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Sri Lankan Navy Had Arrested 34 Tamil Nadu Fishermen With 7 Boats While Fishing In Sri Lankan Waters

Sri Lankan Navy had detained another 34 Tamil Nadu Fishermen with 7 boats they were in while fishing in Sri Lankan Waters it has been reported today(27).

The arrested fishermen belonging to Nagapattinam and Ramanathapuram Districts of Tamil Nadu according to the government.

Due to the frequent arrests of Tamil Nadu Fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy a group of All India Anna Drvida Munnethra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Party law makers have yesterday (26)met Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and demanded the  immediate intervention of Indian Government on the issue.

New Electronic Identity Cards To Be Issued For All Sri Lankan Citizens Before End Of 2016

New Electronic Identity Cards will be issued to the all Sri Lankan Citizens from Next January according to Minister Of Finance Ravi Karunanayake.The issuance of these Identity Cards will be completed before end of next year(2016) the Minister has said.

All the Sri Lankan Citizens Will Be issued this new electronic identity card with a new number and ID'S will incorporate Finger Prints ,Blood Group and Family Details according to the Finance Minister.

The aim of this move is to reduce forgery and fraud and to provide for future national security needs.

As an initial step for  issuance of New Electronic Identity Cards to all Sri Lankan Citizens ,The Grama Seva Officers will be trained on how to collect data and obtain  finger prints of citizens ,and thereafter these Officers will begin collecting data from next August it has been reported.

The Ministry Of Finance with technical assistance of ICTA( Information And Communication Technology Agency Of Sri Lanka) launched an electronic population registrar which contains the basic information of all Sri Lankan Citizens the Minister has stressed.

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One Hundred Seventy HIV/AIDS Positives Have Been Reported From The Island During January To September 2015

One Hundred Seventy HIV/AIDS Positives have been reported from island during the period January to September this year and 65% of them were  men according to Director of National Sexually Transmitted Diseases /AIDS Campaign Dr.Sisira Liyanage.

Men are at the risk of contacting    HIV/AIDS Virus more than women due to their sexual relationship with both men and women Dr.Liyanage has said.

Around 95% of the HIV/AIDS Positives reported this year up to now have been contacted the  virus due to heterosexual behavior and 4% have been Mother To Child Transmissions.Around 1% have been contacted  the virus due to Injecting of  Drugs he has stressed.

According to the latest statistics of National STD/AIDS Campaign there are 2241 Cumulative HIV Positives in the country at the end of September this year.

Dr.Liyanage has revealed these facts during  the Press Briefing held today(26) at UNAIDS Sri Lanka Office in Colombo.

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THIS ATTRACTIVE LANDSCAPE PAINTING WAS DONE BY YESTERYEAR ITALIAN IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER FEDERICO ZANDOMENEGHI.