THOUGHT OF THE DAY

Around 126 Indian And 36 Sri Lankan Fishermen Are Due To Be Released By Tomorrow(09)

Around 126 Indian Fishermen in Sri Lankan Custody will be released tomorrow(09) in view of Hindu Festival "Deepavali" which falls on this Tuesday(10) according to Minister Of Fisheries Mahinda Amaraweera.

Indian Government too due to release around 36 Sri Lankan Fishermen tomorrow  who are in their custody the Minister has said.

Both Sri Lankan and Indian Authorities have arrested these fishermen while fishing in each others territories.

FAMOUS YESTERYEAR LANDSCAPE PAINTING OF YESTERYEAR GERMAN ARTIST THEMISTOKLES VON ECKENBRECHER(1842-1921)

THIS ATTRACTIVE LANDSCAPE PAINTING WAS DONE BY YESTERYEAR GERMAN LANDSCAPE AND MARINE PAINTER THEMISTOKLES VON ECKENBRECHER.

A Large Scale Fraud Has Been Committed When Supplying Fuel To Vessels Called At Hambanthota Port-Minister Ranathunge

Hambanthota Port

A Large Scale fraud has been committed when supplying fuel to Vessels called at the Port Of Hambanthota(In Southern Province) During previous government according to Minister Of Ports And Shipping Arjuna Ranathunge.

Due to this large scale fraud the Government has lost a sum of more than US Dollars 19 Million the Minister has said.

An Investigation is already underway to identified the culprits behind this fraud the Minister Ranathinge has further added.

An Army Officer Attached To Army Camp At Ampara Has Committed Suicide By Shooting Himself

An Army Officer attached to Konduwatawana Army Camp in Amapara District(In Eastern Province) has committed Suicide this morning by shooting himself from his official fire arm according to the Police.

The deceased Army Officer was a 27 year old resident of Mawathagama Area in Kurunagala District(In Eastern Province).

According to  Ampara Police the reason behind the Army Officer's suicide still not yet revealed.

POPULAR YESTERYEAR SINHALA SONG SUNG BY PRIYA SURIYASENA

Sluice Gates Of 12 Main Reservoirs Have been Opened To Prevent Overflowing Of Water

The Department Of Irrigation has taken steps to Open the Sluice Gates of 12 out of 73 Main Reservoirs in the Country to prevent overflowing of water due to the heavy showers prevails in these days.

According to the Department the Sluice Gates Of 12 Reservoirs situated in Six Districts namely ,Puttalam,Anuradhapura,Kurunagala,Batticloe,Hambanthota and Puttalam have been opened so far.

Due to the heavy showers prevailing  in most parts of the country these days  water levels of many reservoirs are on the rise according to the authorities.