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The Ministry of Power and Energy issued a statement clarifying that an island-wide blackout had occurred after a monkey had broken into a sub-station in Sri Lanka's electrical grid. The Ceylon Electricity Board in a press statement claimed that the incident took place in the Panadura substation.
A nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka has been blamed on a monkey that intruded into a power station south of Colombo. Power is gradually being restored across the island nation of 22 million people ...
In Sri Lanka, the Public Health Inspector (PHI) profession started in 1913. The PHI plays a crucial role in the public health sector for over a hundred years. The officers work as Range PHIs under the Ministry of Health, Provincial Ministries of Health, Ministry of Local Governments.
Sri Lanka's electricity demand is currently met by thermal power stations (54.59%), major hydroelectric power stations (33.50%), wind farms (2.12%), small hydro facilities (8.01%) and other renewables such as solar (1.78%). [6] Sri Lanka as a whole last faced a major nationwide blackout in March 2016, which lasted for over eight hours. [7]
About 900 out of around 1,100 engineers of the state-run Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) went on strike at midnight, stalling operations at eight hydropower plants and triggering power cuts across ...
Samurdhi Authority of Sri Lanka; Securities & Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka; Southern Development Authority of Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka Accounting & Auditing Standard Monitoring Board; Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy; Sri Lanka Export Development Board; Sri Lanka Foundation Institute; Sri Lanka Institute of Advance Technical ...
The Sri Lankan Government is the largest employer in the country and the public services are often criticized as overstaffed and inefficient. [ 1 ] Their members are selected by competitive examination and promotions are made by the Public Service Commission .
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 1994: D. B. Wijetunga: Minister of Health and Social Services [32] Chandrika Kumaratunga: Minister of Health, Highways and Social Services [33] [34] John Seneviratne: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 October 2000: Minister of Health [35] [36] P. Dayaratna: United National Party: 12 December 2001: Minister of Health ...