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Health Ministry To Regulate The Prices Of Two Essential Items Use To Check Blood Sugar Levels

Ministry Of Health,Nutrition And Indigenous Medicine has decided to regulate the higher prices of  "Glucose Stripes " and "Glucose Masin" mostly used by Diabetic patients in the country to check their Blood Sugar levels regularly to benefit these patients .

A Packet of 25 " Glucose Stripes" is being sold from Rs.1500 upwards and a pack of "Glucose Masin" is being sold for Rs.2500 upwards according to the Health Ministry.

The regulating of these essential items use by the Diabetic patients will be taken place after reducing the prices of essential Cancer Drugs as per the instructions of the Health Minister the Ministry has stated.

Two Youth Were Killed Due To A Motor Car-Tipper Truck Collision

 Two youth friends were killed after the Motor Car they were traveling in colliding with a Tipper Truck transporting Sand at Kapparathota in Weligama this morning(15).

The accident occurred when the Motor Car traveling from Colombo  to Matara colliding with the Tipper Truck arrived in from the opposite side traveling from Matara to Galle.

The deceased 29 year old youth were residents of Rathmalana and Mount Lavinia areas.

Police have arrested the Tipper Truck driver regarding the accident.

Two Shops Completely Destroyed In Thissamaharamaya Due To A Fire

Two Shops in Thissamharamaya area have been completely destroyed due to a sudden fire erupted this morning (15).

Army personal,Police and the residents of the area were  jointly doused the fire it has been reported.

The fire which began in a Paint shop l was spread ed  towards the nearby Shop . The cause of the fire not yet been revealed.

Colombo Fort Magistrate Has Issued Arrest Warrant To Arrest Former Central Bank Governor Arjun Mahendran

Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne has today(15) issued arrest warrant to arrest the Main suspect of the Central Bank Bond Scam and former Central Bank Governor Arjun Mahendran who is in abroad and produced him before the court.

The Magistrate has issued the arrest warrant when the  case on Central  Bank Bond Scam was taken up for hearing today.

 Colombo Fort Magistrate has issued the arrest warrant to arrest Arjun Mahendran as he
he has avoided appearing before the Criminal Investigations Department(CID)  to give evidence on the Bond Scam twice when requested to do so by the Court.

Colombo Fort Magistrate also ordered to further remand the imprisoned chief suspects of the Bond Scam case Arjun Aloysius and Kasun Palisena of Perpetual Treasuries  until 29th of March after they have been produced before the court.

Magistrate has also ordered the Telephone companies to provide details on  the telephone conversations the two suspects have with outsiders

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