Hulftsdorp Magistrate Court Had Sentenced A Drunken Bus Driver Three Month Imprisonment

The Hulftsdorp Magistrate Court has today(23)sentenced a Private Bus Driver three month imprisonment and fined Rs.7500 over driving a Bus under liquor influence.

The court has also suspended the driving license of the driver for a six month period it has been reported.

The driver who drove a Private Bus traveling from Colombo Fort to Homagama (138 route)this morning had been reported as driving the Bus by blocking the road near Lipton Roundabout in Colombo according to the Police Headquarters.

As per the information received, the Cinnamon Garden Police Officers had stopped the Bus and detected the driver was under liquor influence at that time.Afterwards the police had detained the driver and being produced before the 07th Magistrate Court at Hulftsdorp this evening it has been reported.

A 61 Year Old Russian Had Drowned To Death While Sea Bathing In Koggala

A 61 year old Russian had drowned to death while sea bathing off the Koggala Sea at Habaraduwa(In Southern Province) area according to the sources.

The life saving guards have  managed to rescue the drowning Russian  and he was later declared as dead upon admission to Karapitiya Teaching Hospital the sources have stated.

The body of the deceased is snow lying at the Karapitiya Hospital for post mortem.

Habaraduwa Police are conducting an investigation on the incident.

Speaker Has Signed The Bill Establishing Office Of Missing Persons

The Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has short while ago signed the bill establishing the office of missing persons at the Parliament.

Parliament has passed the office of missing persons act on 11th of August without a vote amidst protests of the Joint Opposition Group MP's led by former president Mahinda Rajapakshe.

After speaker's signature the bill establishing the office of missing persons will become a law with immediate effect.

The office of missing persons is due to help and search to  trace the missing persons.submit recommendations to the authorities to take measures on missing persons , protect the rights of missing persons and their relatives and identifying the ways that missing persons and their relatives can obtain relief .

The office after establishing is due to trace those who had disappeared during the 26 year old war against LTTE Rebels and the armed revolution launched by Marxist JVP against the government between 1987-89 period.

The office of missing persons is due to collect data on missing persons through government and other institutions and centralize all data in it's  data base.

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Health Minister To Submit A Cabinet Paper To Ban Importing Areca Nut Based Products To Sri Lanka

Minister of Health,Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Dr.Rajitha Senaratne is due to submit a cabinet paper to the cabinet soon regarding the ban importing of .Areca nut based products like "Babul"and "Beeda" to sri lanka in view of reducing the spreading of oral cancer in the society according to the Ministry Of Health  .

Due to the chewing Areca nuts and products based on it spreading oral cancer in sri lanka  is on the increase according to the Ministry,

Recently a six month old infant in Peradeniya and one and half year old child In another area have shown symptoms of oral cancer due to mistakenly consumed Areca nut pieces chewed by their parents the health minister has revealed.

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Two Unidentified Persons Had Stolen Rs.1.8 Million From A Female At Ambalangoda

Two unidentified persons who arrived in a motor bicycle had stolen Rs.1.8 million belonging to a female and run away at Ambalangoda in Galle District yesterday (22) morning according to the police.

This robbery has occurred when the female had taken the money from a private bank and on her way to deposit the money in her bank account it has been revealed.

Ambalangoda Police are conducting an investigation on the incident.