Three Went Missing And One Person Was Rescued And Hospitalized While Drowning In Panadura Sea Area

Four persons who went swimming in the sea off Panadura (In Colombo) had swept away this evening due to strong sea currents and three of them went missing believed to be drowned according to the reports.

One person out of the four that swept away due to the sea currents is being rescued  while drowning and he was admitted to the Psnadura Hospital for treatment the Panadura Police have stated.

Police have launched rescue operations to find three missing persons.

HEALTH TIP

Government Has Increased The Special Commodity Levy Imposed On Raw Sugar And White Sugar

The special commodity levy imposed on raw (Brown)sugar has been increased by Rs.15 per kilo gramme and imported white sugar by Rs.2 per kilo gramme with effect from today (16) the government has announced.

However the price of white sugar will remain as Rs.95 per Kilo Gramme the government has stated.Government has earlier reduced the special commodity levy imposed on white sugar and increased the levy imposed on raw sugar. As a result of this the local consumers are induced to consume more white sugar than raw sugar.

The consumption of sugar in Sri Lanka is 31 kilo grammes per person and due to this  Health Minister  has made a proposal to the Cabinet recently to increase the price of white sugar by considering the  increased number of Diabetic patients in Sri Lanka which opposed by many the Ministry of Health has announced.

The annual import of sugar in Sri Lanka is 650,000 metric tonnes which is  92 percent of the total local requirement and the annual sugar production  in Sri Lanka is 56,000 metric tonnes which is only 8 percent of the local requirement according to reports.

Government has earned a revanue of  Rs.19,500 million annually through the special commodity levy imposed on sugar it has been reported.

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Bribery Commission Officials Had Arrested A Deputy Principle Of Nugawela Model Primary School While Accepting A Bribe

The Bribery Commission Officials have arrested the deputy principle of Nugawela mode

l primary school today(15)while accepting a sum of Rs.15,000 from a parent to give admission to a Grade One Student .

According to the Bribery Commission officials the deputy principle  of the school has requested  Rs.35,000 as a bribe from the parents of the student and he has already received Rs.20,000 .

Bribery Commission officials are  conducting an investigations on the incident.

Annual Colombo International Book Fair -2016 To Be Inaugurated Tomorrow(16)

The annual Colombo International  Book Fair-2016 is scheduled  to be inaugurated. Tomorrow(16) at Sirimawo Bandaranaike Memorial International  Conference Hall in Colombo-07.

A large varieties of  books written in various  languages including Sinhala and  English will be available in the Book Fair for concessionary prices according to the Organizers.

The Book Fair will be held up to 25 th of September at the Sirimawo Bandaranaike Memorial  Conference Hall.

Sri Lanka  Book. Publishers Association is organizing this event.