A Motor Cyclist Was Killed And Another Injured And hospitalized Due To The Collision Of Two Motor Cycles

A Motor Cycle rider was killed and another was

injured and hospitalized due to two Motor Cycles colliding with  each other on Nelliadi-Jaffna road at Thirumagal area (In Jaffna).

A 67 year old Motor Cyclist succumbed to his injuries on  admission to Jaffna Teaching Hospital with critical injuries.

Other Motor Cyclist was admitted to the Point Pedro Hospital following the accident  according to the Police.

Nelliadi Police are conducting an investigation on the accident.

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Health Minister To Recruit Government Dispensers To The Para Medical Service

Minister of Health,Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Dr.Rajitha Senaratne has decided to recruit

 Government Hospital Dispensers to the Para Medical Service according to the Ministry Of Health.

Minister is due to submit a Cabinet Proposal regarding this to the Cabinet soon Ministry has stated.

A 65 Year Old Female Was Killed After Colliding With A Private Bus In Pettah

A 65 year old female was killed today (15) after

 colliding with a private bus travelling from Gunasinghapura to Colombo Fort in pettah area.

The critically injured female succumbed to her

injuries after admission to the Colombo National Hospital.

Pettah Police have arrested the driver of the Private Bus regarding the accident and conducting further investigations on the incident.

Eight Para Medical Catagories To Launch A 48 Hour Island Wide Strike From 8 A.M Tomorrow (16)

Para medical officers belonging to eight catagories are

due to launch a 48 hour island wide strike from 8 a.m tomorrow (16) demanding solutions for two of their service demands.

Accordingly Eight Catagories of Para Medical officers namely  public health inspectors ,public health laboratory technicians,health services  entamalogy officers,EEG technicians,ECG technicians,Dental technicisns,Dental Therapists and Eye Technologists are due to launch the island wide strike from 8 a.m  tomorrow (16) to 8 a.m on Friday (18) demanding to  stop transferring techincal facts included in training courses of these caragories to other services and to stop recruiting dispensers to the Para medical service according to the Joint Confederation of Para Medical Services.

Three Para Medical catagories ,Public health inspectors,health services entamalogy officers and public health laboratory technicians had launched an island wide one day strike last week as well demanding solutions for their demands.

Airport Customs Officers Arrested Four Chinese Nationals With 410 Cigarette Cartons

Airport customs officers have today (15) arrested four chinese nationals who attempted to smuggle 410 Cigarette cartons illegally to the country at

Katunayake Bandaranaike Interational Airport.

The value of the 410 Cigarette cartons brought by the suspects  is estimated as Rs.3.2 million according to the Airport customs officers.

The four suspects including two females were arrested on their arrival at the Airport around 5.45 a.m it has been revealed.

Airport customs officers are further  investigating on the incident.