Five New Secretaries Have Been Appointed To Six Ministries

Five New secretaries have been appointed to six

 ministries.

Accordingly Udaya R Seneviratne has been appointed as the secretary of Ministry Of Health,Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine,Upali Marasinghe has been appointed the secretary to the Ministry of Petroleum Resources Development.Anura Disanayake to the Ministries of Environment and Mahaweli Development,N.Saranathisse to the Ministry of Labor and Trade Union Relations and Jayantha Wijayaratne to the Irrigation and Water Resource Management.

Cabinet Approved A Proposal To Increase The Allowance Given To Local Artists By Rs.5000

Cabinet has approved a proposal to increase the

 allowance given to the local artistes who need financial assistance by Rs.5000 according to the Co -Cabinet Spokesman Minister Gayantha Karunathilake.

Accordingly the current allowance of Rs.5000 granted  to the local Artistes will be increased to Rs.10,000 Minister Karunathilake has stated.

Met Department Says No Risk Of Sri Lanka Experiencing Another Tsunami Or Cyclones

The Department of Meteorology has today (07)

announced that there is no risk of Sri Lanka experiencing Tsunami or  Cyclones at the moment.

Therefore the Department has requested the public not to be panic over large scale disasters as such .

Meanwhile the Disaster Management Center has stated that the sea water is currently invades inland areas through southern province and Kalutara district due to monsoon season.

Many people living in Galle reported as  left their houses recently feared over another Tsunami after the sea water invaded the inland areas up to Galle Road.

Government Has Reduced The Special Commodity Tax Imposed On Imported Fish By Rs.25 Per Kilo Gramme

Government has reduced the special commodity tax

imposed on imported fish by Rs.25 per Kilo Gramme from Rs.75 to Rs.50 according to the Ministry Of Finance.

As the local fish production has dropped recently as a result of  the natural disasters occurred in the country  ,Government has taken steps to reduced the tax imposed on imported fish for the benefit of local consumers the Ministry has stated.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Issued A Warrant To Arrest Former Director Of National Blood Transfusion Service Dr.Mangalika Bindusara

Colombo chief magistrate Lal Bandara Ranasinghe has

today (07)  issued a warrant to arrest former Director of the National Blood Transfusion Service ( Blood Bank) Dr.Mangalika Bindusara over not appear before the court for a case filed against her by the Brivery Commission.

The Bribery Commission has filed a court case against Dr.Bindusara over incurred financial  loss to the government through importing an expired Blood Plasma Pherasis kits for the National Blood Transfusion service.

Few people reported as died after using these expired Pheraskits.

The case is due to be taken up for hearing  again on 09th of August.

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A Transformer Explosion Near President Sirisena's Offical Residence

An electric transformer situated near the official residence of President Maithripala Sirisena at Kappetipola Mawatha in Colombo-07 had exploded and caught fire this noon it has been reported.

The Fire Brigade have rushed to the scene after being informed on the incident and doused the fire with the help of two fire  trucks .