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COLOMBO (News 1st); State and Private University Students have decided to join forces and march together towards Colombo to protest against the President, Government, and Parliament.Large crowds have already converged onto Galle Face in Colombo to protest, with many more making their way to the site.Debt in billions due to years of accumulated borrowings, record inflation, lack of foreign currency, crucial sectors witnessing a sharp fall in demand thanks to the pandemic, and the alleged government mismanagement are among the reasons that have dragged Sri Lanka into not just an unprecedented economic crisis but also a massive political turmoil.Meanwhile, the ruling coalition led by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna lost the majority in the Parliament. The opposition rejected an offer by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who had called to form a ‘unity government’ following the resignation of 26 ministers of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Cabinet amid violent protests.People are on the roads protesting against their government amid a severe shortage of fuel, essentials, and power outages.

COLOMBO (News 1st); People are continuing to protest opposite the President’s Office as of currently.According to News 1st reporters, the protesters have completely blocked the Galle road, while a group of Red Cross officials have also arrived at the protest site.Moreover, a special Ambulance service organized by Sarvodaya is also stationed in Galle Face premises, to support the protestors if the need arises. 

One person is in critical condition after being shot near King of Prussia on Friday night.  UPPER MERION TOWNSHIP, Pa. - An investigation is underway after a shooting near King of Prussia on Friday night. According to authorities, the shooting took place at an Exxon gas station before 11 p.m.

Covaxin robustly triggered neutralising antibody responses and efficiently neutralised the multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2, Sakpal said.

German carrier hopes that its Swiss airline will pay back its pandemic-related government-backed loans by the end of the year because interest rates on them are high, the CEO said, adding that the unit isn’t for sale.

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The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has said it is a "mistake" for the Government not to include a nursing or midwifery representative on the new Covid-19 advisory body.

Nova Scotia’s top doctor says it’s up to citizens when it comes to protecting one another during the latest wave of COVID-19. Although case numbers and hospitalizations are rising, Dr.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Sri Lankan Community in Jordan donated a consignment of medical equipment through the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Jordan.The donation from the Sri Lankan Community in Jordan was handed over at a ceremony held at the Foreign Ministry in Colombo.Foreign Secretary Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage handed over the donation to State Minister of Production, Supply, and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals Prof.

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COLOMBO (News 1st); The Ministry of Energy reveals that the daily Diesel consumption increased by 4,500 MT.According to the Ministry, daily fuel consumption has averaged 5,500 metric tons for the three months since December.However, the Ministry pointed out that the daily usage of Diesel has exceeded 8,000 MT.The Ministry further said that the demand by the people has increased in comparison to the quantity of Diesel supplied for power generation.The Ministry of Energy pointed out that in the current situation the Government has to spend USD $500 Mn for the monthly fuel requirement.The Ministry said that another vessel carrying another 37,500 MT of Diesel will arrive in Sri Lanka on the 15th of April under the Indian credit facility.Meanwhile, the daily demand for Kerosene has also increased to 800 MT.

(from left) Will Sharp (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) and Danny Sharp (Jake Gyllenhaal) in Ambulance, directed by Michael Bay. CHICAGO - In the stupidest "wow, what a coincidence" moment in cinema since Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent realized their mothers have the same name, Michael Bay would really like to blow your mind with the fact that you can’t spell "ambulance" without LA.

COLOMBO (News 1st): A young Sri Lankan girl offered a rose to police officers who were manning the barricade leading to Parliament on Friday (8) afternoon.The parliament premises was heavily guarded as over the past few days Sri Lankans have been protesting around the premises against the President and the Government, and even all members of Parliament.The rose was offered at a time when a large group of people was in fact protesting at the same place against the President, and the government.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Ruling Party MP Kanchana Wijesekera told the Sri Lankan Parliament on Friday (8) that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has not accepted the letter of resignation by Ali Sabry, PC from the post of Finance Minister.Ali Sabry, PC is the Former Justice Minister and after the Cabinet of Ministers resigned on Sunday (7), he was appointed as the country’s Finance Minister.However, 24 hours later, he had submitted his letter of resignation to the President.MP Wijesekera said since the letter of resignation was not accepted, Ali Sabry, PC will continue to function as Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Easter Attacks conspirators can do whatever they want to secure power, but they cannot protect that power, remarked His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith on Saturday (8).The Head of Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church took part in a protest in Negombo with other religious leaders to voice his displeasure over delayed justice for the victims of the 2019 Easter Attacks.“They tried to blame it all on the Muslim Community,” said His Eminence while stressing that the people must not forget that a conspiracy was orchestrated to carry out the attacks.He slammed the government for failing to implement the recommendations made by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry that was appointed to investigate the Easter Sunday Attacks of 2019.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lankan Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa told Parliament on Friday (8) that there is no alternative path with the incumbent President.“We speak a lot about the alternatives, such as caretaker governments, interim governments, temporary governments, etc. However, can these governments move forwards with the Executive Presidency?” he questioned the house.He said such alternatives will not be able to move ahead with the present Executive President in office.“The 20th Amendment to the Constitution did not create an Executive President, it created a Super Executive President,” he told the Parliament.“How can a caretaker, interim, or even temporary government operate with a President with Super Executive Powers?” he noted.He said if parliament agrees to such a proposal, that could be tantamount to treachery.“We are not prepared to commit such a betrayal.

