A Four Year Old Child Has Died After A Wall And Roof Of A Kitchen Collapsed On Him

A four year old kindergaten child has died after a wall

and roof of the kitchen  of his house collapsed on him at moragolla estate in Hali-Ela yesterday (14).

The child who was taken care of his grand father due to his parents working elsewhere, has died after admission to Badulla General Hospital .

The wall and roof of the kitchen wall collapsed on the child due to strong  winds prevailed at that time.

Government To Promote Altetnative Wrappings For Polythene Products

Government has decided to promote enviornmental

friendly wrappings like paper,cloth and reet as an alternatives to the polythene sheets and wrappings before the ban imposed on polythene products coming in to effect on 01st of September.

Cabinet has approved a Cabinet paper submitted by the President Maithripala Sirisena as the Enviornment Minister to ban manufacturing,selling and distributing of polythene sheets,shopping bags and regiform boxes used for wrapping food items with effect from 01st of September.

The Consumer Protection Authority has also requested the government to introduce  alternatives for the polythene products before the ban coming in to effect.

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A Person Was Arrested With A Stock Of Narcotic Tablets In Mattakkuliya

A person was arrested with a stock of narcotic tablets

in Mattakkuliya area according to a law enforcement unit of North Colombo.

The value of the stock estimated as around Rs.300,000.The suspect along with the stock of narcotic tablets handed over to the kotahena coastal police for further investigations.

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Polythene Manufacturers Requested To Allow Them Manufacturing Polythene Sheets Despite The Ban

The All Ceylon Polythene manufacturers and recyclers

Association has requested the government to allow them to manufacture 05 macrone or 10 macrone polythene sheets which can use for wrapping food items .

Government is due to ban the maufacturing ,selling and distributing  of all polythene sheets used for food wrapping belonging to 20 macron catagory  or less than that,Shopping bags and Regiform boxes used for food wrapping with effect from 01st of September this year and cabinet has granted approval to implement it.

Eighteen Students Have Been Hospitalized In Minneriya Due To A Wasp Attack

Eighteen Students and two teachers attached to the

Minneriya National School were hospitalized yesterday (14) due to a wasp attack.

The injured were admitted to the Hingurakgoda Hospital for treatment.The injured are not in critical condition it has been announced.

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The wasp attack occurred after the students throwing stones towards a wasps nest in a school building.