Floods Displaced 750,000 People Island Wide

According to the Meteorology Department heavy showers prevails in the most parts of the country since yesterday will continue further .Around 750,000 people displaced island wide mostly in the Batticloe and Ampara areas of Eastern Province due to the floods caused by heavy showers

Education Ministry To Close Schools In Eastern Province And Kandy Due To Bad Weather

The Education Ministry has decided to closed all Schools in Eastern Province for Five days starting tomorrow and Schools in Kandy tomorrow due to the adverse weather conditions prevails in these areas.

Earth Slip In Hill Capital Buried 14 People - 4 Died And 3 Are Still Missing

14 people were buried under the rubble and 7 of them rescued due to a Huge Earth Slip taken place in Gatambe of the hill capital Kandy District this morning.Another 4 bodies buried under the rubble were recovered by this eve and 3 are still missing according to the Police..The rescued persons were admitted to the Kandy General Hospital for treatment.

A huge rock was toppled on few houses situated in Deveni Rajasinha Road near Gatambe area and abandoned the area.

Veteran Sri Lankan Cricketers Sanath And Vaas Excluded From The World Cup Cricket Squad

Sri Lankan Cricket Selectors excluded the veteran opening batsman Sanath Jayasuriya and the pace bowler Chaminda Vaas from the Sri Lanka's Final 15  player squad selected to play  for the forthcoming World Cup Cricket Tournament scheduled to begin in sub continent next month.The Sports Ministry has already approved the selected squad according to the Sri Lanka Cricket Sources.

The Final 15 players who are  selected for the World Cup are as follows.


1.    Kumar Sangakkara
2.    Mahela Jayawardena
3.    TM Dilshan
4.    Muttiah Muralitharan
5.    Thisara Perera
6.    Angelo Mathews
7.    Upul Tharanga
8.    Lasith Malinga
9.    Chamara Silva
10.    Thilan Samaraweera
11.    Chamara Kapugedara
12.    Nuwan Kulasekara
13.    Ajantha Mendis
14.    Dilhara Fernando
15.    Rangana Herath

Health Minister Crticizing The Medical Officers Consuming Flour Based Food Items While Advising Public Not To Consume Them

Health Minister Maithrepala Sirisena has criticizing  the Medical Officers attached to the Ministry Of Health who are advising the public not to consume food made from flour and sugary drinks prone to non infectious diseases like Diabetes.Heart Diseases and Obesity while serve and consuming such food after seminars and workshops.

Health Minister said that the Doctors should act exemplary  to public when consuming food.
He made these remarks when he was invited by the Director General of Health Services Dr.Ajith Mendis for tea after a programme held on "Non Infectious Diseases " in Colombo last Tuesday and witness the Tea Table prepared for the occasion.The table compromised with short eats made from flour like Rolls,Patty,Sandwiches and Icing Cake with  serving Sugary Drink

After witnessing the Tea Table and the Medical Officers Minister loudly said that Those Doctors who advised the public not to consume these food items now seen consuming it and left the place without consuming any food.After Minister left the scene the Medical Officers who are eating Short Eats served were seen stop eating.

WHO Donated A Stock Of "Tami Flu "Drug For Treating Children With H1N1

The World Health Organization (WHO) has donated 100,000 capsules of the drug" Tami flu" to Sri Lanka this morning to treat small children suffering from H1N1.WHO resident representative here Dr.FR Mehtha handed over the drug stock to Health Minister Maithrepala Sirisena which contained 30 and 40 mili gramme Tamiflu Capsules.

Earlier WHO donated Tami flu Capsules for the use of Adult H1N1 Patients to the Medical Supplies Division.Meanwhile the H1N1 Vaccine "Panvax" which distributed to Government Hospitals and MOH Offices to vaccinate risk groups are due to get expired tomorrow(07th) according to the Ministry Sources.

Government To Remove Import Duties Of Dairy Cows And Equipment

Government has decided to remove all import duties imposed in Dairy Cows and Dairy Equipments in the view of achieving self sufficiency in Dairy Products by the year 2016.