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Over 9,000 in 11 districts affected by bad weather

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12 months ago

May 6, 2023

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Over 9,000 individuals in 11 districts have been affected by the prevailing adverse weather conditions in the country.

According to the latest situation report by the Disaster Management Centre, 2,249 families in the Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Ratnapura, Kegalle, Kurunegala, Puttalam, Mullaitivu, Jaffna, Trincomalee and Badulla districts are affected by heavy rains and gusty winds.

The DMC said over 2,000 families have been affected by floods in the Gampaha district while members of 71 families have been relocated to temporary shelters.

According to the DMC report, three houses have been destroyed and 82 houses have been damaged due to bad weather in the past few days.

Meanwhile, the Department of Meteorology predicts showers or thundershowers at times in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, North-Western and Southern provinces and in the Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts today.

The Met Department said showers or thundershowers can also be expected in several places in the Northern, Eastern and Uva provinces during the afternoon or night.

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IMF agreement will be amended under SJB Govt. – Sajith

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30 mins ago

May 1, 2024

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Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader – Sajith Premadasa has said that the current International Monetary Fund-supported program will be amended under an SJB government.

“We will definitely work to create a new, amended IMF agreement that is populist, philanthropic, people-friendly and that would guide the country on the correct path,” he said.

He said this during the SJB May Day rally in Colombo today (01).

He also vowed to bring everyone who is behind the Easter Sunday terror attacks before the law and to ensure maximum punishment to those involved as well as those who tried to cover it up.

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SLFP May Rally held (Pics)

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31 mins ago

May 1, 2024

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The May Day rally of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) was held earlier today (May 01).
A group of party seniors including former President Maithripala Sirisena, the newly declared SLFP presidential candidate – Wijeyadasa Rajapaksa attended the event.

The rally was organised by the trade unions affiliated to the SLFP.

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Ranil will have to bring down voters from India also – AKD

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1 hour ago

May 1, 2024

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National People’s Power (NPP) leader – Anura Kumara Dissanayake severely criticized Tourism Board officials receiving the Indian singers who arrived in Sri Lanka to perform at the UNP May Day musical extravaganza.

Questioning whether the UNP May Day rally was an event of the Tourism Board, Mr. Dissanayake said, President Ranil will have to bring down voters from India just like he brought down the singers from India.

The NPP leader was speaking thus at the May Day rally held in Matara today.

The prevailing situation is due to the lack of discipline and organisational strength, he pointed out.

He pledged that this was the last May Day being marked under corrupt, criminals and rulers who drove the country to its knees and bankruptcy.