WHO Ends Zika Public Health Emergancy

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Five Policemen Arrested Over the Deaths Of Two Jaffna University Students Had Been Further Remanded

The five police officers arrested regarding the deaths

of two Jaffna University Students have been further remanded until 02nd  of  December by the Jaffna Magistrate Court yesterday (18).

The suspected Police Officers were arrested on 21st of  october a day after the two students were shot dead at Kokuvil checkpoint in Kulappidy junction ,Jaffna.

The five police officers who were  on duty  at the checkpoint when the shooting was occurred had been arrested and suspended from their work on same day.

They were remanded until yesterday (18) by the Jaffna Magistrate Court.

Foreign-New Zealand Earthquake Lifted Sea Floor By Two Meters

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POPULAR SINHALA SONG SUNG BY EDWARD JAYAKODY

Several Houses Have Been Damaged And Transport Services Disrupted As A Result Of Uprooting Of A Bo Tree At Badulla

Several houses have been damaged and transport

services disrupted  as a result of a Bo Tree located at Kailagoda Sri Saddarmananda Pirivena at Badulla which was more than one hundrad years old uprooted today (18) .

With the Bo Tree three lamp posts with 33,000 Voltage  had collapsed  on to the houses causing extensive damage it has been reported.

However the Buddhist Statues located around the Bo Tree had not been damaged according to reports.

Police Have Arrested Two Persons With A Stock Of Rs.5 Million Worth Wallapatta At Bambalapitiya

Police have today (18) arrested two persons -a Sri

Lankan and a Chinese National while transporting Rs.5 million worth stock of "Wallapatta" (Gyrinops) use for manufacturing expensive perfumes at Bambalapitiya (In Colombo) .

Accordingly Police have taken into custody 17 Kilo Grammes of Wallapatta and 13 small bottles containing Wallapatta sticks in the possession of the suspects .

The Second Reading Of The Budget Passed In Parliament With Majority Of 107 Votes

The second reading of the Annual Budget -2017 has

been passed this evening with majority of 107 votes as 162 members out of the 225 member Parliament voted in favor while 55 members voted against it.Meanwhile  07 members including former President and Kurunagala District MP Mahinda Rajapakshe were absent during the vote.

The MP's belonging to governing United National Party (UNP),United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) ,Ceylon Workers Congress and MP of Ealam Peoples Democratic Party (EPDP)had been voted in favor of the budget while UPFA MP's belonging to the Joint Opposition Group and Janatha Wimukthi Peramuna (JVP) had been voted against it.

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake presented the Annual Budget Proposals  -2017 to the  parliament on 10th of November.

The debate on the second reading of the budget and committee stage  due to continue till 10th of December.