Mother And Daughter Arrested For Transporting Marijuana

Due to the Economic Difficulties A Mother and her Daughter who are the main characters in this story get used to sell Marijuana for living.They are transporting the Marijuana by sticking it to their bodies and due to the fully covered cloths they are wearing no one can suspect that they are carrying something suspicious.How ever yesterday both of them were caught by the Kandy Police when they were traveling from a bus sticking large quantity of Marijuana to their bodies.

The Police is due to produce the accused Mother and Daughter to Courts soon.Both of them sticked Marijuana in to their bodies including Stomach and the Legs .The Daughter is identified as Pregnant according to the Police.

More LTTE Belongings Recovered From The North

After heavy Fighting with the LTTE Rebels Sri Lankan Ground Troops yesterday recovered another LTTE Bunker and around 400 Vehicals left by the rebels in Puthukkuduyirippu Area in the North.Meanwhile Ten rebel Boats were also destroyed by the troops in the Mulativue District.

Security Sources said that there is heavy Fighting goes between the government forces and the LTTE in the area at present which is the final stronghold of the rebels.LTTE'S Sea Tiger Leader Sossei too is reported to be in the battle Field.Meanwhile the Grave of the Five Year old son of Sossei who was killed from an explosion in 2007 was recovered by the Troops at Western Puthukkuduyirippu area.

Removed HIB Vaccine Is To Be Back In March

HIB Pentavalant Vaccine which was withdrawn from the National Immunaization Campaign of Sri Lanka on Last May due to the Deaths of four Infants will Re Introduced to the Campaign from Mid of March this year as the Experts cleared charges against the Vaccine Epidemiologiy Unit Announced to day.

HIB which is prescribed to give Infants at the ages of Two, Four and Six Months is a Pentavalant ,compromised with Vaccines preventing Five Disseases(Tetunus,Diptheria,Whooping Cough,HIB and Hepatitis-B).Around 150,000 Vials of HIB Injections were removed from the Immunaization Campaign Clinics throughout the Island last year after Four Infants who received these Vaccines were died.Epidemiology Unit and the World Health Organization(WHO) Conducted an investigations on this and stated that there is no connection what so ever between these deaths and the Vaccine.

More Sri Lankan Wounded IDP'S Receiving Hospital Treatment

Up to now Around Two Thousand One Hundrad Eighty wounded Civilians who returned from the LTTE Held Area were received treatment from Three Hospitals in the Northern Sri Lanka Ministry Of Health in Colombo says to day.Around Two Hundred Sixty Eight Wounded Civilians admitted to the Trincomalee Hospital last wednesday and One Hundred to Mannar Hospital.Another Four Hundrad is due to admitted to Trincomalee Hospital Tomorrow.

Meanwhile Health Ministry says Thirty One Thousand Nine Hundrad Ninty In Displaced Persons(IDP'S) belongs to Nine Thousand Nine Hindrad Thirteen Families were returned to Government held reas from LTTE held areas from 22-01-2009 to 23-02-2009.

Remanded Sr Lankan Business Tycoon Transfered To The Hospital

Sri Lankan Business Tycoon Mr Lalith Kotalawala who was remanded yesterday on alleged Financial Freud is Transfered to the Prison Hospital in Welikala To Day and from there to the Merchants Ward of the Colombo National Hospital on Poor Health Grounds.

Mr.Kotalawala (70) was remanded till 11th of March for Mishandling of Rs.26 Billion worth deposits of the Public in the Golden Credit Card Company owned by him.One of the Directors of the Company too remanded with him and his wife Cecilia who is currently away from home too was Issued a warrant as She is also a Director of the Company.

Seeking Medical Treatment after getting an Imprisonment is a Common Thing among the VIP'S and VVIP'S here in Sri Lanka. Public will able to witness how these people who seems to be in good health while at work and even at the Courts when they are attending their cases suddenly getting ill soon after they received remand orders.But this facility is not available for the Common People.

