QUOTES FOR LIFE

Central Bank Has Extended The Period Given To The Public To Change Damaged Currency Notes

Central Bank has decided to extend the time period

given to the public to change their damaged and disfigured currency notes up to 31st of March next year (2018).

Earlier it has been announced that the time period given to change these notes will be expired by tomorrow (31).

A Security Guard Of The Railways Department Had Comitted Suicide

A 54 year old security officer attached to the Railways

Department had committed suicide by shooting himself with his official firearm at the hostal of Railway Department Headquarters in Maradana today (30).

The deceased was a resident of Embuldeniya area in Nugegoda and the cause of the suicide has not yet been revealed.

A Magistrate inquiry regarding the death is scheduled to be held soon.

Central Bank Bond Scam Report Was Handed Over To The President

The report of the  Central Bank Bond scam issue

prepared by the Special Presidential Commission Of Inquiry on Central Bank Bond Scam was handed over to the President Maithripala Sirisena by the chairman of the Commission Supreme Court Judge K.T Chitrasiri this morning (30) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.

The report with more than 1000 pages was today handed over to the president as earlier announced and the Secretary of the Commission Sumathipala Udugamsuriya ,Supreme Court Judge P.S Jayawardane and Retired Auditor General V.Kandasamy had  graced the occassion.

The Commission appointed by the President Sirisena begun it's work on 27th of January this year and Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe too appeared before the commission and gave evidence regarding the scam.

The period of the Commission is due to be ended tomorrow (31).

Higher Education Minister And Sri Lanka Medical Council On Two Opinions Over SAITM Students

Minister Of Higher Education and Highways Lakshma

n Kiriella has today (30) made a controversial statment by stating that the Sri Lanka Medical Council has agreed to accept SAITM (Malabe Private Medical Collage) students with five week clinical training as  Doctors while addressing the 14th Annual Convocation of a Private Higher Education Institute in Colombo today (30).

However the Sri Lanka Medical Council has denied the ststement of the Minister by saying so far the Council has not made an official agreement regarding accepting SAITM students passed out as doctors

HEALTH TIP

World's First For Dog's Broken Leg

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-

42370415/world-first-for-dog-s-broken-leg

IN SINHALESE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE (PARAMPARIKA) REPARING THE BROKEN BONE IS THE EASIEST PART OF THE TREATMENT ACCORDING TO THOSE TRADITIONAL MEDICAL DOCTORS (VEDA MAHATTAYAS)