Friday, February 3, 2017

"WINDING THE SKEIN"(1878) A POPULAR YESTERYEAR ARTWORK OF AN ENGLISH ARTIST FREDERIC LORD LEIGHTON (1830-1896)


A Motor Cyclist Was Killed After Colliding With A Iron Fence At Mahawa

A young motor cyclist was killed after colliding with
an iron fence near the Mahawa Railway Station today (04) according to Police Headquarters.

The deceased met with the accident as unable to control the speed of the vehicle.He was on his way to madalgama from daladagama at the timeit has been revealed.

Leprosy Still Not In The Elimination Stage ?

Although Sri Lanka is planning to eliminate Leprosy
from the country by 2020 annually around 2000 Leprosy Patients have been reported from the country according to the Anti Leprosy Campaign.

During the last year (2016) 1853 Leprosy Patients were reported from the country the Campaign has stated.

Around 9- 10 percent of the Leprosy Patients reported from the country have been identified with deformaties related to the disease and that percentage is higher when comparing to other countries in South Asia consultant dermatologist attached to the Central Leprosy Clinic has stated during a media seminar held yesterday (03) regarding Leprosy .

According to him child Leprosy Patients in the country is on the increase and around 9 -10 percent of the Leprosy Patients reported from Sri Lanka are  Children .

To avoid Leprosy becoming an epidemic here public as well as the community physicians and dermatologists need to be well informed of the disease Dr.Amarathunge has stressed.

Independence Day Rehearsals -A Parachutist Got Injured And Hospitalized During The Landing

A parachutist taken part In the final
rehearsals of the 69 the  National Independence Day Celebrations has been admitted to the Colombo National Hospital after got injured during landing the sea area last morning (03) .

Due to the strong winds prevailed in parachutists have decided to land sea area as a precautionary measure and Navy officers have taken steps to bring parachutists to the shore immediately .

POPULAR YESTERYEAR SINHALA SONG SUNG BY LARE SUSIL PREMARATNA




Foreign-Vegetable Crisis Hits U.K Supermarkets

Government Will Not Remove Officials Ravi Seneviratne And Shani Abeysekare- From Their Posts-Minister Vijitha Herath

 Government will not remove the Secretary to the Ministry Of Public Defense , former Deputy Inspector General Of Police Ravi Seneviratne and...