Friday, July 22, 2022

Retired General Kamal Gunaratne Had Been Appointed As The Defense Ministry Secretary

 President Ranil Wikramsinghe had re appointed retired General Kamal Gunaratne as the Secretary to the Ministry Of Defense .


He was first appointed to that post in 2019 by the former President Gotabahya Rajapakshe .


Main Opposition SJB Party Handed Over A Letter To UN Office Against The Attack On Peaceful Protesters

 The main opposition Samagi jana Balawegaya(SJB) Party had today (22)  handed over a  letter to the United Nations office in Colombo opposing the attack on peaceful protesters by the military ,


Members of the SJB Party MP's Nalin Bandara ,Mujibur Rahaman and Harshana Rajakasruna had handed over the letter to the UN officials .SJB had requested the UN officials to pay the attention on the attack carried out against the peaceful protesters in Galle face early this morning and  do the needful against it ,


Galle Face Attack-Nine Arrestees Released On Bail

 Nine persons arrested during the raid carried out by Police and Army  at the Galle face protest site early this morning ,Had been released on bail by the Colombo Fort Magistrate  Court later  this evening (22).



A Lawyer was also there among those bailed out by the court . .Police and Army had arrested nine persons at the Protest site over the charges of being members of an illegal gathering in front of the President's office .

Nearly 1000 Army and Police personnel had stormed into the Protesters who remained in front of the Presidential Secretariat at Galle face area in Colombo around 1.30 a.m this morning and attacked and chased out the protesters from the area .This incident occurred at a time protesters had promised the authorities that  they will  withdraw from the Presidential secretariat by this evening as a temporary measure..

Due to this unexpected attack occurred in Galle face protest site t ,14 protesters were injured and admitted to the Colombo National Hospital .,The Police and Army personal entered the protest site this morning and removed the protesters and captured the Presidential secretariat hours before the swearing in ceremony of 18 Cabinet Ministers and new Prime Minister before the newly elected President Ranil Wikramasinghe .Military had also removed  the temporary huts erected  at the protest site by protesters ,

Lawyers and Human rights activists had condemned this  attack on Protesters and members of the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission had recorded statements from the protesters this evening  regarding the attack .Meanwhile after the attack protesters  are now being gathered near the Bandaranayake Statue in Galle face area. ..

President Ranil Wikramaisnghe had imposed a state of emergency  last week after being elected  as the Acting President of Sri Lanka which gives military more powers to arrest and shoot anyone who will become  a  threat to the public security ,

Thursday, July 21, 2022

Russia about to run out of steam in Ukraine - MI6 chief

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Station Masters To Postpone Implementing Of New Train Fare Revision

 Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters Union has decided not to implement the Price increase of Train fares scheduled to be implemented from midnight tomorrow (22) .


The Station Masters Union had informed on this to the General Manager of Sri Lanka Railways Department  .There's no sufficient time to make train passengers aware on the new price revision of train fares and if the new price revision has implemented now both Train passengers and  the Station Masters will face enormous difficulties The union had stressed ,

Leader Of The House Dinesh Gunawardena To Be Sworn In As New Prime Minister

 Leader of The House  Dinesh Gunawardane is scheduled to be sworn in as the New Prime Minister of Sri Lanka tomorrow morning (22) before President Ranil Wikramasinghe  until the  formation  of an All Party government ,President's Media division has announced this evening (21).The Prime Minister's post has become  vacant after the former Premier Ranil Wikramasinghe has been appointed as the President of Sri Lanka. 


After swearing in of  the new Prime Minister , Current Cabinet of Ministers appointed by ex president Gotabhaya Rajapakshe are scheduled to be sworn in before the President Ranil Wikramasinghe .

India Extended LTTE Ban for Another Five Years

 India have decided to extend the ban imposed on LTTE for   another five years the Ministry of Internal affairs in India has announced yeste...