Health Ministers And Health Officials Of Ten Countries Have Arrived In Sri Lanka For WHO's South And South East Asia Regional Health Ministers Summit

Nelum Pokuna

Health  Ministers and health officials belonging to ten South and South East Asian countries had been arrived in Sri Lanka today(04) to attend the World Health Organization's South and South Eastern Asian Health Ministers Summit scheduled to be held in Colombo from 05th (Tomorrow) of September to 09th (Friday)  September.

Accordingly the Health Ministers of India,Bangladesh,Nepal,North Korea ,East Timore,Thailand,Indonesia,Bhutan ,Maldives and Myanmar have arrived in today.

The Director of WHO'S South East Asian Region Dr.Poonam Kethrapal Singh has arrived in the island to participate the summit on last Friday (02) and she was received at the Katunayake International Air Port by the Director General of Health Services Dr.Palitha Mahipala and the WHO Representative in Sri Lanka Dr.Jacob Kumaresan .The Director General Of WHO Dr.Margaret Chan and Deputy Director General Of World Health Organization Dr.Anarffi  Asamoa Baah had also arrived in the island today.

The Health Ministers Summit which will be chaired by Sri Lankan Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senarathne is due to be inaugurated tomorrow morning by Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe and Health Minister at Nelum Pokuna Theater in Colombo.

The sessions of the summit will be held at Galle Face Hotel from tomorrow up to Friday.

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Three Received Minor Injuries As Their Container Truck Met With An Accident At Buttala-Katharagama Road Due To A Begging Elephant

Three persons received minor injuries as their container truck had met with an accident at Buttala-Katharagama Road  following a begging elephant  blocked the road it has been reported.

As the elephant who was begging for food had blocked the road the container truck driver lost the control of the vehicle and met with the accident.

Eighteen Pilgrims Were Injured And Hospitalized Following Their Bus Collided with Another Bus At Badulla-Passara Road

Around 18 pilgrims were injured and hospitalized this evening following a Bus they were travelling in colliding with a private  bus travelling from Passara to Badulla at Jayagama area on Badulla-Passara Road it has been reported.

The injured were admitted to the Badulla Hospital for treatment.

The pilgrims were on their way to katharagama when the accident occurred.

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Finance Minister Has Instructed The State Timber Corporation To Pay Rs.2000 Million For The Treasury-Union Has Opposed The Move

The Minister of Finance Ravi Karunanayake has instructed the State Timber Corporation to pay a sum of Rs.2000 million which  payable  for the Treasury by the Corporation.

State Timber Corporation Employees Union while opposing the Finance Minister's instructions on paying such a large amount money to the  treasury by stating that the Timber Corporation will go bankrupt if such an amount paid to the treasury as the authorities even do not have a sufficient amount of money to solve the long standing  problems of it's employees.

The Union has demanded the president Maithripala Sirisena to intervene in the matter.