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Electricity and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera says that there will be no change in fuel prices tonight (01).The minister further stated in a Twitter message that the next amendment will be evaluated on September 15.Below is the Twitter message issued in this regard.

This is the second agreement with a national university to boost the Sri Lankan ICT industry.Huawei, a world-leading brand in ICT infrastructure and smart device manufacturing, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Sri Jayewardenepura with the aim of building and nurturing local ICT talent. Through this, university students will have the opportunity to get training in the field of information technology, and Huawei also expects to establish a Huawei ICT Academy and a joint innovation lab on the university campus. This agreement will contribute to the building of the local technical skill system and the development…

A staff level agreement was reached between the Sri Lankan authorities and the International Monetary Fund for a comprehensive funding facility of $2.9 billion, according to the delegation of the fund that came to Sri Lanka.According to them, it is a 48-month program and this agreement must be approved by the management and executive board of the International Monetary Fund.

The International Monetary Fund has officially announced that a working group level agreement has been reached between Sri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund.Accordingly, the International Monetary Fund states that Sri Lanka will receive comprehensive funding facilities of 2.9 billion dollars from the International Monetary Fund in the future.The International Monetary Fund further states that this will be implemented with a program of 48 months.

The National Water Supply and Drainage Board says that the revised water charges will be implemented from today (01).Water Supply Minister Keheliya Rambukwella had issued the gazette announcement related to the revision of water charges under 12 customer categories on August 25.Below is the gazette notification related to the new water charges amendment,

The Indian team managed to qualify for the Super 4 round by winning the fourth match of the Asia Cup Twenty20 cricket tournament.The Hong Kong team won the toss and invited the Indian team to bat first.Accordingly, India managed to score 192 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs.While batting, Rohit Sharma scored 21 runs, Virat Kohli scored 59 runs and Suryakumar scored an unbeaten 68 runs.The Hong Kong team who played the reply innings could score only 152 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the 20 overs.Babar Hayat scored 41 runs, Kinchit…

The day before yesterday (30) 03 Covid deaths were reported, and yesterday (31) 64 people infected with Corona were reported. Almost all of them are locally diagnosed infected.With that, the total number of infected people reported in this country increases to 669,957 and the total number of corona deaths increases to 16,698.

Eheliyagoda Police claimed they are looking for a drug user who vanished after stealing Rs. 400,000 from a buddy who is visually impaired.An ejected soldier who had previously worked as a driver for the distilleries firm is among those detained, according to the police. Together with a heroin addict from the Werahera Watta region, he had plotted the crime.The suspects attempted to steal over Rs. 30 million from the location, but they were only able to escape with Rs. 500,000.Police reported that after a power outage that occurred in the region late one night, the drug addict entered the office…

Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says that there is no need to restructure domestic debt.Accordingly, the central bank governor stated that they realized that they would not get a benefit and their value through the restructuring of the domestic debt while discussing the foreign debt.Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe mentioned this while attending a conference held in Colombo.

According to the Department of Meteorology, the turbulent condition of the lower atmosphere continues near Sri Lanka.The department states that there is a possibility of occasional rain in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-Western and Northern provinces and in Anuradhapura, Galle and Matara districts.In some places in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-West and Northern provinces, a high rain of 75mm is possible.Uva, and eastern provinces are likely to experience scattered rain or thundershowers during the evening or night.The Department of Meteorology requests the people to take necessary measures to minimize the dangers caused by temporary strong winds and lightning that may occur…