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House of Fashion brawl; two employees hospitalized

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4 months ago

January 24, 2023

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Two employees of House of Fashion at Bambalapitiya who were injured during the recent brawl that took place with a customer have been admitted to the hospital.

During the conflict, the employees kicked and beat up the customer with sticks while the customer also attacked the employees.

The Bambalapitiya Police are investigating the incident and they have recorded statements from the customers yesterday (23). They are a couple residing in Maharagama.

Statements were recorded from the employees as well.

However, no one has been arrested in connection with this incident so far.

Cause of the brawl..

On January 21, a customer has complained that his vehicle had been blocked by another vehicle in the car park.

The vehicle owner blocking the customer’s car has parked the car in House of Fashion “parking” and had gone to another location.

Therefore, the customer had gone and complained to House of Fashion along with his wife resulting in an argument which had led to the brawl.

Excuses..

Meanwhile, the House of Fashion issued a statement yesterday (23).

It said, “We feel this incident has badly impacted our goodwill with the customers. We at House of Fashion always make sure that we do our best to protect our customers and do the best customer service at all times.”

One sided CCTV..

Meanwhile, House of Fashion had released CCTV footage obtained from one side to several media outlets.

They are shown below.

Edited video to show that the customer is wrong. I think #HouseofFashion is keep digging the hole deeper. This will backfire by tomorrow! #lka #ShitService https://t.co/1cW4yIJNtV
— Muditha (@muditha) January 23, 2023

Customer recorded footage shared on social media:

Cops launch probe over House of Fashion assualt

A police probe is underway after the staff of House of Fashion in Bambalapitiya were seen beating up a customer. #SriLanka pic.twitter.com/f72rlq8Oc3
— Jamila Husain (@Jamz5251) January 22, 2023

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Litro slashes gas cylinder prices

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2 days ago

June 3, 2023

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Litro Gas Lanka, one of the country’s two leading suppliers of domestic Liquefied Petroleum (LP) gas, has decided to slash the prices of its products.

The price reduction will be effective from midnight tomorrow (June 04), according to Litro chairman and CEO Muditha Peiris.

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Mahiyanganaya religious event was sponsored by OnmaxDT!

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2 days ago

June 2, 2023

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The financial sponsor of a religious event held in Mahiyanganaya earlier this week had been a company which was named by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka an entity engaged in prohibited schemes, the ‘Anidda’ newspaper reports.

The newspaper says that the financial sponsor event was OnmaxDT.

The historic Mahiyangana Sacred Site was officially recognized as a place of worship at the event, held under the auspices of the President Ranil Wickremesinghe and the participation of Opposition Leader – Sajith Premadasa.

On May 31, Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) issued a public notice naming 08 entities that have conducted prohibited schemes.

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Prices of 6 items at Sathosa, reduced

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4 days ago

June 1, 2023

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Lanka Sathosa has reduced the prices of six essential food items with effect from today (June 01).

Accordingly, the prices of wheat flour, big onions, red lentils, white sugar, chick peas and white Nadu rice have been reduced.

The revised prices are as follows:

Wheat Flour – Rs. 210 per 1kg (reduced by Rs. 15)
Big Onions – Rs.115 per 1kg (reduced by Rs. 14)
Lentils – Rs. 314 per 1kg (reduced by Rs. 11)
White Sugar – Rs. 229 per 1kg (reduced by Rs. 10)
Chick Peas – Rs. 545 per 1kg (reduced by Rs. 05)
White Nadu Rice – Rs. 175 per 1kg (reduced by Rs. 04)