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Power Cut for multiple areas Supply to be restored by 9 PMĬOLOMBO (News 1st) The supply of electricity to multiple areas was disrupted following an issue in a generator at the Kelanitissa Power Plant. The Office of the Minister of Energy in a statement late Thursday (6) said that a majority of the tanks at the Trinco Oil Tank Farm which were under Lanka IOC will. Trinco Oil Tank Farm agreement signed Sri Lanka will control 85 out of 99 tanksĬOLOMBO (News 1st) The agreements to develop Trinco Oil Tank Farm were signed on Thursday (6), said Energy Ministry Udaya Gammanpila.
This announcement comes 48 hours after the Colombo Commercial. People’s Bank to pay USD 6.9 mn to Chinese fertilizer company on Friday (7)ĬOLOMBO (News 1st) The People’s Bank of Sri Lanka announced that a sum of USD 6.9 Million will be paid to Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Co., Ltd, on Friday (7) as per the Letter of Credit opened for the purchase of organic fertilizer. The supply of electricity to multiple areas including Nugegoda and Maharagama was disrupted on Thursday night (6) following an issue in a generator a. 7) in various parts of the country, the Ceylon Electricity Board said. Power cuts will be experienced on Friday (7) – CEBĬOLOMBO (News 1st): Disruptions to the power supply are likely on Friday (Jan. 7) by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, the Essential Food Commodities Importers and Traders Association said. When the first National Media Awards took place in Sri Lanka, Thotawatte, was awarded a gold medal for his contribution to television and media in Sri Lanka.CBSL to release USD for clearance of Rice stocks at Colombo PortĬOLOMBO (News 1st): The Minister of Trade has informed that the US dollars required to clear 800 containers of Rice held at the Colombo Port will be released on Friday (Jan. Thotawatte created puppet characters like Eluson. These continue to air on Sinhala Television channels. He is considered to be the pioneer of dubbing programmes in Sri Lanka. In the 1980s and 1990s, he dubbed English cartoons such as Bugs Bunny, Doctor Dolittle and Top Cat into Sinhala for Sinhalese audiences with the popular titles Ha Ha Hari Hawa, Dosthara Honda Hitha and Pissu Pusa respectively.
In 1980,Thotawatte wrote and directed the children's movie Handaya, which was awarded Best Picture at the Sarasaviya Film Festival. Other early films include Kauda Hari (1969), Thewatha (1970) and Haralaksaya (1971). The film starred Gamini Fonseka in the first villains role of Sinhala Cinema. Thottawatte debuted as a director with Chandiya in 1965. It was an attempt to make a truly Sinhalese movie in contrast with the Southern Indian copies then in vogue. Thottawatte joined Lester James Peries and Willie Blake as editor to make Rekava in 1956. Perera and Stanley Abeysinghe and Matara Technical College. He attended Ananda College in Colombo and studied art under J.D.A. He was the fourth child in a family of five children, with 3 elder brothers and one younger sister.