Supreme Court Has Rejected Fundamental Rights Petition Filed By Former Minister Basil Rajapakshe

The supreme court has today(08) rejected the fundamental rights petition filed by former minister of economic development Basil Rajapakshe seeking an order to prevent his possible arrest regarding allegations leveled against him.

The former minister has  filed the petition last month by claiming that the  financial crimes investigations division(FCID) is planning to arrest him over money laundering charges leveled against him.

Out Of Those Suffering From Mental Disorders In Sri Lanka Only 20% Receiving Treatment-Health Minister

In Sri Lanka out of those who are suffering from mental disorders  only 20% receiving treatment according to the Minister Of Health,Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Dr.Rajitha Senaratne.

Addressing the 13th annual sessions of the Collage of Psychiatrists held in Colombo recently the Health Minister has stated that one person out of every ten persons in Sri Lanka is suffering from some kind of mental disorder and the reasons behind these mental disorders are complex.

Due to the Tsunami Disaster in 2004 and the war in north and east the mental health status of most of the people have been deteriorated and an active action plan needed to be implemented to solve this situation Minister Senaratne has further added.

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Around 28.8 Sucides Has Been Reported Per 100,000 Population in Sri Lanka-World Health Organization

According  to a latest World Health Organization(WHO) Report   28.8 persons out of the 100,000 Sri Lankan population are being committed  suicide while the suicide ratio in world wide stands as 11 suicides per 100,000 population.

Sri Lanka now in the fourth position among the countries that have highest suicide rates in the world according to WHO.

Liquor Addiction  too contributed greatly to the rising number of suicides in the country and the latest statistics available in Ministry Of Health has shown that around 50% of the Sri Lankan Population is addicted to liquor."Liquor Addiction caused some mental disorders and it ended up with suicide "the Health Ministry has stated.

Group Of Residents Has Been Blocked The Colombo-Awissawella Main Road By Protesting Against The Reopening oF Road

A group of residents has been blocked the Colombo-Awissawella main road near the burnt Salawa-Kosgama Army Camp since this noon by protesting against the re opening of the road to commuters aftter last Sunday's explosion and fire in the Camp without removing fire debris from their houses.

The protest has created a huge traffic in the area it has been reported.
 
Due to the re opening of the main road after last Sunday's incident ,there's threat of looting properties in the area by thieves as the debris still not being removed from houses the protesting residents have stated.

The Colombo-Awissawella main road was closed by the military on last Sunday eveing soon after the fire had broken out at salawa Army Camp as a security measurre.The closed road has been reopened for traffic from yesterday(07) evening.

However due to the protest of residents the Military has decided to open the main road only for residents in the area and for military personal until the fire debris has been completeely removed from houses.