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Thursday, December 1, 2016

National STD/AIDS Control Programme And Ministry Of Health Jointly Commemorated The World AIDS Day

National

STD/AIDS Control Programme and Ministry Of Health today (01) jointly commemorated the World AIDS Day by conducting a AIDS Walk with the participation of around 2500 health personal and activists from Ministry of Health to Campball Park in Colombo.

After the participents reached the Campball Park around 10 a.m this morning official World AIDS Day ceremony was held there under the patronage of Director General Of Health Services Dr.Palitha Mahipala.

During the ceremony the national stratagic communication initiative and the road map on acrivities to be carried out to make spreading of HIV/AIDS in society to zero by the year 2025 had been launched.

Government Has allocated Rs. 180 Million To provide Computer TABS To Fishermen

Government has allocated Rs.180 million for next

year(2017) to provide Computer Tabs to local Fishermen according to the Minister of fisheries Mahinda Amaraweera.

The decision to providing Tabs to fishermen has been taken after considering three factors which caused the European Union to impose a fishing ban on Sri Lanka during the previous regime Minister has stated.

Education Ministry Has Suspended The Service Of Principal Attached To Muslim Girls School In Kandy

Secretary to the Ministry Of Education

has today(01)suspended the service of Principal attsched to Badiuddeen Mahmud Girls School in Kandy over purchasing Uniform Materials and distributed among school children instead of distributing uniform vouchers provided by the Ministry.

Ministry Of Education had distributed uniform vouchers to School Principals this year instead of uniform materials provided by the previous government to distribute them Among school children.Uniform Vouchers had been issued to schools this year in view of saving unnecessary expenditure on purchasing Uniform Materials the Education Ministry has stated.

However the suspended principal has been reported as purchasing Uniform Materials from another place and distributed among school children without distributing the vouchers.