Sri Lanka Beat Australia By 229 Runs At Second Test Match Played At Galle

Sri Lanka beat Australia by 229 runs  in the third day of the second Test played  at Galle International Cricket Stadium today.

Sri Lankan Bowler Dilruwan Perera has taken 6 wickets for 70 runs to ensured the victory for Sri Lankan Cricketers this morning.

With this win Sri Lanka currently leads the Murali-Warne  three match Test Series currently underway between Sri Lanka and Australia by 2-0 with only one match to follow.

Scores Sri Lanka ,281 and 237.
Australia 106 and 183.

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Anuradhapura Police Have Detained A Hospital Minor Staffer Who Had Sold A Kidney Drug To Drug Addicts

Anuradhapura Police have detained a minor staff employee  attached to the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital who had  sold a pain killer drug issued free of charge for government hospital kidney patients to  drug addicts.

The 57 year old minor staffer who is attached to the Kidney Treatment Unit of Anuradhapura Hospital had sold the drug to the drug addicts  by steeling from the hospital and he was detained while attempting to sell 40 tablets of the above mentioned drug to a police officer who meet him as a drug addict  for Rs.3200 the Anuradhapura Police have stated.

The suspect who is a resident of Kahatagasdigiliya area was detained as per the information received on him to the police.

COPE To Recall Central Bank Officials To Record Statements Regarding Central Bank Bond Scam

The Committee On Public Enterprises (COPE )is due to recall the Central Bank officials to appear before the Committee on 12th of August to record statements regarding the alleged Bond Scam Issue occurred at the Bank.

According to the chairman of COPE ,MP Sunil Handuneththi the COPE had recorded statements from the Central Bank Officials regarding the Bond  Scam issue.

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Non Academic Staffers Rejected The University Grant Commissions Request On Return To Work

Although  the University Grants Commission(UGC) has informed the University   Non Academic  Staffers who are on strike to report for work Today(05) without solving their major demands ,non of the striking Staffers return to work today according to University Authorities.

The UGC has stated that those non academic Staffers who are in probation and traning at present will be treated as having vacated their posts if they do not report for work today..

However the University Joint Trade Union Alliance has stated  that if the authorities are  trying to suppressed their striking workers the  strikers will never return to work.

The non academic staff of all state universities are on strike since last week by demanding solutions  for many of their demands including introducing an insurance Scheme .extending their retirement age to 60 years and Granting an interim  allowance.