Cabinet Has Approved The Proposals On Abolishing Executive Presidency And Introducing Electoral Reforms

The Cabinet has today(18) approved the proposals submitted by President Maithripla Sirisena to abolish the Executive Presidency and Establishing New Electoral Reforms.

A Committee headed by Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe is due to be appointed to draft an amendment on the process of implementing these proposals.President has instructed the Prime Minister to appoint the committee in this regard it has been reported.

Excise Department Has Raided And Sealed Illegally Functioned Night Club At Kelaniya

The Special Crimes Unit Of Excise Department has  raided and sealed an Illegally Functioned Night Club at Kelaniya Area (In Western Province) yesterday night and taken in to custody a stock of illegall Liquor stored at there.

This raid was carriedout according to the complaints received from residents in Kelaniya Area and the Night Club was sealed due to storing and selling of liquor illegally by violating conditions of the given Licence .

Sri Lanka Customs Have Been Detained A Container With Illegally Imported 10,770,000 Counterfeit Cigarrete Sticks At Grandpass

The Sri Lanka Customs have this morning detained a Container containing illegally imported 10,770,000 Counterfeit Cigarrete Sticks worth around Rs.355 Million at Grayline 11 Yard Area in Grandpass.The Container was earlier declared as containing Chest Freezers imported from Dubai by Vessal according to Customs Officers.

The Officers belonging to Customs Post Clearence And Audit Division have been seized and detained the said container with Counterfeit Cigarrete Sticks and the evaded payment for this Stock of Cigarrete Sticks Around Rs.300 Million according to Customs Department.

The importer of this Container is from Nugegoda(In Colombo) Area it has been revealed.

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Twenty Four Male Clients Of Local Female Sex Workers Have Been Infected With HIV/AIDS Virus During Last Year(2014)-National STD/AIDS Control Campaign

Twenty Four Male Clients of the local Female Sex Workers have been infected with HIV/AIDS Virus during last year(2014) according to the National Sexually Transmitted Diseases(STD) /AIDS Control Programme.

This was the highest number of HIV/AIDS Positives reported from Sri Lanka in a single year who got infected with the HIV Virus through sexual contacts with female sex workers the Director of National Sexually Transmitted Diseases(STD)/AIDS  Control Programme Dr.Sisira Liyanage has said.

The venereal diseases including HIV/AIDS are on the increase among the age group 15-25 years due to the sexual contacts with female sex workers Dr.Liyanage has stressed.

According to the latest statistics available ,50% of the local  Female HIV/AIDS Positives and 35% of the Male HIV/AIDS Positives have been contacted the virus while in abroad for employment majority in Middle Eastern Countries Dr.Liyanage has further added.