LTTE Hold 150 Health Workers As Hostages

Health Services Trade Union Alliance(HSTUA) To Day Revealed that The LTTE Forcibly Taken 150 Health Workers Including 20 Nurses Attached to the Kilinochchi Hospital As Hostages and Holding them inside a Temporary Hospital Building at Mulativue.Others who Are Taken as Hostages Including Minor Staff and Public Health Inspectors served in the Northern Provincial Hospitals.The President of the Alliance Mr.Saman Rathnapriya Requested LTTE To Released These Health Personal and Allow them to Move in to The Government Held Areas.

Jayawardanapura Hospital Is A White Elephant -GMOA

Government Medical Officers Association To day Condemned the Poor Governing of the Sri Lanka's Only Semi Government Hospital Sri Jayawardenapura Hospital Saying that The Hospital It self Running Out of Patients and In to a Position of Begging Patients from The Government Hospitals.
Addressing a Press Briefing In Colombo To Day Dr.Upul Gunasekara The Assistant Secretary Of The Association Said that The Cardio Thoracic Surgeons of the Hospital Last weak appealed to the Ministry Of Health to Send Cardiac Patients who Are in the Waiting List of the Colombo National Hospital with the Money For Jayawardenapura Hospital Due to they are Not having Patients to Perform Surgeries.However The Cardio Thoracic Unit of the Hospital Is Currently Facing A Drug and Equipment Shortage and How they Can Perform the Surgeries under This kind of Circumstance Is a Question He Stressed. The Governing Board of the Hospital Is Engaged In Spending Heavily The Funds Received By The Hospital For Useless Things like Painting A kitchen Instead of Developing the Infrastructure Dr Gunasekara Said.
If the Health Ministry Not Taking Steps to Correct this Irregularities of the Jayawardenapura Hospital Within Two Weeks Time GMOA Will Take A Stern Action against It He further Added.

Health Ministry To Send Controversial Tender Report On Cleaning Services To The PFC

Health Ministry Tender Board on Cleaning Services Of Thirty Seven Government Hospitals Decides To Send The Controversial Technical Evaluation Report of The Tender Awarding To the Public Finance Commission(PFC) Seeking their Advise .Technical Evaluation Report Presented to the Tuesday's Tender Board Meeting Recommended to Award the Tender to the Highest Bid Ministry Sources said.Evaluation Committee Chairman is In the View that Tender should Be Awarded to The Highest Bid But Rest of the Four Members in the Committee Are Saying that the Tender Should be Awarded To the Company Presented the Lowest Bid.
Technical Evaluation Committee Is Divided in to Two groups on the Issue and Due to This Tender Board Decides to Sent the Controversial Report to the Public Finance Commission Before Taking a Decision.

Main Opposition UNP Handover A No Confidence Motion Against The Govt.

The Main Opposition United National Party(UNP)Handover the No Confidence Motion Against the Government At Parliment This Morning On Controversial Oil Hedging Issue .This Motion was Hand Over To the Speaker.UNP Also Handover a No Confidence Motion Against the Government Few Weeks ago but Not able to Proceed it Further.

Ceylon Green Tea Is Proved To Be A Healthy Drink Prevents Many Diseases According To A Research

Two Medical Researchers A Sri Lankan and A Singaporean Revealed that the Ceylon Green Tea is Useful For Preventing Strokes and Stress According to the Research Done By them.One of the Researchers who are Taking Part of This Research Dr.Ranil De Silva Of the Anatomy Department Of the Sri Jayawardanapura Medical Faculty Says that the Substance Flevanoids contain In the Green Tea Helps to Prevent Brain Cell Damage which is the Main Cause for the Stroke."So Ceylon Green Tea is Not Just a Drink It's a Healthy Drink for Healthy Living" He Stressed.
Other Researcher Who is Taking Part on This Research Professor Y.Z Zhu of the Singaporean National University Medical Faculty said that the Ceylon Green Tea Is Proved to Be A Healthy Drink with Benefits In this Research.
These facts were Revealed During a Press Briefing held Yesterday at the Information Department Auditorium in Colombo.

