Political Crisis in Sri Lanka- Ranil Wickramasinghe has been elected as the successor president in the todays election
Acting President Ranil Wickramasinghe has been elected as the successor president in today’s parliamentary polls. Accordingly, the number of votes obtained by them are as follows.Ranil Wickramasinghe – 134Dallas Alahapperuma – 82Anura Dissanayake – 03
Economic Crisis in Sri Lanka- Electricity bill will increase by 69 % since August
Janaka Ratnayake, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, said that the electricity tariffs will be increased from the beginning of next month (August) and the existing electricity tariff is likely to increase by about 69% accordingly. At a press conference held yesterday (19) in Colombo, Mr. Ratnayake stated that even though the Electricity Board demanded a 130 % bill increase, it will be implemented in a manner that is as fair as possible by providing concessions to the lowest electricity consumers. He also mentioned that the time given to the public to submit proposals regarding the increase in fees has ended and a review will be conducted on the 28th of this month at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, focusing on 150 proposals.
Fuel Crisis in Sri Lanka-Only 3600 buses on service today- Ceylon Private Bus Owners’ Association
Ceylon Private Bus Owners’ Association says that the private bus service has been disrupted even today. Its chairman Mr. Gemunu Wijeratne stated that the release of fuel for his buses has not been done properly so far. He also stated that there was a special discussion on providing fuel for private buses yesterday. Meanwhile, the Sri Lanka Transport Board announced that more than 3600 buses have been put into operation today. Trains will run as per the normal schedule today.
Acceptance of foreign mail items has resumed in Sri Lanka- postal department
The postal department says that the acceptance of foreign postal items, which had been suspended for several countries, will resume from today (20). Postmaster General Mr Ranjith Ariyaratne mentioned that Israel will start accepting postal items for the Netherlands and America accordingly. The foreign postal fee is also going to be increased from the 1st of next month.
The economic crisis in Sri Lanka-5 lakh gas cylinders have been distributed so far – Litro Company
Litro Company says that 5 lack gas cylinders have been distributed so far. Its chairman, Mr. Muditha Peiris, mentioned that it is planned to distribute 60,000 gas cylinders to areas outside Colombo today. Sri Lanka faces a huge shortage of cooking gas since the economic crisis hits the country. The public had to wait in queues for days to buy a gas cylinder. Meanwhile, the gas companies took action to increase the gas price within a short period.
Presidential vote-Parliamentary officials visit hospital to take the vote
Parliamentary officials have gone to the hospital to collect the vote of MP Saman Priya Herath. The speaker informed that the member of parliament was sick and had to go to the hospital to collect his vote. Since there was no objection to it, the speaker arranged to send the parliamentary officials to the hospital. The voting for the election of the President is currently being held in the Parliament.
12 people who threatened and influenced the members of Parliament about voting in selecting president identified
12 people have been identified who threatened and influenced the members of Parliament during the voting for electing a President in the Parliament today. The Criminal Investigation Department states that they have pressured and threatened these parliamentarians through social networks. Government has requested Facebook information from those people. The CID has reported to the court that the group posted threatening comments on social media saying, “Don’t come to the village after voting Ranil’ . The police have reported to the court that among these people there are four people who are involved in the Galle face protest, Lahiru Wirasekera, Rathkarave Jinarathana Thero and Anuruddha Bandara.
Political Crisis in Sri Lanka- President will be appointed today,Strong security guard for the Parliament
The parliamentary poll to elect the 8th Executive President of Sri Lanka will be held today. The 225 members of parliament are going to vote for this. After the resignation of Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa from his position, a successor president is to be chosen today to rule the country for the remaining period of the vacancy. Due to this, strict police guards have been deployed around the Parliament and all the entrance roads. It has also been done to ban protests and agitations today.
If Sri Lanka wants peace, remove the Sri Lankan national flag..- LTTE Diaspora
The LTTE diaspora has requested the international community to immediately remove the Sri Lankan national flag if there is to be peace in Sri Lanka. LTTE diaspora has further informed that all the atrocities against the Dravidian people were done because of the national flag. Also, they have demanded the removal of the security forces from the North-East and the establishment of a new constitution by a revolutionary committee. Lanka C News
The government decided to close all government and government-approved schools further
All government and government approved schools have been closed further. This step has been taken due to transportation difficulties due to the fuel crisis. The Ministry of education says that schools will reopen next Sunday.