Scholarship tuition classes banned after midnight today
All tuition classes, lectures and seminars related to the Grade 5 scholarship examination will be banned from midnight today (18). As the scholarship examination will be held on January 22, activities including conducting tuition classes will be prohibited from midnight today until the end of the examination, the Examinations Department said. Accordingly, activities such as organizing and conducting tuition classes, conducting lectures, seminars, workshops, printing and distributing question papers including guessing questions are prohibited, the department said.
Sri Lanka Under-19 cricket team beats Australia
Sri Lanka beat Australia by 04 wickets in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Batting first, Australia scored 175 runs for the loss of all wickets while Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. Skipper Dunith Wellalage scored 52 runs. Meanwhile, the second one day cricket match between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe is scheduled to begin today (18) at 2.30 pm at the Pallekele Stadium in Kandy.
More than 89,000 people visited the port city
It is reported that 89,540 people have visited the Colombo Port City during the past 8 days. The Marina Zone in the Port City of Colombo, which opened on January 9, was open to the public from the following day. Accordingly, the public was able to enter the Marina Zone in the Port City of Colombo every day from 9 am to 6 pm and visit the premises. The last few days of the long weekend have also seen a large influx of people into the Marina area.
Manike Mage Hithe used to the election campaign of Prime Minister of India
The song “Menike Mage Hithe” sung by Johani de Silva is still in demand around the world. We find good evidence of this again in neighbouring India. The election theme song of the ruling Bharathiya Janatha Party has been created by translating “Menike Mage Hithe”. India’s Uttar Pradesh elections are set to take place soon. The ruling BJP, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is also gearing up for its victory these days. The party theme song for the election campaign was released recently. The song was composed by the Sri Lankan new generation singer Yohani de Silva and sung to the tune of ‘Menike mage with which shakes the world. The song ‘Menike Mge Hithe’ which was released last year has become hugely popular in India and has surpassed 200 million views on YouTube.
People stand out against Pushpika De Silvas false statement, She lied about taking Fourth place
Mrs World Beauty Pageant took the attention of the whole world and Mrs America was crowned as Mrs World this time. People paid much attention to the Sri Lankan contestants as the controversial incident happened in the Mrs Sri Lanka crowning moment. Pushpa the Silva was able to get into the final six contestants and she had made a statement on her social media saying that she got fourth place in the event. But people commented under her statement correcting her saying that there is no way of giving places except the first three contestants. People started to criticise her statement had requested to correct it. Also, many Sri Lankan people criticised her for leading such a controversial incident as many suspects she used her political influence to win the contest. Also, the contestants who participated in the Mrs Sri Lanka event supported the former resigned Mrs World Caroline Juri for standing against the system. Even they didn’t approve of the way she removed the crown many said that Caroline Juri was pressured backstage for her controversial act as many believe the judgment was done under high political influence. So many Sri Lankan names resigned Mrs World Caroline Juri as the “Beauty queen of the people heart” who sacrifices her crown standing against the system. This is the comment by Libby Crawford Please correct your assumptions of ” fourth place”.Nobody was sixth or fifth or fourth. That is false. No scores or placements are given to anyone but the top three in the world. Be happy for the winner and give her congratulations as she is deserving your respect Just as the organisation respected the Ms Rosys appearance at the event. As you were lucky to place in the six.
A fire in a forest reserve
A fire in a forest reserve near the Keselgamu Oya, which is the main source of water for Castlereagh Reservoir, has destroyed about two acres. The fire had destroyed a reserve in the wet zone of Chapelton Estate in the Bogawantalawa Police Division. The fire broke out at around 5 pm on the 15th and lasted till around 7 pm. Residents of the Bogawantalawa area say that a group of people may have set fire to the reserve due to the severe dry weather conditions prevailing in the area.
Due to the delay of releasing dollars to fuel country will have to pay around 60 million rupees as delay charges
Due to the delay of releasing dollars to fuel tankers arriving at the Port of Colombo The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (Cepetco) has estimated that it will have to pay around the US $ 300,000 (about 60 million rupees) in delays. At present, two ships carrying 80,000 tons (40,000 x 2) of diesel metric, one vessel containing 30,000 tons of jet fuel oil and 30,000 tons of petroleum metric have arrived in Sri Lankan waters. A ship carrying a 40,000 metric tonne diesel, which arrived in Sri Lankan waters on the 8th, and a ship carrying a 40,000 metric tonne diesel, which arrived on the 9th, have not started to unload as the dollars have not been released to the relevant banks. However, the shipment of 30,000 metric tons of oil, which arrived on the 11th, began landing three days later on the 14th. However, the oil tanker that arrived on the 11th has not yet started unloading fuel.
Fatal accident in Ampara that killed three
Three persons, including a child, were killed in a road accident in the Ali Wanguwa area on the Hingurana Siyambalanduwa road in the Ampara – Damana police division. The accident occurred when a lorry traveling from Damana to Wadinagala collided with a car coming from the opposite direction, police said. Eight persons were traveling in the car at the time of the accident and three of them were admitted to Ampara and Damana hospitals with serious injuries. Police stated that the three were killed there. The dead included a 31-year-old man, a 29-year-old woman and a four-year-old boy. The other five injured are being treated at the Ampara Hospital. The police stated that the accident had taken place due to the careless driving of the driver of the car and the lorry. The driver of the lorry has been arrested in connection with the accident. Police are conducting further investigations into the incident.
Mother of three drowns to death
A young wife who went to have fun with her husband and three children was the victim of an unfortunate fate. The woman had drowned while swimming in the Kosgoda sea. The deceased has been identified as a 32 year old woman residing in Kosgoda. Kosgoda Police are conducting further investigations.
Former President of Mali passed away
Former Malian President Ibrahim Bubakar Kita has died. Foreign media have reported that the former president has died at his home in the capital Bamako. Ibrahim Bubakar had a stroke two years ago, but it is unknown at this time what caused the deaths. Ibrahim Bubakar was 76 years old at the time of his death.