Add initial workflow for transaction counter release

.github/workflows/counter-release.yml

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+name: Release Transaction Counter Plugin
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      release_version:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+        description: "Release Version"
+      next_version:
+        type: string
+        description: "Next Development Version"
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up JDK 11
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          java-version: '11'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+
+      - name: Cache Ballerina.
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        id: cache
+        with:
+          path: "ballerina-dist/*.deb"
+          key: "ballerina-2201.8.0"
+      - name: Download Ballerina distribution.
+        shell: sh
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ballerina-dist
+          wget 'https://dist.ballerina.io/downloads/2201.8.0/ballerina-2201.8.0-swan-lake-linux-x64.deb' -P ballerina-dist
+        if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+      - name: Install Ballerina distribution.
+        shell: sh
+        run: "sudo dpkg -i ballerina-dist/ballerina-2201.8.0-swan-lake-linux-x64.deb"
+      - name: Verify Ballerina Version
+        shell: sh
+        run: "bal -v"
+
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Build with Maven
+        run: mvn clean install -DskipTests=true
+
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
+      - name: Build & push Docker image   
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        with:
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}/transaction-counter-service:${{ github.event.inputs.release_version }}, ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}/transaction-counter-service:latest
+          file: service/target/docker/TransactionCountingService/Dockerfile
+