Colombo High Court Has Imposed A Life Time Imprisonment On A Person For Keeping Heroin In His Possession

Colombo High Court has today (06)imposed a life time

imprisonment on a person who found guilty for keeping 10 grammes and 43 mili grammes of Heroin in his possession today (06).

Colombo High Court judge Piyadasa Ranasinghe has imposed the life time imprisonment on the suspect who had been arrested by the Police narcotics bureau officials on 30th of june 2011 at Kelaniya.

The accused is a resident of Kelaniya area.

Police Have Arrested A Teacher With A Stock Of Liquor Bottles And Beer Cans

Police have arrested a teacher on discipline attached

to leading school in Anuradhapura with a stock of liquor bottles and Beer cans hideen in his rest house in Old kandy road,Anuradhapura yesterday (05).

The suspected Teacher hideen 18 bottles of Liquor and eight Beer cans inside his rest house in view of selling them for higher prices  to the consumers without a license it has been revealed.

The Teacher who is a resident of Kurundankulama area had been released on bail after being produced before the Anuradhapura Magistrate Court.He is due to be produced before the court again on 11 th of October,

Landslide Warnings Have Been Issued To 11 Areas In Ratnapura District

Landslide warnings have been issued to 11 grama

niladari divisions of Ratnapura District today (06)by the authorities due to the heavy showers prevailing it has been reported.

Accordingly Landslide warnings have been  issued to Vilegoda, Asganngula.,Bopatte,Mahara, Thalavitiya, Deyyagala ,Arapola,Karandana North,Karandana West , Kalatuwawa west and makota Grama niladari divisions .

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House Holders Of 1.3 Million House Holds In The Country Are Women-UNFPA

According to a latest survey carried out in the island it

has been revealed that out of the 5.3 million house -holds in the country house holders of  1.3 million house-holds are women the United Nations Fund For Population activities (UNFPA) has stated through their latest report .

Accordingly among the total number of female heads of house-holds 53.3 percent are married,34.6 percent are widows and 7.4 percent are never married.

Over 60 percent of female heads are under 60 years old and 20 percent are below 40 years old the report has stated.Around 7 percent  of these female heads have no schooling and 27 percent have only primary education.

Employment among female heads is below 35 percent as estate sector has employed 52 percent of female heads the report said.

The large number of female headed house-holds highlights the need for policy and legal reforms to address discriminatory laws and practices in land inheritance that both disadvantage women and hinder economic productivity.

The report was officialy launched today (06)during a ceremony held in Cinamon Grand Hotel in Colombo.