COLOMBO (News 1st) -
1. The Ceylon Electricity Board will be introducing a
pricing formula for
electricity tariffs -
Power Sector Trade Unions.
2. The
Prices of vegetables will continue to
increase due to the
low harvest obtained as a result of the adverse weather.
3.
32 mobile phones and other
contraband were found in the
possession of inmates after
raids were carried out in prisons in
October.
4. The
Auditor General's Department issued a statement that the
2017 audits confirmed that there were cases of
financial misappropriation in
all State-Owned Enterprises.
Following audits carried out for the year 2017, the
Auditor General Department issued a statement that
financial misappropriations were detected in all
state-owned enterprises of the country.
5. The
Ministry of Petroleum Resources Development stated that the
daily consumption of kerosene oil has
doubled up due to its
large-scale misuse. Accordingly, over
700 metric tonnes are released daily to the market.
6. A
landslide that occurred yesterday (October 16) plunged
4 houses and a section of the
Hatton-Balangoda road into the Castlereigh reservoir.
23 people were
evacuated to safety.
7. A special
meeting of the
SLFP's central committee is scheduled to be held today (October 16) at the
official residence of President Maithripala Sirisena.
8. A new
classroom complex for the
Sindathrimatha Primary School in Kalpitiya built under the
Gammadda 1000 projects initiative, was handed over to the children yesterday (October 15).
9.
World Food Day 2018 is celebrated across the globe today (October 16) themed "Our actions are our future. A zero hunger world by 2030 is possible."
10. Veteran Singer, Professor
Amara Ranathunga has
passed away at the age of
79.
INTERNATIONAL
1.
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, the man who persuaded school-friend Bill Gates to drop out of Harvard to start what became the world's biggest software company,
died on Monday (October 15)at the age of
65.
SPORTS
1.
Parami Wasanthi Maristela Fernando claimed victory with a
Bronze medal at the
Youth Olympic Games in Bueno’s Aires, Argentina yesterday (October 15). She made history as the first Sri Lankan female youth athlete to win a medal at the Youth Olympics.

HAVE A VICTORIOUS TUESDAY!!!