A Youth Who Had Sexually Molested A Girl ,Has Been Sentenced Seven Year Imprisonment

Hambanthota High Court has today (18)sentenced a

youth who found guilty over forcibly sexually molesting a girl  at Thissarsmaya ,a seven year rigorous imprisonment and ordered to pay Rs.100,000  compensation to the victimized girl.

Hambanthota High Court judge Ajith M.Masinghe has imposed another fine of Rs.2500 on the accused and if he failed to pay the fine another 08 month  imprisonment will be imposed on the accused and if he failed to pay the compensation to the victim  he will receive  another  one year simple  prison sentence.

The rape incident was occurred on 22nd of February in 2008.

Dhammika Ratnayake Has Been Appointed As The New Chairman Of BOI

Government has today (18) appointed former director

of the Board Of Investment (BOI) Dhammika Ratnayake as the new Chairman of BOI .

A new chairman has been appointed to the BOI due to the resignation of former BOI chairman Upul Jayasuriya.

Government has also appointed deputy chairman of John Keals Group Ajith Gunawardane and the Chief Officer of Sri Lanka Chamber Of Commerce Mangala G.Yapa as new directors of the BOI.

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Around Eight School Children Have Been Hospitalized Due To A Shock As A Result Of An Explosion

Around Eight School Children have been admitted to the Mancholai Hospital in Mulathivu this morning (18)due to a shock as a result of a  sudden explosion occurred in a garbage mound during a Dengue Control Programme held in Kokilai Sinhala School in Mulathivu.

The explosion occurred after  a group of students of the school set fire to a collected garbage under the Dengue Control Programme .

All the Hospitalized students were admitted to the Hospital due to a shock and no one was injured due to the incident according to the Mulathivu Police.

A special Police Teams attached to the Mulathivu and Kokilai Police Stations had arrived in the scene and conducting an investigations on the explosion it has been reported.

A Heavy Traffic Reported In And Around Colombo Fort Due To A Anti SAITM Protest March

A heavy traffic is being reported in and around  Colombo Fort and Maradana at present due to the closure of entry road to the Galle Face from Lotus Roundabout as a result of a protest march launched by Inter University Students Federation(IUSF).

Police have closed down the Lotus Roundabout short while ago as the protest march launched by IUSF by demanding to abolish the Malabe Private Medical Collage(SAITM) reached in front of the Colombo Fort Railway station.The protest march has begun at the University of Aesthetic Studies in Colombo this noon .

Police have taken a court order demanding that  the protest march should be conducted without causing any inconvenience to the  public and motorists.