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Wholesale warehouses open for paddy purchasing nationwide

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The Consumer Affairs Authority says that wholesale warehouses will be opened for paddy purchasing, starting today.

The Chairman of the Consumer Affairs Authority, Manjula Pinnalanda says that wholesale warehouses are now open in Kilinochchi, Batticaloa, Ampara, Kurunegala, and Puttalam.

The Chairman adds that Rs. 5 billion have been allocated from the national treasury for rice purchases.

Accordingly, paddy stocks will be purchased at the guaranteed prices that were announced yesterday.

Yesterday the Paddy Marketing Board announced the guaranteed prices for purchasing paddy.

According to Minister K.D. Lalkantha, the prices are: Rs. 120 per kilogram for Nadu Paddy, Rs. 125 per kilogram for Samba Paddy, and Rs. 132 per kilogram for Keeri Samba Paddy.

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Ex-chairman of Lindula-Talawakelle UC, remanded

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Former chairman of the Lindula-Talawakelle Urban Council – Asoka Sepala has been arrested today (June 02).

The Colombo Chief Magistrate has ordered to remand the suspect until June 11.

The former chairman has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) for causing a loss of Rs. 2.38 million to the government, during the issuance of a tender to lease stall belonging to the Urban Council.

It is said that instead of awarding the tender to the highest bidder, it was given to a lower bidder, resulting in the aforementioned loss.

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Halloluwa further remanded

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Former Director of the National Lotteries Board (NLB) – Thusitha Halloluwa, has been further remanded until June 04, by the Fort Chief Magistrate’s Court.

Halloluwa remains in custody over alleged misappropriation of government assets belonging to the NLB.

He was previously arrested and released on bail on May 02 over the alleged misuse of a computer and a mobile phone valued at over Rs. 470,000 during his tenure as the Acting Director of the National Lotteries Board.

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Electricity (Amendment) Bill challenged

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The Electricity (Amendment) Bill, which was recently tabled in Parliament, has been challenged in the Supreme Court.

Accordingly, the Supreme Court today (June 02) ordered that the petition filed by the Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union requesting a ruling that certain provisions of the Electricity Bill are unconstitutional be taken up for hearing on June 06.

The order was issued when the petition was taken up before a three-member Supreme Court bench comprising Justice A.H.M.D. Nawaz, Arjuna Obeyesekere and Priyantha Fernando.

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