Police Officers attached to the Walana Anti Vice Striking Unit had arrested three persons in possession of 115 Grammes of a narcotic Drug "Mephedrone "(4-MMC) during a raid cartied out in Western Province yesterday (05).
This was the first time that narcotic drug was detected in Sri Lanka according to the Police.
The Prices of Litro Gas Cylinders had been reduced with effect from midnight last night (04) under the monthly price revision.
Accordingly the prices of 12.5 KG Domesttic Litro Gas Cylinders had been reduced by Rs.204 to Rs.2982 the Chairman of the Litro Gas Company Muditha Pieris had stated.The price of 5 KG Litro gas cylinder had been reduced by Rs.83 to Rs.1198 and the 2.5 KG Gas cylinder price had been reduced by Rs.37 to Rs.561 .
The Prices of Kottu rotty and Fried rice has been reduced by 10 percent following the orice revision of Litro gas according to the All Ceylon Canteen Owners Association .
Litro Gas Company had reduced the prices of 12.5 KG,5 KG and 2.5 KG Gas cylinders with effect from midnight last night(04).
However according to the Consumers the prices of many food items in the local market has not yet been reduced.
The tusker "Muthu Raja "who is in the line of Tuskers eligible to carrying the sacred tooth relics of Lord Buddha at Dalada Maligawa and fallen sick due the ill treatment received from his mahout at Kande Viharaya in Aluthgama (Western Province) ,had flown back to Thailand for medical treatment on his,wounds from Katunayake International Airport last morning(02).
The tusker weighing 4000 KG was gifted to former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge by the Royal family in Thailand in 2001 and later he was handed over to the Kande Viharaya by the government .
Muthuraja who had flown back to his native country Thailand was sent to A 30 day quarantine upon his arrival it has been reported.He was flown back to Thailand by a Russian cargo plane sent by the Thai authorities.
