Sri Lanka To Send Doctors For Jobs In Libya

Due to the Great Demand Sri Lanka will send Doctors and Pharmacists for Job Opportunities in Libya Soon Health Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva said Today(19).Before sending our Doctors there, Government will Explore the facilities available in Libya for them he said in his address at a Function held today in Hotel Holiday Inn to Recruit One Thousand New Students For Pharmacist Training.Sri Lankan Government Expected to send more than One Hundred Thousand workers to Libya within the First Half of Next Year.
Minister further said that the present Government already gave Appointments to all the MBBS Medical Graduates and No Country in the world even our Neighboring India giving Appointments to Every Medical Graduate Passed Out.

Navy Destroyed Four LTTE Boats At Nayaru

Sri Lankan Navy Destroyed Four LTTE Boats This Morning(18) During a Confrontation at Nayaru in Mulativu District.This Attack followed after the Army Captured the Mankulam.

Batticloe Docs Moved To Colombo And Other Safe Locations After Killing Of The Doctor In Navakkadu

Doctors Attached to the Government Hospitals in the Batticloe District Move to Colombo and Other Safe Locations Fearing their Security after A Doctor attached to the Navakkadu Hospital and the Malaivattu Central Dispensary was shot dead by an unidentified gunman yesterday(16) Night says Assistant Secretary of the Government Medical Officers Association(GMOA) Dr.Upul Gunasekera .All Fifty Eight Doctors in the Batticloe District including Seventeen Doctors attached to the Batticloe General Hospital were Moved away from their Hospitals today after The GMOA Requested them to do so he stressed.While Addressing a Press Brirfing in Colombo Today(17) he said that this Move is not a Trade Union Action and It's a Security Measure.Dr.S.W Palitha Kumara Was shot dead while he was at the Navakkadu hospital yesterday night.Meanwhile De fence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksha today Gave Assurance to the GMOA Delegation visited him that the Security of the Doctors in the Baticcloe Area will assured and a Senior Superintendant of Police Appointed to look into their Security Matters.

Train Fares To Reduced From 01st Of December

Train Fares will be Reduced by Six to Seventeen Percent With the effect from 01st of December following the Reduction of Oil Prices Railways Department said today(17).This will applicable to all three Classes in Trains.

Forces Captured Entire Mankulam And Kumulmunai

Security Forces Captured Entire Mankulam Area To Day(17) after Nine years since LTTE Capturing it Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka said.According to the Reports LTTE Cadres Ran away from the area after Hours of Heavy Fighting with the Security Forces and some of the LTTE Cadre captured by the Forces.The fall of the Mankulam is a big blow to LTTE Leader Prabhakaran Analysts said.LTTE Captured the Mankulam Area which is a strategic town situated in A-9 Road in 05th of November 1999.Early this morning Troops captured the Entire Kumulmunai Area and Mankulam Junction in the Mulativue District.Foriegn Employment Promotions Minister and Government Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella Told the Media that the Task Force 3 Completely Captured the Mankulam .

Prices Of Milk Powder To Reduced From 15th Of December

Prices Of Milk Powder To be Reduced with Effect from 15th Of December Consumer Affairs Minister Bandula Gunawardana said Yesterday(14).Reducing Of Milk Powder Came as agreed by the Producers and Importers Minister Further said.Now a 400 Gramme Pack Of Powdered Milk Selling Between Rs.260-275 in the Market.With the Reduction of the Prices of Milk Powder Consumers are expecting that the Prices of Milk Tea selling in cafe's too will be reduced.Now a Milk Tea is selling Between Rs.20-30.But Some cafe's are using Sweetened Condensed Milk for Making Tea Instead of Powdered Milk.
When Talking about the Price Reduction of the Consumer Products in Sri Lanka It is Impossible even thinking of it. following the Reduction the Prices of Gas,Petrol,Diesel and Kerosene Oils and Now the Milk Powder vendors are keeping deaf and blind of it unlike when their is a price hike.Even the Prices Of Bus Tickets Reduced from small Margin with the Effect From Last Monday(10)following the Reduction of The Oils from the Budget, still most of the Conductors are not giving the Benefit of this Price Reduction to the Passengers unlike when the prices of oil is Increasing.
Price Of a Flour Reduced by Two Rupees some time back and with the Reduction of Oil Prices Bakers should Reduced the Prices of their Products including Bread,Cakes and Short Eats.But they are selling for the same prices as earlier.A Piece of Chocolate Cake Is Sold Between Rs.40-45 and a Chinese Roll and a Patti are selling for Rs.25-30 in the Colombo Suburbs.

Capturing Of Pooneryn Paved The Way To Open A-32 Road-Minister Rambukwalla

Minister Of Investment Promotions Keheliya Rambukwalla Said Today that With the Capturing of Pooneryn in the North, Entire Western Coastal Area is now under Government Control and now it Paved the way to Open A-32 Jafna Road after 1993.Troops Captured Important Tiger held areas at Devil's Point and Vallaipadu in Pooneryn Last Thursday.