Foreign - Barack Obama Sworn In As 44th President Of The United States

Barack Obama Sworn In as 44th President Of The United States Of America Few Hours ago In front Of Large Number of People Including Former Presidents Of US At the National Park In washington D.C.Jo Biden Sworn in as the New Vice President Before the President Obama's Inauguration,The Sworn In Ceremony Of the American President Watched Live By the Millions Of Viewers World Wide Through The Television.
The Inauguration Of the US President Took place Under Heavy Security and Millions of People Gathered to the Inauguration Venue Hours Before The Ceremony Begins.Former US Presidents Jimmy Carter,George.W.Bush Senior,George Bush Junior And Bill Clinton are among the Distinguish Invitees Participated for the Ceremony.Filled with Charm and Passion Barack Obama Took his Oaths as New President and Deliver His Inauguration Speech Afterwards.He Then Signed Cabinet Nominations and the Declaration of Peace and Reconciliation As His First Act Of Duty After Took Office.
Afterwards New President and His Vice President Took Lunch at the Statuary Hall with the Congress Members.Three Course Meal Menu Including Seafood Stew,Peasent,Duck,Molasses Sweet Potatoes and Apple Cinamon Sponge Cake is Specially Prepared For This Occasion.After the Lunch President Obama Left For White House From a Motor Cade with the Cheers of the Large People who are Gathered to the Street Corner to Great Him.Earlier Officials said that they Expect Around 1.2 Million People to Attend the Inauguration Ceremony of the US President. At least One Million People Gathered to the Park Few Hours Earlier of the Inauguration.
As Obama Sworn In Out going President George w Bush will Leaving the President's Official Residence White House.Meanwhile People all over the world are Begun Their Celebrations to Mark Obama's Inauguration As President Today Including his Native Country Kenya and Japan where a City of Obama located.

Dengue Alert In Colombo

Dengue Is in Rise in the Colombo City and Fifty Eight Dengue Patients were Reported From the City During the last Twenty days of January Says Dr.Pradeep Kariyawasam The Chief Medical Officer in Colombo.Out of this Number Fifty Three Are Young Chidren and Youth and Among them Twenty Five are Infants Under the Age Five.Twenty Dengue Patients are Reported from the Modara Area.
Only Eighteen Dengue Patients Reported During the January Last year.

Ministry Of Health To Send Medical Teams To Cleared Areas In The North

Ministry Of Health Is Currently Engaged in Discussions with The Health Trade Unions Regarding Sending Medical Teams From Colombo To the Cleared Areas in the North Including the Kilinochchi in the view to Uplifting Health Facilities there.The Schedule For Sending Medical Teams will Finalised Soon after the Talks Ministry Sources Said.

Ministry Of Health To Ban Prescribing Lab Tests Available In Govt.Hospitals To Get Done From Pvt.Sector

Minisry Of Health Decided to Ban Govenment Doctors Of Prescribing The Patients Lab Tests Performed at the Hospitals To Get Done From the Private Hospitals.The Circular Regarding this Decision will Be Issued to the Heads of All Government Hospitals Soon Says Director General Of Health Services Dr.Ajith Mendis.If a Government Doctor Prescribed A Lab Test Available in the Hospital to get Done from Private Sector It is a Big Fault He Stressed.
Ministry Also Decided to Supply Neccessary Lab Chemicals and Equipments To the Government Hospitals For Performing Complexive Lab Tests and This Programme will Begin from the Lady Ridgway Children's Hoapital in Colombo and will Spread to Other Hospitals Afterwards Dr.Mendis Further Added.
It is Reported That the Government Hospital Doctors are Prescribing Patients Simple Tests Like Full Blood Count(FBC) And Fasting Blood Suger(FBS)available in the Government Hospitals To get Done From the Private Sector.

Sri Lankan Lead Health Trade Unionist Sacked From His Post

A Well Known Health Sector Trade Unionist Ravi Kumudesh lost his Secretary Post of the Health Services Trade Union Alliance(HSTUA) Which Himself was a Founding Member.Mr.Kumudesh Who is also the Secretary of the Medical Laboratory Technologists Union and of the Profesions Supplementary to Medicine Sacked from the Secretary Post in the Alliance Due to his Inability to Make The Other Unions he hold posts to participating the Trade Union Actions Organized by the Alliance.
Health Services Trade Union Alliance which Compromised by Health Trade Unions Representing 28 Categories Appointed Two Joint Secretaries To the Vaccant Secretary Post After Sacking kumudesh.

