Heavy Traffic Has Been Reported In Ward Place And Town Hall Due To A Protest

A heavy traffic has been reported in Ward Place and Town Hall (In Colombo City) areas this noon due to the protest staged by a group of University Students infront of University Grants Commission(UGC) .

Due to the protest the main roads were blocked for few hours it has been reported.

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MP Hirunika Premachandra To Present A Proposal To The Parliament On Implementing Capital Punishment For Those Responsible For Child And Woman Rape

MP Hirunika 

The youngest MP of the current parliament Hirunika Premachandra is due to present the  much awaited proposal on "implementing capital punishment for those responsible for sexual molestation of Children and Women " to the Parliament tomorrow(06).

MP Hirunika Premachandra who is the daughter of former MP in Kolonnawa(In Colombo District)Late Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra is due to present the above proposal to parliament because the deputy minister MP Ranjan Ramanayaka who was due to present it earlier not able to do so per the  standing orders of Parliament.

A one day debate is due to be held on the above proposal after it presented to the Parliament.

"BLOSSOMING WISTERIA " A FAMOUS PAINTING OF YESTERYEAR JAPANESE ARTIST KAMISAKA SEKKA(1866-1942)

THIS COLORFUL PAINTING WAS DONE BY YESTERYEAR JAPANESE ARTIST KAMISAKA SEKKA WHO WAS KNOWN AS A VERY IMPORTANT  JAPANESE ARTISTIC FIGURE IN EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY.HE WAS BORN IN KYOTO ,JAPAN TO A SAMURAI FAMILY.SEKKA WAS THE LAST GREAT ARTIST OF THE "RIMPA"ARTISTIC TRADITION.

Mental Disorders Amongst Sri Lankan Population Are On The Increase -Director Of National Institute For Mental Health

National Institute Of Mental Health -Angoda

The mental disorders  amongst Sri Lankan Population are on the increase  due to the socio ,economic and family problems according to Director of National Institute Of  Mental Health Consultant Psychiatrist Dr.Kapila Wikramanayaka.

Around 20% to 25% of Sri Lankan Population is identified as suffering from some kind of mental disorder  and majority of them are minor mental disorders Dr.Wikramanayaka has said."Only 1% suffering from severe mental disorders and there's a  section which is suffering  from mental disorders related to stress conditions he has said.

Addressing a Media Workshop held at National Institute Of Mental Health in Angoda(In Colombo District) this morning Dr.Wikramanayaka has stated around 8000 persons with mental disorders are  being  admitted to the Institute annually and around 1000 of them are receiving treatment for a long period annually .

Addressing the Media Workshop consultant psychiatrist Dr.Jayan Mendis has appealed to  the public not to address persons suffering from mental disorders as mental patients as it's clearly a discrimination against  them."Identify them as normal human beings "he has said.

LYRICS OF POPULAR YESTERYEAR SONG SUNG BY NEELA WIKRAMASINGHE AND LATE CLERANCE WIJEWARDENA

THIS POPULAR DUET SONG WAS WRITTEN BY FORMER FEATURES EDITOR OF OUR NEWSPAPER "DIVAINA" LATE MR.KITHSIRI NIMAL SHANTHA.