Three Persons Have Been Arrested With Four Kilo Grammes Of Expensive "Wallapatta" In Their Possession

Three Persons including Two Chinese have been arrested today (21) at Matara(In Southern Province)by the Police with a Four Kilo Grammes  of expensive "Wallapatta " also known as Gyrinops Walla in their possession.

The Police have arrested the suspects while they were travelling in a Van .The Suspects are scheduled to be Produced before Matara Magistrate Court.

"Wallapatta" is being used to make expensive perfumes .

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Government Should Try To Set An Example To The Country By Scrapping Pensions And Allowances Entitled To Parliament MP'S -Railway Employees General Union

All Ceylon Railway Employees  General Union has today(21) challenged the government try to set an example to the country by scrapping the Pensions and Allowances entitled to Parliament MP'S .

As  Parliament MP'S are entitled to the Pension after Five Year Service and Government Employees
 are entitled to  the pension after Ten Year Service ,Government has  no right to scrap the pensions of Government Employees the Union has stressed.

If the government want to save the money through scrapping Government Employees Pension it should try to scrap the Pensions and Allowances of Parliament MP'S and set an example to the country through that the Railway Employees General Union has said.

South -East University Students Protest -Have Caused Heavy Traffic From Ward Place To Town Hall.

A large number of Students attached to South-East University have conducted a protest campaign in front of the University Grants Commission(UGC) Building at Ward Place this evening had caused a heavy traffic from Ward Place to Town Hall(In Colombo) for hours.

Over one thousand Students attached to the University had participated this Protest Campaign and heated arguments occurred between commuters and a section of university students as the students have  blocked the road preventing movement of traffic.

The South-East University Students had protested in front of University Grants Commission by demanding either reconstruct or replace the Engineering Faculty of the University.As the Eniginearing Faculty has been located far away from the University lecturers are not coming for lectures most of the times Students have complained.

During the protest Police have advised the Motorists to use an alternative routes to travel.

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Government To Cut The Money Allocated For Ministry Of Health In View Of Bearing The Extra Expenditure Need To Implement Budget Proposals

Government has decided to reduce the  Money allocated to Ministry Of Health,Nutrition And Indigenous Medicine through the Annual Budget-2016 to bear the extra cost need  to implement  the amendments done to  Budget.  

The Money allocated for the Government's Digital Programme and Fuel And Transport Expenditure too will be managed in view of bearing the extra expenditure the Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake has informed the Parliament.

Government has decided to make some amendments to the Annual Budget-2016 including adding the Rs.10,000 Allowance provided for State Sector Employees in three stages and Reducing the increased Vehicle Emission Test Fee following the protests of Several Trade Unions.