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A 74 Year Old Person Was Killed Due To A Road Accident

A 74 year old person was killed yesterday (23) after

colliding  with a Private Bus while crossing the  road on Embilipitiya-Ratnapura road in Kahawatte.

Police have arrested the Private Bus driver regarding the accident.

Spread Of "Goiters" In Sri Lanka Has Been Reduced By 25% During Last 30 Years

The spread of "Goiters"(Enlargement of Thyroid Gland)which is caused due to Iodine

Deficiency in Sri Lanka has been decreased by 25% during the last 30 year period as a result of promoting the use of Iodised salt in the country according to the President of Sri Lanka Medical Nutritionists Association Dr.Renuka Jayathissa.

Accordingly around 30% of Sri Lankan population had suffered from "Goiters" in 1986 and at present only 2% is suffering from the disease Dr.Jayathissa has stated.

Sri Lankan Health Ministry has commenced promoting Iodised Salt in the country in 1996 and at present almost every salt pack in the market contains Iodine as it makes compulsory to contain Iodine in every salt product in the country  she has stressed.

Meanwhile it has been reported that  25% of the Sri Lankan population not receiving Iodine through salt as they are getting used to wash salt crystles   and as a result Iodine has washed away from crystles Dr.Jayathissa has stated.

Former Sri Lankan Ambassador To USA Jaliya Wikramasuriya Was Further Remanded

Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to United States Of

America Jaliya Wikramasurita who was arrested and remanded over misusing of state funds while at office during previous regime,has been further remanded until 02nd of January next year by the Colombo Fort Magistrate.

The former ambassador has been further remanded after been produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate Court yesterday (23).

He was arrested by the CID officers on 18th of November while attempting to leave the country at Katunayake Airport.The former Ambassador to USA was charged over misappropriating state funds around Rs.51.7 million during purchasing of a building for the Sri Lankan  Embassy in Washington D.C.

Three Persons Were Injured And Hospitalized Due To A Multi Vehicle Collision At Nugegoda

Three persons were injured and hospitalized yesterday (23)noon after six vehicles colliding with

 each other at  Gamsabha Junction in Nugegoda (Colombo).

The injured were admitted to the South Colombo (Kalubowila)Teaching Hospital for treatment.

The accident has occured due to a motor car was colliding with five orher vrhicles at the Gamsabha Junction it has been reported.

Apple Cider Vinegar Reduces Blood Sugar-Study Reveales

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"WANDERER ABOVE THE SEA OF FOG"(DER WANDERER UBER DEM NEBELMEER)-1817, A FAMOUS ARTWORK OF YESTERYEAR GERMAN ROMANTIC LANDSCAPE ARTIST CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH(1774-1840)

What Can we learn from this Artwork?
The historian John Lewis Gaddis as leaving a contradictory impression, "suggesting at once mastery over a landscape and the insignificance of the individual within it. We see no face, so it's impossible to know whether the prospect facing the young man is exhilarating, or terrifying, or both."