Around 31% Of The Sri Lankan Population Identified As Addicted To Cancer Agent Smokeless Tobacco Products

Around 31% of the Sri Lankan Population has been identified as addicted to cancer agent smokeless Tobacco products according to the National Authority on Tobacco And Alcohol .

Out of this percentage 26% are male and 5% are female the Authority has stated.

A large number of local youths are being addicted to smokeless Tobacco products like Betel Leaf ,Arecanuts ,Tobacco leaf and commercially based products such as Mava, Gutka, Pamparaag,Hanz,Babul and Beeda which are identified as cancer agents Oncologists have stated.

Due to the addiction of these products a large number of persons in the country are suffering from oral cancers,Cancers in pancreas and Oesophagus and diseases like Oral Fibrosis  they has stressed.

According to the oncologist Dr.Hemantha Amarasinghe around 200,000 Sri Lankans are suffering from Oral fibrosis at present which can developed in to a Cancer in near future.Difficulty of open  the mouth,pain when consuming food are main symptoms of this disease he has stressed.

A joint survey carried out  by the World Health Organization and National Authority on Tobacco And Alcohol had revealed that around Rs.5 billion need to spend annually to treat cancers caused due to smokeless tobacco products .

Distribution and sale of smokeless tobacco products in Sri Lanka are banned According to the law .

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Two Illicit Liquor Teaders Have Been Sentenced 17 Years Of Rigorous Imprisonment Each Over Raping A Female

North Central Provincial High Court has sentenced two

illicit liquor traders 17 year rigorous imprisonment each over abducting and raping of a female at Vilpattu forest on or near a date 28th of April 2004.

Accordingly the accused persons who are residents of Rajanganaya area were sentenced five year imprisonment each and imposed Rs.5000 fine over abducting the female and received 12 year  prison sentence each for raping her.

Sri Lanka Navy To Purchase The Largest Military Ship Built In India

Sri Lanka Navy is due to purchase the largest ever

military ship built in India at a function scheduled to be held in Goa ,India on 22nd of August this year according to the Navy.

The construction work of the ship has already completed Navy have stated.

The estimated value of the 150 meter long military ship is around Rs.10,000 million it has been reported.The ship  can carry more than 2400 tonnes of equipment.

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Four Indian Fishermen Had Been Arrested While Illegally Fishing In Sri Lankan Seas

Sri Lanka Navy personal have arrested four Indian

fishermen while illegally fishing in Sri Lankan waters in Northern Seas.

Along with the fishermen a boat and equipment used for fishing had been taken into custody by the Navy personal.

The arrested fishermen along with equipment and a boat had been handed over to the Assistant Director of fisheries in Jaffna by the Navy officers for future course of action .