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Token strike called off
Employees of Sri Lanka Railways has decided to temporary call off a
56-hour token strike that was scheduled to commence from midnight
tomorrow.
Convener of the Joint Trade Union Alliance of Sri Lanka Railways,
Janaka Fernando said the decision to call off the strike was taken after
a meeting was scheduled to be held on January 23 with the Secretary to
the President Lalith Weeratunga.
Laying of new oil pipeline commences
The Petroleum Industries Ministry is to commence the work of laying a
new oil pipeline from the Colombo Port to Kolonnawa Petroleum Storage
Terminal shortly, a release issued by the ministry said.It stated the
preliminary measures has been taken to commence this project.
Cabinet approval was granted last week to accelerate this
projectfollowing a Cabinet paper submitted by the Ministry.
The existing oil pipeline is over 40 years old. The project is to be
carried out according to the procurement procedure of the Standing
Cabinet Appointed Review Committee (SCARC). The diameter of a new oil
pipe is about 18 inches.
First Naval and Maritime Museum opens next month
Ridma DISSANAYAKE
The first Naval and Maritime Museum in Sri Lanka will be opened next
month, Archaeological Department said.
This Naval and Maritime Museum has been established with the
assistance of the Netherlands government, they added. The museum will be
opened on February 4, to coincide with the Independence Day
celebrations.
The Sri Lanka’s first Naval and Maritime Museum has been established
in Trincomalee near Fort Fredericks. The construction of this building
have been done by the Sri Lanka Navy.
The museum is located in front of Back Bay where the Portuguese first
landed in Trincomalee in the sixteenth century.
Sri Lanka has a Maritime Archaeology Museum in the Old Dutch
Warehouse in Galle Fort.
'O' positive kidney needed
N
Somathilaka (55), of 116/6 Naranwala, Gampaha, a public servant, seeks
public assistance to obtain an 'O' positive kidney to save his life. He
is a father of one.
Consultant Nephrologist of the National Institute for Nephrology,
Dialysis and Transplantation, Dr Anura Hewageegana has recommended a
kidney transplant.
Donors can contact him over 0333431323, 0754758084 or 0725434733 to
save his life.
Watery grave in Hungama for Maharagama resident
R Piyasena, Lunugamvehera group cor
A resident of Maharagama drowned in the Hungama sea on Saturday,
Police said.
The deceased was identified as Jagath Rohana, 49.The body was sent to
the Hambantota District Hospital for the post-mortem.
Investigations are continuing.
Janasewana Kepakaru Nivasa for low income family
Janasewana Kepakaru Nivasa constructed for a low income family in
Mawatagama, Padukka, at a cost of Rs 1.5 million funded by Ocean View
Development Private Ltd., would be handed over by Construction,
Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities Minister Wimal
Weerawansa today. |