Ajantha Mendis received an ICC Award

Sri Lankan Spinner Ajantha Mendis awarded as The Best Emerging Cricket Player of the Year by the International Cricket Council (ICC)in their Annual Awards Ceremony held last night at Dubai.this is the first time that a Sri Lankan Cricketer received an Individual Award at the ICC Awards.

Air Force Jets attacked LTTE Inteligence center in Kilinochchi

Sri Lankan Air Force Jets attacked the LTTE'S Intelligence Center located in Kilinochchi this morning while there was a high profile Rebel meeting underway there.The Air Raid was Successful Air Force said.However the LTTE said Air Force attacked a civilian settlement in Kilinochchi this morning and 12 houses were destroyed.

Bomb Exploded in Mount Lavinia-No one Injured

There was a Bomb Explosion at the Seram Place in Mount Lavinia area few hours ago.No one is injured and police said that the explosion was occurred in the rail track and believed to be a small bomb.

LTTE attempt to destroy Vavuniya Air Base and Wanni Security Headquarters failed

Sri Lankan Forces successfully defeated the LTTE attempt on attacking Air Base in Vavuniya and the Security Forces Headquaters in Wanni by using light Air Crafts and ground troops this morning(09).LTTE Air Crafts trying to destroy the air base in Vavuniya and two of their light Air Crafts came for the Mission.but forces fought back and destroyed one LTTE Air craft in the Mulathiv skies when the two air crafts fled after an unsuccessful mission .10 Rebels and 10 soldiers were killed during the confrontation and 23 soldiers were injured.One police constable also killed and 8 injured during the fight.5 force personals also sustained injuries. LTTE also used artillery fire but sri lankan forces able to crush the rebels ground assault completely.
Meanwhile Government today ordered UN Agencies , all other Non Governmental Organizations and International Non Governmental Organizations who are involved in relief work in Vanni to vacate from the area due to the heavy fighting underway there between the Govt.Forces and the LTTE Rebels.Government can't assure their security Government offical said.

Friends Of Ridgway Hospital to Improve the Hospital Standard

Health Staff of the Lady Ridgway Children's Hospital,Colombo formed an organaisation called "Friends Of the Lady Ridgway Children's Hospital" in the view of uplifting the Infrastructure Facilities of the hospital and to bring the hospital to the status of the Best Health Care Centre for Children in the South East Asia within the next decade.To get financial assistance in this regard Friends of Lady Ridgway Hospital organization open an account with the collaboration of the Bank of Ceylon in their Borella Super Grade Branch.the Account Number is 8364019 and those who are interested on donating money can forward them to this account according to the Director of the Lady Ridgway Hospital Dr.(Mrs) S.Yoganathan who is also the President of the organisation.She revealed this at a press briefing held today (08) at the hospital auditorium.
The First Lady Mrs.Shiranthi Rajapaksha is appointed as the Patron of this organization scheduled to be launched officialy on this Thursday(11) .

Burning Problems of Sri Lankan Consumers increased further as the prices of food items goes high

In addition to the increasing Gas Prices sri lankan consumers are suffer further due to the day to day increase of Essential Commodities including Rice and Mysore Dhal which is commonly used food item here.At present the price of Mysore Dhal stands at Rs.218 per Kilo the highest price recorded ever.Consumers are reportedly avoid buying of Mysore Dhal due to the price Merchants said.
Due to the price increase of essential commodities like Bread,Rice ,Dhal,Vegetables,fish and Meat the income of an ordinary person becomes insufficient to buy the food items and fulfill their other essential household needs.
According to the consumers they can't buy the Rice and Bread the main food items of the sri lankans due to their prices are on increase.The price of the Loaf of Bread is Rs.40 and the prices of varieties of rice are also high.The 400 grammes of Milk Powder Pack is sold between Rs.260-275, the prices of all varieties of Short eats are also increased Market sources said.
Although The Consumer Protection Authority make an arrangement to caught the merchants who are selling essential food items like Rice for higher prices then usual authorities still not able to stabalise the prices of essential food items selling in the Market.

Health Ministry declares a National Dengue Prevention Weak

Health Ministry declares the weak from 15th to 20th of this month as a "National Weak of Dengue Prevention".Dengue control activities with the participation of the public will be implemented throughout the country in this weak according to the Dr.Lakshmi Silva the director of the National Dengue Control Campaign.