A Person With 16 Kilo Grammes Of Explosives Has Been Arrested At Mahiyanganaya

A 35 year old Person has been arrested today(22) for the possession of 16 Kilo Grammes of Explosives at Dambarawa in Mahiyanganaya Area(In Uva Province) according to Police.

The Suspect who is a resident in Dambarawa Area is due to be produced before Mahiyanganaya Magistrate Court today(22).

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Around 500-1000 Private Pharmacies That Running Throughout The Island Are Not Having A Single Pharmacist-Sri Lanka Pharmaceutical Trade Forum

Around 3500 Private Pharmacies Are currently functioning throughout the island  and out of them around 500- 1000 Pharmacies are running without a  single Pharmacist according to Sri Lanka Pharmaceutical Trade Forum.

Addressing  a Press Briefing held yesterday(21) at Sri Lanka Press Institute in Narahenpita(In Colombo District) the office bearers of the Forum has stated Government should have taken steps to  recruit qualified Pharmacists for these Private Pharmacies running without a single pharmacist in view of providing  a good service for Patients.

The Office Bearers of the Pharmaceutical Trade Forum has appealed their members not to accept Drugs which are having a shell life less then Two Years .How Ever under the new National Drug Regulatory Authority Act there's a provision stating Pharmacists can accept Drugs having shell life of around one and half years.

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United Nations Assistant Secretary General For Political Affairs Has Arrived Sri Lanka For A Four Day Visit

The United Nations Assistant Secretary General For  Political Affairs Miroslav Jenca has arrived Sri Lanka yesterday(21) for a four day official visit.

Besides meeting with Top Sri Lankan Officials the United Nations Assistant Secretary General is due to participate the UN Day Event in Colombo on 24th of October to mark 70th Anniversary Of United Nations and the 60th Anniversary since Sri Lanka becoming A member state of UN.

"THREE MUSICIANS"(1921) A FAMOUS ART WORK OF YESTERYEAR SPANISH ARTIST PABLO PICASSO(1881-1973)

THIS POPULAR ART WORK WAS DONE BY SPANISH ARTIST PABLO PICASSO AS A PART OF A SERIES OF PAINTINGS HE HAS DONE WHILE HE WAS YOUNG.THIS IS A LARGE PAINTING WITH 2 METERS WIDE AND HIGH AND NOW IT IS IN THE NEW YORK MUSEUM OF MODERN ART.

New Heads And Members Of Three Independent Commissions Have Been Appointed

The new heads and members of three Independent Commissions have been appointed today(21).Accordingly Professor Siri Hettige ,Dharmasena Dissanayake and Dr.Deepika Udagama have been appointed as heads of Police ,Public Services and Human Rights Commissions respectively.

The following members have been appointed to the said Commissions.

Police Commission- Anton Jayanathan,M.P.H Manathunga,Savithri Wijesekera and Y.L.M Zavahir

Public Services Commission-V.Jagarajasingham,A.Salam,Dr.Prathap Ramanujam,Nihal Seneviratne,S.Ranugge,D.L Mendis ,Dhara Wijethilake and Sarath Jayathilake

Human Rights Commission-  Saliya Pieris, Lional Fernando ,Gazali Hussain ,Ambika Satkunanathan.

POPULAR YESTERYEAR SINHALESE SONG SUNG BY LATE G.S.B RANI PERERA(SAD VERSION)

THIS SONG WAS FROM THE FILM "NALAGANA" SCREENED IN EARLY 60'S.
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Three Suspects With 111 Grammes Of Heroin in Their Possession Have Been Arrested From Colombo

The Police have yesterday (20) evening arrested three persons including a younger sister of Drug Kingpin Samantha Kumara alias "Wele Suda" for the possession of 111 Grammes and  540 Mili Grammes of Heroin worth around Rs.1.7 million.

These persons were arrested from different locations in Borella(In Colombo District) with different quantities of Heroin according to Police.

The Drug Kingpin "Wele Suda' was sentenced to death recently for possession of 7.05 Grammes of Heroin. 

Gampaha Magistrate Has Released Former Suspect Of Five Year Old Girl's Murder From His Previous Cases

The Gampaha Magistrate has today(21) released the former suspect of rape and murder case of  five year old seya sadewmini in Kotadeniyawa Area  Dunesh Priyashantha alias "Kondaya" from previous cases filed against him.

The said suspect was earlier released by Minuwangoda Magistrate from the murder case of Kotadeniyawa girl as the DNA  Samples of the supect was not matched the DNA Samples found from girl's body.

However Kondaya was further remanded due to the previous cases filed against him at Gampaha and Attanagalla(In Western Province) Magistrate Courts are pending at that time.

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Parliament Has Approved A Proposal To Increase The Maximum Limit Of Loan Government Can Borrow Through Treasury Bills From Rs.400 Billion

The Parliament has today(20) approved a proposal to increase the maximum limit of loan government can borrow through issuing  of Treasury Bills from  Rs.400 billion.

As parliament has approved the proposal submitted by Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake the maximum limit of loan government can borrow through issuing  Treasury Bills has been increased to Rs.1250 Billion from Rs.850 Billion.

The same proposal submitted by this government during it's 100 day Programme prior to the General Election held in August has been defeated at the Parliament then.

A FAMOUS ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM PAINTING OF YESTERYEAR ITALIAN ARTIST LEONARDO DA VINCI(1452-1519)

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