Ananda Palitha, a Trade Unionist attached to the Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, was granted bail by courts yesterday over a statement he made in public recently.
Earlier he was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on Saturday after making a statement warning the public of an acute fuel shortage in the coming days.
He was produced before the courts yesterday and subsequently released on bail.
Energy Ministry differs on proposed electricity tariff reduction from today.
The Energy Ministry has decided to go ahead with the PUCSL recommendation of reducing the electricity tariff by an average of 20 per cent, Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody said today.
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