A Land In Muthurajawela To Be Used To Destroy Clinical Waste Of Government Hospitals At Western Province -Health Minister

A land at Muthurajawela area had 

taken  to destroy the Clinical waste removed from Government Hospitals in Western Province including Colombo National Hospital according to Minister Of Health Dr.Rajitha Senaratne .

Cabinet has approved the using of the Land in Muthurajawela to destroy clinical waste removed from Government Hospitals in Western Province Minister has stressed.

"The private company responsible for destroying the Clinical waste of Westetn Provincial Hospitals so far done it at a land in Mulleriyawa Base Hospital.However as the Court banned destroying Clinical waste at that land recently as a result of a petition filed by residents of the area in view of avoiding public health threat ,The company now removed the Clinical waste to a temporary land."Minister has stated.

As a temporary solution Health Ministry has decided to utilise the land use by Sri Jayawardanapura Hospital to destroy clinical waste to destroy clinical waste of Government Hospitals in Western Province as well he has stressed.

Lotus Roundabout Was Closed For Few Hours Due To A Protest March

Lotus Roundabout at Colombo Fort was

temporarily closed down from entry road to Galle Face for few hours this morning (29) due to a protest march of Retired Police Officers.

A group of Retired Police Officers had commenced a pretest match from Colombo Fort Railway Station this morning towards Presidential Secretariet over a pension problem.

The Closed road has been re- opened for traffic few hours later.

Thirty Army Brigadiers And Lieutenant Colonels Have Been Promoted To Higher Ranks

Five Brigadiers and Twenty Five Lieutenant Colonels attached to Sri Lanka Army  have been promoted to higher ranks as per the instructions of President Maithripala Sirisena.

Accordingly Five Army Brigadiers including four Brigadiers  became disabled during the war have been promoted as Major General's and Twenty Five Army Lieutenant Colonels have been promoted as Colonels. 

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Ten Persons Were Remanded Over Assaulting Wild Life Officers

Ten persons including a Hingurakgoda

Pradeshiya Saba MP arrested by the Habarana Police Over Assaulting Wild Life officers attached to Minneriya Wild Life Park had been remanded until 11 th of September  by the Hingurakgoda Magistrate Court today (29).

The ten suspects were produced before the court today .

Minneriya Wild Life Park was closed due to the assaulting of Wild Life officers by a group of fishermen on last Sunday  (26) and later the Park has been re opened.

Wild Life officers were assaulted after the officers had arrested two fishermen illegally involved in fishing activities.

A Businessman Was Arrested Over Smuggling A Valuable Gold Necklace To Sri Lanka

Police Narcotic Bureau officials have arrested a 51 year old Sri Lankan Businessman who had smuggled a Gold

Necklace weighing around 400 Grammes to Sri Lanka illegally at the Katunayake ,Bandaranaike International Airport early this morning (29).

The suspect who is a resident of AKara wita,Gampaha had arrived at Katunayake Airport From Singapore.Police Narcotic Bureau officials have arrested the suspect after recovering the Gold Necklace he has hidden worth around Rs.2.8 million .

Police Narcotic Bureau had handed over the suspect along with the Necklace to Airport Customs for further investigations.