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Thursday, October 18, 2018

JOURNEY TO THE IRON PLANET

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STEM JUICE FROM.BANANAS A POTENTIAL NATURAL CURE FOR DIABETES

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A Stock Of Explosives Had Been Recovered In Mannar

Mannar Police have recovered a stock

of explosives believes to be made by LTTE including A Hand Grenade ,A Motor Bullet and four cannon gun Bullets near the runway in Thalladi,Mannar yesterday (18).

The stock of Explosives had been recovered during a search mission carried out under a court order obtained from Mannar Magistrate Court .

The Bomb Disposal Squad of the Special Police Task Force Personal is due to defuse the stock of Explosives recovered .

Soft Drink Companies Have Requested Concessions -But Government Is Giving Priority To Protect People From Diseases -Health Minister

Soft Drink Companies have requested concessions from the Government for their products during the National Economic Council meeting held recently according to Minister Of Health ,Nutrition and Indeginous Medicine Dr.Rajitha Senaratne .

Addressing a function held at Meerigama, Health Mimister has said that Government has given priority to protect people from non communicable diseases caused due to things like Soft Drinks marketed by these companies not to provide concessions to the companies .

These Soft Drink Companies are spreading non communicable diseases among consumers by selling Soft Drinks with higher sugar content and due to this Government need to spend a large amount of money to treat persons with non communicable diseases he has said.

These Companies should act fairly in their businesses and their purpose should be to serve the people Minister has stressed.

Ministry of Health has recently introduced traffic light system for soft drinks and under this system the labels of Soft Drinks should display the sugar content of the Soft Drinks .

Government has also introduced a tax system to be imposed on Soft Drinks through the Annual Budget.

Boards Of Directors And Heads Of Three Financial Institutes Are Still Functioning Even After Presidents Announcement On Dissolving Boards Of Directors Of The Institutions

Although President Maithripala

Sirisena has announced the dissolvement of Boards Of Directors of Board Of Investment (BOI) ,People's Bank and Bank Of Ceylon with effect from midnight on last Thursday,(17) Boards Of Directors and heads of these institutions not have resigned or removed from their posts up to now it has been reported.

The Board Of Investment is belongs to the Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade and People's Bank and Bank Of Ceylon belongs to Ministry of Public Enterprises and Kandy City Development and the respective Ministers of these Ministries ,Malik Samarawikrama and Lakshman Kiriella have not even requested the Board of Directors and heads of these Institutions to resign from their posts according to reports.

The Respective Mimisters have appointed the Boards of Directors and Heads of these Three financial Institutions.On the other hand President has no power to dissolve Boards Of Directors of these Institutions as stated sources have said.

Also as President has stated no complaints have been received by the higher authorities on misuse of State Funds in these institutions.

Meanwhile governing United National Party is due to discuss on the sudden announcement made by President Sirisena over the dissolvement of Boards Of Directors of three financial institutions.