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Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Mayantha Dissanayake yesterday resigned from his post as the President of Samagi Tharuna Balawegaya.Samagi Tharuna Balawegaya is the youth wing of the SJB. Dissanayake sent a letter to party leader Sajith Premadasa and SJB General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara announcing his resignation.He is likely to leave SJB shortly, according to […]
By Anuradha Hiripitiyage The Electricity Users’ Association (EUA) yesterday asked the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) two more weeks for public consultations on raising electricity tariffs.EUA Secretary Sanjeewa Dhammika told The Island that the time for public consultations ended on 18 July. “However, this was a bad time for public consultation. There was […]
By Dinasena Ratugamage Farmers in Mullaitivu are unable to harvest their paddy fields due to the diesel shortage.The Mullaitivu Farmers’ Association said that 12,000 acres in the district needed to be harvested, but farmers had only managed to harvest 450 acres so far, the Association claimed. Some combined harvesters had been left in the paddy […]