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🛑 Transport Alert: Private Bus Strike Leaves Thousands Stranded 🛑

Monday Morning Chaos! Private bus associations have suspended services today (March 23) demanding an immediate fare hike. The NTC has confirmed that a proposal for a 10%+ fare increase will be presented to the Cabinet today. Commuters are advised to seek alternative transport as unions refuse to resume work until the new rates are official.

பயணிகள் அவதானத்திற்கு! பஸ் கட்டண அதிகரிப்பை வலியுறுத்தி தனியார் பஸ்கள் இன்று (23) சேவையில் இருந்து விலகியுள்ளன. 10% க்கும் அதிகமான கட்டண அதிகரிப்பு தொடர்பான அமைச்சரவை பத்திரம் இன்று சமர்ப்பிக்கப்படவுள்ளது. புதிய கட்டணம் அறிவிக்கப்படும் வரை பஸ்கள் இயங்காது என தொழிற்சங்கங்கள் அறிவித்துள்ளன.

බස් වර්ජනයෙන් මගීන් දැඩි අපහසුතාවට! බස් ගාස්තු සංශෝධනයක් ඉල්ලා පෞද්ගලික බස් රථ අද (23) ධාවනයෙන් ඉවත් වී ඇත. 10% කට වඩා වැඩි බස් ගාස්තු සංශෝධනය සඳහා වූ කැබිනට් පත්‍රිකාව අද ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට නියමිතය. නව ගාස්තු නිල වශයෙන් නිවේදනය කරන තෙක් ධාවනයෙන් ඉවත් වන බව බස් සංගම් පවසයි.

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⚓ Strict Neutrality: AKD Denies Entry to Iranian Vessels and US Fighter Jets ⚓

In a decisive move for Sri Lanka’s foreign policy, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake informed Parliament that the government has denied entry to both Iranian naval vessels and US Navy fighter jets. Emphasizing a policy of "strict neutrality," the President stated that Sri Lanka will not take sides in global military escalations. He also shared a clear timeline for much-needed fuel shipments arriving this April.

"நாங்கள் நடுநிலையானவர்கள். ஈரான் கடற்படைக் கப்பல்கள் மற்றும் அமெரிக்கப் போர் விமானங்களின் வருகைக்கான கோரிக்கைகளை இலங்கை அரசு நிராகரித்துள்ளது" எனபாராளுமன்றத்தில் இன்று (20.03.2026) உரையாற்றிய ஜனாதிபதி அநுர குமார திசாநாயக்க குறிப்பிட்டார். சர்வதேச மோதல்களில் இலங்கை எந்தப் பக்கமும் சாராது என்பதை உறுதிப்படுத்தியதோடு, ஏப்ரல் மாதம் வரவுள்ள எரிபொருள் கப்பல்களின் விபரங்களையும் வெளியிட்டார்.

"අපි මධ්‍යස්ථයි. ඉරාන නාවික හමුදා නෞකා සහ ඇමරිකානු ප්‍රහාරක ගුවන් යානා පැමිණීම සඳහා වූ ඉල්ලීම් ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කර තිබෙනවා" යැයි අද (20.03.2026) පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී අදහස් දක්වමින් ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා ප්‍රකාශ කළේය. ජාත්‍යන්තර ගැටුම්වලදී ශ්‍රී ලංකාව කිසිදු පාර්ශ්වයක් නොගන්නා බව තහවුරු කළ ඒ මහතා, අප්‍රේල් මාසයේදී පැමිණීමට නියමිත ඉන්ධන නැව් පිළිබඳ විස්තර ද අනාවරණය කළේය.

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🚀 "Moving Very Rapidly": Trump Praises US Military Might as Iran Conflict Escalates 🚀

U.S. President Donald Trump has declared that the military operation against Iran is "moving along very rapidly" and "doing very well." Lauding the US military as "unsurpassed," Trump stated that the ongoing strikes are finally doing "what has to be done" after decades of international hesitation. He characterized the Iranian regime as a "nation of terror and hate," warning that Tehran is now "paying a big price" for its aggression in the Gulf.

