Attorney At Law Nissanka Nanayakkare Has Been Appointed As The New Chairman Of Litro Gas

Attorney At Law Nissanka Nanayakkare has been appointed as the new Chairman of Litro Gas Company after the former Chairman Shaleela Munasinghe has been removed from the post as a result of his involvement in transferring money of a Taiwan Bank to his personal Bank Account.

Chairman of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Hemaka Amarasuriya has made this appointment as per a recommendation  of Minister Of Public Enterprise Development Kabir Hasheem,Lito Gas Company is a subsidiary of the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation

A Small Oil Leak Occurred Due To A Toppling Over Of A Oil Bowser

A small oil leak has been occurred in a Oil Bowser which toppled over while transporting oil from Kadugannawa to Colombo at Valamita Junction in Pahala Kadugannawa area today(13).

No one was injured due to the accident and the Oil in the toppled Bowser had been transferred to another Bowser it has been reported.

The service of the fire brigade has been also supplied to the Bowser to prevent any fire as a result of the incident.

Former President Chandrika Kumarathunge Has Been Appointed As New SLFP Organizer In Attanagalle

Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge has been appointed as the new Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) organizer in Attanagalle electorate (Gampaha District) by the President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday(12).

Former President Kumaratunge known as one of the  key figures laid  foundation to create the current  good governance government.

President Sirisena had appointed around 50 SLFP District organizers during a ceremony held yesterday and some senior organizers lost their posts it has been revealed.

A Tea Box Factory Was Destroyed In Orugodawatte Due To A Sudden Fire

A Tea Box Manufacturing Factory in Grandpass,Orugodawatte area was completely destroyed due to a sudden fire erupted there in the wee hours of this morning(13).Few houses around the factory too suffered with minor damages due to the fire .

The fire brigade in Grandpass along with the residents of the area have doused the fire it has been reported.The cause of the fire not yet been determined.

HEALTH TIP

Calls For War On Junk Food Ads As Obesity Costs Set To Rise By 60 Percent

The cost of obesity-related diseases will increase by 60 per cent in a decade in the UK, a new study forecasts, amid calls for a strict clampdown on TV advertising.

.The World Health Organisation (WHO) today said “widespread” action was needed to tackle obesity, which has seen a ten-fold rise globally since the 1970s, with one in five UK children now obese.
A coalition of Royal Colleges and health charities said junk food advertisments should be banned altogether during peak times - such as the X-Factor - as well as during children’s viewing.
The study by the Obesity Health Alliance found that junk food brands in the UK spend 27 times more on advertising than the Government does on healthy eating promotions.
In total £143 million was spent by the 18 companies spending the most advertising crisp, confectionery and sugary drinks, dwarfing the £5 million the Government’s Change4Life healthy eating campaign spends.
Cadbury’s Dairy Milk tops the spending chart, with more than £12 million, followed by Coca-Cola and Galaxy.
The calls came as figures from the World Obesity Federation show the UK is spending more than £14 billion annually treating illness caused by excess weight - such as heart disease, diabetes and liver disease.

Forecasts suggest this could rise to £22.7 billion by 2025, with 34 per cent of adults obese, compared with levels today of 27 per cent.

Globally, the report shows the US faces the biggest treatment bill, already amounting to more than £240 billion. The cost to Germany is £23.6 billion and Britain finds itself in third place.
Professor Ian Caterson, the federation’s president said the scale of the epidemic was “truly alarming.”    

A new report by the WHO today calls for restrictions on promotion of junk foods, and more action to tax sugary foods.
It follows UK plans to introduce a sugar tax on fizzy drinks, which will be introduced next year.
Professor Fiona Bull, a member of the WHO working group, said: "We need to turn our concern into action - more action and more widespread action.

“The response so far has been insufficient, inadequate and not at scale.”
The report calls for action to reduce marketing of unhealthy foods.

Prof Bull said: "We are surrounded by environments which market unhealthy, high fat, high sugar, high calorie food. That's what's on the TV, that's what's promoted at bus stops, and that's what children are seeing all day, every day.
 --Telegraph-Health--

GOLDEN MELODIES