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A Special Two Day Dengue Control Programme To Be Conducted In Colombo On 10th And 11th Of November

A special Dengue Control Programme is due to be conducted on 10th And 11th of November in Colombo District  the Ministry Of Health, Nutrition and  Indigenous Medicine has announced .

This two day Dengue Control Programme is  conducted by aiming State/Private Institutes,Schools Religious Places and Construction sites which are identified as major Dengue Mosquito Breeding Places in the Colombo District the Ministry has stated.

Nearly 45,000 Dengue Patients have been reported from Sri Lanka this year from January up to now .

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A Three Member Committee Appointed To Investigate On The Tense Situation Ocurred At Presidential Secretariat Yesterday

Minister of Law and Order Sagala Ratnayake had appointed a three member committee headed by Deputy Inspector General Of Police C.D Wikramaratne to investigate on the  tense situation occurred in front of the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (07) when the police used tear gas and water canons to disperse a group of retired disabled soldiers after they have  attempted to forcibly  enter the secretariat .

Major General Sudantha Ranasinghe and senior assistant secretary  of the Ministry  Of Southern Development Nishantha Weerasinghe were appointed as the other committe members.

Meanwhile government has today stated that there's a conspiracy behind the tense situation occurred in front of Presidential Secretariat yesterday.

Three Persons Arrested Over The Links With "Ava" Group Remanded Until 16th Of November

Three persons  arrested in Jaffna recently  over  links with "Ava" crimes  gang which is terrorizing several parts in Jaffna at present were remanded today (08) by the Colombo Additional Magistrate until 16th of November after being produced before the court.

The three suspects were arrested over involved in violent activities in Jaffna .

The group of Criminal Investigations  Department  (CID) officers who went to Jaffna had arrested six persons believed to be members of the "Ava" Group in Jaffna  last weekend.

Officers Belonging To Three Health Catagories Are Due To Launch An Island Wide Strike Tomorrow (09)

Entamalogy Officers,Public Health Inspectors and Public Health Laboratory Technical Officers are due to launch an island wide one day strike tomorrow (09) against the Health Ministry's decision to providing technical facts contains in the training programmes of these officers to other health catagories.

The strike will begin at 8 a.m tomorrow (09) and will continue until 8 a.m on next day (10) the president of the Health Services Entamalogy Officers Association Najith Sumanasena has stressed.

Due to the strike ,activities of these officers including entamalogy surveys on dengue,raiding of shops/Pharmacies/Hotels and carrying out filaria and malaria blood tests will be paralayzed tomorrow he has stressed.

Around 3500 members belonging to the above three health services will participate the strike and a discussion is due to be held tomorrow with another five para medical catagories regarding  jointly launching a trade union action against the Health Ministry's decision The president of Entamalogy Officers Association has further stated.