Private buses operating from Negombo have commenced a strike action in support Ven Athuraliye Rathana Thera's hunger strike which is in its fourth day today (June 03).
It is reported that three-wheelers operating in the Meegamuwa area have also joined the strike thereby inconveniencing area residents in terms of transport.
Parliamentarian Rathana Thera is staging a fast-unto-death campaign demanding the removal of Minister Rishad Bathiudeen along with Governors Azath Salley and M.L.A.M. Hizbullah.
The final rites of veteran broadcaster, writer, and lyricist Nirmala de Alwis will be held today at Peradeniya.
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The Supreme Court today ordered the owning and operating companies of the X-Press Pearl Vessel to pay US $ one billion as compensation for the environmental and economic damage it caused, after the ship sank off the Colombo Port in 2021.
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