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Sunday, December 31, 2023
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Saturday, December 30, 2023
Floods Occurred In Somawathiya Temple Area Suspends Pilgrim Arrivals
Floods are being occurred in Historical Somawathiya Temple and surrounding roads in the area Due to the heavy showers prevailing in Polonnaruwa District ( North Central Province) at present it has been reported.
Due to this situation the authorities have temporarily suspended the arrivals of Pilgrims to the area .Alms prepared by the Buddhist Monks in Somawathiya Temple had been transported to the statue of Buddha through boats according to Disaster Management Center(DMC).
Members Of 67 Familes In Lunugala And Passara Areas Removed Due To Landslide Threat
Members of 67 families in Divisional Secretariets at Passara and Lunugala areas were removed from their houses yesterday(30)due to landslide threats according to the Disaster Msnagement Center.
The removed families are being located in collages of the respective areas the Center has stated.
A Police Constable Was Killed During A Raid In South South
A Police Constable attached to Special Crimes Investigations Division in Dematagoda Police was killed and a Sub Inspector has been injured and admitted to the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital due to a gun shooting incident occurred during a police raid at Jamburegoda area in wee hours of this morning (31).
A Group of persons fired gun shots towards the Police team during the raid it has been reported.Police investigation is underway regarding this incident .
Friday, December 29, 2023
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සෑබෑ ආදරයකට ඇත්තේ උපතක් පමණි.එය දිනෙන් දින දළු ලා වැඩෙන ගසක් මෙන් වර්ධනය් වන අතර ජීවිතයේ වැදගත්ම කොටස බවට පත් වේ.(උපුටා ගැනීමකි ).
Thursday, December 28, 2023
President Of Govt.Medical Officers Forum Was Questioned By CID
The President Of Government Medical Officers Forum Dr.Rukshan Bellana was questioned by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for five hours yesterday (28) over his statement saying CID is protecting the masterminds behind the purchasing of substandard drugs .
Accordingly CID had questioned Dr .Bellana on his statements regarding the purchasing of Controversial Human Immunoglobulin Injection vials it has been reported.
Over 700 Measles Patients Reported During Last Seven Months
During last seven Months over 700 Measles patients mainly children had been identified from Sri Lanka according to the Epidemiology Unit.
Accordingly since last May upto now these patients had been reported and the majority of these patients were reported from Colombo,Gampaha and Jaffna districts the Director of the Epidemiology Unit Dr Samitha Ginige has stated.
Cake Sales Dropped By 75 Percent During This Christmas
Due to the higher prices of Cakes in the local market ,Sales of them were dropped by 75 percent during this year's Chirstmas according to the All Ceylon Bakery Owners Association .
Compare to the last Chriatmas the Sale of Christmas Cakes was dropped by 25 percent during this years Christmas the President of the Association N.K Jayawardane had stated.As a result of the higher prices of Eggs in the local Market and shortage of other Cake ingredients the prices of Cakes are being skyrocketed he had stressed.
Fifteen Containers Containing Medicines Are Being Held In Port Over Several Issues
Fifteen Containers containing medicines imported by the Private sector are being held at the Colombo harbor due to several issues including problems related to the registration of the relevent Pharmaceutical Companies according to the Health Ministry Secretary Dr.Palitha Mahipala.
As these Medicine Containers did not get the clearence over the issues related to the Importers ,Health Ministry had appointed a Committee comprising of officials attached to the National Medicine Regulatory Authority,State Pharmaceuticals Corporation ,Medical Supplies Division and the Ministry Of Health to look on the issue DrMahipala had stated.
Government To Remove Ports And Airport Tax From VAT Imposed On Fuel And Gas
Government has decided to remove the Ports and Airport tax from the 18 percent VAT (value added tax) Tax scheduled to be imposed on Fuel and Gas with effect from 01st of January next year according to the Tax policy advisor to the Ministry of Finance Thanuja Perera.
Accordingly 7.5 percent Ports and Airport Tax imposed on fuel as well as the 2.5 percent Ports and Airport tax imposed on Gas will be removed from the 18 percent VAT scheduled to be imposed on these products from 01st of January.
