Sri Lankan Opposition Leader Is In India For Discussions On UN Report

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickramasinha has left for India today to hold discussions with Indian Leaders on the situation arisen in the wake of issuing the United Nation's Darusman Report on alleged war crimes against Sri Lanka.He was invited to visit there by the Indian Government.During his  visit the opposition leader Wickramasinha is scheduled to meet Indian Premier Manmohan Singh and External Affairs Minister S.M Krishna.

However he will not meet  the newly elected Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Jayalalitha Jayaram according to the sources.The opposition Leader was invited by India for the talks on UN Report two weeks after the Sri Lankan External Affairs Minister Professor G.L Pieris visited India to brief Indian Leaders on the  Report.

Colombo Municipal Council Taken 500 Liters Of Local BTI Bacteria From Malaria Campaign

The Colombo Municipal Council has taken 500 liters of Locally made BTI Bacteria last week from Anti Malaria Campaign to spray in Dengue Risk Areas in Colombo City according to the Colombo Chief MOH Dr.Pradeep Kariyawasam.The Officers  have already sprayed the BTI Bacteria in to Dengue Risk Areas of Eastern Colombo ,Borella,Thimbirigasyaya,Kirulapana and Havlock Town Dr.Kariyawasam has said.


According to him the locally made BTI Bacteria is much cheaper than the Cuban made Bacteria.Around 222 Dengue Patients with one death was reported within the Colombo City limits during this Month.