Sri Lanka govt to show free local movies once a month

Sri Lanka's Minister of Information and Media Anura Priyadharshana Yapa says the government will show local movies in cinemas free of charge once a month to promote Sinhala cinema and attract moviegoers.

The Minister said he would discuss the matter with cinema owners and distributors. The Minister, who was participating in the ceremonial start of a cinema production, lamented about empty halls when local movies are shown.

Meanwhile, industry sources welcomed the Minister’s attempt to solve the problems of the local cinema industry.

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Polls after LTTE flushed out: Eastern Army Commander

Eastern Army Commander Major General Parakrama Pannipitiya was optimistic that people in the east would get a chance to elect their public representatives shortly after flushing out the LTTE within the next few days.

The Major General told journalists on Thursday they would clear the east of Tiger terrorists now confined only to the Thoppigala area.

He made these comments amidst widespread speculation about some political parties laying ground work for a provincial council election in the east soon.

The government had completed the resettlement of internally displaced persons in the recently captured Vakarai area situated north of Batticaloa.

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fuel prices have been raised

Sri Lanka has raised fuel prices from midnight Friday to keep up with diesel going up by two rupees, petrol by one rupee and furnace oil by three rupee a litre, a Ceylon Petroleum Corporation official said.

This would push 90-Octane petrol to 106 rupees and 95-Octane petrol to109 rupees with standard auto-diesel going up to 67 rupees and super diesel 71.30 rupees.

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