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Minister of Transport, Bandula Gunawardena says that structural changes will be done for the betterment of the transportation sector, with effect 15th June.A meeting was held on Saturday (04) at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, between the transport minister and the heads of institutions of the Ministry of Transport and Highways to find solutions to the current public transport problems in the country.Discussions were held on a number of actions that need to be taken in the short term to address the transportation problems faced by commuters in the face of the current fuel crisis and the rising cost of…

Sheryl Sandberg has been CEO of Meta (formerly known as Facebook) since 2008 and has been the CEO and co – founder of Mark Zuckerberg’s Second Commandant, the company’s chief operating officer (COO). According to the latest reports, it is very close to changing. After nearly a decade of leadership in the company, Sandberg will step down as COO. However, it is reported that she is still serving as one of the the board of directors.On Wednesday, June 1, 2022, she shared the news of her resignation from the role of COO on her official facebook handle. According to Sheryl,…

A freighter carrying gas is to sail into the port tomorrow, a senior official of LAUGFS Gas Lanka said.He said the LAUGFS gas supply had not been done for more than three months due to the fact that the country had been unable to get down the stocks with the current dollar crunch.”We are in the process of finalising the payment for the consignment. No sooner the ship arrives, we will inform our valued customers,” he said.The company requested the consumers not to wait in queues to buy domestic gas cylinders.

A solar flare is expected to come close to Earth’s magnetic field on Sunday (5 June) or Monday (6 June), causing a geomagnetic solar storm.Space experts have confirmed an eruption on the sun occurred on Thursday (2 June), hurling a solar flare known as a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space.CMEs are enormous expulsions of plasma from the sun’s outer layer – or corona – and can cause power grid fluctuations.According to The Sun, weather experts explained: “Yesterday, a magnetic filament on the sun erupted, hurling a faint CME into space.”forecasters say it could hit Earth’s magnetic field on June…

A dispute has arisen between the two countries with the detention of a Russian plane at the Katunayake airport.Russian officials have stated that they traveled to Sri Lanka on the assurance of a Sri Lankan leader that they would not detain aircraft belonging to Russian companies.Russian officials also say it is problematic to detain the plane in such a setting.The 191-passenger aircraft, which was scheduled to take off from Moscow, has been detained following an enjoining order issued by the Colombo Commercial High Court. The complaint was made by an Irish company.Russian officials say the plane has flown to Sri…

The Litro Company has requested the public not to wait in line to purchase L. P gas today (04) and tomorrow (05) due to the depletion of gas stocks.According to the company, a ship carrying 2500 metric tons of gas is scheduled to arrive tomorrow (05) and after that the gas will be distributed again.

A 31-year-old victim has been killed in a shooting in the Panadura area this afternoon.It is reported that the victim was shot by an unidentified gunman who had arrived on a motorcycle in Nirmala Mawatha, Panadura. According to police reports.The motive for the shooting and the identity of the suspect have not yet been revealed.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed the authorities to provide Rs. 1.8 billion from the Covid Fund for the importation of essential medicines.It is reported that the President has stated this at a discussion held at the President’s House in Colombo this morning (03) regarding matters that need to be addressed urgently in the field of health.The President further stated that the money could be used for health needs as the Covid pandemic is now largely under control.

The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission states that the Telecommunication tax has been increased with effect from midnight today (03).Accordingly, the tax has been increased from 11.25 percent to 15 percent.

EWIS Sri Lanka, the company handling the software of the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC) has issued a clarification on the recent allegations raised on the payment of Rs. 644 million by the state institution. Responding to the allegations, EWIS Sri Lanka said it denies the allegations made by the state-owned medicine buyer.Speaking to the media today, the Chairman of EWIS Sri Lanka Sanjeewa Wickramanayaka revealed only Rs. 83 million was spent on the Software made for the Medicine Supply Division and the cost for the total project was Rs. 223 million.“45,000 purchasing orders have been placed through this system since 2015,…