage in Anuradhapura District had attacked a 43 year old person to death there the Reports have stated ,
After this incident Parents in the area are afraid to send their children to the school and as a result authorities have given a holiday for the school children in Saliayapura Collage today (22).The Wild Elephant who had killed a person is said to be at the village for the past five years ,
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