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By Chaminda Silva The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said that daily power cuts would not increase despite the shut down of one generator at the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant due to the shortage of coal. With this shut down, the national grid will lose 270 megawatts. However, this will be replaced with the 165 megawatt […]
By A.J.A Abeynayake Kandy Chief Magistrate Srinith Wijesekera on Thursday (22) ordered police to arrest the head of the Peradeniya University Students Union, Anuruddha Vidanage in connection with a recent assault on former Vice Chancellor Prof. Athula Senarathne and his son. Police said Prof. Senaratne’s son’s car had collided with a parked motorcycle, and following […]
Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to China, Dr. Palitha Kohona, told journalists that all the staff members of the Sri Lankan Embassy, in Beijing, have contracted COVID-19.The Embassy has a staff of 22.Dr. Kohona said all the staff members have moderate to mild symptoms.
By Rathindra Kuruwita The People’s Action For Free & Fair Elections (PAFFREL) will go to Court if the government attempts to postpone polls, its Executive Director, Rohana Hettiarachchi says.Hettiarachchi yesterday said that the Elections Commission had to announce a day for the Local Council elections by the end of the first week of January. “According […]
By Saman Indrajith The police, on Thursday (22), arrested 47 people, with narcotics during raids carried out near 149 schools in the Western ProvinceAmong those arrested is a 17-year-old student near a school in Mirihana, caught with cannabis. The raids were conducted on the instructions of Senior DIG in charge of the Western Province, Deshabandu […]