POEM OF THE DAY

Parliament Approved The Government's Proposal To Increase The Number Of Cabinet And Deputy /State Ministers With Majority Of Votes

The Parliament has today(03) approved the government's proposal of increasing the number of Cabinet Ministers and Deputy Ministers/State Ministers  of the newly formed Unitary Government by a majority of 127 votes.

The proposal was passed with 143 MP'S have voted in favor and 16 MP'S against it.63 MP'S were absent during the vote.MP'S from Mahajana Eksath Peramuna,Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna ,National Freedom Front and MP Udaya Gammanpila have voted against the proposal.

Under the 19th Amendment passed at the Parliament recently the number of Cabinet Ministers should not be exceeded more than 30 and number of Deputy Ministers/State Ministers  should not be exceeded 40.The new proposal which was Passed with majority of votes today has proposed to increase the number of Cabinet Ministers of the Unitary Government by 30 to 48 and the number of Deputy Ministers from 40 to 45.

If the government wants to increase the number of Cabinet and Deputy/State Ministers of a  Unitary Government it can be  increased through the approval of Parliament.

JVP National List MP S.Mayadunne Has Resigned From His MP Post

The National List MP elected  from leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP) Former Auditor General S.Mayadunne has resigned from his MP post after made a special statement to the Parliament this morning.

He is the only intelectual  appointed to  parliament through the  national list of any party after the recently concluded election.

While making a special statement to the parliament  The former Auditor General Mayadunne has stated  that JVP had not influenzed on his decision to resigned from the MP post."JVP's polices against corruption have been defeated  by the people at the recently concluded election and it meant the intelectuals and professionals named in  the JVP National List have also been rejected."he has said

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TNA Leader R.Sampanthan Has Been Elected As New Opposition Leader

The leader of the Tamil National Alliance(TNA) R.Sampanthan has been appointed as the leader of the opposition  when the Parliament convened  this morning.The speaker Karu Jayasuriya has anounced the decision of appointing the new opposition leader.

He is the second tamil politician elected as opposition leader  at Sri Lankan Parliament  since A.Amirthalingam .

MP Sampanthan has been elected to the parliament at the recently concluded Parliamentary Election.from Trincomalee District.TNA has secured 16 parliamentary seats at the election and became the main opposition after a section of United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) which secured 95  seats at the parliament  has decided to join the unitary government formed by governing United National Party(UNP),

Earliar a section of UPFA which decided to sit in the opposition has sent a letter to  President Maithripala Sirisene  by requesting to appoint Kalutara District(In western province)MP Kumara Welgama as the oppositon leader in parliament,Fifty Seven out of Ninty five elected  UPFA MP,s have signed the letter.

"RED BOATS AT ARGENTEUIL" A FAMOUS LANDSCAPE PAINTING OF FRENCH ARTIST CLAUDE MONET

ARTISTS CAN DO WONDERS THROUGH THE COLORS.THIS LANDSCAPE PAINTING OF YESTERYEAR FRENCH ARTIST CLAUDE MONET HAS PROVED THIS.COLOR COMBINATION MONET HAS USED FOR THIS PAINTING WAS  PERFECT ACCORDING TO THE  CRITICS.

Colombo Public Health Department Has Filed Two Court Cases Against Male Student Hostel Warden And Academic Building Officers Of Colombo Law Faculty

The Public Health Department attach to Colombo Muncipal Council has  filed two court cases against the Warden of one of the Male Student Hostels of Colombo University Law Fcaulty and Officers attach to Academic Building of the Law Faculty at Maligakande(In Colombo District) Magistrate  Court over maintaing Dengue Mosquito Breeding Places within the Faculty premises.

The Colombo Chief Medical Officer Dr.Ruwan Wijemuni has said today(02) the Colombo Public Health Department has  filed these court cases on last Friday(28).

Six Law Students reside in one of the Male Student Hostels of the Colombo University Law Faculty have been admitted to the Colombo National Hospital last Thursday due to suffering from Dengue.A disposed Tyre laid on the ground near the Hostel  with large number of Dengue Mosquito Larva inside  has been identified as the main cause for spreadin
g Denague among those students.

During Last Eight Months 19,657 Dengue Patients And 51 Dengue Death Have Been Reported From The Island -Dengue Control Programme Director

During last eight months of this year 19,657 Dengue Patients  and 51  Dengue Deaths have been reported from the island according to  Director Of National Dengue Control Programme Dr.Hasitha Thisera.

The Dengue Control Programme Director has stressed
that 30 out of the 51 Dengue Deaths reported this year were from Colombo District.

Around 101 Medical Officers Of Health Areas(MOH) out of 345 such areas  throughout the country are identified as high risk zones of spreading Dengue Dr.Thissera has said.

To control the spread of Dengue throughout the country the Ministry Of Health and National Dengue Control Programme have jointly decided to implement a National Mosquito Control Week from 10th of September to 16th of September,