Six Suspects Including Health Secretary Further Remanded Over Purchasing Of Substandard Immunoglobulin
The imprisoned Six suspects including the former Secretary to the Ministry Of Health Janaka Chandragupta had been further remanded until 10th of January by Maligakanda Magistrate Court last Wednesday (27) over the controversial purchasing of Substandard Human Immunoglobulin Injection vials for Government Hospitals.
Out of these suspects the Former Health Secretary was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on 18th of December after arriving at CID headquarters to give a statement .
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
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මරණ ගෙදරකට යන අයෙකුට මිය ගිය අය වෙනුවෙන් වැලපිය නොහැකි වුවද අනිසි ලෙස සිනහ විමෙන් හෝ වැළකී සිටිය හැකිනම් එය මියගිය අයට මෙන්ම පවුලේ සාමාජිකයන්ට ලබා දිය හැකි ඉහළම ගෞරවය වනු ඇත.(උපුටා ගැනීමකි ).
A Student Has Died After Drowning In A Water Hole
A 15 year old Student has died after drowning in a Deep Water hole belongs to the Galabada water fall at Nawalapitiya area this evening(26)according to Nawalapitiya Police.
The deceased student was identified as a resident of Panabokka in Kadugannawa area snd faced this incident whilst bathing with few of his friends it has been revealed .
A Prison Inmate Died DueTo A Brawl
A 46 year old Prison inmate at Kalutara Prison has died due to a brawl occurred among inmates of the Prison yesterday (25).
The critically injured prison inmate had succumbed to his injuries whilst receiving treatment at Nagoda Hospital it has been reported.The deceased has been iidentified as a resident of Molkava area .The Prison Department is currently conducting an investigation over the death of the prison inmate.
Popular Yesteryear Sinhala Cinema Actress Udula Dabare Passed Away
Popular Yesteryear Sinhala Cinema Actress Udula Dabare has passed away today (26)at the age of 87 it has been reported.
She has begun her Film career from the Film "Kale Handa in 1952 and featured in many Popular films afterwards including Warada kageda,Duppathage Duka ,Nalagana and Sigiri Kashyapa.The funeral of Late actress Udula Dabare is scheduled to be held tomorrow(27) evening at the Mattegoda Cemetary in Colombo .
Former Health Minister Summoned By CID
The Former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella had given a seven and half hour long statement to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today(26) regarding the supplying of Controversial Human Immunoglobulin Injection Vials to government hospitals .
Accordingly CID has recorded the statement from the Minister from 9 a.m to 4 p.m today it has been reported.During his stay at the CID Headquarters in Colombo the former Health Minister Rambukwella has handed over the docuements related to the purchasing of the controversial injection vials to CID officials . These docuements were produced before CID to assist the ongoing investigation regarding the Purchasing of controversial Human imuunoglobulin injection vials Minister Rambukwella has stated.
Sunday, December 24, 2023
Saturday, December 23, 2023
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සමාජයේ සිටින මෝඩ ප්රජාව කොටස් දෙකකි.ඒ උගත් හා නූගත් වශයෙනි.තමන් සදාකාලිකව ජීවත් වේ යැයි සිතමින් අන් අයගේ විපතේදී සතුටුවන එවැනි විපත් අවස්ථාවන් මගහරින පිරිස් එම දෙකොටසෙහිම සිටිති (සමාජ මාධ්ය ජාලයකින් උපුටා ගැනිනි).
Director General Of Pensions Proposed A Reduction Of Govt.Employees Leave
The Director General Of Pensions A Jagath De Diaz has submitted a proposal to the Parliament Select Committee on Responsible Government to reduce the duty leave of Government employees from 45 to 25 according to the Sources.
According to the Proposal Casual leave and Medical leave are being proposed to reduce to 10 and 16 days respectively it has been reported.
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Around 2000 Arrested During Narcotic Raids Sent For Rehabilitation
Around 2000 persons arrested in possession of narcotics during the Anti narcotic raids carried out by the Police Department have been sent for rehabilitation according to the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board.
The majority of these persons who were directed for rehabilitation are being subjected to the residential community treatment and rehabilitation process as a result of the shortage of room facilities in rehabilitation centers the Board has stated.
Liquor Shops Islandwide To Be Closed Down For Two Days
Liquor Shops Islandwide will be closed tomorrow (25) and the day after(26) in view of Christmas and Uduwap Full moon Poya,days according to the Ezcise Department .
