An Army Soldier Was Detained Over Drunken And Unruly Behaviour

Karuwalagaswewa Police have detained an Army Soldier for drunken and disorderly behaviour at karuwalagaswewa area(North Western Province) last night.

The arrest was made following a complaint made to the police emergancy unit hotline  by the residents of 10th mile post in karuwalagaswewa area.

The soldier who attached to the Army Camp in point pedro was proved as drunken after he underwent a medical test carried out by the Judicial Medical Officer in puttalam district hospital.

The suspect is due to be produced before puttalam district  court and karuwalagaswewa police are conducting an investigation on the incident. 

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Six Students Attached To Jaffna University Were Injured And Hospitalized Following A Clash Between Two Student Groups

Around six students have been injured and hospitalized today (16) following a brawl occurred between two student groups attached to the faculty of science at University Of Jaffna.

The condition of the students are not serious according to the sources.

The brawl had occurred during a ceremony held this morning at the University Premises to welcome new students to the science faculty as one student group wants a kandyan dance  cultural event to be presented during the ceremony and another group wants a tamil traditonal dance to be presented.

However as the organizers allowed to present a kandyan dance at the opening ceremony a brawl had occurred between  two student groups .

Following the clash the university authorities have temporary closed the science faculty of University of Jaffna until further notice and the  police protection has been provided for the university and it's hostels.

The kopay police are conducting an investigations on the incident.

CID Has Detained An Army Intelligence Officer Regarding The Killing Of Former Sunday Leader Editor'

The criminal investigations department (CID)has today (16) detained a warrent officer attached to the Army Intelligence Unit regarding the assasination of former chief editor of Sunday Leader Paper Lasantha Wikramathunge who was shot dead in 2009.

CID has detained the Army Officer over abduction,unlawful detention and questioning of the driver of late wikramathunge's vehicle at that time.The CID was given permission to detain and question the suspect for 48 hours after he was  produced before the court today (16) it has been reported.

The former Sunday Leader Editor Lasantha Wikramathunge who was known as heavily criticized the former president Mahinda Rajapakshe's government was shot dead while he was driving to work in January 2009.

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WHO To Announce That Sri Lanka Has Eliminate Filaria Disease On 21st Of July

The world health organization (WHO) is due to officialy announce on 21st of July  that Sri Lanka has eliminate filaria according to the Director General Of Health Services Dr.Palitha Mahipala.

Through this Sri Lanka will become the second country  in the south east asian region after Maldives that eliminate filaria.

WHO has announced a world wide programme to eliminate the disease filaria from it"s member countries by the year 2020.To achieve that target a country needs to keep the micro worm rate below 1% and Sri Lanka has achieved that by keeping that rate below 1% Dr.Mahipala has stated during a special press briefing held at Health Education Bureau in Colombo yesterday (15).

Although Sri Lanka has eliminate the filaria  disease which dominated mainly in eight districts belonging to  Western,North Western and Southern Provinces over the decades A large number of filaria patients have been reported this year from Galle District the Anti Filaria Campaign has announced.

Out of the 32 filaria patients reported from the islsnd this year 24 patients have been reported from Galle the Campaign has stressed.