The Dawn of this year’s Sinhala and Tamil new year will dawn at 03.21am on April 14.

The former part of the ‘Punya Kaalaya’ will commence from 08.57 pm on April 13 to 03.21 am on April 14. The latter part of the ‘Punya Kaalaya’ will commence from 03.21 am – 09.45 am on April 14.

The Traditional meal is to be cooked at 04.04 am on April 14th. According to astrologers, a milk rice, traditional sweets, ‘Dee Kiri’ and ‘Vilanda’ are to be prepared while donned in copper attire and facing Southwards.

The partaking of the first meal and doing the first transaction is to be held at 06.44 am on April 14 while donned in white / pearl coloured attire and facing Southwards.

The anointing of oil will take place at 09.04 am on April 16 while donned in green attire facing Southwards, with Kohomba leaves above the head and ‘Kolon’ leaves at the feet.

The Auspicious Day to set off for work is at 09.03 am on April 17. According to astrologers it is best to face Northwards and head off to work donned in gold hued attair after having a meal of milkrice and a sweetmeat made using cow’s milk.

Mount Lavinia Magistrate A.D. Chathurika de Silva will deliver her order on June 16 regarding whether Trade Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe should be named as a suspect in a fraud case.

The case involves a building belonging to a trust known as the National Workers’ Institute, which had been leased for Rs. 3.6 million by individuals posing as officials of the National Workers’ Congress (NWC) trade union. 

They included Mr. Samarasinghe. 

The magistrate gave the order after considering a request by Maithri Gunaratne, PC, who appeared with Attorney-at-Law Kisal Senanayake for the aggrieved party. 

Mr Gunaratne told court the involvement of the minister and his associates was clearly evident when one looked at the early reports submitted by the Colombo Fraud Bureau, which investigated the case.

Mr Gunaratne claimed that while Mr Samarasinghe had posed as the president of the NWC, the property in question did not belong to it. 

Moreover, Labour Department documents confirm that Mr Samarasinghe and his associates, who posed as NWC officials, did not hold any positions there and were outsiders.

He also pointed out that no one had been arrested over the incident, though those who had posed as NWC officials and signed lease agreements had been exposed. He urged the court to name them as suspects.

(sundaytimes.lk)
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The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has appealed to all rooftop solar system owners across the country to voluntarily switch off their solar systems during daytime hours until 3.00 p.m. each day from April 13 to April 21.

The CEB makes this request in an effort to balance the national grid during the festive season when demand is low.