Main Opposition UNP Has Make Major Changes In The Party -Sajith Premadasa Appointed As New Dep.Leader

By implementing  major reforms withing the party after a long time  The  main opposition
United National Party (UNP) has today(23) appointed MP Sajith Premadasa as the new deputy leader of the party.With the new move UNP leaders have make new changes to the some other  top posts of the party as well .

Former Parliamentarian and the candidate who has received the highest number of preferential votes at the recently concluded Uva Provincial Council Elections Harin Fernando has appointed as the leader of the UNP's National Youth Front.The other MP's who have received the new posts of the party are MP Thalatha Gunesekera as the Secretary of Election Affairs,MP Ravi Karunanayake as the Assistant Leader of the Party ,MP Eran Wickramaratne as the Treasurer and Akila Viraj Kariyawasam as the Deputy General Secretary.

The main opposition UNP has made these changes after the party's successful run at the Uva Provincial Council Elections held on last Saturday as the party has not only secured votes more than double they have been received at  the provincial council elections held on 2009 as well as increasing the number of seats won than the previous elections.

Director General Of Health Services Has Instructed Coconut Oil Manufacturers Not To Mislead The Public

The Director General Of Health Services(DGHS) Palitha Mahipala has today (22) instructed All Coconut Oil Manufacturers in Sri Lanka to refrain from advertising to the public that some of their Coconut Oil  Products can be used more than once during the Cooking by stating that it's not harmful to the human health. As a Specialist Committee has found that the  re using of Coconut Oil for cooking purposes is harmful to the health of humans the manufacturers should be avoided Advertising false facts to mislead the  the public as such DGHS has informed oil manufacturers.

All varieties of Coconut Oil are not good for re use in cooking and it is very harmful to humans in long term the special committee which has formed to inquire on the issue has informed the Food and Drug Advisory Council of the Ministry Of Health.

UNP General Secretary Resigned From The Leadership Council

The General Secretary of the Main Opposition United National Party(UNP) Tissa Attanayake has resigned from the leadership council of the party this evening.He has handed over his resignation letter to the UNP Leader Ranil Wikramasinha and the chairman of the leadership council Karu Jayasuriya and the UNP Leader has been reported as accepted the resignation letter.

Mother Who Had Jumped In To The Sea With Her Two Children Saved -Both Children Died

A Mother who had jumped in to the sea with her two young children was saved but her both children died in a tragic suicide incident reported from near  Konneshwaram Kovil  in Tricomalee District this afternoon.

The Mother who was drowning in the sea has been
 saved by the navy officers who were around the area when the incident happened ,but two of her children a daughter and the son who were in the ages of 12 and 9 respectively died upon admission to the Trincomalee Hospital.The mother is currently receiving treatment  at the Intensive Care Unit of the Tricomalee Hospital. Trincomalee Police is conducting an investigations on the incident,

All Ceylon Bakery Owners Association Showing Their Willingness To Reduce The Prices Of Bakery Products

In a surprising move the All Ceylon Bakery Owners Association has today(20) announced that it will ready to reduce the prices of Bread and other bakery products by giving the benefit of the recent Price reduction of Electricity and Fuel Charges to the consumers  if the Wheat Flour Supplying Companies will reduces the price of Wheat Flour.

The Bakery Owners Association has said that it is up to the Wheat Flour Supplying Companies to reduces the price of Wheat Flour behalf of Consumers as those companies have benefited from the price reduction of Electricity and Fuel Charges .

The association has also urged the government to reduce the taxes imposed on Bread and other Bakery Products 2% and 15% respectively .

Three Hundrad Fifty Five Animals With Rabies Have Been Identified

Around 355 Animals with Rabies have been identified from the island within first six months of this year according to the Medical Research Institute in Colombo.Among these animals with rabies their were 300 Dogs and 46  Cats.

These animals were identified as suffered from Rabies following  the experiments carried out on their body parts received by the Medical Research Institute.

Cows,Squirrels,Goats and  Buffaloes too there among the said Rabies Victims.

Dengue Is On The Increase

During the last 16 days of this Month around 410 Dengue Patients have been reported throughout the country the Epidemiology Unit has announced.The majority of these patients have been reported from Colombo District.

According to the  statistics  available around 29,663 dengue patients have reported from  the island this year so far and the majority out of this numbering 10,019 dengue patients have been reported from the Colombo District.

Meanwhile the epidemiologists have criticized the way some urban councils in the island acted when conducting dengue control activities during the recently concluded national mosquito control week as they failed to carry out  these activities in sub roads.Some councils have only paid attention  to the
institutions and residencies based on main roads only when conducting  dengue mosquito control activities they have urged.