The Prices of 22 carrot and 24 carrot Gold pounds had been reduced by Rs.2000 and Rs.4000 respectively since yesterday (12) according to the All Ceylon Jewellers Association.
Accordingly the new price of the 22 Carrot gold pound is Rs.157,125 and 24 Carror gold pound is Rs.172,500 the Association has stated.
A 23 year old female was killed and a 22 year old male was critically injured and hospitalized due to a Wild Elephant attack whilst camping near the Diyaluma,waterfalls at Koslanda,area (Badulla district )last morning (12) according to the Police.
The deceased and the injured were camping near the Diyaluma,waterfalls with a group of persons at the time of the incident .Police and the residents,of the area later chased away the Wild elephant who was roaming in the area for sometime.The deceased was a resident of Matara district and the injured is a resident of Wariyapola,area it has been revealed.
A Principal of a leading School in Colombo had been transferred to the Colombo Educational Zone as an Additional Director over accepting Rs.7.6 million worth bribes for admitting school children to the school.
The Public Service Commission is conducting a disciplinary inquiry against the accused Principal accordance to the Ministry Of Education.
All Party Leaders had drcided to take the motion submitted by the government to remove the chairman of the Public Utilities Commission Janaka Ratnayake from his post to debate on 24 th of May .
The Motion was submitted to the Parliament by the chief government whip Prasanna Ranathunge .
Railway Station Masters Union had decided to launch a week long Strike if the Authorities are not taking any action to remove the corrupted official appointed as the Deputy General Manager(Commercial) of the Sri lanka railways from the post .
If the talks scheduled to be held next tuesday (16) between the Station Masters Union officials and the Transport Minister on the above appointment fails ,station masters union will launch a week long strike the Union had announced.
Station Masters attached to the Sri Lanka Railways had launched one day token strike from Tuesday midnight to Wednesday midnight over the appointment issue caused the cancellation of 22 train journeys including 10 office trains.
