Cabinet approval has been granted to construct a 300 Megawatt new coal power plant as a part of the expansion plans of the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant.
The power plant, which would be the fourth of its kind as a part of the expansion project, is to be constructed within the premises of the Norochcholai coal power plant.
A cabinet paper to this effect had been put forward by Power and Energy Minister Ravi Karunanayake.
A press release issued by the government said that the proposal had been submitted after considering Sri Lanka's electricity generation plan between 2018 and 2037.
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.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is firm about the President’s five-year tenure, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
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