World Bank To Send A Team Of Consultants To Sri Lanka To Probe On Solid Waste Management

World Bank has decided to send a Team Of

Consultants to Sri Lanka for an investigation on Solid Waste Management in the country according to the Ministry Of Finance.

World Bank is willing to help to solve Garbage problem in  Sri Lanka it has been reported.

The decision to send a Team of Consultants to Sri Lanka has been taken during an annual congress of  World Bank  and International Monetary Fund the Finance Ministry has stated.l

Twrnty One Tea Pluckers Were Hospitalized Due To A Wasp Attack In Bagawanthalawa

Twenty one Tea Pluckers including eighteen Females

were injured and hospitalized due to a wasp attack in Bagawanthalawa area it has been reported.

The injured were admitted to the Bagawanthalawa Hospital for treatment and most of them later discharged from the Hospital after recieving treatment.

The injured Tea Pluckers are residents of Bagawanthalawa area .

Navy Have Arrested A Person With 511 Kilo Grammes Of Red Sandalwood

Sri Lanka Navy Personal have arrested a person while

transporting an expensive  511 Kilo Grammes Of Red Sandalwood through a Dinghy Boat from India to Sri Lanka today (23) in annawasala area in Kalpitiya.

The suspect and the stock of Sandalwood are due to handover to the Sinnapadu Customs Office for future course of action.

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A Van Completely Destroyed Due To Caught Fire On Southern Expressway

A van carried a group of foreign Tourists to Colombo

had suddenly  caught fire this noon(23) between Baddegama and Kurundugaha Miles Post entry of  the Southern Expressway it has been reported .

The passengers of the Van escaped unhurt and the Vehicle was completely damaged due to the fire .

Petroleum Unions To Launch Island Wide Strike From Midnight Today(23)

The Ceylon Petroleum Joint Trade Union  Alliance

comprising  with Seven unions is due to launch an island wide continuous strike from midnight today(23) over several demands including suspending of the signing of a pact with India on handing over the 99 oil tanks in Trincomalee Harbor to Indian Oil Company (IOC) .

According to the Joint Trade Union Alliance due to the strike there will be a severe shortage of fuel in the country as the strikers are stopping the distribution of fuel island wide during the strike .

Meanwhile there's a fuel shortage in most parts of the country at present according to the Petroleum Unions .