Supreme Court Ordered To Cancel Route Permits Of The Private Buses In Western province Who 's Crew Not Wearing Uniforms

Supreme Court Ordered the Western Transport Authority Today(19) To Cancel the Route Permits of the Private Buses Who's Crew fails to Wear Uniforms Issued to them and Issuing Tickets to the Passengers By 15th of February.Transport Ministry Issued New Uniforms to The Bus Crew in Early January.

Majority Of Government Patients Avoid Buying Prescribed Drugs Due To The Higher Prices

It is Revealed that Most Of the Sri Lankan Patients Going to the Government Hospitals are Avoid of Buying the Expensive Drugs Prescribed By the Doctors to Buy from the Private Sector Due to the Financial Problems they are facing.Doctors are Prescribing Expensive Drugs while Same Kind of Drugs are Available for Lower prices.
Doctors are Prescribing Expensive Drugs for the Patients for Diseases like Diabetes e,Hypertension,Cholesterol,Heart and Kidney Diseases.Some Tablets are Expensive as Rs30 -50 Per Tablet and Most of the Government Patients are not able to Borne the Expenses.
The Result of this is Developing their Diseases Further Hospital Sources said.
Meanwhile The Ministry Of Health says that The Patients Find Difficult to Buying these
Drugs Prescribed by the Doctors is due to they are Prescribed From Trade Names.Due to The Ban Imposed by the Ministry for Prescribing Drugs for the Patients In Trade Names Patients can Request the Doctors to Prescribe the Drugs by Generic Names Instead of Trade Names Ministry Further said.

Troops Captured LTTE Boat Manufacturing Plant

Sri Lankan Troops Captured A LTTE Boat Manufacturing Plant East of Pudukudieruppu Area This Morning and Recovered 11 Boats Including 2 Divora and 7 Small Boats There.

Dr.Sarath Amunugama The New Dep.Finance Minister

Minister Of Public Administration Dr.Sarath Amunugama Today(17)Sworn in as the Deputy Minister Of Finance Before the President.He Succeds Ranjith Siyambalapitiya and hold this Portfolio Few years ago.

Troops Liberated The Ramanathanpuram

Troops who are Heading to Capture The Final LTTE strong hold Mulativue District Liberated Ramanathanpuram North East of Iranamadu This Morning.Troops attached to 57th Division of the Army Liberated the Area.

Colombo Municipal Council To Take legal Action Against Those Who Throw Garbage To Road Side

Public Health Department of the Colombo Municipal Council Decides to Take a Legal Action against the Residents who are putting their Garbage on The Road sides in Colombo City as a Precaution for Preventing the Spreading of Dengue.This Decision came to Effect From Today The Chief Medical Officer of the Colombo Dr.Pradeep Kariyawasam said.During the last 16 days of this Month 38 Dengue Cases Reported from the Colombo City and Out of them 23 were Children According to Dr.Kariyawasam.
January Last Year only 18 Dengue Cases Reported from the City. There is an Out Break of the Disease Due to the Garbage Problem in the City as Mosquito Breeding Places are on Increase He stressed.

Director Post Of Dengue Campaign Vaccant-Dengue Prevention Activities Became Stand Stil

The Director Post of the National Dengue Control Campaign Is Vacant Since Last August And Prevention and Adminstrative Activities of the Campaign Become Standstill Due to this.The Director Post Was Vacant After the Former Director Dr.(Mrs)Lakshmi De Silva Retired from the Service last August.But Since than Ministry Of Health Not Advertise the Post or Appoint An Acting Director To Look after the Activities of the Dengue Campaign.Programmes on Dengue And Chikungunya Prevention Are Implemented by the National Dengue Campaign.
Since Dengue Becomes An Epidemic In Sri Lanka This Campaign is Set Up Implement Dengue Prevention Activities Effectively.

