Minister of Power and Energy Patali Champika Ranwaka today threatened to expose all persons who have committed fraud in the Ceylon Petroleum Co-operation (CPC). The Minster made the comments when he visited the CPC headoffice in Dematagoda. The newly appointed Minister said that he would uplift the state of the petroleum by ending bribery and fraud that took place in the CPC. He also said that the officials should be just and always work for the betterment of people. “Protests would not be tolerated. We do not like to punish people. We are only there to serve people”, he said. With the end of corruption in the affairs of petroleum related transactions, the CPC would be able to provide tax free fuel, he said.
I still remember the day of August 1947 floods, as it was the last school day at Kingswood College Kandy and the height the water soured. Water rose to the height of the Cross of the Chrurch at Getambe and the water was so high that it engulfed the Getambe Rajaponawarma Temple leaving only a few leaves of the Bo-tree visible.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate and submit a report over a complaint about the alleged illegal assets gained by model Piumi Hansamali.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
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