A Businessman Who Was Carried Rs.4.5 Million Worth Gold Slabs Inside His Rectum Got Arrested

The Revenue Task Force (RTF) Officers at the Katunayake Bandaranayake International Air Port   have arrested  a Sri Lankan Businessman  who was  carried nine pieces of Gold Slabs weighing over 900 grammes  hidden   inside  his rectum this afternoon.

The Businessman who arrived here from Singapore around 11.45 a.m was carried these gold slabs worth Rs.4.5 million inside two parcels which stored inside his rectum officials have said.As the officers belongs to the Revenue Task Force have checked the said businessman for suspected behavior  he was pleaded not guilty till the x ray tests confirmed  that their were thin gold bars stored inside his rectum.

The way the said businessman carried the gold slabs is considered as a very dangerous method of smuggling gold to a country RTF Officers said.The further investigations on the matter are being carried out by the RTF.

A Sharp Decrease In Population Belongs to All Communities

Almost the population of  all communities living  in Sri Lanka has decreased since few decades Community Physician attach to Family Health Bureau Dr.Mrs.Nilmini Hemachandre has said today(23).The population belongs to  Sinhalese,Tamil and Muslim Communities has decreased  by half when comparing  to the numbers in few decades back she has stressed.

Dr.Hemachandre has also denied the statements made by some politicians regarding  that the Sinhalese Population in the country has rapidly decreased when comparing to the population in other communities and said that the statements are beyond the truth.

Economic,Social and Health issues are the main causes that lead to the decreasing of the  population in communities Dr.Hemachandre has revealed.

Main Opposition UNP Has Make Major Changes In The Party -Sajith Premadasa Appointed As New Dep.Leader

By implementing  major reforms withing the party after a long time  The  main opposition
United National Party (UNP) has today(23) appointed MP Sajith Premadasa as the new deputy leader of the party.With the new move UNP leaders have make new changes to the some other  top posts of the party as well .

Former Parliamentarian and the candidate who has received the highest number of preferential votes at the recently concluded Uva Provincial Council Elections Harin Fernando has appointed as the leader of the UNP's National Youth Front.The other MP's who have received the new posts of the party are MP Thalatha Gunesekera as the Secretary of Election Affairs,MP Ravi Karunanayake as the Assistant Leader of the Party ,MP Eran Wickramaratne as the Treasurer and Akila Viraj Kariyawasam as the Deputy General Secretary.

The main opposition UNP has made these changes after the party's successful run at the Uva Provincial Council Elections held on last Saturday as the party has not only secured votes more than double they have been received at  the provincial council elections held on 2009 as well as increasing the number of seats won than the previous elections.

Director General Of Health Services Has Instructed Coconut Oil Manufacturers Not To Mislead The Public

The Director General Of Health Services(DGHS) Palitha Mahipala has today (22) instructed All Coconut Oil Manufacturers in Sri Lanka to refrain from advertising to the public that some of their Coconut Oil  Products can be used more than once during the Cooking by stating that it's not harmful to the human health. As a Specialist Committee has found that the  re using of Coconut Oil for cooking purposes is harmful to the health of humans the manufacturers should be avoided Advertising false facts to mislead the  the public as such DGHS has informed oil manufacturers.

All varieties of Coconut Oil are not good for re use in cooking and it is very harmful to humans in long term the special committee which has formed to inquire on the issue has informed the Food and Drug Advisory Council of the Ministry Of Health.

UNP General Secretary Resigned From The Leadership Council

The General Secretary of the Main Opposition United National Party(UNP) Tissa Attanayake has resigned from the leadership council of the party this evening.He has handed over his resignation letter to the UNP Leader Ranil Wikramasinha and the chairman of the leadership council Karu Jayasuriya and the UNP Leader has been reported as accepted the resignation letter.

Mother Who Had Jumped In To The Sea With Her Two Children Saved -Both Children Died

A Mother who had jumped in to the sea with her two young children was saved but her both children died in a tragic suicide incident reported from near  Konneshwaram Kovil  in Tricomalee District this afternoon.

The Mother who was drowning in the sea has been
 saved by the navy officers who were around the area when the incident happened ,but two of her children a daughter and the son who were in the ages of 12 and 9 respectively died upon admission to the Trincomalee Hospital.The mother is currently receiving treatment  at the Intensive Care Unit of the Tricomalee Hospital. Trincomalee Police is conducting an investigations on the incident,

All Ceylon Bakery Owners Association Showing Their Willingness To Reduce The Prices Of Bakery Products

In a surprising move the All Ceylon Bakery Owners Association has today(20) announced that it will ready to reduce the prices of Bread and other bakery products by giving the benefit of the recent Price reduction of Electricity and Fuel Charges to the consumers  if the Wheat Flour Supplying Companies will reduces the price of Wheat Flour.

The Bakery Owners Association has said that it is up to the Wheat Flour Supplying Companies to reduces the price of Wheat Flour behalf of Consumers as those companies have benefited from the price reduction of Electricity and Fuel Charges .

The association has also urged the government to reduce the taxes imposed on Bread and other Bakery Products 2% and 15% respectively .