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Friday, February 1, 2019

A Youth Motorcyclist Was Killed Due To Motorcycle-Train Collision

A 27 year old Motorcyclist was killed after the Motorcycle he was riding in colliding with a

Train travelling from Colombo to Jaffna at Chavakachcheri this morning (01)

The critically injured Youth had succumbed to his injurers after admission to Jaffna Teaching Hospital for treatment .

The incident occurred when the Motorcyclist had attempted to across the Railway crossing in front of Chavakachcheri Hospital it has been revealed.The deceased was a resident of Jaffna.

Local Food Manufacturers Agreed To Support Traffic Light System Scheduled To Be Introduced For Solid Foods In April

local Food Manufacturers have today (01)pledged their support to the Health Minister Dr.Rajiths Senaratne over Implementing the scheduled Traffic Light System to indicate Higher Sugar,Fat, and Salt content of Solid/Half Solid and liquid Food with effect from 01st of April .

This has been announced after a meeting held between Local Food Manufacturers and Health Minister at the Ministry Of Health this morning (01).

A Joint Press Briefing is scheduled to be held by Health Minister Dr.Senaratne and Local Food Manufacturers in March to make public aware on the new Traffic Light System .

The official ceremony to mark the introduction of Traffic Light System to Solid/Half Solid /Liquid food will be held on 02 nd of Aapril the Ministry Of Health Ha announced.

Issuing Gazette Notification On Increasing Daily Wages Of Estate Workers Has Been Temporarily Suspended

Issuing the Gazette Notification regarding the increasing daily wages of Estate Workers to Rs.855 has been temporarily suspended by the Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe today (01) accordance to a request made by Tamil Progressive Alliance.

Accordingly the Gazette Notification will not issue until next Tuesday (05).

The decision has been taken after a meeting held between Prime Minister Wikramasinghe and the Parliamentary Group of Tamil Progressive Alliance at Temple Trees today .

Ministers representing the Alliance Mano Ganeshan and Palani Digambaram are on the view that the daily wages of Estate Workers should be increased up to Rs.1000.

A Person Was Arrested With A Haul Of Kerala Cannabis

Police Officers attached to Mannar Dangerous Narcotic Unit have yesterday (31) arrested a

person with 14.69 Kilo Grammes of Kerala Cannabis in his possession at Thalaimannar Railway road it has been reported.

The arrest was made when the suspect had prepared the haul of Kerala Cannabis to sell a Drug Smuggler Police have said.

The suspect is due to be produced before Mannar Magistrate Court.