Police Removed Buddhist Monks Protests Demanding The Release Of General Fonseka

Police today forcibly removed a group of Buddhist Monks who were staged a Fast Into Death Campaign in front of the Fort Station since yesterday noon demanding the release of Imprisoned Former Army Commander and the Common Presidential Candidate Retired General Sarath Fonseka .

Police also removed the Sheds used by these Monks to stage the protest.

General Fonseka who was Imprisoned since last February is due to face the Second Court Martial Trial against him by tomorrow at the Naval Headquarters in Colombo.President Mahinda Rajapaksha appointed a three Senior Army Officers to conduct this trial against the ilegal Arms Procurrement.

NDA To File A Contempt Court Case Against Appointing Second Court Martial

The Democratic National Alliance(NDA) led by Retired General Sarath Fonseka who is imprisoned decided to file a contempt of court case against appointing of Second Court Martial to conduct an Inquiry on General regarding Freud Activities.

According to the Spokesman of the NDA and former JVP MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake appointment of second court martial clearly violated the court order issued last week to statuesque regarding the General. President Mahinda Rajapaksha has already appointed a fresh Court Martial compromising three senior Army  Officers to conduct an inqury against the General Fonseka.

Slight Delay In Distributing Petrol Among Consumers

There was a slight delay in distributing Petrol among the consumers throughout the Island today.According to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation(CPC) this delay was caused due to a new Soft Ware introduced to the distribution system and the problem is due to ractify soon.

Incompatible Catheters Caused A Confusion Among Hospital Docs

A Confusion arisen among the Doctors of the Major Government Hospitals as the Medical Supplies Division supplied the" Central Venous Double Lumen" Catheters labeled as "Central Venous Single Luman Catheters to the Government Hospitals Hospital sources revealed.A stock of Around 1050 such Catheters worth Rs.800,000 were distributed to the Hospitals like this it has been reported.

Due to this situation Doctors at the Theaters are not able to use these Catheters for their purposes Hospital Sources said.Central Venous Catheters are placed in the Large Vein of the Patients Chest,Neck or Groin Area to adminster Drugs,Fluids, and to obtain Blood Tests and Cardiovascular Measurements.

EU To Delay GSP Concession To Sri Lanka

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband today made a controvertial Statement on granting GSP Plus Concession to Sri Lanka by saying that the European Union is ready to open Trade Ties with Sri Lanka but not willing to extend the Requested GSP Concession to the Country.This is due to the key Human Right Violations in the Country He further added.

World's First Project On Petrol Made From Plastic Waste Opened

World's first Pilot Project on Producing Petrol from Plastic Waste was innaugurated at Yatiyanthota District by today.The Ministry of Enviornment organized this event.

Police Sought Assistance Of The Military Personnale For The Elections

The Police has sought the Assistance of Three Armed Forces to maintain the Security for the forthcoming General Elections according to the IGP Mahinda Balasuriya.Around 7000 Candidates are scheduled to  contest for the General Elections scheduled to be held in  06th of April 2010.

According to the IGP in addition  59,000 Police Perssonnal are deployed for the Election Duty at present and the Police is seeking assistance from around 20,000 Army Personnale.