The supply of fuel to the Ceylon Electricity Board was suspended from midnight yesterday (Jun 30), petroleum unions said citing issues concerning oil pipelines.
Minister Ravi Karunanayake's move to suspend the laying of a pipeline from the Colombo Port to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC)'s storage terminal in Kolonnawa has been cited as the main reason for the stoppage of fuel supply.
CPC unions claimed that the Power and Energy Minister had suspended the laying of a 140-metre long oil pipeline - a remaining part of the five kilometre pipeline which is under construction.
However, Petroleum Resources Minister Kabir Hashim said this issue would be resolved with the intervention of the Prime Minister in near future.
Mr. Ali Sabri Rahim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Puttalam District whom an open warrant had been issued, attended a public ceremony at Al Aksha National School in Kalpitiya today (16) as the special guest of honor.
The Supreme Court today refused interim relief in an application filed by President’s Counsel Senaka Walgampaya seeking an Order from the Supreme Court compelling the President to appoint judges to fill the existing vacancies in the Court Of Appeal.
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Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
Two underworld criminals wanted for multiple crimes, including murder, were brought from Dubai to Sri Lanka, today (12).
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
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