Ministry Of Transport Requested The Public And Civil Organizations To Send Their Ideas And Suggestions On Incrasing Minimum Traffic Violations Fine

Ministry Of Transport has requested the public and civil organizations to send their ideas and suggestions on the  proposal to increase the minimum traffic violations fine .

All the  ideas and suggestions regarding the increasing of minimum traffic violations fine should be sent to Secretary,Ministry Of Transport and Civil Aviation,Seventh Floor,Sethsiripaya-stage two,Battaramulla according to the Ministry.

Meanwhile the secretary to the Ministry Of Transport Nihal Somaweera has stated that the Private Bus/Three Wheeler Unions which  launched the recent strike against the fine have already submitted their  ideas and suggestions regarding the increasing of minimum traffic violations fine .

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Youth Who Was Arrrested And Remanded Over Making Death Threats To President And P.M Through FB Has Further Remanded

The Colombo Additional Magistrate has today(15) further remanded the youth who was arrested and remanded over making death threats to President , Prime Minister and Opposition Leader of the country through Facebook, until 29th of December.

The court refused to accept bail applications submitted by attorneys behalf of the suspect when the case against the suspected youth taken up for hearing today.

By opposing granting bail to the suspect ,Crimes Investigations Department (CID) Officials had informed the court that  the threats made by the suspect were an attempt to assassinate country's leadership .Therefore an investigation should be launched on the seriousness of threats made by suspect CID Officials have stated.

A Youth Was Killed At Southern Expressway Due To A Motor Car Accident

A youth was killed this morning(15) near 60th mile post at Southern Expressway following the motor car he was driving in veered off the road and crashed into the defense fence of Expressway it has been reported.

The youth who was critically injured due to the accident ,admitted to the Elpitiya Base Hospital and he was succumbed to his injuries after admission.

The deceased who was a resident of Morawake area ,driving his car towards Matara at the time of the accident according to Police.

Elpitiya Police are conducting an investigation on the incident.

Temporary Dock Workers Attached To Magampura Port Ended Their Strike

Temporary Dock workers attached to Magampura Port in Hambanthota (Southern Province)who have launched a strike nine days ago demanding to recruit 480 temporary Dock Workers of the Port to Sri Lanka Ports Authority and stop selling the Magampura Port to a Chinese Company had ended their strike action today(15) and returned to work.

The Port workers ended their strike after  Minister of Ports And Shipping Arjuna Ranathunge has stated that those strikers  who will  not return to work  by 2 p.m today will be considered as leaving their jobs.

Sri Lanka Navy have intervened last Saturday to disperse a group of Port strikers in the Magampura Port as the protestors blocked a Japanese Vehicle carrier from leaving the Port.

Twelve Students Sitting For The G.C.E Ordinary Level Examination Hospitalized Due To Dengue Fever

Twelve Students who are currently sitting for G.C.E Ordianry Level examination had been admitted to the Colombo-IDH Fever Hospital due to Dengue Fever according to the Ministry Of Health,Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine.

Authorities  have taken steps to establish an Examination Center in the Hospital to enable these students to sit for the remaining papers of  G.C.E Ordinary Level examination without any difficulty the  Ministry Of Health has stressed.A team of doctors of IDH Hospital are currently monitoring the situation of the twelve students  suffering from Dengue on daily basis it has been reported.

During this year up to now  47,900 Dengue Patients have been reported throughout the island and 77 died due to the disease according to the National Dengue Control Programee.