Police Have Arrested Four Suspects With 16 Fake Rs.5000 Currency Note

The Bingiriya(In North Western Province) Police have arrested four persons belonging to a group which was engaged in printing and distributing  fake Rs.5000 Notes with 16 Fake Rs.5000 Notes in their possession .

The Police have said these suspects had printed Rs.700,000 worth fake notes under three series  and distributed to few places around.

Police have taken in to custody the Printing Machine and a Laptop Computer which said to be used to print these fake Rs.5000 Currency Notes in a possession of one of the suspects that arrested.

The suspects have told the Police they have distributed the fake currency notes printed by them to Bingiriya and Hettipola Areas.The Police Intelligence Service too has received information  that fake currency notes have been circulated in Bingiriya And Hettipola Areas during last few days.

The arrested fake notes even having the sign which printed in real currency notes in benefit of  blind people to identify the notes it has been revealed,

The Four suspects arrested with fake currency notes are due to be produced before Hettipola District  Court.

Mihin Lanka Air Lines Has Commenced It's Operations To Oman

Sri Lanka's Budget Carrier ,Mihin Lanka Air Lines has commenced it's operations to Oman form Today(25) according to the Air Lines.Through this passengers of Arab State Oman will be able to fly to Sri Lanka at cheaper rates Air Lines sources have said.

According to the Country Manager of Mihin  Lanka in Oman's Capital Muscat, Deepal Pallegangoda the Basic Ticket Rates to Sri Lanka From Oman and from Oman To Sri Lanka will be around Rs.16,400(Around 45 Omani Riyals).

Mihin Lanka has decided to allow  it's Economy Class Passengers to Oman to carry a baggage of up to 50 Kilo Grammes including hand baggage and 60 Kilo Grammes for Business Class Passengers.

Mihin Lanka's Muscat  -Colombo,Colombo -Muscat Flights which commenced today will fly  four flights per week and from 25th of November it will be increased to Five Flights per week  according to Air Lines.

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THOUGHT OF THE DAY

Postal Workers Unions To Launch An Island Wide Strike

The Postal Workers Unions Collective has yesterday (23) announced they  will launch an island wide strike if the authorities fail to amend the new recruiting system introduced for  Postal Workers within a month.

The Postal Workers Unions have  launched   a Protest Campaign yesterday as well  by  demanding the same demand.

FROM THE ART EXHIBITION "SITHTHARU ANDI RU-3 " CURRENTLY ON AT NATIONAL ART GALLERY IN COLOMBO

A Small Note On The Exhibition 

Today(25) is the last day of "Siththaru Andi Ru-3" Art And Cartoon Exhibition currently on at National Art Gallery in Colombo.Although not much publicity given to this exhibition a very good crowd including foreigners   has seen coming to view this exhibition on last Friday.

Besides viewing art works and cartoons displaying in the gallery you can get your figure drawn through an artist there free of charge.Both Male and Female Artists at the gallery are there to draw your figure.It takes around 30 minutes to draw a figure of a person a friendly Artist there told us.

The only lapse that seen in this exhibition is the lack of Abstract Art Works displaying at the  Exhibition.Otherwise hats off to the organizers  for organizing a   very good exhibition .So the Art Lovers should be there  today as well at the National Art Gallery to  spend a colorful day with Sri Lankan Artists and Cartoonists.

A POPULAR LANDSCAPE PAINTING OF AN ITALIAN GARDEN BY YESTERYEAR AUSTRIAN SYMBOLIC ARTIST GUSTAV KLIMT(1862-1918)

THIS  ATTRACTIVE  LANDSCAPE PAINTING WAS DONE BY YESTERYEAR AUSTRIAN ARTIST GUSTAV KLIMT.HE WAS BORN IN AUSTRIAN CAPITAL VIENNA AND WAS A PROMINENT  MEMBER OF VIENNA SECESSION MOVEMENT .HE WAS KNOWN AS MOSTLY  INFLUENCED BY JAPANESE ART AND IT'S METHODS.

A STUNNING ART WORK INDEED.