Tangalle High Court Has Passed A Death Sentence For Five Suspects Over A Murder Occurred 27 Years Ago

The Tangalle(In Southern Province) High Court has yesterday(08) sentenced Five Suspects to Death over a murder occurred  27 years ago in 1989 .

The Tangalle High Court Judge Sujatha Alahapperuma has given the verdict of death sentence to  suspects when the case regarding the murder has been taken up for hearing yesterday(08).

The suspects have been charged for murdering a person named A.M Andiris during the JVP Riots in 1989.

Kayts Additional Magistrate Has Remanded The Ten Suspects Of The Gang Rape And Murder Of 17 Year Old School Girl

The Kayts(In Northern Province) Magistrate has yesterday(08) remanded the ten suspects who had been arrested and remanded in connection with the gang rape and murder of a 17 year old School Girl in Kayts until 19th of February.

The Additional Magistrate Of Kayts ,E.Sabesan has ordered the Police to remand the ten suspects further after they have being produced before the Court yesterday when the case has taken up for hearing..

The gang rape and murder of the 17 year old school girl had caused violent protests in Jaffna recently.

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Family Health Bureau Has Designed A Mechanism To Identify The New Born Infants In Sri Lanka With Small Heads-Dr.Kapila Jayaratne

The Family Health Bureau has designed a mechanism to identify the new born infants with small heads which occurred as a result of "Zika Virus Infection" according to the Consultant Community Physician attached to the Bureau Dr.Kapila Jyaratne.

This mechanism will be implemented in both government and private hospitals and under this  infants with small heads among the new born infants and dead infants will be identified  and a system will be implemented to report such cases constantly Dr.Jayaratne has said.

All the  precautionary measures will be taken if  there's an unusual increase of   infants with small heads in the country  he has stressed.

Infants born to the mothers who are infected with Zika Virus Infection will be affected with Zika Virus according to Medical Specialists.

As Sri Lanka is having two mosquito varieties  which spreading  Zika Virus Infection, the country has also named by the World Health Organization as a country which is at a risk of spreading the infection.However still there are no reports on spreading the disease in Sri Lanka.

Joint Opposition MP'S Have Launched A Campaign To Get One Million Signatures For A Petition

A group of Joint Opposition Parliamentarians which  is supporting former president Mahinda Rajapakshe has launched a campaign this morning to get one million signatures for a petition which urges the government to ensure the safety of local Soldiers and War Heroes.

The Campaign to sign the petition has been launched at Sri Sambuddaloka Viharaya(Temple) in Colombo and the former president Mahinda Rajapakshe was first to sign the petition according to reports.

The former defense secretary Gotabaya Rajapakshe  and several former  and current parliamentarians have been signed the petition the reports have said.

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