LTTE Refused To Allow UN Staff Return From Vanni

LTTE Refused To Allow UN Staff Working in Vanni as Humanitarian Mission to Return From Vanni with Their Present convoy UN Office In Colombo Announced To Day(22).UN Office Strongly Protest Against the LTTE Move.

LTTE Hold 150 Health Workers As Hostages

Health Services Trade Union Alliance(HSTUA) To Day Revealed that The LTTE Forcibly Taken 150 Health Workers Including 20 Nurses Attached to the Kilinochchi Hospital As Hostages and Holding them inside a Temporary Hospital Building at Mulativue.Others who Are Taken as Hostages Including Minor Staff and Public Health Inspectors served in the Northern Provincial Hospitals.The President of the Alliance Mr.Saman Rathnapriya Requested LTTE To Released These Health Personal and Allow them to Move in to The Government Held Areas.

Jayawardanapura Hospital Is A White Elephant -GMOA

Government Medical Officers Association To day Condemned the Poor Governing of the Sri Lanka's Only Semi Government Hospital Sri Jayawardenapura Hospital Saying that The Hospital It self Running Out of Patients and In to a Position of Begging Patients from The Government Hospitals.
Addressing a Press Briefing In Colombo To Day Dr.Upul Gunasekara The Assistant Secretary Of The Association Said that The Cardio Thoracic Surgeons of the Hospital Last weak appealed to the Ministry Of Health to Send Cardiac Patients who Are in the Waiting List of the Colombo National Hospital with the Money For Jayawardenapura Hospital Due to they are Not having Patients to Perform Surgeries.However The Cardio Thoracic Unit of the Hospital Is Currently Facing A Drug and Equipment Shortage and How they Can Perform the Surgeries under This kind of Circumstance Is a Question He Stressed. The Governing Board of the Hospital Is Engaged In Spending Heavily The Funds Received By The Hospital For Useless Things like Painting A kitchen Instead of Developing the Infrastructure Dr Gunasekara Said.
If the Health Ministry Not Taking Steps to Correct this Irregularities of the Jayawardenapura Hospital Within Two Weeks Time GMOA Will Take A Stern Action against It He further Added.

Health Ministry To Send Controversial Tender Report On Cleaning Services To The PFC

Health Ministry Tender Board on Cleaning Services Of Thirty Seven Government Hospitals Decides To Send The Controversial Technical Evaluation Report of The Tender Awarding To the Public Finance Commission(PFC) Seeking their Advise .Technical Evaluation Report Presented to the Tuesday's Tender Board Meeting Recommended to Award the Tender to the Highest Bid Ministry Sources said.Evaluation Committee Chairman is In the View that Tender should Be Awarded to The Highest Bid But Rest of the Four Members in the Committee Are Saying that the Tender Should be Awarded To the Company Presented the Lowest Bid.
Technical Evaluation Committee Is Divided in to Two groups on the Issue and Due to This Tender Board Decides to Sent the Controversial Report to the Public Finance Commission Before Taking a Decision.

Main Opposition UNP Handover A No Confidence Motion Against The Govt.

The Main Opposition United National Party(UNP)Handover the No Confidence Motion Against the Government At Parliment This Morning On Controversial Oil Hedging Issue .This Motion was Hand Over To the Speaker.UNP Also Handover a No Confidence Motion Against the Government Few Weeks ago but Not able to Proceed it Further.

Ceylon Green Tea Is Proved To Be A Healthy Drink Prevents Many Diseases According To A Research

Two Medical Researchers A Sri Lankan and A Singaporean Revealed that the Ceylon Green Tea is Useful For Preventing Strokes and Stress According to the Research Done By them.One of the Researchers who are Taking Part of This Research Dr.Ranil De Silva Of the Anatomy Department Of the Sri Jayawardanapura Medical Faculty Says that the Substance Flevanoids contain In the Green Tea Helps to Prevent Brain Cell Damage which is the Main Cause for the Stroke."So Ceylon Green Tea is Not Just a Drink It's a Healthy Drink for Healthy Living" He Stressed.
Other Researcher Who is Taking Part on This Research Professor Y.Z Zhu of the Singaporean National University Medical Faculty said that the Ceylon Green Tea Is Proved to Be A Healthy Drink with Benefits In this Research.
These facts were Revealed During a Press Briefing held Yesterday at the Information Department Auditorium in Colombo.

Foreign - Barack Obama Sworn In As 44th President Of The United States

Barack Obama Sworn In as 44th President Of The United States Of America Few Hours ago In front Of Large Number of People Including Former Presidents Of US At the National Park In washington D.C.Jo Biden Sworn in as the New Vice President Before the President Obama's Inauguration,The Sworn In Ceremony Of the American President Watched Live By the Millions Of Viewers World Wide Through The Television.
The Inauguration Of the US President Took place Under Heavy Security and Millions of People Gathered to the Inauguration Venue Hours Before The Ceremony Begins.Former US Presidents Jimmy Carter,George.W.Bush Senior,George Bush Junior And Bill Clinton are among the Distinguish Invitees Participated for the Ceremony.Filled with Charm and Passion Barack Obama Took his Oaths as New President and Deliver His Inauguration Speech Afterwards.He Then Signed Cabinet Nominations and the Declaration of Peace and Reconciliation As His First Act Of Duty After Took Office.
Afterwards New President and His Vice President Took Lunch at the Statuary Hall with the Congress Members.Three Course Meal Menu Including Seafood Stew,Peasent,Duck,Molasses Sweet Potatoes and Apple Cinamon Sponge Cake is Specially Prepared For This Occasion.After the Lunch President Obama Left For White House From a Motor Cade with the Cheers of the Large People who are Gathered to the Street Corner to Great Him.Earlier Officials said that they Expect Around 1.2 Million People to Attend the Inauguration Ceremony of the US President. At least One Million People Gathered to the Park Few Hours Earlier of the Inauguration.
As Obama Sworn In Out going President George w Bush will Leaving the President's Official Residence White House.Meanwhile People all over the world are Begun Their Celebrations to Mark Obama's Inauguration As President Today Including his Native Country Kenya and Japan where a City of Obama located.