Forces Liberated The Whole Jaffna Penninsula

Sri Lankan Troops Attached to 55th Division Liberated the Whole Jaffna Peninsula From LTTE after Capturing Tiger Held last Area of Chundikkulam This Evening.Minister Keheliya Rambukwella Announced this Short while Ago.

Forces Captured LTTE Adminstrative Center And A Training Camp

Sri Lnakan Forces who are Moving Forward To Liberate Mulativue District Captured the LTTE Administrative Center and A Tiger Training Center in the Pudukuduirippu Area This Morning.From these Centers Army Recovered Ten Tiger Boats,Five Hundred Water Tanks with Capacity Of Two Hundred Liters,Large Number of Metresses,Pillows and Other Belongings.

Sri Lankan Govt.Begun The Registering Of Citizens In The Western Province

As a Security Measure Sri Lankan Government Now Registering All The Citizens In the Western Province Of Sri Lanka.After Registration of the Province get completed This Programme will Expand Throughout the Island Government sources said.Registration Can Done through The WWW.citizens.lk website and from Mobile centers.

Health Ministry To Prevent Govt.Docs By Recommending Their Patients Lab Tests From Private Sector?

Health Ministry is to Carried out an Investigation to Identify why the Government Hospital Doctors Recommended their Patients to Get Blood and Urine Tests Done from Private Hospitals when These Tests are Available in Government Hospitals.Even The
Simple Tests like Full Blood Count(FBC),Fasting Blood Suger(FBS) And UFR Urine Tests Which can Done through Government Hospital Path Labs are Recommended to Get Done
from Private Sector Hospital Sources Said.'This is a Big Fault and Will Take
A Necessary Action to Correct it" Says The Health Ministry Secretary Dr.Athula
Kahanda Liyanage.Ministry Will Discuss This Matter with the Government Hospital
Administrators Before Taken a Decision He Further Added.
Patients Who are Getting Treatment From the Government Hospitals Faced Difficulties Due To this situation.

Sri Lankan Air Force Jets Attacked Ten LTTE Targets A Row

Sri Lankan Air Force Jets Attacked Ten LTTE Targets in the Mulativue District This Morning.These Attacks Are proved to be Successful According to the Air Force Sources.

Supreme Court Gave Govt.Till 27th Of January To Respond On Petrol Reduction

Supreme Court To Day(13)gave the Government Time till 27th of January to Respond the Court's Earlier Ruling of Reducing the Petrol Liter TO RS 100.Government Recently Reduced the Petrol Liter To Rs.102 For Three Wheelers and Rs.120 Per Liter for Others.but Government Requested Three Weak Period to Show Causes to the Supreme Court on Price Reduction.

Lasanta Bids Farewell To The Nation

The Funeral of the Assassinated Sunday Leader Editor Lasanta Wickramatunge Taken Place at the Borella General Cemetery This Evening In Front Large Gathering.His Coffin was taken into the Cathedral At Narahenpita From His Residence in Battaramulla and To The Cemetery Afterwards.Journalists and Politicians were among the Large Gathering Attended to His funeral.Professional Journalists Association and Several Leftist Political Parties and NGO'S are Walking along with the Coffin Shouting Slogans Against the Lasantha's Killers.
Lasantha Wickramathunge was Assassinated by an Unidentified Gunmen At Rathmalana in the Colombo Suburbs Last Thursday Morning.Still No one Arrested Regarding this Killing.Meanwhile Members of the Sri Lankan Bar Association Hold a Protest Campaign This Morning Against the killing of Lasanta who himself was a Lawyer and Member of the Association.

Sri Lankan Air Force Jets Destroyed Prabhakaren's Secret Hide out

Sri Lankan Air Force Jets Attacked and Destroyed A Secret Hide out Of the LTTE Leader Valupillai Prabhakaran and Other Senior Leaders Located At Mulativue District This Evening.Pilots involved in this Attack Reported That this Attack was Successful According to the Air Force Officials.It was Reported that the LTTE Leader and other Senior LTTE Leaders are Meeting at this Place.No Casualties are Reported So Far.

