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Monday, January 22, 2018

Around 137,000 Have Died In Sri Lanka Last Year Due To Non Communicable Diseases

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Around 137,000 Sri Lankans have died during last year(2017) due to non communicable diseases(NCD's) including Heart Diseases and Diabetes according to the Ministry Of Health.

Wrong life styles including poor food habits and lack of exercises are the main causes for spreading of Non Communicable diseases in the country the Ministry has stated.

Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne has urged that there is a need to open a social debate over the increasing number of non Communicable Disease deaths in Sri Lanka.

FROM YESTERYEAR SINHALESE CINEMA :A SONG FROM THE FILM "DEEWARAYO"(1964)

MAIN CAST OF THE FILM-LATE GAMINI FONSEKA ,SANDYA KUMARI

THIS SONG WAS SUNG BY LATHA WALPOLA

Thirty Four Reports On Central Bank Bond Scam And Serious Fraud And Corruption To Be Tabled In Parliament Tomorrow(23)

Thirty Four reports of the Central Bank Bond Scam and the Serious Fraud and Corruption are scheduled to be tabled in Parliament tomorrow(23)as per a decision taken during the Party Leaders Conference held today(22) at Parliament.

The Party Leaders Conference was held this morning(22) under the patronage of Speaker Karu Jayasuriya.

Meanwhile as a request made during the conference to schedule the Parliamentary Debate on Central Bank Bond Scam to be held before 10th of February ,Party leaders are due to meet again tomorrow(23) evening to take a decision in this regard.

Lotus Road Was Closed This Noon Due To A Protest March Of An Unemployed Graduates Union

The Lotus Road in Colombo had been closed down this noon(22) for traffic due to a protest march launched by Unemployed Graduates Union.

The protest march had arrived at Presidential Secretariat and after the discussions with Presidential Secretary Austin Fernando the protest had suspended according to the Union.

The Protest was suspended as the Presidential Secretary has promised the Unemployed Graduates Union representatives to arrange a discussion for them with the president Maithripala Sirisena during February .

Although Government has 63,000 job vacancies around 53,000 Unemployed Graduates are still jobless according to the Unemployed Graduates Union.

Twelve Trade Stalls In Katharagama Were Destroyed Due To A Sudden Fire

Twelve Trade Stalls near the Wedihitikande Premises in Katharagama were destroyed due to a sudden fire this morning(22) it has been reported.

As no institution or fire brigade contributed to douse the fire the residents of the area had doused it according to reports.Among the trade stalls destroyed due to fire are stalls selling fruits,sculpture,artworks and sweets .

The estimated value of the destroyed items is more than Rs.7 million the authorities have said.