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Courtesy ELGAS (Australia) The soapy water leak test allows for tell-tale gas leak soap bubbles that are indicative of a gas leak. You just coat all of the gas transmission gear (pipes, hoses & valves) with soapy water and then pressurise the system. If you see gas leak soap bubbles or smell rotten eggs, you […]

Courtesy Adaderana Litro Gas Lanka Ltd. has warned consumers no Litro Gas Lanka Ltd. today (Dec. 01) warned the consumers not to test their gas cylinders at home using methods such as soap water. At a media briefing, Director of Sales and Marketing of Litro Gas Lanka, Janaka Pathirathna said people using soap water to […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale In the immediate term, all political parties in Parliament should bury their respective hatchets, and agree on a political truce for the next two years. They could take the next step and agree to form a national government or a national governance council for two years. The theme of such a government […]

රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් දකුණු පලාත් හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර   කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලය, අමාත්‍යාංශ, පාර්ලිමේන්තුව වැනි වැදගත් ආයතනයන් ගන්නා තීරණ ක්‍රියාත්මක නොවන්නේ ලංකා ආර්ථික මෙහෙයවීමේ සර්ව බලධාරියා බවට ජනාධිපති ලේකම් පී.බී.ජයසුන්දර පත්ව ඇති නිසා බව නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් පවසයි. කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්‍යාංශයේ වැය ශීර්ෂයේ කතාකල ඇමති මහින්දානන්ද කීවේ එදින සවස ගැසට් එක නිකුත් කළ හැකි […]

byD V Sridharan-Nov 16, 2021  Author J Sai Deepak and his book’s cover. Snapshot J Sai Deepak’s book ‘India That is Bharat’ is a rigorous survey of India’s political history since the Papal Bull of 1493. India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution. J Sai Deepak. Bloomsbury India. 2021. Pages 484. Rs 404. here’s a […]

MD Pathik Hasan Myanmar is one of the closest neighbors of Bangladesh. Which is also known as Burma. Before the Second World War, many people from Bangladesh used to travel to Burma in search of livelihood. Since then, the people of this country have developed an economic and social relationship with Burma. Apart from India, […]

MD Pathik Hasan Maldives and Bangladesh both are South Asian countries. Maldives and Bangladesh established diplomatic relations on 22 September 1978.  That was the starting point. The relations between two South Asian countries are increasing day by day.  Maldives President Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh’s visit to Bangladesh in March, 2021 added multidimensionality to the two countries. […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror Legislation will be brought to Parliament shortly to permit the growing and export of ganja as a medicine for a number of noncommunicable diseases, State Minister Sisira Jayakody said yesterday. Speaking during the committee stage debate on the budget in the House he said laws will be brought in to legalise […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka is confident of being able to “seamlessly” repay all of its sovereign debt that comes due in 2022, Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said on Wednesday, while exploring new instruments to make its debt profile more sustainable. “The repayments (for 2022) will go through seamlessly, we are confident […]

Courtesy Adaderana Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) says its members have withdrawn from power restoration activities with effect from 4.15 p.m. today (December 01). The chairman of the union Mr. Saumya Kumarawadu told the media that the decision was taken to oppose the abrupt transfers of law-abiding officials. Speaking further, the trade union chief […]

Courtesy Adaderana A special meeting of the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Trade was held in Parliament today (01) to seek the views and solutions of several parties regarding the sudden spike in gas cylinder-related incidents reported over the past couple of days. The Ministerial Consultative Committee met under the chairmanship of Minister of Trade Bandula […]

Courtesy Adaderana The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 744 today (December 01) as 185 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 564,733. As many as 540,783 recoveries and 14,372 […]

Courtesy Adaderana Bank accounts of those who distribute and receive money through unlawful money transfer methods will be frozen with immediate effect, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Ajith Nivard Cabraal said in a tweet today. Accordingly, the Central Bank has urged all migrant Sri Lankans to use only legal channels to […]