However this decision does not apply to Star hotels under the Tourism Development Authority the Department has stated
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Friday, December 22, 2023
Former Health Minister Will Ve Arrested Over Importing Low Quality Drugs
If found an evidence that the former Health Minister and Current Enviornment Minister Keheliya Rambukwella was responsible for importing low quality drugs to Sri Lanka he will be taken into custody over the allegations according to the Minister of Public Security Tiran Allas.
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is currently probe on the low quality drugs iimportation to Sri Lanka and if the CID found substantial evidence that the Minister had involved in importing low quality drugs to Sri lanka he will be arrested the Minister has stated
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
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දෙදෙනෙකු අතර පවතිනුයේ සැබෑ නොමියෙනසුළු ආදරයක් නම් සමාජය විසින්ම එය අගයනු ඇත.(උපුටා ගැනීමකි).
Ministry Of Trade To Import Eggs From India
The Ministry of Trade,Commerce and Food Security has planned to Import Eggs from India until April 2024 in view of Stabalizing the egg prices in the local market according to the Secretary to the Ministry Ranjith Atapattu.
Accordingly Ministry has planned to sell these Eggs importing from India for Rs.35 as the price of an Egg in the local market has increased to Rs.60 at present the Secretary has stated.
Five Persons Injured Due To A Brawl In Haputale
Five persons were hospitalized with serious knife cut wounds due to a brawl occurred between two groups at Beragala junction in Haputhale area(Up country) yesterday (19).
The injured were admitted to the Haldammulla District Hospital for treatment and later transferred to Diyatalawa Base hospital for further treatment .The Brawl had occurred regardingt aShop in the area.
පුතලේ බෙරගල මංසන්ධියේදී අද 18 දෙපිරිසක් අතර ඇති වූ ගැටුමකින් කාන්තාවක් ඇතුළු පස්දෙනකු බරපතළ කැපුම් තුවාල සහිතව හල්දුම්මුල්ල දිසාරෝහලට ඇතුළත් කිරීමෙන් පසුව වැඩිදුර ප්රතිකාර සඳහා තුවාලකරුවන් දියතලාව මූලික රෝහලට මාරු කර යැවූ බව හපුතලේ පොලිසිය කියයි.
බෙරගල මංසන්ධියේ වෙළඳසැලක් සම්බන්ධ ආරවුලක් මෙම ගැටුමට හේතුවී ඇතැයි ද මූලික පරීක්ෂණ වලින් පසුව පොලිසිය කියයි.
දෙපිරිසක් අතර ඇතිවූ කතා බහක් ගැටමක් දක්වා ගොස් ඇති අතර කාන්තාවක් ඇතුළු පස්දෙනකුම කැපුම් තුවාල සහිතව රෝහල් ගත කර තිබේ.
හපුතලේ පොලීසිය පරීක්ෂණ පවත්වයි.
Electricity Supply To 22 Matara Schools Disconnected
Electricity Supply to 22 Collages in Matara Education Zone has been disconnected due to none payment of Electricity bills according to the Ceylon Electricity Board(CEB).
Regional Education Offices in Matara are responsible for settling Electricity bills of those schools and the Electricity supply has been disconnected as a result of none paying bills for several months the Board has stated
Monday, December 18, 2023
Former Health Secretary Arrested Over Supplying Fake Injection Vials
The Former Secretary to the Ministry Of Health Janaka Sri Chandragupta has been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) over supplying a Fake stock of Human Immunoglobulin injection vials to Government Hospitals.He was arrested on his arrival to the CID to give a statement regarding the allegations levelled against him.
The Former Health Secretary has been remanded until 27 th of December after being produced before the Maligakanda Magistrate Court.The Court has also ordered to close the Medical supllies office at the Health Ministry in view of allowing authorities to check the docuements related to the injection vials in question . Four Persons including the former Director of Medical Supplies Dicision(MSD) Dr.Kapila,Wikramanayake are being imprisoned over supplying of fake Immunoglobulin vials to the Government Hoapitals.
Sunday, December 17, 2023
Fifty For Judges And Magistrates To Be Transferred
Fifty four Judges,District Judges and Magistrates are scheduled to be transferred with effect from 01st of January next year according to the Judicial Service Commission .
