Chief Prelate Of The Asgiriya Chapter Venerable Galagama Sri Aththadassi Thero Has Passed Away

The Chief Prelate of the Asgiriya Chapter of the  Siam Sector most venerable Galagama Sri Aththadassi Thero who was hospitalized after a fall this evening has passed away while receiving treatment at Intensive Care Unit of the Kandy General Hospital .

The Asgiriya Thero who was aged 94 at the time of his death has accidentally fallen down in  his temple this evening and admitted to the Kandy General Hospital for treatment.He was reported as in an unconscious situation whilst in th Hospital due to the fall.

Asgiriya Thero who was born on 11th of January 1922 was elected as the 21st Chief Prelate of the Asgiriya Chapter on 08th of May 2015.

MAY HE ATTAIN SUPREME BLISS OF NIBBANA

POPULAR YESTERYEAR SINHALA SONG SUNG BY SUJATHA ATTANAYAKE

Detained Ven.Dhammaloka Thero Has Been Remanded Until 17th Of March

Venerable Uduwe dhammaloka thero who had arrested this noon by Criminal Investigations Department Officers  for illegally keeping an Elephant Calf  in his possession has been remanded until. l7th of March by Colombo additional magistrate .

The ven.dhammaloka thero has been remanded after being produced before Colombo additional magistrate Nishantha Pieris this evening.

Police Financial Crimes Investigations Division Has Informed Colombo Additional Magistrate It Has Launched An Investigation On Money Laundering

The Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishantha Pieris has today(09) issued a court order to prevent 7 Individuals  from leaving the country over a Money Laundering Charges.

The Court Order was issued per the request made by Police it has been revealed.

The Police Financial Crimes Investigations Division has today informed the Colombo Additional Magistrate that an investigation has launched on a complaint filed by JVP's Northern Provincial Councilor Wasantha Samarasinghe at Anti Corruption Secretariat by claiming  Former President Mahinda Rajapakshe's Son MP Namal Rajapakshe has purchased a Private Company in Colombo for over Rs.150 Million and that  money was obtained through the Money Laundering.

The Police Financial Crimes Investigations Division has requested the Colombo Additional Magistrate to issue a court order prohibiting the 7 individuals from leaving the country excluding MP Namal Rjapakshe.

Besides issuing court order the Colombo Additional Magistrate has also ordered to freeze the accounts of 4 Financial Institutions that connected to the above mentioned private company which is in question.

HEALTH TIP

Ministry Of Health To Launch An Island Wide Campaign To Educate People On HIV/AIDS

The Ministry Of Health,Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine has decided to launch an island wide campaign to educate People on HIV/AIDS from rural level to urban level  including Politicians and Higher Officers according to Director General of Health Services Dr.Palitha Mahipala .

Addressing a Media Seminar held at Health Education Bureau in Colombo this morning Dr.Mahipala has stated  he regretted  what has happened in Kuliyapitiya area over a six year old boy whom the people in the area believed as suffering from HIV./AIDS.

"A Section of people  not yet received the correct message on HIV/AIDS.Therefore the Health Ministry has decided to launch an island wide programme to educate all on the Disease.A special meeting regarding this was held at the Ministry yesterday(08) under the patronage of acting Health Minister Fiazal Kassim "He has stressed.

President Maithripala Sirisena has personally instructed the Health Ministry to launch a Island wide campaign to educate all sorts of people in the country on HIV/AIDS ,Dr.Mahipala has further stated.

According to Director General Of Health Services HIV/AIDS can only transmitted from infected person to a normal person through Sex,Blood Transfusion and Injecting Narcotic Drugs/ Sharing Needles .Through Air,Wind,Hugging,Kissing,Sharing Cloths,towels ,Toilets and  through Mosquito Bites the Disease cannot spread  he has revealed.

Ministry Of Education And Principle Of Trinity Collage -Kandy Have Signed An Agreement To Admit HIV/AIDS Rumored Child To The School

The Ministry Of Education and Principle of Trinity Collage -Kandy have signed an agreement this morning regarding the admission of HIV/AIDS rumored Six year old Kuliyapitiya Child to the Trinity Collage.

Accommodation for the child in question and his mother will be provided in Kandy according to the Ministry Of Education.

The above mentioned Six Year old Child has been refused to getting admitted to schools in Kuliaypitiya(In North Western Province) over rumors that his father and mother as well as the child himself infected with HIV/AIDS virus.

However doctors attached to the National Sexually Transmitted Diseases/AIDS Control Programme have assured that the child and his  mother are not infected with the virus which the parents of the school children in Kuliyapitiya and some education officials in the area refused to accept.