An Illinois man suspected of burying the bodies of his mother and sister in his backyard has been arrested on felony charges, officials announced Thursday.Michael Lelko, 45, is facing two felony counts of concealment of a death, reports The Associated Press.According to Lyons police Chief Thomas Herion, Michael is not charged in the deaths of his mom, 79-year-old Jean Lelko, and 44-year-old Jennifer Lelko, as the medical examiner can’t pinpoint an exact cause of death for either woman. Author of ‘How to Murder Your Husband’ now on trial for husband’s murder NBC News reports that Michael’s brother, John Lelko, 41, has also been arrested and may face charges in the coming days, although those charges have not yet been revealed.Police were originally called to the home in Lyons Township – a suburb of Chicago – in August of 2021 after a well-being check was requested.

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An Edmonton high school student is in hospital after a serious assault outside McNally High School. As Sarah Komadina explains, police are investigating what happened.

New Civil Service secondment rules were issued by the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform (DPER) last December.

In his letter, sent Friday, Guilbeault says Nixon misread a graph and got his facts wrong.“I want to correct the record on what this plan does and does not do,” he writes.The first sentence of Nixon’s column, published Saturday, read “Alberta will not accept production cuts in the insane climate plan released by the Liberal-NDP coalition.”He backs that up with reference to numbers pulled from the federal document. He writes they prove the federal plan is an attempt to reduce oil and gas production and economic activity in Alberta that would destroy the province’s quality of life.That’s not what the numbers say, wrote Guilbeault.The reductions Nixon points to refer instead to the differences in projected production with and without the emissions reduction plan.

Nova Scotia RCMP have cancelled an emergency alert issued after shots were fired in two communities in the Halifax Regional Municipality.Mounties say on Twitter that two suspects have been arrested and no injuries have been reported.11:25 p.m. Two suspects arrested & investigation ongoing.

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On today’s episode of The Morning Show: Highlights of the key money measures from the 2022 federal budget. Plus, our Hometown Heroes are an Edmonton dance troupe raises funds for Ukraine.

A North Vancouver woman says she and her husband were retraumatized after losing their newborn due to a hospital mix-up. John Hua has their heartbreaking story. **Warning: Video may be upsetting to some viewers**

booster shots available to all adults for a fee from Sunday, officials said, as the number of new virus cases in the country drops sharply.

DALLAS, Texas - Dallas residents experienced one of the most elaborate rick-rolls of all time on April Fool's Day. Sky Elements Drone Shows created a QR code drone display that flew over the Downtown Dallas night sky. When those in the area scanned the illuminated code with their phone, it would bring them to the infamous music video for Rick Astley's song ‘Never Gonna Give You Up.' Preston Ward, Sky Elements Drone Shows Chief Pilot and General Counsel said drone shows are meticulously planned, and all are designed in 3D animation software.

SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - Big news for those flying out of Philadelphia International Airport. $13.00 parking is coming back.

Marcellus McCluster (Georgia Bureau of Investigation). CUSSETA, Ga. - A Georgia man has been indicted for the 1982 murder of an Arizona military woman.This week, a Chattahoochee County Grand Jury indicted Marcellus McCluster, age 64, formerly of Richland, GA, for the murder of René Dawn Blackmore, then age 20.Blackmore, a U.S.

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COLOMBO (News 1st); Electricity Generation at the Kerawalapitiya Power Plant was suspended on Friday (25) morning, as the power plant had run out of fuel.This was confirmed by the Ceylon Electricity Board.

PHILADELPHIA - Temple University's director of public safety resigned Thursday amid a surge of violence near campus and a staffing shortage on the university's police force.Director Charles Leone will officially step down on Apr. 29 after spending more than 40 years at Temple, the school said. The resignation comes days after Temple's police union reported that it's facing a staffing crisis that has impacted campus safety.

PHILADELPHIA - The so-called ‘great resignation’ has left a lot of industries without proper staffing and the field of education has not been immune to shortages. While the pandemic has played a role, some believe the writing was on the blackboard before COVID-19. The Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) says they have seen a decline in available teachers over the last decade.

