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Taxes Imposed On Imported Rice To Be Increased By Rs.15 Per Kilo Gramme With Effect From Midnight Tonight

The taxes imposed on imported rice will be increased by Rs.15 per Kilo Gramme with effect from midnight tonight according to Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake.

Accordingly the taxes imposed on imported rice will be increased from Rs.35 to Rs.50 Per Kilo Gramme the Minister has stated.

Police Have Arrested A Stock Of More Than 20 Kilo Grammes Of Heroin And 1.1 Kilo Grammes Of Kerala Cannabis In Ambalangoda

The police have arrested a 34 year old person with more than 20 Kilo Grammes of Heroin and 1.1 Kilo Grammes of Kerala Cannabis in his possession yesterday(30) evening at Madampagama Area in Ambalangoda(In Southern Province)according to sources.

The stock of Heroin and Kerala Cannabis had arrested during a raid carried out by Ambalangoda Police Officers.The suspect is due to be produced before Balapitiya Magistrate Court.

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Ministry Of Health Has Requested The Public To Destroy Mosquito Breeding Places To Avoid Spreading Zika Virus Infection In Sri Lanka

The Ministry Of Health,Nutrition And Indigenous Medicine has requested the public to destroy mosquito breeding places including dengue mosquito breeding places to avoid spreading of "Zika Virus Infection" which spreading in South and Central American Countries these days, in Sri Lanka.

"Zika Virus Infection" is  spreading through two varieties of mosquitoes namely  "Eadis Egypty" (Dengue Mosquito) and "Eadis Vittatus"which have already been  bred in Sri Lanka .The disease  is mainly affecting pregnant mothers and through a mother infected with Zika Virus Infection, The fetus will be infected  and as a result the babies are born with brain defects the doctors have said.

This infection is already spreading in Brazil and eight other South and Central American Countries as an epidemic and United States has already advised pregnant mothers to avoid travelling those countries due to this infection.

The only solution to prevent spreading of "Zika Virus Infection" which has similar symptoms as in Dengue and Chikungunya Diseases, in Sri Lanka is to destroy mosquito breeding places and keep the environment free from mosquitoes  the local epidemiologist have said.