Sri Lankan Troops Captured Fourth Air Strip Of LTTE From Mulativue

Sri Lankan Troops belongs to the 59th Division have Captured the fourth LTTE Air Strip 2.5 kilo Meters by 100 Meters with Two hangers At five Kilo Meters West of Mulativue To Day.

Mount Lavinia Magistrate Ordered Dialog GSM To Relese Phone Numbers Made From Lasantha's Mobile

Mount Lavinia Magistrate Ordered the Dialog GSM Company to Immediately Release all the Phone Numbers Made from the Assassinated Editor Lasantha Wickramathunge's Moblie Phone in Past Few Days As Requested by the Mount Lavinia Police.Mount Lavinia Police Conducting Further Investigations on the Assassination.

UNP Urban Council Member Detained And Remanded In Connection With The Sirasa Attack

A United National Party Member of the Kotte Urban Council in Colombo District Taken into Custody Yesterday (09) and Remanded in Connection with Destroying the Sirasa T.V Main Control Room by Setting Fire to it .He was Arrested in Rajagiriya of the Colombo Suburbs with a White Vehicle believed to be Used for the Attack.Sirasa/MBC Network Main Control Room At Depanama ,Pannipitiya was Attacked Last Tuesday by an Unidentified Twenty member Gang By using Claymore Bombs and Setting Fire to it.Sirasa T.V Announced that A Reward of Rs.7.5 Million will be Awarded for Anyone who gives an Information on Suspects who are involved in this Attack.

Lasantha's Funeral On Monday

Funeral of the Assassinated "Sunday Leader" Editor Lasantha Wickramathunge will be Held This Monday At the General Cemetery in Borella,Colombo.Final Rites will Perform in a Church At Narahenpita Before The Burial.His Coffin was Taken to His News paper Office This Morning Before move into To His House at Battaramulla.Large number of people including journalists and politicians paid their last respect to the Late Editor.
Meanwhile Addressing a press briefing in Colombo The Secretary of the Main Opposition United National Party Said that His Party is Not Trust Any Inquiry Conducted by the Government Regarding the Lasantha's killing and therefore Requesting An International Inquiry on this.

Minister Fowzie And UNP MP Dayasiri Recieved Death Threats

Government Minister A.H.M Fowzie and Opposition United National Party Parliamentarian Dayasiri jayasekera Received Death Threats Through the Phone It has been Revealed Today(09).Minister fowzie already Lodged A Complaint to the Police on the Threats Received by him.

Journalists And Opposition M.P's Protests Against Lasantha's Killing

Large Number of Journalists and Opposition Parliamentarians Participated the Protest Campaign held Opposite the Lake House Building in Fort TO day (o9)to Protest Against the Killing of Sunday Leader Editor Lasantha Wickramathunge.Five Media Organizations Organized this Protest Campaign and Participants Shouting Slogans Asking Government to Arrest those who are Responsible for the Killing.
Meanwhile Police still not been able to Arrest Anyone Regarding the Killing of Sunday Leader Editor.

Opposition UNP Parlimentarians Hold A Protest In Parliment Against The Killing Of Sunday Leader Editor

Parliamentarians of The Main Opposition United National Party(UNP) To Day Entered to the Parliament by wearing Black Scarfs As a Protest of Killing Sunday Leader Editor Lasantha Wickramatunge.
Earlier They Hold a Protest Campaign In Front of the Parliment Against the Suppression of the Government Requesting an Inquiry on the Killing of Sunday Leader Editor.Opposition M.P's Shouted Anti Government Slogans During the Protest.UNP Earlier Told that they will Boycott the Parliamentary Sessions to Protest Against Not Providing them Enough Time to Prepare for the No Confidence Motion Debate Against the Government.Speaker W.J.M Lokubandara Last Wednesday Told the House that No Confidence Debate will Begin on Friday. In Todays Sessions Speaker Asked From the UNP whether they are going to begin the No Confidence Motion Debate But later Asked The House Leader to close the Sessions as They didn't respond.

