Free Monthly Nutritional Food Pack Worth Rs.20,000 For Expecting Mothers From 21st Of March

The Government has decided to give Rs.20,000 worth nutritional food pack for the Pregnant Mothers with effect from 21st of March under the 100 day Programme implement by the present government the Minister Of Health And Indigenous Medicine and Cabinet Spokesman Dr.Rajitha Senaratne has said today(05).

This nutritional food pack will be given monthly  to the expecting mothers during their last six months and first four months after the delivery Dr.Senaratne has revealed.All the expecting mothers who are registered at Maternity Clinics in Government Hospitals are entitled for this monthly nutritional food pack and it will be given with  a doctor's recommendation.

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Around 45,000 Health Professionals To Launch An Island Wide Token Strike On Next Thursday(!2)

Around 45,000 professionals belongs to 16 health professions are due to launch an island wide token strike on next Thursday(12) by demanding  to pay Rs.15,000 as the Disturbance ,Availability and Transport Allowance(DAT) for them with immediate effect the Joint Confederation Of Nurses-Professions Supplementary To Medicine and Paramedicals has announced today(04).

According to the joint convener of the Joint Confederation Saman Ratnapriya,these professions will launch a stern continuous strike action if their demand is not meet through this token strike action.

He has also appealed from the Government Medical Officers Association(GMOA) to refrain from making divisions among the health professions and work for the
betterment of the health sector instead.The GMOA has already began a leaflet distributing campaign among the public by urging the authorities not to pay the DAT Allowance to other health professions except the doctors he has stressed.

The meeting scheduled  to be held between the representatives of the Joint Confederation Of Nurses-Professions Supplementary To Medicine -Paramedicals with the secretaries of  Finance  ,Health and Public Administrations on this Friday regarding the Paying Of DAT Allowance is a crucial one Ratnapriya has stated at the Press Briefing held in Colombo this morning.

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Two Motor Cyclists Wearing Full Face Helmets Have Stolen A Private Bank

Almost a day after the Police have announced the banning of wearing full face covered helmets ,two men who  have been reported as wearing full face covered helmets and arrived from a motor bicycle have stolen Rs.1 million from a Private Bank in Mount lavinia this evening.
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The two motor cyclists had assaulted the security guard of the private bank and ran away after grabbing the money from the cashier it has been reported,The injured security guard has hospitalized and the Mount Lavinia Police have been conducting the investigations on the robbery.

Police have yesterday(02) announced that the wearing of Full Face covered Helmets are banned with effect from 21st of March.

The Female Who Tried To Damage Sigiriya Frescoes Has Been Sentenced To Two Years Imprisonment

The 27 year old Batticloe female who was arrested for trying to damage Historical Sigiriya Frescoes  by carving her name on the mirror wall has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for the offense by the Dambulla Magistrate Court.

The female who visited Sigiriya with her friends on 15th of February was spotted by an Archeology Officer  when she tried to scrawled the mirror wall by a sharp object .As a result Archeology Officers there arrested her and handed over to the Sigiriya Police.After produced before the dambulla magistrate court yesterday (02)she has been sentenced to two years imprisonment
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