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The Department of Meteorology says that today (26) there may be occasional rain in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-Western provinces and Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Galle and Matara districts.In Sabaragamuwa province, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya and Kalutara districts, heavy rains of more than 50 mm may occur in some places.The department also mentioned that in the rest of the island, rain or thundershowers may occur at places in the evening or at 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 with thunderstorms.

Ranjan Ramanayake, the former Member of Parliament who is serving a prison sentence, has sent an affidavit to the Supreme Court asking for forgiveness from the court.He has stated through the relevant affidavit that he will refrain from making insulting statements to the judges and the court in the future.Meanwhile, Minister Harin Fernando says that he strongly believes that Ranjan Ramanayake will be released today (26) or Monday.

The prison department says that with the beginning of the year 2022, there is an increased tendency of suspects to be jailed.Accordingly, according to the prison statistics, the same situation has arisen in connection with various charges, says Prison Commissioner (Control, Rehabilitation) and media spokesperson Chandana Ekanayake.He mentioned that as of 25.08.2022, the total number of detainees is 22,666, including 8,285 prisoners and 14,381 suspects.

Many footprints of a dinosaur of the species “Acrocanthosaurus” that lived on earth 113 million years ago have been found at the bottom of the Paluxi River in the Dinosaur Valley Park located in the state of Texas in the United States of America. It has been possible to find hidden footprints along with the heavy draught.Research groups commenting on the footprints, which the molecule marks as one of the longest dinosaur footprints in the world, say that the dinosaur that owned the footprints must have been about 15 feet tall and weighed about 7 tons, and the reasons are…

Minister of Tourism and Lands Harin Fernando says that Ranjan Ramanayake, who is in prison, will definitely be released tomorrow or Monday.It is stated in the Twitter message issued by Minister Harin Fernando that President Ranil Wickremesinghe took this decision on the strong request of himself and the Minister of Human Resources.The relevant Twitter message is below.

The World Health Organization says that essential medical supplies worth 04 million US dollars will be provided to meet the urgent health needs of the Sri Lankan people.The Director General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, has mentioned this in a congratulatory message to the President.It also stated that the procurement activities regarding essential medical supplies to Sri Lanka have already started and the distribution dates and lists will be announced by the Sri Lanka office of the World Health Organization.

Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, has organized a workshop to inform all members of Parliament on the topic “Current economic situation and way forward in Sri Lanka”.Accordingly, it is stated that the Acting Secretary General of the Parliament, Kashan Rohanadeera, has informed all the Members of Parliament to participate in this program.Organized as per the instructions of Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, this conversational talk is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm at the Committee Room No. 1 of the Parliament.This workshop has been organized…

Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera says that the unloading of Super Diesel, which was delayed due to bank clearances, has now started.The minister states in a Twitter message that the fuel unloading of the auto diesel ship arriving tonight will begin tomorrow.In order to avoid the delay, the distribution work at the petroleum corporation’s warehouse terminal is being carried out tonight as well, it added.

Postmaster General Ranjith Ariyaratne says that the work of sending postal goods to Russia will be resumed from today (25).Due to flight problems, the sending of postal items to Russia was temporarily stopped recently.

The Ceylon Electricity Board says that the first generator of the inactive Norochcholai coal plant will be able to be connected to the national system by next Monday (29).Accordingly, Ceylon Electricity Board’s media spokesperson Andrew Navamani stated that the maintenance work will be completed by Monday.On the 15th, the first generator of the Norochcholai power plant suffered a sudden breakdown and due to this, the daily power cut had to be increased to 03 hours.