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Tuesday, March 5, 2019

GOLDEN MELODIES

A Van And A Three Wheeler Parked In Front Of Two Houses In Hingurakgoda Had Suddenly Caught Fire

Two vehicles ,A van and A Three

Wheeler parked in front of two houses at Raja ela and second post areas in Hingurakgoda had suddenly caught fire and burnt and destroyed as a result last morning (04).

The cauae of the fire has not yet been revealed.

Residents were in the two houses at the time of the incident.

Polonnaruwa Police are conducting an investigation over the imcident.

Price Of A Cigarette To Be Increased By Rs.5 With Effect From Midnight Tonight (05)

Price of a Cigarette is scheduled to be

increased by Rs.5 with effect from midnight tonight(05)as a result of the reforming Production tax imposed over cigarettes through the annual Budget proposals presented to Parliament by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera today .

Accordingly Production Tax imposed on Cigarettes will be increased by Rs.5 from midnight tonight .The nation building tax will be imposed on cigarettes with effect from 01st of June this year Finance Minister has announced.

Autism Can Be Treated Successfully Through Music Therapy

Autism can be successfully controlled

A child performed a dance

through Music Therapy according to Visharada Thusitha Hettiarachchi who is a Musician and Teacher.

Children Suffering from Autism can be treated successfully through Music Therapy at the ages of 6 and 7 years Visharada Hettiarachchi who has done a reaearch regarding the Music Therapy and it's effects to Autism has stressed during a National Programme on Birth Defects held at Sri Lanka Medical Asdociation Auditorium in Colombo-07 this morning(05).

Around 5800 Children are born annually in Sri Lanka with birth defects and out of them 600 children died before completing their first birthday according to local doctors .

A Bolivian National Had Been Arrested With Five Kilo Grammes Of Cocaine At Katunayake Airport

Customs officers attached to Narcotic

control unit of the Airport customs have arrested a 60 year old Bolivian National who had attempted to smuggle 5 Kilo Grammes of Cocaine in to the country at Katunayaka International Airport today (05).

The suspect who had brought the haul of Cocaine worth around Rs.70.5 million from Brazil arrived in Sri Lanka via Ethiopia and India it has been revealed.

The haul of Cocaine has hidden inside fake bottoms of the two luggage belonging to the suspect according to Airport Customs.

Airport Customs Officers are conducting an investigations over the incudent under the instructions of Customs Director General .