The Foreign Employment Bureau said that no Sri Lankan has been injured from the fire that broke out at a residential block belonging to Saudi Arabian Aramco oil company at Al Koba in Saudi Arabia. 11 persons have died from the incident while 219 have been injured. It is reported that there were 484 housing units in this residential block. The fire that broke out in the ground floor of the apartment has spread to other nearby buildings as well. According to the Government Information Department the Media Coordinator of the Bureau Mangala Randeniya said Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe has also instructed the Bureau to implement a special programme to find out whether any Sri Lankan has been injured from the incident. He said that two officers of the Sri Lankan Embassy at Saudi Arabia have already reached the location to inquire about this.
The Finance Ministry has released full details of the removal of the suspension on Importation of Motor Vehicles.
Speaker Ashoka Ranawala whose educational qualifications have been questioned has decided to step down from the post of Speaker
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