Two Hundrad Health Professionals To Stage A Three Hour Satyagraha Campaign In Front Of Health Ministry

Around 200 members belongs to  Professions Supplementary To Medicine(PSM'S) are due to stage a three hour satyagraha in front of the Health Ministry tomorrow (09) morning by demanding to stop reducing the study years of allied health sciences degree conducting for PSM'S and nurses.health authorities have decided to restricted  the study years of the said degree to  three years from four years the secretary of Joint Council Of Professions Supplementary To The Medicine(JCPSM) Saman Jayasekera has said.

The three hour satyagraha will be held from 11 a.m to 2 p.m tomorrow he has said.the future action regarding the allied health sciences degree will be decided after this satyagraha JCPSM Secretary
has further added.

Government Midwives To Launch A Death Unto Fast Campaign Withing Next Few Days

The Government Midwives Union has decided to extend their current trade union action launched against Midwifery Training of nurses  to a death unto fast campaign withing  next few days according to union sources.

Around 720 Midwives have been voluntarily to participate this death unto fast campaign due to be held in Colombo the president of Government Midwives Union Mrs.Devika Kodituwakku has said.

Around 12,000 government Midwives are in  a continuous island wide strike since last Wednesday (02) by demanding Health Ministry to abolish it's  decision to  allow all government nurses to get midwifery training .due to this strike the Maternity and infant clinics in MOH Offices and child delivery services in maternity hospitals have paralyzed according to health sources.

T20 World Champions Sri Lankan Cricket Team Due To Arrive Their Motherland Tomorrow(08)

The Sri Lankan National Cricketers who brought glory to their motherland by winning T20 World Cup 2014 yesterday are due to arrive Sri Lanka tomorrow(08) evening.the Cricketers are scheduled to be arrived Katunayake International Air Port at 4 p.m in the evening and after conducting a special media briefing for local and international Journalists they will be taken to Sri Lanka Cricket Board through a public parade cricket sources said.

The T20 Champion Cricket Team is due to travel in open vehicle according to sources.a series of receptions are due to be held on behalf of the cricket team.

Sri Lankan Cricketers beet Indian  Cricket Team by six wickets last Sunday at  the final  match of T20 World Cup played in Mirpur-Dhaka Bangaladesh.

Sri Lanka Beat India By 6 Wickets To Win T20 World Cup

Sri Lanka beat India by Six Wickets to claimed T20 World Cup  2014 at  the final match played in Mirpur,Bangladesh this evening.this was the first time that the  sri lankan cricket team has won a world cup since winning 1996  50 overs match  world cup .

After winning the toss today the Sri Lanka captain Lasith Malinga has invited India to bat in Mirpur first  in Mirpur Stadium and after their 20 overs India only manged to score 130 runs for the loss of 4 wickets while majority of runs has been scored by Indian Deputy Skipper Virat Kohli who top scored with 77 runs.Sri Lankan bowlers able to decrease the run rate in the Indian innings during last four overs due to a well disciplined bowling and fielding performances.

In reply Sri Lankans have manged to reach  the target 131 with 13 balls to spare.Sri Lankans finished with 134 runs for the loss of 4 wickets while veteran Kumar Sangakkara has top scored with unbeaten 52 runs.Middle Order all rounder Tissara Perera has sealed the  the match for Sri Lanka  with a cracking boundary.

This T20 Final match also mark 
the ending T2O Careers of  two veterans Kumar Sangakkara and
Mahela Jayawardena.

T20 World Cup Finals Between Sri Lanka And India To Be Played Today In Bangaladesh

The finals of the T20 Cricket World Cup is scheduled to be played at Mirpur,Bangladesh this evening between Sri Lanka and India.Sri Lankans who were the finalists in 2009,2011 and 2012 T20 and 50 over cricket world cup finals are  expect to win the trophy this time according to the critics.Sri Lankans won their last International Cricket Trophy in 1996 when Sri Lankan Cricket Team lead by Arjuna Ranathunge won the 50 over limited overs World Cup held that year by beating Australia in Pakistan.

Sri Lankans became runners up twice in T20 World Cups and never win the trophy although they hold number one ranking in T20 games since few years .the tournament inaugurated in 2007 and  16   associate and non associate countries belongs to the  International Cricket Council(ICC) were participated in this years tournament host by Bangladesh.

In today's game the Sri Lankan Cricket Team will be captained by their ace fast bowler Lasith Malinga while the Indian Team is lead by their Wicket Keeper Batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni,few changes are expected to be made in  Sri Lanka's spinning department for today's match according to the foreign media sources.the match begins at 6.30 P.M sri lankan time.

Sri Lanka Cricket has arranged a special flight for Sri Lankan Cricket Fans who are keen to watch the T20 finals between Sri Lanka And India live and the flight left this Morning to Dhaka ,Bangladesh from Katunayake International Air Port in Colombo .the flight  is due to bring back the fans to Sri Lanka tonight.

Ceylon Transport Board Has Reduced Bus Fares Of Katunayake Express Highway

The Ceylon Transport Board has decided to reduced the bus fares of  Colombo-Katunayake Express highway with effect from today(04)according to  the revised price the bus fare from Colombo to Negambo has reduced to Rs.120 from Rs.150 and bus fare of Colombo to Katunayke has reduced to Rs.120 from Rs.130.

Sri Lanka Cricket To Reward Cricket Players If They Win T20 World Cup

The executive committee of the Sri Lankan Cricket has today(04) decided to offer US Dollers 1.5 ,Million to players of the National Cricket Team if they are able to win the T20 World Cup Final scheduled to be played on this Sunday in Dhaka,Bangladesh.

The money that Sri Lankan Cricket is going to offer players includes the US Dollars 500,000 participation allowance  and US Dollars 1 million Win Bonus ,