People Evacuated From A Six Storied Building In Slave Island Due To A Shaking

Authorities had evacuated around 100 persons

attached to a private company  in a six storied building at Kumar rathnam road,Slave Island in Colombo today (21)due to the shaking of the Building it has been reported.

Officials of National Building Research Organization (NBRO) and the Disaster Management Center (DMC) had arrived in the Building to investigate the cause of the shaking .

The officials are investigating whether an excavation made nearby road by another private company  to store power lines caused the shaking or not .

HEALTH TIP

Japanese People Live Longer Than The Rest Of Us – So What's Their Secret?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/secret-japanese-longevity/

BBC: Sri Lanka"s Babies Were Traded Illegally

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41339520

GOLDEN MELODIES

Bond Commission Had Informed Former Central Bank Governor MahendrenTo Provide Data Not Available In His Mobile Phones

As the data of the two mobile phones belonging to

former Central Bank governor Arjuna Mahendran relevant to the the period that Central Bank bond scam had occurred had been not available, the Presidential Commission of Inquiry investigating the Bond Scam had informed the former governor to produce the deleted data before 12 noon today (21)to the commission.

The additional solicitor general Yasantha Kodagoda had previous day informed the Presidential Commission to assist to find out the deleted data of the two mobile phones  belonging to former Central Bank Governor Mahendran for a period of 11 months.

An Eight Day Old Strike Of Ceylon Electricity Board Workers Had Ended

The eight day old strike launched by the  Ceylon

Electricity Board (CEB) workers had ended last night (20)after an agreement was reached  between the workers unions and the Minister of Labour John Seneviratne regarding the salary anomalies of the CEB workers , the Joint Trade Union Alliance of the Ceylon Electricity Board has announced.

During the talks held yesterday between Electricity Board trade union representatives and Minister of Labor and the management of Electricity Board ,the management of the  CEB had agreed to increase the salaries of clerks of CEB by 10% and technical workers by 10% to 13% according to the Trade Union Alliance.

The CEB Workers who were involved in the strike are due to be reported for work this morning.