There are no vegetables in the Parliament canteen. rice with Sambol, bread fruit curry, cucumber salad, meatballs.
The shortage of vegetables in the market these days and the high prices have also affected the Parliament canteen. After the second reading vote of the budget yesterday, no vegetables were prepared in the dining hall of the Parliamentary staff and in the canteen of the journalists. A parliamentary spokesman said the situation was due to high vegetable prices and a shortage of vegetables in the market. He also stated that it has become impossible to prepare vegetables for lunch in the coming days. Lunch at the Parliament Staff Restaurant and Journalists’ Restaurant yesterday consisted only of rice, potato cakes, coconut balls, meatball curry, cucumber salad and bread curry.
Six school children were killed and Eleven others who were injured in the accident after a ferry capsized
Six school children were killed when a ferry capsized, police said. The accident took place this morning in the Kurunjankeni area in Trincomalee. Eleven others who were injured in the accident have been admitted to the hospital.
A Diplomatic challenge from India to Sri Lanka. Deputy High Commissioner to attend LTTE commemoration in Jaffna wearing LTTE symbols.
Indian Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Rakesh Natraj Jayabaskaran, Head of the Indian Consulate in Jaffna, paid a courtesy call on the LTTE. The organization has participated in a ceremony to open a flower nursery in Jaffna and distribute plants wearing the Niyagala flower. The event was held at the ‘Kittu’ or Sangilian Park in Nallur, Jaffna on the morning of the 20th and was organized by the Tamil National Green Movement to mark the planting month of November. Deputy High Commissioner of India Rakesh Nataraj Jayabaskaran was the Chief Guest at the event which was organized by the former Minister of Agriculture of the Northern Province Ponnathurai Integration at Sangilian Park. The Deputy High Commissioner of India and other invitees were received by the organizers with a Nigella flower, the flower of the LTTE. The Deputy High Commissioner of India also participated in the plant distribution program organized with the participation of the drought victims. The event will be held from the 20th to the 26th at the Sangilian Park and will also feature the LTTE’s Heroes’ Week.
Corona Infections are doubled in recent weeks
The Government Nurses’ Association says the number of cases of the corona has doubled in recent weeks. Its chairman Saman Ratnapriya said the government had stated that although Anuradhapura, Ampara, Badulla and other districts had reported the highest number of patients, the number was low. He emphasized the need to focus on climate change and said that it was even more important now with the crisis.
Pradeshiya Sabha representee of the Sri Lanka People’s Front has been tied to a tree and handed over to the police
A member of the Panadura Pradeshiya Sabha representing the Sri Lanka People’s Front has been tied to a tree and handed over to the police by the residents of the area. Residents of the Galpatha area have alleged that the MP had behaved drunkenly and obscenely harassing the residents of the area. The Member of Parliament was arrested following a telephone call made to the Police Emergency Response Unit after he had tied himself to a power pole on the side of the road. After his arrest, it was confirmed that he was drunk after being referred to a doctor. The MP is scheduled to appear in court today.
Saudi Arabia for the first time allows women to compete in football
Saudi Arabia, a country that has long been plagued by restrictions on women, lifted a decades-old ban on women footballers a few years ago. It has now developed a strong enough national team to compete in major tournaments. Saudi Arabia is set to launch its first women’s soccer league on Monday, according to foreign media reports. Sixteen women’s teams will compete in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam. According to local media reports, they expect to even play in a World Cup. Such sports were forbidden to women in the country due to extremist Muslim views. There was also world talk of poor human rights record in Saudi Arabia and the imprisonment of women activists. Due to this, the latest step in the reform movement that emerged some time ago was the establishment of the Saudi Football Federation Women’s Football League.
Government decides to pay $ 6.7 million for Chinese fertilizer ship.
The Government of Sri Lanka has decided to pay $ 6.7 million for the shipment of fertilizer from China to Sri Lanka. Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage has told the Sunday Times that he is ready to solve the problem by paying 75% of the value of the fertilizer stock. The Minister has stated that there is no need to create a diplomatic problem with China due to this fertilizer spill. Accordingly, a proposal will be submitted to the Cabinet for approval, the Minister said.
The government is considering removing Arabic nameplates for certain roads in the Eastern Province
The government is considering removing Arabic nameplates for certain roads in the Eastern Province. The attention of the Public Service Commission and the Survey Department of Sri Lanka has been drawn to remove the names of roads in other languages besides the national languages. The Survey Department says that those names will be removed by a new bill to be presented to Parliament in the future. According to the Sri Lankan government, if a name board is displayed to the public, Sinhala and Tamil should be given priority and English should be given third place as an allied language.
Diabetes and eye diseases on the rise due to corona – National Hospital
The Colombo National Hospital says that the number of eye diseases has increased due to the exacerbation of diabetes due to the corona virus infection. Its director Dhammika Alahapperuma says that due to corona infections, many diabetics are unable to attend clinics to get proper medication. He added that the risk of eye diseases has also increased as the rise in diabetes has a major impact on eye diseases. He added that the acupuncture services at the National Hospital are functioning normally as the corona condition is currently under control.
I opposed to building project for Sadahiru Seya. my signature was taken by force – Former Director-General of Archeology
I Former Director General of Archeology Senarath Dissanayake has stated that the land on which the Sandahiru Seya was built, which was offered to the Sasana on the 15th of this month, was forcibly approved by him. He later told them not to build a stupa on the site and to build a smaller one. He made these comments while participating in a discussion on an internet channel.