Railway Technical.Services Personal To Launch A 48 Hour Strike From This Evening

The Technical services personal are due

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to launch a 48 hour  island wide strike from 4 p.m. this evening demanding solutions for three of their service demands including increasing their salaries according to the Railway Technical Services Trade Union Committee.

Although there may be delays of Trains as a result of the Strike,Train Drives have stated that they will not allow the Teain services to be paralyzed due to the strike.

Former State Minister T.B Ekanayake Was Questioned Over Misusing Of State Vehicles During Previous Government

The former State Minister of Lands of

the Current government had been questioned more than four hours by the officers of Police Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID) yesterday(28) over the  misusing  of state vehicles when he was the Minister of Cultural Affairs in previous government.

The former State Minister Ekanayake had arrived at the FCID Headquarters in Colombo last morning to give a statement regarding the allegations leveled against them.

He was accompanied to the FCID by some of the Joint Opposition MP's who are being faced similar corruption charges including Mahindananda Aluthgamage and Bandula Gunawardana and some former Sri Lanka Freedom Party  Ministers who had left the National government recently.

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Sri Lankan Health Minister Has Been Elected As The New Deputy Chairman Of The World Health Organization

Minister of Health,Nutrition and Indeginous Medicine Dr.Rajitha Senaratne has been elected as the new deputy chairman of the World Health Organization (WHO) uncontestedly yesterday(28).

Sri Lankan Health Minister has been elected for the post for a one year period during the 143 rd Executive Council meeting of the WHO held in Geneva ,Switzerland.

Brazilian Health Minister Ricardo Barros had been elected as the new President of the WHO.

Three Fishermen In North Who Went For Fishing Had Gone Missing

Three fishermen and their Boat left for

fishing from Kurikattuwa n Jetty in Jaffna last Saturday(26) had gone missing according to their family members.

The family members of these Fishermen had complaint over the incident to the Sri Lanka  Navy and stated that the missing fishermen had phoned them last  sunday (27) and informed  that they cannot sail further due to the strong sea waves.The fishetmen had also informed their family members to complain on this to the Navy personal in Nagadeepa and aftewards the communication with fishermen  had Broke down   it has been revealed.

Navy have launched a search operation to find out the missing Fishermen and their Boat.

Five Prisoners Of Galle Prison Escaped And Fled Away At Baddegama Court

Five prisoners in Galle Prison had been

escaped from the custody of Prison Officers and fled away while at the Baddegama Court last evening (28) it has been reported.

These prisoners who are being remanded over the charges of House looting,Heroin smuggling and robberies in the area had escaped when preparing to transport them back to Galle Prison after being producing before the Baddegama Court to face cases filed against them.

Nineteen Garment Workers Were Injured And Hospitalized Due To A Bus Collision

Around 19 female garment workers

were injured and hospitalized due to a collision between two Buses transported garment workers of a same factory last evening(28) at Madola area in Awissawella-Ratnapura road.

The injured were admitted to the Awissawella Base Hospital for treatment.Most of the injured had left the Hospital after receiving treatment according to the reports.