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Thursday, June 29, 2017

Due To The Public Protests Dumping Of Colombo Garbage To The Dumping Site In Ja Ela Suspended For Four Hours

The residents of Dalatura area have launched a

protest campaign for the second day today (29)against dumping of Colombo garbage by the Colombo Municipal Council to a private land in Muthurajawela in Ja -Ela area.

As the protestors have blocked the entry road to the Garbage Dumping site in Ja -Ela to prevent dumping Colombo Garbage there,a heated words exchanged between the protestors and the Colombo Municiple Council Garbage Truck drivers and as a result Garbage dumping had been suspended around 4 hours it has been reported.

Later Police teams were called to control the tense situation in the area .

Afterwards Colombo Municipal Council Garbage trucks began dumping the Garbage again to the site this evening.

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GMOA To Launch An Island Wide Strike Next Week Demanding To Nationalise The SAITM"

Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA)has

today (29)decided to launch an island wide continuous strike in next week demanding the nationalizing of SAITM.

The Central Committee of the GMOA has given powers to the Executive Committee of the union to decide the dates of the strike.

GMOA will not agree any solution other than nationalizing the SAITM the union has stated.

Colombo Chief Magistrate has Ordered The Police To Remove The Hut Built In Colombo Fort Railway Station

Colombo chief magistrate has today (29)ordered the

Police to remove the hut built by the members of Medical Students Parents Association on the pavement in Colombo Fort Railway station to conduct a satyagraha campaign.against the assaulting of students who invaded the Health Ministry and demanding nationalizing of the SAITM.

Chief magistrate Lanka Jayaratne has ordered the Police to remove the hut as it blocked the pavement of

road it has been reported.

Police have earlier requested from the Chief Magistrate to issue a court order to remove the hut as it might cause a problem to the pedestrians .

A 13 Year Old Buddhist Monk Committed Suicide By Hanging Himself

A 13 year old Buddhist monk in a temple at

Aththudawa,Matara had committed suicide by hanging himself inside the temple it has been reported today (29).

While cleaning the temple ground in the morning he had hanged himself according to the Thihagoda Police.

Some youth have shown the deceased monk the pictures of the three children including a young Buddhist monk and their father who committed suicide by hanging themselves two days ago in Hungama area ,appeared in facebook through a mobile phone yesterday (28) Police have stated.