The timesonline team had a chance to visit the 52.2 mega watt thermal power plant set up by Lakdhanavi Ltd subsidiary, Raj Lanka Power Company Limited. Located in Rajshahi district in Bangladesh approximately 200 km from Dhaka, the plant is designed to use Heavy Furnace Oil (HFO) as the main fuel and Diesel can be used as a back-up fuel. The facility includes six complete HFO/Gas based reciprocating engines (Wärtsilä 20V32) each coupled with a generator (ABB AMG – 11.115MVA). The plant commenced commercial operation in January 2014.
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
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The only orangutan held at the Dehiwala National Zoological gardens had passed away yesterday.
The Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Organisation Ven Galagodaatte Ganasara Thera was today imprisoned for the third time.
The newly appointed heads of mission of Sri Lanka held discussions with Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya today at the Sri Lankan parliament to explore ways to enhance diplomatic cooperation.
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