Kalpitiya Police Have Arrested Three Persons With 23 Bags Of Banned Pesticides

Kalpitiya Police have today(13) arrested three persons with 23 bags of banned Pesticide contained banned substance "Glyphosate" stored in two boats in Paniadiya area.

The stock of banned pesticides had been imported from India secretly  and  the three suspects were prepared to distribute these banned pesticide at the time of the arrest according to the Police.

The stock of banned pesticides taken into custody in possession of the suspects worth around Rs.5 million  and contained higher amount of Glyphostate the Police have stated.

President Of BOI Upul Jayasuriya Has Resigned From His Post

The President of the Sri Lanka Board Of Investment(BOI) President Counsel  Upul Jaysuriya has been resigned from his post today(13) citing  personal reasons.

President Counsel Jayasuriya has served as the President of BOI for nearly tow and half years.

Hardy Technology Institute In Ampara Had Closed Until Further Notice

The Hardy Advanced Technology Institute in Ampara had closed down temporarily today(13)until further notice due to a conflict occurred between the students of the institute and the management .
A tense situation has been occurred between the Students of the Hardy Institute and the management over security of the students this noon following the clash occurred between two groups of students of the Institute on 10th of July injuring 09 students.Police have  intervened the matter and settled the clash at that time .

Since that clash students of the Institute concerned on their security and the students had taken over  the Administrative building of the Institute including the Director  this noon as a protest it has been reported.

GOLDEN MELODIES

Those who love and respect each other will stay till the end and do not hurt each other at all.

Navy Rescued An Elephant Stranded In The Seas Of Eastern Coast

A group of Navy Personal had rescued an Elephant

caught in the currents of the eastern  sea coast of Kokkilai around eight nautical miles away from the coast on tuesday (11).

A team of Navy personal petrolling the region in the speed boat first spotted the Elephant and afterwards Navy have dispatched another vessel with navy divers to rescue the Jumbo stranded in deep seas for hours it has been reported.

Another two CEDRIC vessels  with seven Navy personal deployed for the rescue operation with the support of wild life officials.

After the elephant was rescued he was brought to ashore and handed over to the wild life officials.Later the jumbo was transported to Yan oya in Pulmudai.

CID Has Arrested The Former Media Spokesman Commadore Dissanayake Over Disappearing Youth

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID)officials have this evening (12)arrested the former media spokesman of Sri Lanka Navy Commadore D.K.P

Dassanayake over illegally abducting ,detained and disappearing of 11 youths in Colombo during 2008-2009 period.

The suspected Navy officer has been arrested after an inquiry held on the incident.

The suspect is due to be produced before Colombo Fort Magistrate court.Another three suspects arrested over the incident had been remanded.

Beware Dengue Mosquito Larvae Can Breed Inside Houses As Well-Epidemeologists

As the Dengue Mosquito Larvae  Breeding places can

be located inside houses as well ,Health workers are inspecting within houses in search of Dengue Mosquito Breeding places at present according to the Epidemeologist Dr.Preshila Samaraweera.

However most of the residents are not supporting the process of inspecting inside the houses Dr.Samaraweera has stressed.

Dengue Mosquito Larvae can breed in the ice trays of the deep freezers,in the waters of artificial waterfalls and ponds,covered leaves of indoor plants and containers in the house stored water around a week she has stressed.

Meanwhile the total number of Dengue patients reported throughout the island from January to July this year now exceeds 87,000 and 4996 Dengue patients have been reported in the island during first twelve days of this month the Epidemelogy Unit has stated.