Matara High Court Judge Sentenced Five Members Of A Family To Death Over A Murder

Matara High Court Judge has today(11) sentenced five members of a same family to death over killing of a 44 year old person by clubbing in Kottegoda,Matara(Southern Province) on 15th of January 2009.

The cause for the murder has been identified as a love affair.

Around 1000 Dengue Patients Had Been Reported From Island During First Ten Days Of January-Health Ministry

Around 1000 Dengue Patients had been reported from the Island during first ten days of this month according to the National Dengue Control Programme of Ministry Of Health.

Majority of these Dengue Patients had been reported from Colombo,Kandy,Gampaha and Jaffna areas the Dengue Control Programme has stated.

Although the Dengue Control Programme has stated that around 1000 Dengue Patients had been reported during first ten days of this month ,the official web site of the Epidemiology Unit has today (11) indicated that 780 Dengue Patients were reported during this month so far.

Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne has instructed the Health Authorities to launch Dengue Control Programmes throughout the island this year as well to avoid spreading the disease including schools .

Sri Lanka Customs Recovered A Parcel Contains Hashish And Cannabis At Central Mail Exchange

Sri Lanka Customs Officers have today(11) recovered a parcel contains 84 Grammes of Hashis and 1400 Mili Grammes of Cannabis sent from Spain at the Central Mail Exchange in Colombo.

As no one come to collect the  Parcel ,the Sri Lanka Customs Officers and Central Mail Exchange Officers have checked the Parcel after informed by the Postal Department Officials and recovered the stock of narcotics it has been reported.

 Sri Lanka Customs and National Dangerous Drug Control Board have launched an investigation on the incident.

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A 16 Year Old Student Was Drowned While Sea Bathing In Weligama

A 16 year old student was drowned in the sea coast of Weligama(Southern Province)while bathing it has been reported.

The student who was a resident of Maduwawatte,Galle drowned while bathing with a group of his friends.

The body of the deceased sent to the Matara General Hospital for a post mortem.

A 39 Year Old Passenger Was Killed After Falling Down From A Foot Board Of A Bus

A 39 year old passenger  was killed after falling  from a foot board of a Private Bus at Welikanda in Polonnaruwa(North Central Province).

The critically injured passenger had succumbed to his injuries after admission to Welikanda Hospitable.Deceased has been identified as a resident of Aselapura,Welikanda area.

Welikanda Police have arrested the Bus Driver regarding the accident and launched an investigation on the incident.