Navy Arrested Eight Indian Fishermen In Sri Lankan Waters

Sri Lanka Navy have arested eight Indian Fishermen

while illegally fishing in Sri Lankan  sea areas of West of Delft Island and North East of Kachchathivu Island along with the two trawler boats they were in .

The arrested Indian Fishermen and the Boats were handed over to the Assistant Fisheries Director in Jaffna by the Navy for future course of action.

Sudden Fire Erupted In Meethotamulle Garbage Dump Due To The Rising Of Methane Gas In Air

The cause of the sudden fire erupted in the top of the

Meethotamulle Garbage dump few days ago has been proved as  due to a rising levels  of toxic Methane gas in the air around the dump according to the investigations carried out in this regard the Ministry Of Megapolis and Western Development has announced.

The Central Engineering Bureau is monitoring the Garbage Dump daily and levelling of the Dump due to begin within next month with the aid of World Bank the Ministry has stated.

Speake4 Seek Legal Advise On How To Act Regarding Five MP's Who Had Telephone Conversations With Arjun Aloysius

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has seeks legal advise

regarding how to ac over the five COPE  committee member Parliamentarians who were revealed as had telephone conversations with main suspect of the Central Bank bond scam Arjun Aloysius during the proceedings of Presidential Commission of Inquiry ,Investigating  the Central Bank Bond Scam especially on whether those  Telephone conversations should made public.

The Attorney General's Department has submitted a list of names to the Bond Commission including the names of Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekare,State Minister Sujeewa Senasinghe,Deputy Minister Ajith.P.Perera and MP's Harashana Rajakaruna and Hector Appuhamy as had telephone conversations with Arjun Aloysius .

However all five MP's have denied any wrong doing and complained that by checking private telephone calls of them Criminal Investigations Department (CID) had violated their privilages.

Meanwhile The Joint Opposition MP's had requested the Speaker to investigate on the Five COPE Committee member MP' s who had telephone conversations with Arjun Aloysius.

HEALTH TIP

A Person Was Arrested With 5 Kilo Grammes Of Kerala Cannabis

Puttalam Police had arrested a 47 year old person whil transporting 5 Kilo Grammes of Kerala Cannabis by Sri Lanka Transport Board Bus traveling from  Mulathivu to Kalpitiya near the Army Base in Puttalam last evening(18).

Police Officers who had arrested the suspect as per an information received ,believes he may have transported Kerala Cannabis by using Buses in previous occasions as well. 

The suspect has been identified as a person lives in a Displaced Center in Puttalam and he is due to be produced before the Puttalam District Court.

Two Small Infants Were Killed Due To A Three Wheeler-Tipper Collision

Two small infants  including a two year old baby boy and one year old baby girl were killed and five other injured and hospitalized due to a Three Wheeler they have been traveling in collided with a Tipper Truck last night(18)  in Sapugaskande area on Kelaniya-Biyagama road.
 
The injured were admitted to the Colombo National Hospital for treatment according to the Police Media Spokesman's Office.Seven persons were traveling by the Three Wheeler at the time of the incident it has been revealed. 

Police have arrested the Tipper Truck driver regarding the accident.

Several Catagories Of Government Health Professions To Launch A One Day Token Strike On Wednesday (22)

Government Health Professionals including Registered and Assistant Medical Officers , Government Nurses,Professions Supplementary To Medicine(PSM) and Para Medical Officers  belonging to sixteen Health Trade Unions are due to launch an Island Wide one day token strike on this Wednesday (22) by opposing the decision taken by the Government to increase the  salaries of Railway workers by underestimating their professions  according to the Joint Confederation Of Health Professions.

More than 50,000 Health Professionals belonging to  Government Health Professions will be participated this strike and the Professions in all Children's ,Maternity,Cancer and Mental Health Hospitals and Units will not participating the strike due to Humanitarian reasons according the joint convener  of the Confederation Ajith.P Thilakaratne.