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SC orders petrol
down to Rs. 100
Bribery Comm. to probe benefits enjoyed by former CPC
Chief
The Supreme Court yesterday ordered the government to reduce the retail price of a litre of petrol to Rs. 100 with effect from midnight yesterday.
The Minister of Petroleum Resources and the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation were ordered to implement the Court order by gazette notification.
The Court further ordered that the price of Super Grade petrol be reduced realistically in keeping with the real costs.
The place where the Sambaltottam irrigation tank in
Vavuniya breached yesterday flooding the Vavuniya-Mannar highway and
destroying over 1000 acres of paddy.
(Photo-Dinasena Rathugamage, Vavuniya Corr.)
Mervyn pledges to behave, pay MTV Rs 750,000
Mervyn Silva had no intention of harassing
journalists or obstructing the MTV Private Limited from telecasting
the recent opening of stage II of the overhead bridge at Kelaniya,
SCorders UDA allow Waters Edge to
continue under new management
The Supreme Court yesterday directed the Chairman
of the Urban Development authority to allow the Waters Edge Banquet and
Conference Facility be continued under a new Management Committee...
Cabinet defers
implementation of SC directive on petrol price
The Cabinet of Ministers last evening decided to
defer implementation of the Supreme Court directive, on the Ceylon
Petroleum Corporation, to reduce the price of petrol to Rs. 100 a litre
with effect from 12 midnight yesterday, until it meets for a second time
this morning.
