Mar 31 (CI) Dimuth Karunaratne, Sri Lanka's Test captain, was arrested for drink driving in Colombo on Sunday morning after he was involved in an accident that put the driver of a three-wheeler in hospital. According to police, the injured driver has sustained only minor injuries. Karunaratne has been granted bail, having been taken into custody at roughly 5:40am Sri Lanka time on Sunday in the Borella neighbourhood.
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Mar 31 (Island) Minister P. Harrison and the Resources Department yesterday opened a fortified rice blending facility in Tambuteegama, Anuradhapura. The facility was established by the National Food Promotion Board (NFPB) with Rs. 53 million (USD 300,000) of funding and technical assistance from the UN World Food Program. It will support the govt to produce fortified rice to enhance children’s nutrition in SL.
Mar 31 (CT) Those who don’t learn lessons from the past, find excuses for the power crisis without taking steps to prevent a re-occurrence in the future! It is plainly obvious that deals in the power and energy sector are complex. It is hard to name those responsible for the crisis. While there was more than enough opportunity to prevent it, the CEB alleges that Ministry Secretary Dr. Suren Batagoda should be blamed for intentionally
Mar 31 (ST) Govt is set to rush into emergency power purchases from the private sector to overcome the current power crisis, despite previous claims that it would not resort to such action. Accordingly, Power & Energy Ministry and CEB have held talks to buy 50MW from Asia Power in Sapugaskanda, 24MW from ACE Power in Matara and 30MW from Northern Power. In addition, talks are also underway to buy 100MW from
Mar 31 (ST) Going up in smoke tomorrow will be 769kg of cocaine — a stock that was kept as court case evidence and released after a lengthily legal process. The large stock will be inspected by a magistrate and subjected to sample testing on site by the Govt Analyst. The exercise will be open to media coverage, said Dr. Samantha Kiathalawaarchchi, Director of the Presidential task force on drug prevention.