ஈரான் தொடர்பான இராணுவ நடவடிக்கைகள் "மிக வேகமாக" முன்னெடுக்கப்பட்டு வருவதாக அமெரிக்க ஜனாதிபதி டொனால்ட் ட்ரம்ப் தெரிவித்துள்ளார். அமெரிக்க இராணுவத்தின் பலம் ஈடு இணையற்றது எனக் குறிப்பிட்ட அவர், கடந்த காலங்களில் செய்யத் தவறிய விடயங்களை அமெரிக்கா தற்போது செய்து வருவதாகக் கூறினார். ஈரான் தற்போது தனது செயற்பாடுகளுக்காகப் பாரிய விலையைச் செலுத்தி வருவதாகவும், அந்த நாடு "வெறுப்பு மற்றும் பயங்கரவாதத்தின் தேசம்" என்றும் அவர் கடுமையாகச் සාடியுள்ளார்.

ඉරානයට එරෙහි යුදමය තත්ත්වය "ඉතා වේගයෙන්" ඉදිරියට යන බව ඇමරිකානු ජනාධිපති ඩොනල්ඩ් ට්‍රම්ප් පවසයි. ඇමරිකානු හමුදාව සතු බලය අසන්නටවත් නොලැබුණු තරම් ප්‍රබල බව පැවසූ ඔහු, දශක ගණනාවක් තිස්සේ මඟ හැරුණු දේ දැන් සිදුවෙමින් පවතින බව අවධාරණය කළේය. ඉරානය "ත්‍රස්තවාදයේ සහ වෛරයේ දේශයක්" ලෙස හඳුන්වා දුන් ට්‍රම්ප්, ඔවුන් දැන් ඒ සඳහා විශාල වන්දියක් ගෙවමින් සිටින බව සඳහන් කළේය.



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The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (Ceypetco) has announced a sharp revision of fuel prices effective from midnight today, March 9th. Following the global surge in oil prices, Petrol 92 Octane has increased by Rs. 24 (New price: Rs. 317) and Auto Diesel has increased by Rs. 22 (New price: Rs. 303). Kerosene prices have also seen a hike of Rs. 13 per litre.

இலங்கை கனிப்பொருள் கூட்டுத்தாபனம் (Ceypetco) இன்று (09) நள்ளிரவு முதல் நடைமுறைக்கு வரும் வகையில் எரிபொருள் விலைகளை அதிகரித்துள்ளது. உலக சந்தையில் நிலவும் மசகு எண்ணெய் விலை அதிகரிப்பிற்கு அமைய, 92 ரக பெட்ரோல் 24 ரூபாவினாலும் (புதிய விலை: ரூ. 317), ஓட்டோ டீசல் 22 ரூபாவினாலும் (புதிய விலை: ரூ. 303) அதிகரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. மண்ணெண்ணெய் விலையும் லீற்றருக்கு 13 ரூபாவினால் உயர்த்தப்பட்டுள்ளது.

අද (09) මධ්‍යම රාත්‍රියේ සිට ක්‍රියාත්මක වන පරිදි ඉන්ධන මිල ඉහළ නැංවීමට ලංකා ඛනිජ තෙල් නීතිගත සංස්ථාව පියවර ගෙන තිබේ. ලෝක වෙළඳපොළේ තෙල් මිල ඉහළ යාමට සාපේක්ෂව ඔක්ටේන් 92 පෙට්‍රල් ලීටරයක මිල රු. 24කින් (නව මිල: රු. 317) සහ ඔටෝ ඩීසල් මිල රු. 22කින් (නව මිල: රු. 303) ඉහළ දමා ඇත. භූමිතෙල් මිල ද රු. 13කින් ඉහළ නංවා තිබේ.

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