Health Ministry To Prepare A Plan To Reduce The Overcrowding Of Patients In The Main Hospitals

Health Ministry Is Currently Preparing a Special Plan to Reduce the Overcrowding of Patients in the Main Government Hospitals.It is Revealed that Patients of the Outstation Areas are Use to Come to the Main Hospitals in Colombo and the Suburbs to getting Treatment Despite the Specialist Care and Treatment Facilities are Provided to their Provincial Hospitals.Due to this Large Que's are seen in the Out Door Patients Departments,Clinics,Pharmacies and the Wards of the Main Government Hospitals Health Ministry Said.
While the Patients of the Colombo and the Suburbs have to wait to Getting Treatment and Drugs for Hours,sometimes in Weeks There are Nearly Seventy Thousand Beds are Vacant Daily in the Provincial Hospitals Due to the Patients are Refrain from Visiting there.

Troops Liberated The Elephant Pass

Sri Lankan Troops Today(09) Liberated The Tiger Held Elephant Pass In the Northern Part Completely.Troops liberated the Southern Part of the Elephant pass few days ago and President Mahinda Rajapaksha who is also the Commander of the Forces under the Constitution Announced this Victory Through His Live Speech to the Nation This Evening.
Meanwhile Three Air Force Personnel and Four Civilians were Killed and Six Injured Due to a Claymore Mine Explosion in Morawewa of the Trincomalee District this Morning.

Expired Blood Kits Issue-Out Of Fourty Two Accused Twenty Two Are Docs

Out of the Fourty Two who are found Guilty on Isssing Expired Blood Kits for Government Hospital Blood Banks Twenty Two are Doctors Attached to the National Blood Centre In ColomboHealth Ministry Sources said today.All of these Accused Persons are attached to the National Blood Centre and the Former Director of the Centre Dr.Mrs Mangalika Bindusara is also among them.She and Three others were already Interdicted by the Health Secretery and The Public Services Commission is Currently Conducting a Disciplinary Inquiry against them.The Disciplinary Inquiry on other Thirty Eight due to begin soon Health Ministry sources further Added.

Sri Lankan Troops Liberated Pallai Area

Troops Attached to the 53rd and 55th Divisions of the Sri Lankan Army Liberated the Pallai Area in the North This Morning.Meanwhile Air Force Jets Destroyed Two large LTTE Boats in the Chundikulam Lagoon this morning.

Sunday Leader Editor Was Assasinated-Died After Facing A Surgery Lasted More Than Three Hours

Chief Editor of the "Sunday Leader" News Paper Lasantha Wickramathunge(52) Died with Sustained Injuries This Evening after An Unidentified Gunmen Shot his head in Colombo Suburbs.Mr.Wickramathunge who is a Popular Media Personnel in Sri Lanka due to His style of journalism attacking the Government's Corruption activities was driving his Vehical to the News Paper Office when he was shot Around 10.30 A.M.He was Rushed to the South Colombo General Hospital(Kalubowila)Soon after the Incident by a Pedestrian and Surgeons Battling to Save his life by Performing a Surgery For More then Three Hours. but all Efforts taken to saving his life failed and He was Announced as Dead around 2.20 this evening.Mr.Wickramatunge sustained with External Bleeding and Brain Damage when he was passed away says The Director of the South Colombo General Hospital Doctor Anil Jasinha. According to him Mr.Wickramathunge's Heart was stopped at the time he got Admitted to the Hospital.
He was shot by Two Unidentified Gunmen chasing his vehicle from a Motor Bike Eye witnesses said.Mr.wickramathunge was shot Three Gun shots to his head but no bullets were found during the Surgery according to the Hospital sources.
Several Media Organizations and the Government Condemning this attack by saying this Assasination is a Big Blow to the Media Freedom Here.

Sri Lankan Government Banned The LTTE

Sri Lankan Government has Decided to Ban the Terrorist Organization LTTE This Evening who are involved in war with the Government Forces Over Two Decades.The using of Large Number of Civilians In Vanni as the Human Shield has been the Main Reason behind this Ban According to the Government Sources.After This evening's Cabinet Meeting Government will Announced this Ban the Sources further said.
Meanwhile Sri Lankan Ministers of Human Rights and Foreign Affairs urged the International Community to look in to the Human Rights Violations of the LTTE .

