ITN News 7 News 11/12/2017

Hiru News

• Husband kills wife, commits suicide - ( A 51-year-old husband has killed his 53-year-old wife and committed suicide by hanging at Pelwatta in Buttala. Police said that the incident had occurred last night (Apr. 24). Bodies were recovered this morning. )
• SLFP to be fully restructured - (The Sri Lanka Freedom Party Central Committee has decided to fully restructure the party targeting the victory of President Maithripala Sirisena at the next Presidential Election. The decision was made at last nights SLFP CC meeting. These details... )
• Sri Lanka rupee plunges to a new low - (The depreciation of Sri Lanka rupee against US dollar continues. The forex dealers said that the spot rate declined to 157.35 to 157.40 range as a result of high importer demand. According to Central Bank, the selling rate of US dollar was 159.04... )
• Presidential Commission on SriLankan Airlines to start work - (The Presidential Commission which was appointed to look into the alleged malpractices and fraud at the SriLankan Airlines will start collecting evidence and relevant information within the next 2 weeks. President Maithripala Sirisena revealed this... )
• Study finds Provincial Councils have over 1500 unusable vehicles - (A study conducted by the Ministry of Finance revealed that there are 15,946 vehicles in Provincial Councils and out of that 1,592 are not in a usable state. After considering details submitted by Ministry of Finance, the Cabinet has decided to instruct... )