Gun salutes held in tribute to Prince Philip in Britain
Tributes to the Duke of Edinburgh following his death at the age of 99 occurred centering around Windsor Castle.Many gun salutes occurred accross the country. Some of them are in Gibraltar and at sea. “The Honourable Artillery Company fired the gun salute from the bank of the River Thames near the Tower of London. The gun salute by The King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery took place at the Parade Ground, Woolwich Barracks, in central London.” BBC Members of the different Royal regiments fire a 41-round gun salutes accross the country.
Alibaba got huge fine for abusing its dominant market position
China’s Alibaba ,the world’s biggest online retailer had received a record fine of $2.75bn.According to the regulators in China the company had abused its dominant position in market for several years. Also, the analysts says, the fine shows “China intends to move against internet platforms that it thinks are too big.” BBC The company act as the China’s Amazon meets eBay, and even the retailing is its main activity but now its work has spread to digital payments, credit and cloud computing.Also the fine amounts of Alibaba’s revenue in 2019 is identified as 4%. But the regulators complain Alibaba restricted competition by stopping some sellers using other platforms and its the misusing of market. This is included to anti-monopoly case for now by the market; experts says. Not only the Alibaba country’s other tech giants also facing pressure from regulators worried about their growing influence. Those companies include Tencent, Baidu, Didi Chuxing, SoftBank and a ByteDance-backed firm and fined over violating anti-monopoly rules.
A fuel bowser catches on fire in the Southern Expressway
A fuel bowser caught fire on the Southern Expressway today morning (April 10) ;Police said It is reported that the fuel bowser was traveling from Colombo to Galle and it had veered off the road and caught fire in the Kurunduga hahetekma area on the southern expressway. The driver and his assistant were injured in the incident and were admitted to the Nagoda Hospital, police said.
DMX dies, American rapper and actor
American rapper and actor DMX (Dark Man X)whose real name is Earl Simmons has died at the age of 50. It is reported that he was suffering a heart attack for five days at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, New York yesterday (April 9) News reports says that he had been placed on life support and died with his family by his side. “He was a warrior who fought till the very end.Earl’s music inspired countless fans across the world and his iconic legacy will live on forever” ; his family statements said. He was a leading hip-hop performer and he collaborated with artists like JAY-Z, Ja Rule and LL Cool J. Party Up (Up in Here) and X Gon’ Give It To Ya are the most famous songs that he had sung in the history. He also acted on movies like Cradle 2 the Grave, Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds Born in Mount Vernon and New York in 1970. It was well known that he was suffered with substance abuse and spent several periods in rehab also he served jail sentences on charges including animal cruelty, reckless driving, drug possession and weapons possession.BBC He is a father of 15 years old and known as a family man who loves his family a lot. His manager Steve Rifkind, actress Halle Berry, Rappers Ice Cube, Soulja Boy and Chance the Rapper also tweeted their condolences. Also the American rapper and singer Missy Elliott Charlie Puth, also shared tributes to the artist, along with basketball stars LeBron James and Shaquille O’Neal had made social media statements to show the greatfulness to the rapper.
Sri Lankan economy is losing around Rs. 20 billion by wasting vegetables and fruits
Sri Lankan economy is losing around Rs. 20 billion by wasting vegetables and fruits per year; Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) revealed. This was revealed after an audit conducted by the National Audit Office in 2015. The report reveals about 270000 metric tons of vegetables and fruits are being wasted annually in the country. The above informations were mentioned at a COPA Committee meeting chaired by Prof. Tissa Vitharana which was held at the Parliament Complex (April 07). The post-harvest damage in the vegetables and fruits in Sri Lanka is estimated between 30-40 precent according to the report. Also thr report says that 73% of adult population is not consuming the considerable adequate amount of vegetables and fruits. Not only that it revealed the malnutrition level of the country is also high with a rate around 21 feature image by – https://srilankamirror.com/news/10205-rs-18-billion-annual-loss-from-post-harvest-waste
Government going distribute Rs 5000 avurudu allowance for Samurdi & low income families
State Minister Shehan Semasinghe statedGovernment had decided to provide cash allowance of Rs. 5000 to public. They mainly forcing on Samurdhi recipients and low income families for the Sinhala & Tamil new yead festive season.
The man who shipped from Australia to UK in a wooden crate : searching for his two friends Paul and John
Brian Robson the person who shipped from Australia to UK is looking for his two Irish friends who helped stuff him into a wooden crate in 1965 and ship him home to the U.K. in the mail. He was 19 years old at that time and had travelled from Cardiff, Wales, to Melbourne, Australia, to work for Victorian Railways. But after came to Melbourne in 1964 he regretted the decision and became worried with homesick. But quitting his job and flying home wasn’t easy as he had a contract with the Australian government to stay and work for two years. If he broke the contract, he has to pay back the money the country spent for him which was around £700. But his monthly wage was £40 at that time and it was impossible to find that amount of money easily. But his two buddies executed an unconventional plan. They took a wooden crate and it was enough to barely fit inside with his knees folded up to his chest. He only had a bottle of water, a flashlight, an empty bottle, a small suitcase, a pillow and a hammer to break out. Then they covered it with labels that read “Fragile,” “Handle with care” and “This side up.”The parcel was scheduled to fly from Melbourne to London within 36 hours. He explained how terrifing the journey was and how he ended up in USA instead of UK. He thankfull for America because he was treated nicely. Many years later he had written a book named“The Crate Escape”. Also he told the media that “I’d love to find them again.”
Truth of the online video of Caroline circulating that she is leaving the crown ; Chandimal Jayasinghe.
A video of Mrs World Caroline Jury 2020 circulating on the internet about crowning the winner of the next pageant to be held in Sri Lanka. Chandimal Jayasinghe, the National Organiser of the Mrs Sri Lanka Mrs World pageant, has posted a note on his Facebook account stating that the video states that Ms. Caroline will be crowned the next winner, not a statement that she will leave her crown due to the recent Mrs World pageant.
A 3000-year-old city was uncovered: Egypt’s lost golden city
Famous Egyptologist Zahi Hawass announced the discovery of the remains of an ancient city in the desert outside Luxor (April 8) It is identified as the largest city ever found in Egypt. It dates back to the age of the pharaohs and dated back to 3000 years and belong to the reign of Amenhotep III and discovered as continued to be used by Tutankhamun. City was buried under sand for thousands years and it is one of the most important finds since unearthing Tutankhamun’s tomb. “second most important archeological discovery since the tomb of Tutankhamun” Betsy Bryan, professor of Egyptian Art and Archaeology at Johns Hopkins University said. Jewellery items, coloured pottery vessels, scarab beetle amulets and mud bricks bearing seals of Amenhotep III have been unearthed. The excavations began in September last year.
Relief package is enough for one person for 2 weeks not for a family; Minister Bandula Gunawardane
Minister Bandula clarifies his statement on relief pack which he told the public that the relief pack will enough to use two weeks for one family. Yesterday he clarified that it’s only enough for one person for two weeks. A big media and social media discussions started after his previous statement.