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.
A fire at a Macdonald restaurant in Colombo
A fire has broken out at a private International chain restaurant (Macdonald) near the Sports Ministry in Colombo. According to the reports the fire broke out at around 5.30 am today (20). The fire caused severe damage to the building where the restaurant is located. The fire was reportedly caused by an explosion caused by a gas leak. The fire has been extinguished using 6 fire trucks belonging to the Colombo Municipal Council. Two persons have been slightly injured in a fire that broke out inside a restaurant at the sports complex in front of the Colombo Race Course, police said. Police Media Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa stated that two youths who were staying in the parking lot in front of the building were slightly injured. The two went to the hospital and left after receiving treatment. The fire broke out in a restaurant downstairs in the old racetrack at the sports stadium this morning and is suspected to have been caused by an explosion caused by a gas leak. The fire brigade and the police took steps to control the fire in the building and the Government Analyst will inspect the location to ascertain the cause of the fire, the police spokesman said. The Cinnamon Gardens Police are conducting investigations under the SSP in charge of the Colombo South Division.
Garbage tea is mixed and exports with cylone tea, Sri Lankan tea prices go down
Small tea estate owners say that the price of green tea leaves in the country is declining rapidly these days. They point out that this situation has arisen due to the import of substandard tea from India and Kenya, blending it with Sri Lankan tea and re-exporting it. Wasantha Alwis of the Tea Small Holders’ Association stated that the price of a kilo of green tea leaves which was 120 rupees when the present government came to power has come down to 88 rupees. As a result, smallholder tea growers are facing a serious economic crisis, he said. He further state ed that this situation has arisen due to the decision taken by the government to allow tea to be imported from abroad and blended with 30% of Sri Lankan tea and re-exported
Arrest of Millennium City military intelligence officers is not an illegal act – Fonseka
Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka says the arrest of Millennium City Army intelligence officers is not an illegal act. Mr. Fonseka said the possession of weapons at the site was an illegal act by a senior army officer and that he would reject any attempt by the government to sling mud at it. He said there was no need to bring claymore mines to Colombo as military intelligence never deployed long distances. He added that they were carried out by the Special Task Force. He also stars that he was the Commander of Jaffna at the time of the Millennium City incident. Mr. Fonseka says that those war heroes were used as puppets to overthrow the government. He was speaking during the third debate on the budget in Parliament.
The main lamppost of a LTTE Mahavira cemetery is smashed
The main lamppost at the Attkattiveli Maha Viru Cemetery in the Manthai West Divisional Secretariat in Mannar was destroyed yesterday (19), residents said. The first lantern that lights the first lamp at the annual Heroes’ Day celebrations has been smashed and destroyed by a group of people. Members of the Tamil Maha Viru Organizing Committee have strongly condemned the act as a sabotage. The people of Mannar are also urging the authorities to immediately find the perpetrators of the destruction of the Tamil people’s commemorative rights and enforce the law on them expeditiously.
Sri Lanka loses the trophy
The Sri Lankan football team unfortunately missed out on the chance to win an International Football Cup after 26 years yesterday (19). Seychelles won the Prime Minister’s Mahinda Rajapaksa Trophy four-a-side football tournament 3-1 on penalties. The final of the Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa Trophy four-a-side football tournament was played between Sri Lanka and Seychelles at the Colombo Race Course.
Kim Kardashian, 41, is having an affair with 28-year-old Pete
The news that Kim Kardashian, who is considered to be the most attractive female model in the Hollywood art world, has got a boyfriend again has been controversially reported. Kim Kardashian, a 41-year-old mother of four, has decided to divorce her partner Kanya West last February after falling in love with a 28-year-old man. Kim and young man Pete appeared in public on Wednesday as they celebrated Pitt’s birthday in Palm Springs, California, and were caught on media photos. Kim Kardashian has admitted that she is her boyfriend in the face of questions from fans on her social media accounts. This young man is Pete, who has previously had romantic relationships with a number of famous women.