Friday, January 26, 2024

President Prorogued The Parliament

 President Ranil Wikramasinghe has prorogued the Parliament with effect from midnight tonight(26) until 08th of February according to the Government.

The Gazette Notification 


regarding this decision was sent to the Government Printer as per a decision taken by the President according to the President's Secretary Saman Ekanayake .The new session of the Parliament is scheduled to  begin at 10 a.m on 08th of February 2024.

Litro Gas To Be Privatized?

Government is planning to sell the profit making Litro Gas Company to the Private Sector the Chairman of the Company Muditha Pieris has stated.Government has already sought the opinion of the private sector in this regard he had stated.


The state owned Litro Gas Company has earned a profit worth around Rs.700 million during  last year the Chairman had stressed.


 

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Russia Risks Lives In Crashed Plane- Zelensky


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68083739
 

QUOTES FOR LIFE

 


Real love based on mutual understanding never  dies(quoted from a website)





A Group Of Inmates Escaped From Kandakadu Center -17 Were Arrested

 A group of inmates at  Kandakadu Rehabilitation Center at Welikande area in Polonnaruwa District had escaped from the Center last night (24).and the  Police have arrested  17 of them near the Sungavila bridge it has been reported.

The group of Prison

inmates were 
 escaped from the Kandakadu Center during a clash occurred between two groups of inmates attached to the Kandakadu Vocational Training Institute and Nawasenapura    Vocational Training Institute  .



Eight Cattle And Female Were Killed Due To A Bus Accident

Eight  Cattle and a female passanger  were killed and eight were seriously injured  when a Sri Lanka Transport Board(SLTB) passanger    Bus collided with a Passanger van  after knocking down a herd of Cattle lying down on the road  at Umayalpuram in Kilinochchi District on the Kandy -Jaffna A09 highway yesterday morning(24).


The Bus driver lost the control of the high speed bus and  as a result the bus   knocked down  a herd of Cattle lying  on the road and Then collided with a van on its,way from  Katunayake International Airport  .The injured were adnitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Kilinochchi General Hospital.

Kilinochchi Police had arrested the Bus driver regarding the incident and investigating  further on the incident.




  

Online Safety Bill Passed In Parliament

 The controversial Online safety bill  which proposed to regulate Social Media networks and to ensure the safety of online activities had been passed in Parliament with majority of 46 votes yesterday (24).


At the vote 108 voted in favor of the bill and 46 voted against it .MP's representing  Samagi Janabalawegaya ,Jathika Janabalawegaya ,Tamil Natonal Alliance (TNA) and Nidahas Janatha sabawa were voted against  the Bill.Government MP and former Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe had voted against the.bill.


More Than 450 KG Of Narcotics Destroyed In Wanathawilluwa

 Defence Authorities have destroyed a stock.of narcotics weighing more than 450 Kilo Grammes  seized during raids conducted recently in the ...