PHILADELPHIA - Temple University's police union claims it's facing a staffing crisis that is greatly impacting campus safety as gun violence continues to rage in North Philadelphia.The union says it's operating at 60% of its typical workforce and each officer has worked about 42 overtime shifts since last July.On Monday, the union said on its Facebook page that it "cannot perform adequate community policing techniques that we have done in the past to reduce crime in the community." This comes as the Philadelphia Police Department shared new information about a recent shooting on Temple's during which investigators believe a 15-year-old gunman opened fire on a car full of teenage girls. Authorities say a 15-year-old boy is facing charges in three different shootings this month, including a shooting last Friday that left two teen girls injured and another that critically wounded a 14-year-old.Police Captain John Walker told reporters that the girl's car turned onto the 1500 block of Cecil B. Moore Avenue just before 10 p.m.

COLOMBO (News 1st); A group of people enraged over the Sri Lankan government’s inability to address the present shortage, took to the streets on Monday (21) morning, demanding they be delivered Kerosene.The locals from Orugodawatte protested by blocking the Baseline Road in Colombo from the Orugodawatte Junction demanding Kerosene. After protesting for around an hour, the group moved away from the road and allowed the flow of traffic.

DEARBORN, Mich. - The Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup will be hitting the streets soon, and now we have an idea of how much it will cost to go cruising in one.The 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning is rated to tow a maximum of 10,000 pounds. (Credit: Ford) A window sticker for an entry-level $41,669 F-150 Lightning 4x4 with a standard range battery that provides 230 miles of driving per charge that was posted to an F-150 fan forum shows the EPA figures for energy efficiency and the annual cost of electricity a typical owner will use.Production on 2020 Ford F-150 Lightning (Credit: Ford) Ford hasn't confirmed the finality of the figures on the sticker, but it says the full-size truck has an efficiency rating equivalent to 68 mpg and a $950 annual fuel cost, which is calculated using an average home electricity price of $.14 per kilowatt-hour.RELATED: ‘This sucker’s quick’: Biden test drives electric Ford F-150 pickup truckThat's significantly less than it costs to drive the most efficient gasoline powered version of a 4x4 F-150, which is the PowerBoost hybrid model that requires $2,750 worth of gasoline at $4.25 gallon.

small asteroid struck the Earth’s atmosphere above Iceland last Friday, just two hours after it was spotted by an astronomer.On March 11, Hungarian astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky, from the Piszkéstető Observatory near Budapest, spotted a small asteroid headed toward our planet.Closer and closer, faster and faster. The impacted asteroid 2022 EB5 on 1 sec images taken at Piszkéstető Observatory with the 0.60m Schmidt telescope on Mar 11, 20:44, 20:50, 20:55, 21:05 and 21:11 UT (T-38, 32, 27, 17 and 11 min).

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Final Term Examinations of schools in the Western Province are to be delayed, announced the Director of Education for the Western Province.This is due to a shortage in sourcing paper and other material to prepare the examination papers.Due to the shortage of paper and other material, the final term examination timetable for Grades 6, 7, and 8 will be amended, and the final term examinations for Grades 4, 9, 10, and 11 will be moved to a date after the April 2022 holidays.

WASHINGTON (AP) - With the nation yearning for a new normal after its long struggle with the coronavirus, U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra warned Thursday that vaccines, tests and treatments will be "stuck on the ground" unless Congress provides the additional funds the White House has demanded."We have reached a pivot point," Becerra said in an interview with The Associated Press.

Both Canada and Ontario’s governments are committing over a hundred million in funding to Honda Canada. While the move will help it upgrade to sell electric vehicles, critics say the Ford Government needs to do more to shift drivers onto them.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Liro Gas was unable to source the US $ 8 Million on Wednesday (16) to settle payment for a gas shipment that reached Sri Lanka.According to Litro Gas, a shipment is valued at approximately US $ 3 Million, however, due to arrears and demurrages, the supplier is seeking the US $ 8 Million from Sri Lanka.According to reports, the demurrages per day for this particular shipment is US $ 4,500/-, and Litro Gas revealed that it has payments to the tune of US $ 18 Million as demurrages to the supplier.Where did it all go wrong?If Litro Gas has opted for a long-term tender process, the payment for shipments could have been better managed.Notably, the long-term tender of Litro Gas lapsed on the 28th of February 2022, and even at that time, Litro Gas has not taken any measures to finalize the renewal of the long-term tender.Litro Gas has noted several reasons for the cause.– The failed attempt to introduce a full functioning Siyolit (Pvt) Ltd, the special purpose vehicle (SPV) incorporated for Sri Lanka’s gas sector– Crises that followed after reducing the weight of the domestic LP gas cylinders and distributing them to the local market– Gas related accidents that were reported from across Sri LankaWhat is the situation at the moment?Although the long-term tender awarded to a foreign supplier has expired, Litro Gas Lanka continues to purchase gas from the same company.When a supply agreement is signed, the supplier usually agrees to supply at least 10 percent more or less of the total consignment.Is gas being imported under this agreement?Higher costs can’t be prevented when spot purchases are made for gas.Last year, the chairman of Litro Gas criticized the supplier and blamed a mafia behind the transaction.Is a

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