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2 October, 2022 0

Coal secured to avoid extended power cuts

There will be no eight-to-ten-hour power cuts due to a lack of coal, Lanka Coal Company (LCC) Chairman Jagath Perera told the Sunday Observer yesterday.“We have secured coal for the continuity of power generation and prevention of coal–induced power outages,” Perera said.He said that although some political elements, trade unionists, and some interested parties have floated the idea that the country would...

Central Bank to release funds, Eight coal shipments inbound, President resolved the issue before leaving for Japan

2 October, 2022 0

New luxury train between Colombo Fort and Kandy on weekends

The Department of Railways launched a new luxury train between Colombo Fort and Kandy during the weekend from yesterday, October 1.The inaugural train to Kandy commenced from Colombo Fort yesterday under the patronage of Transport, Highways and Mass Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardane.Dr. Gunawardane told a media briefing at the Government Information Department on Thursday that the luxury train will...

2 October, 2022 0

President pledges to address concerns on child nutrition

The Government will ensure that all children in the country receive a balanced and nutritious diet containing the right amount of calories, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday.“Measures have been taken to provide a balanced meal to schoolchildren at Government expense and as an initial step a program to provide a nutritious meal for 1,080,000 schoolchildren prior to the commencement of classes,...

2 October, 2022 0

Inflation and intuition

Everyone knows that it was inevitable there would be some food insecurity as a result of the economic meltdown and its repercussions. Even so it’s not a problem that has been deeply analysed.For starters, there hasn’t been enough time to identify all the factors that contributed to high food inflation, apart from the obvious reasons of course.Well, apart from the obvious reasons what else is there, it may...

2 October, 2022 0

A vibrant Opposition, the need of the hour

The origin of parliamentary democracy goes back many centuries to Great Britain where it was founded. Eventually it had been adopted by sections of the global community as the most suitable form of Government.Prior to the Second World War a large number of countries in the East and the West were under the British Empire and after gaining independence all of them observed parliamentary democracy and started...

2 October, 2022 0

Peaceful environment, vital to promote tourism - Bandula Gunawardane

Minister of Transport, Highways and Mass Media, Dr. Bandula Gunawardane said Sri Lankan politicians and other pressure groups should shed their differences and unite and create a peaceful environment in Sri Lanka to promote tourism which is the quickest source of obtaining the much needed foreign exchange for the country.The Minister, the chief guest at the World Tourism day celebrations at the Tourism...

2 October, 2022 0

Sri Lankan cricketers leave with a ‘parting message’

With the euphoria of winning the Asia Cup subsiding and the focus now on the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia, the Sri Lanka team departed with a warning that hysterical followers of the country’s main passion better watch their steps and not be over the moon that a bigger trophy is within striking distance.The players pumped up by the occasion left in the early hours of this morning and in a parting...

2 October, 2022 0

Ceylon Shipping Corporation earns over US $ 21 million

The Ceylon Shipping Corporation (CSC), a State-Owned Enterprise, has earned over USD 21 million by using two Sri Lankan ships to carry merchandise in international waters.Corporation Chairman W.S. Weeraman said that the two ships owned by the CSC have been leased to Singapore’s Wallem Shipping, who act as Commercial Managers.They were appointed via a government tender procedure to use the two ships for...