Expired Blood Kits Case-Thirty Eight Employees Of The National Blood Center Including Docs To Face Disciplinary Inquiry

Ministry Of Health Notified the Public Services Commission to Conduct an Disciplinary Inquiry on Thirty Eight Suspects attached to the National Blood Center -Colombo who are Proved to be Involved in Issuing of Expired Blood Kits to the Government Blood Banks.According to the Inquiry Report Of the Special Investigations Unit Of the Health Ministry These Persons are found Guilty on involving to the Incident.Majority of those Accused are Medical Officers and there are Administrative Officers,Store Keepers and Other Staff of the Blood Center also among them Ministry Sources said.
With these Thirty Eight The Total Number of People found to be Involved in this Expired Blood Kits Case risen to Forty Two.The Issuing of Expired Plasma Pherasis and A Pherasis Blood Kits To Four Government Blood Banks Rocks the Sri Lankan Health Sector In last July and the former Director of the National Blood Centre Dr.M.Bindusara,Medical Officer Dr.Lahir and Two Store Keepers of the Center were Interdicted by the Public Services Commission Due to their Direct Involvement to the Incident.

Sirasa To Award Prize Money For Information On Suspects Behind Yesterday's Attack

MTV/MBC Broadcasting Corporation Today(07) Announced that they will Awarded Rs,Five Million Prize Money for anyone who can provided an Information about the Gang Members who Burnt the Sirasa T.V Main Control At Depanama,Pannipitiya yesterday.Special Police Investigations Team is already carrying an Investigations on this Incident.But still no one related to the Incident get Arrested.
Meanwhile Large number of People's Organizations and Political Parties hold Protest Campaigns today in colombo and other parts of the country urging Government to Restore Media Freedom in the country and Punished Those who are behind this Incident.

Unidentified Gunmen Set Fire And Destroyed The MTV/MBC T.V Studios

Unidentified Armed Gang Attacked One of the Popular Sri Lankan Private Television and Broadcasting Corporation The MTV/MBC Studio Complex in Depanama Pannipitiya within the Colombo Suburbs this Morning Around 5.30 A.M and Set Fire and Destroyed It's Main Control Room.All Their Transmissions put into Halt for Hours Due To This .However Sirasa T.V their Sinhalese News Channel managed to Begin their Transmission few Hours After the Incident.
Government Condemned this act and Ordered an Impartial Inquiry on to the Incident.A Special Police Team is Conducting Further Investigations on this.

Sri Lankan Troops Liberated The Southern Elephant Pass-Captured Kilali And Muhamalai Defence Lines Too

Sri Lankan Troups who Entered the Elephant Pass Yesterday Liberated the Southern Part of Elephant Pass and Captured
the Kilali and Muhamalai Forward Defense lines in the Jafna Peninisula this Evening.These are the Only Defense lines Remained with the LTTE in Jafna After they were Militarily Defeated from there.Sri Lankan Troops Are Advancing Ahead Security Sources said.

Sri Lankan Task Force Liberated The Tiger Held Oddusudan

Task Force 4 of the Sri Lankan Army has Liberated the LTTE held Oddusudan Town in the Mulativue District fully This (05)Evening.Task Force Entered to the City yesterday.Meanwhile Ground Forces Now Located in the the South of Elephant Pass and Advancing Forward Security Sources said.

Chikungunya Epidemic In Moneragala District-Around 1300 Patients Reported So Far

Chikungunya a Viral Fever Transmitted through the Dengue Insects "Eadis Egipty" and "Eadis AlboPicktus" is Spreading in The Moneragala District of the Uva Province-Sri Lanka These days According to the Epidemiology Unit.Around 1300 Chikungunya Patients have been Reported within One Month Period from Badalkumbura,dehithigama,thanthanna and Laggala areas in the District Epedeimiologists Stressed.50-60 Patients are Daily come to the Monaragala Base Hospital for getting Treatment These days.High Fever Lasted Four Days,Headache,Rash spreading Throughout the Body,Muscle and Body Pain are the Main Symptoms of the Chikungunya and Doctors Appealed from the Patients to take Medication from a Registered Government Doctors when Symptoms are Appeared.
Meanwhile The Chief Medical Officer of the Colombo District Pradeep Kariyawasem says that People in the Other Parts of the Country too need to Aware on the Disease as it may spread to other parts as well. .In January Last year Around 18 Chikungunya Patients Were reported from the Colombo District when the Dissese was Spreading in the Ratnapura District at that time.Destroying the Mosquito Breeding Places by Cleaning the Houses and Gardens is the only Measure can be taken to Prevent the Spreading of the Dissese He Urged.