These transferes will be made as Annual transferes and as per the service requirements it has been reported.
Saturday, December 16, 2023
Around 7061 Persons Affected Due To Heavy Showers
Around 7061 Persons are being affected due to the ongoing heavy showers prevailing in the Island according to the Disaster Management Center(DMC).
These are belongs to 2271 families and 33 houses have been partially damaged due to the rain the DMC had stated .
A Person Was Killed And Another Injured Due To An Accident
A person was killed and another were injured and hospitalized after they were colliding with a Lorry whilst crossing theroad near Main Bus stop at Homagama in High Level road according to the Homagama Police headquarters .
The injured person had been admitted to the Homagama Base Hospital for treatment.The deceased was identified as a 34 year old resident of Bakamuna area.
Navy Arrested Two Persons With 2820 Narcotic Pills In Possession
Sri Lanka Navy had arrested two persons with 2820 Narcotic tablets in their possession last friday (15) during a search mission carried out at Seelawathuea,Kallaru and Achchanakulam areas
The suspects are of the ages 22and 23 years and they were hande over to the Seelawathura Police for further investigations .
Friday, December 15, 2023
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Two Shops Destroyed In Hali-Ela Due To A Landslide
Two small shops were completely destroyed due to a landslidw occurred at Hali-Ela area in Badulla District this noom (15) it has been reported .The Landslide was occurred as a result of a Soil mound collapse it has been revealed.Two traders inside the shops which were destroyed due to the landslide had escaped unhurt it has beem reported.
As two large rocks also toppled over to the road authorities had removed five shops in the area due to the landslide threats.
A Special Mission To Raid Dangerous Narcotics
The Department of Police has launched an Island wide mission to raid Dangerous narcotics named as "Justice" it has been reported.
The aim of this mission is to control drug networks of dangerous narcotic smugglers snd distributors as well as taken them into custody and rehabilitate the drug addicts the Police have stated.A special Office functioning 24 hours a day in this regard is schedule to setup at the Police department on 17 th of December it has been reported
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Three Persons Were Injured Due To A Gun Shooting
Three persons including a 17 year old youth had been injured and hospitalized due to a gun shooting incident occurred at a house in Walpola,Ragama yesterday (14) according to the Ragama Police.
The injured were admitted to the Ragama Teaching Hospital for treatment.A group of persons arrived in a Motorcycle had fired gun shots towards the residents of the house it has been revealed.The reason behind the gun shooting has not yet been revealed the Police have stated.Ragama Police are conducting an ininVestigation over the incident .
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Annual Budget Proposals Passed In Parliament
The Annual Budget proposals presented to the Parliament for next year (2024) had passed in Parliament by a majority of 41 votes today(13)
Accordingly 122 MP's were voted in favor of the Budget and 81 voted against it.Along with the Opposition parties former Sports Minister Roshan Ranssinghe was also voted sgainst the Budget proposals.
Monday, December 11, 2023
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Three Schools In Haldummulla Area Closed Due To Bad Weather
Three Schools in the Haldummulla division in Badulla District had been closed due to the adverse weather prevailing in the area at present according to the authorities .
HowEver steps are being taken to carrying out
the educational activities of the students who are studying in these schools the authorities had stated.
Vat Amendment Bill Has,Been Passed In The Parliament
The third reading of the Vat (Value Added Tax) Amendment Bill has been passed in the Parliament this evening (11) with a majority of 45 votes.Accordingly 100 MP's were voted in favour of the Bill whilst 55 voted against it.
According to the Vat Amendment Bill tax will be imposed on 97 out of the 138 items withdrawn from taxes earlier with effect from 01st of January next year..Under the Bill The 15 percent Tax imposed on goods will be increased to 18 percent it has been announced.
Fifty Inmates Of Kandakadu Camp Escaped
Fifty inmates attached to the Kandakadu Rehabilitation Camp at Welikanda area(North Central Province) were escaped from the Camp this evening (11) due to a tense situation occurred at the Camp it has been reported.
Police officers attached to the Welikanda Police are being launched a special mission in search of the missing inmates and taken into custody 23 inmates in the forest area, according to the reports.Police along with Army officers are being surrounded the Welikande forest area to capture the missing inmates.
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