Two Nursing Unions Have Turned Down The Requests To Appear Before Health Ministry Committee

Two Trade Unions representing Nurses have refused to appear and present facts  before the five member committee appointed by Ministry Of Health to investigate on  midwifery training given to nurses .The Public Services Nurses Union headed by Venerable Muruththettuwe Ananda Thero and Government Nursing Officers Union headed by Saman Rathnapriya have turned down  the  requests made by Ministry Of Health to appear before the committee headed Dr.Palitha Abeykoon it has been reported
The Public Services Nurses Union which is represented the majority of government nurses has been requested to appear before the committee on last Monday(10) and the Government Nursing Officers Union has been requested to come on this Friday(14) it has been revealed.

"As our union does not recognized the committee appointed to investigate on the midwifery training given to nurses we will not present any facts related to this issue before the committee which is not impartial' the president of Public Services Nurses Union Venerable Murththettuwe Ananda Thero has said.

Meanwhile the Government Nursing Officers Union has today(12)informed the Health Ministry through a letter that the union is not able to appear before the committee this friday.

One Kilo Grammes Of Narcotics Stored Inside Oranges Arrested With A Pakistani National

The Air Port Customs Officials have arrested a Pakistani National arrived  at  Katunayake Bandaranaike International Air Port few hours with  12 Oranges contained around 1 killo gramme of narcotics Customs sources said.

The detained Pakistani National who came from Karachchi ,Pakistan has brought around 40 Oranges in a large bag and out of these Oranges 12 have contained the said amount of narcotics sources have added.these narcotics believed to be worth around Rs.1 Million.

The narcotics stored inside Oranges by make a hole inside the fruit.

Opening Of Kottawa-Kaduwela And Galle-Matara Highways Scheduled On March

The opening of the newly built Kottawa-Kaduwela   stretch of outer circular highway and Galle-Matara stretch of Southern Expressway scheduled to be taken place on 08th of March and 15th of March respectively according to Road Development Authority(RDA).

Under the first phase of  building 11 Kilo Meter long outer circular highway of  Kottawa-Kaduwela Stretch  Rs.25 million has been allocated for the construction work RDA has revealed.

Nearly 200 Acres Belongs To Sacred Sri Pada Reserve Has been Destroyed Due To A f

Nearly  200 Acres of  land belongs to the sacred Sri Pada Reserve has destroyed due to the fire spreading  there since last Thursday(05) according to police sources.the fire which broke out near the nallathanni police station in the sri pada reserves has now spreading towards Sri Pada Peek wideness sanctuary sources have added.

The Special Task Force,Army and the Air Force are currently engage in dousing the fire.Police is investigating on a certain organized groups who said to be setting fire to the forest reserves in central mountain region.

Postal Voting Of Western And Southern Provincial Council Elections To Be Held on 13th And 14th Of March

The postal voting of forthcoming Western and Southern Provincial Council Elections is to be held on 13th and 14th of March according to Elections Department.the elections for the two provincial councils scheduled to be held on 29th of March..

The deadline of accepting postal vote applications is 10th of February and those who are not able to cast their postal votes during the two days allocated will be able to cast their votes on 20th of March  through their divisional secretariats department has said.

The 04th and 16th of March are named as special days to distributing poll cards and the distribution process is expected to be completed before 21st of March.

Air Port Customs Arrested 16 Killo Grammes Of Wallapatta At Air Port

Sri Lanka Air Port  Customs has today (07) arrested 16 Killo Grammes of  Wallapatta worth around Rs.1 Million with a 31 year old resident in Colombo suburbs who has tried to carry that to another country.

The Bio Diversity Unit of Air Port is  conducting an inquiry on this matter.

Wstern And Southern Provincial Council Elections To Be Held On 29th Of March

The Elections Department has announced today(06) that the Provincial Council Elections of Western and Southern Provincial Councils will be held on 29th of March.

According to the elections commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya elections department has accepted 123 nomination papers out of 129 papers handed over for the two provincial council elections.. around 3794 contestants are due to contest in this elections to fill 159 seats.