Task Force Enters To The Tiger Held Oddusudan

Task Force 4 of the Sri Lankan Army Enters To the Tiger Held Oddusudan Township in the Mulativue District This Evening Ministry Of Defense says.Oddusudan Junction is a Strategically Important place located along with the Mankulam in the North and LTTE Terrorists are using the Mulativue -A-34 Main Road for their Administrative and Logistical Purposes.

Government Appealed To The People To Hoist National Flag This Monday And Honour Sri Lankan War Heroes

Government Today appealed to the People to Hoist the National Flag on This Monday(05th) and Observed Two Minute Silence from 8.32 in the Morning To Pay honour = for the Security Personnel And War heroes of Sri Lanka.
Meanwhile Troops who Captured the Kilinochchi Town Yesterday are heading to Liberate the Elephant pass.

Three People Got Injured At A Bomb Explosion In Fort

Three people got Injured and Admitted to the Accident Service of the Colombo National Hospital Following a Bomb Explosion out side the Red Mosque In Fort Area This Evening.A Bomb Planted in A Black Jeep Exploded Around 5.15 This Evening According to the Security Sources.
Meanwhile Security Forces Urged People to Be Alert and Pay Attention To Their Security these days as LTTE May trying to Continue this kind of Explosions in future.

Suicide Bomb Attack InFront Of Air Force Head Quarters Killing Two And Injuring Thirty Seven

Soon After President Announce on Kilinochchi Victory LTTE launched a Suicide Bomb Attack Aiming the Air force Head Quarters In Colombo this Evening Killing Two And Injuring Thirty Seven.Injured Were Rushed in to the Accident Service of the Colombo National Hospital.According to the Air Force Spokesmen Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara A man Ran Towards the Air Force Head Quarters Office which is Close to the Trans Asia Hotel From Opposite Side of the Road and Explode Himself at the Gate.

Sri Lankan Troops Liberated The Final Tiger Stronghold Kilinochchi Town After A Heavy Battle

Sri Lankan Army Completely Liberated the Kilinochchi Town the Last Stronghold Held by the LTTE Tigers This Evening.Fall of Kilinochchi from the LTTE'S hand markes the end of the Eelam War carried out by the LTTE over Two Decades in Sri Lanka.President Mahinda Rajapaksha Announced the Liberation Of Kilinochchi to the Nation from a Live Speech Relay from the Presidential Secretariat this evening which is Telecast over the National Television.People all over the Country Celebrated this victory by firing crackers. After Capturing the Important Areas of Paranthan and Iranamadu Sri Lankan Forces Entered the Heart of the Tigers Kilinochchi Town known as their De Facto Capital and Capturing the Kilinochchi Railway Station this morning. Heavy Fighting continued Between the Forces and LTTE Cadres area for few hours..Some Media Reports Indicated that the LTTE Leader Valupillai Prabhakaren is also Came to the War Front and Giving Commands to his Cadres from the Secret Location.Troops are currently in 2 kilo meters from Elephant Pass and 5 kilo meters from Mulativue says Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka.he and and Minister Keheliya Rambukwella Issued Statements this Morning saying that within Few hours Kilinochchi will fall in to the hands of the Armed Forces.

President Re-shuffles The Cabinet By Making Two Changes - Retained Media Portfolio Under His Purview

President Mahinda Rajapaksha Today(01)Make a Surprise Cabinet Re-Shuffle and Retaining Media Ministry Under His Purview President's Media Unit Announced.Minister Of Media Anura Priyadarshana Yapa is Appointed as the Minister of Investment Promotions and Enterprises Development and The Former Minister who holds that Portfolio Dr.Sarath Amunugama is Appointed as The Minister Of Public Administration And Home Affairs.