Ceylon Petroleum Corporation sources say that the Sapugaskanda petroleum refinery will be re-opened on August 05.
Sapugaskanda Petroleum Refinery was shut since July 2 for regular maintenance.
Ceylon Petroleum Corporation spends Rs 700 million for the maintenance.
Around 1200 employees are busy with the regular maintenance activities making the plant ready back for operations since August, a spokesman of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation said. Certain media reports recently indicated that three machines of the refinery have broken down. However, Petroleum Corporation rejected the claim.
Sri Lanka's ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) sources say that steps have been initiated to sack 24 party politicians outright from the party.
These politicians are accused of crime like murder, rape, assault and corruption.
Among these politicians, there are one mayor, four chairmen of local councils and 19 members of them.
SLFP sources say that the party is considering stern disciplinary action against another mayor and a Provincial Councilor.
Sri Lanka government has planned a new method of giving information to the international police in case of loss of passport.
If the passport is lost in Sri Lanka, the bearer should complain to the nearest police and inform to the telephone number 011-5329501 of the Department of Immigration and Emigration.
The Department will take actions to cancel the passport and to give its details to the international police.
The bearer needs to apply for a new passport. The lost passport cannot be used even though it is found later.
The bearer may be responsible for offenses committed by other persons using the lost passport.
North Central Provincial Council of Sri Lanka has planned to hold clinics in October at village level to identify the patients with kidney diseases.
Minister of Health of North Central Provincial Council Peshala Jayarathna says that the number of unidentified kidney patients in the Province can be over 100,000.
The number of identified patients with kidney diseases in the Province is over 8000. The Minister said that the people were reluctant to come to the clinics.
The Provincial health authorities have also planned to give opportunity to the public to voluntarily produce themselves for tests regarding kidney diseases.
The cause for the kidney disease in the North Central Province is still bizarre since various groups of researchers have cited various reasons. Recently, a group of academics led by extremist Sinhala Buddhist nationalist Nalin de Silva caused controversy in the society by stating that they had found through super natural powers the cause as arsenic content in water.
Sri Lanka's first networked solar power project located in Gannoruwa in Hambanthota district is to be commissioned officially on August 08.
The Ministry of Power and Energy says that the project will generate 500 kilowatt.
The project was implemented with the assistance of South Korea government. The government of South Korea provided Rs. 412 million for the project.
The Gannoruwa solar power plant is a part of the solar power project of Hambanthota district. The Japanese government also provides assistance to the project.
The entire project will add over 700 kilowatts to the national grid.
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared open a new district headquarters of the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) in Gampaha district at 9.30 a.m. yesterday.
The headquarters located in Gampaha town is expected to benefit the UPFA members of the Gampaha district.
It was built according to a concept of the Gampaha district chief organizer Basil Rajapaksa, the younger brother of the President and the Minister of Economic Development. The building is a symbol of his power and ambitions.
Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa laid foundation stone for the construction of the building on November 01, 2010.
The UPFA headquarters of Gampaha district is the first district headquarters building of the ruling coalition.
The non-academic staff of the universities of Sri Lanka launched a protest demonstration before the Ministry of Higher Education yesterday demanding the removal of salary anomalies.
The non-academic staff of the universities say the increase of the salary of the university academic staff has created new anomalies and injustice.
The protest demonstration organized by the Inter University Non-academic Staff Federation was held during the lunch interval. The protestors dispered after the lunch hour peacefully.
Later, the Ministry of Higher Education had a discussion with the trade union representatives of the non-academic staff. The employees gave time until August 10 to solve the problem, a trade union activist said.
