UNP Leadership Crisis Worsen-Party Working Committee Created A Senior Leader Post

Working Committee of the Sri Lanka's Main Opposition United National Party(UNP)today decided to Create a Senior Party Leader Post in addition to the existing Party Leader Post.This step was taken after Heavy pressure put on to the UNP Leader and the Opposition Leader Ranil Wickramasinha by Majority Members of the Party to step down from party leadership.

Earlier it was reported that UNP Leader sent a message to the rebel MP'S who preasurising him to stepping down, his willingness to step down from the party leadership.Secretary of the UNP Tissa Attanayaka, Party Chairman Rukman Senanayaka and Deputy Chairman Gamini Jayawickrama Perera convey this message to the members on behalf of the UNP Leader at a special party meeting held yesterday.

However Most Senior Party Members urged that the UNP Leader done this trick in several occasions earlier when he was under pressure to quit from Party Leadership by sending messages to the Party Meetings without attending them.This time too he did the same and they do not believe him unless he himself making a statement regarding his resignation Members stressed.UNP rebel MP'S also said that Ranil will be given a Senior Party Leader post after stepping down from party leadership and Opposition Leader Post.

Ranil Wickramasinha was asked to stepdown from the Party Leadership by the Rebel MP'S of his Party was due to the UNP'S failiar of winning recently concluded Provincial Council Elections.

UNP MP'S Urged Ranil To Step Down As Party Leader

Majority of the Main Opposition United National Party(UNP) today met at the Parliment Commitee Room and urged their leader Ranil Wickrmasinha to step down as the Party Leeder.Ranil according to the UNP MP'S is not guiding them to a victory in the Elections held recently.He even refused to implement proposed Party Reforms backed by most of the Senior party members.

Majority of the UNP members are not present at today's Parlimentary Sessions for Two Hours due to this meeting.

Menwhile Government Minister Jagath Pushpakumara said in Parliment today that a group of UNP Members are planning to assault UNP leader which the MP'S are denying.According to them the meeting was calm and quiet one.

Nuwan Kulasekara Named Number One Bowler Of The ICC

Sri Lankan Medium Pace Bowler Nuwan Kulasekera Became number one in the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Bowlers Rankings by beeting Australia's Nathan Bracken and New Zeeland's Kyle Mills.He took 47 Wickets from 29 Matches since he returned to the Sri Lankan Team in April 2008.He achieved this feet with a Strike Rate of 28 and 4.45 Economy Rate.

Since returned to the Team he has been risan to the Top Spot steadily.

All Ceylon Nurses Union Slams India On Sending Their Nurses For The Mobile Hospital

All Ceylon Nurses Union today slams India on sending a Team Of Nurses for the Mobile Hospital donated to Sri Lanka instead of getting the services of Local Nurses .Local Nurses who are currently involved in treating the IDP'S in the North doing their work well and the Indian Mobile Hospital should get the assistance of our Nurses instead of Indian Nurses who don't even Registered here to take any responsibility on our patients Union Spokesman said.

The location selected for setting up of the Indian Mobile Hospital is too in question and they should have selected the Batticcloe District which is prone to the Dengue Epidemic instead of selecting Pulmuday Area he further added.

Ministry Of Health To Launch A Special Mental Health Programme For IDP'S

Ministry of Health has decided to launch a Special Programme for uplifting the Mental Health of Internal Displaced Persons(IDP'S) who are escaping from the LTTE held area.The aim of this Programme is to help IDP'S to cope with the Traumatic Situation they underwent after seeing killing of their loved ones due to Gun Fire in the War Zone the Deputy Director General Of Health Services(Medical Services-2) Dr.Wimal Jayantha said .

Under this Program me Psychiatrists and Medical Officers who have special training on Mental Health will be send Batch by Batch to IDP'S Camps In North to conduct Counseling Services.

Security Forces Captured A Hospital In Puthukkuduyirippu

Security Forces who are in LTTE'S last stronghold of Puthukkuduyirippu Area today captured the Main Hospital there.According to the Security Sources there were no Patients and staff inside the Hospital when it captured.

Currently Ground Forces are engaged in heavy fighting with rebels in the area.

Injured Sri Lankan Minister Regains Consciousness

Sri Lankan Minister of Posts and Tellecommunications Mahinda Wijesekera who was Severely Injured with damage to the Brain due to yesterday's Suicide Bomb Blast gained Conciousness today and Life Support Mechine which helped him to breathe was removed thanks to the Miracle four hour surgery performed for him yesterday by a Group of Neuro Surgeons at the Colombo General Hospital.

"Injured Minister who is in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit since yesterday evening now breathe naturally and he responded to the Doctors this morning "Dr.P.Ariyawansha the Director of the Accident Service of Colombo National Hospital told this Correspondent little while ago.

"Even his Life Support machine was removed he will continuously receiving the Oxygen through a special tube "Dr.Ariyawansha said.Minister was also given Liquids this noon he stressed.

The Neuro Surgical Team who performed the surgery to the Minister is headed by the Senior Neuro Surgeon Dr.Sunil Perera and they functioned the dead Brain of the Minister artificially and performed the Surgery for marathon four hours."Bullets dispersed from the Blast were hit Ministers Brain and as a result there was an Internal Bleading" Accident Services Director further added.