Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara today told Parliament that those applying for new electricity connections would be able to pay their connection fees on an installment basis.
He said accordingly only 25 per cent needs to be paid to obtain the connection and the rest could be paid in 10 to 12 instalments under the new scheme to be introduced shortly.
He said that factories too would be given concessions.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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