A Record Price Reduction For Sri Lankan Gas

Sri Lankan Consumers received some kind of relief to day as the Government decided to Reduce the Prices of Gas Cylinders between Rs.310-334 with the effect from Mid Night to day.This is the highest Price Reduction of a Consumer Product reported here from some time.

According to the new price reduction The Price of a 12.5 Kilo Grammes Shell Gas Cylinder is reduced by Rs.310 and the new price will be Rs.1350 .Laugfs Gas Cylinder is reduced by Rs.334 and the new price is Rs.1069.The Price reduction of the Laugfs Gas will come to effect from Mid Night Tomorrow.

Missing Sri Lankan Editor Is In Police Custody

A Confusion arises when the Editor In Chief of the Sri Lankan Tamil Paper reported as Missing this morning.Earlier it was reported that the missing Editor of the " Suder Oli 'N.Vidyadaran was abducted by an unidentified gang who came from a White Van and Police too confirmed it. But few hours later Police Issued a statement and state that he was arrested by the Police for questioning in Connection with the Last weak's LTTE Air Attack in Colombo.

Police Officers arrested him at Mount Lavinea Area in the Colombo Suburbs around 10 this morning while attending a funeral of the relative of the Chairman of his Company .

Meanwhile The Reporters Without Borders to day Condemned the arrest of SudarOli Editor and urged Government to Guarantee his safety.Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abewardana already assured the Reporters Without Borders through the Telephone that Mr.Vidyadaran is safe and he is held by the Colombo Crimes Division for Questioning .Crimes Division is questioning him regarding the two reports published in the 'SuderOli" Paper on 6th and 11th of February.

Sri Lankan Business Tycoon Remanded Over Rs.26 Billion Public Freud

Sri Lankan Business Tycoon Deshamanaya (Honorary State) Lalith Kotalawala and one of the Directors of his Golden Key Credit Company were Remanded till 11th of March by the Magistrate of Mount Lavinea this evening regarding the Public Finnancial freud Case he was involved in.Magistrate also Issued a Ultimatum to Settle Rs 26 Billion worth Deposits of the Golden Key Customers within 10 days.A Warrent for Mr.Kotalawala's wife Mrs.Cecilia Kotalawala who is also a member of the Golden Key Company's Director Board.

Mr Lalith Kotalawala the Owner of one of the Largest Business Companies in Sri Lanka the Ceylinco Group is charged for mishandling the Deposits of Public in the Golden Key Credit Company which he ownes.He even tried to Settle the Depositors Interests by selling his shares of the Bank he owned the Seylan Bank in last December however failed to do so as Central Bank of Sri Lanka Immediately intervened and taken the Bank under their Perview.

Kelaniya University Closed Down Due To Student Clashes

A clashes between two rival Student Groups led to the closure of the Kelaniya University to day.Vice Chancellor of the University decided to closed down the university until further notice.
Police were called to the University Premises and they used Tear Gas to disperse the Student Protesters.One student injured during the clashes admitted to the Hospital.

This is the second time in last few weeks that the Student Clashes erupted between the rival Student Groups of the University.Last time Police arrested some student protesters including Lecturers and Female Students who were not involved in the clashes.

Colombo Public Health Department To Sue Governing Body On Spreading Dengue

The Public Health Department of the Colombo Urban Council issued a notice to Government owned Land Reclamation Department stating to clean all polluted Canals come under them in the city which became Dengue Mosquito Breeding Places or faced Legal Action."If the Department is not taking any Measure to clean the Canals in one weak's time we will Sued them "The Chief Medical Officer of the Colombo Dr.Pradeep Kariyawasam said .

Three Children in the Modara-Mattakuliya Area of the Colombo Suburbs died due to Dengue During January and February this year as Health Authorities charging the polluted Canals as responsible for this.Ninty Percent of Reserviours in the Colombo City are Governed by the Land Reclamation Deapartment.These Canals are polluted heavily and became Dengue Mosquito Breading Places Dr.Kariyawasam Stressed.

Dengue a Dissease which is an Endamic in the Sri Lanka now spreading fast in the areas of Colombo Suburbs due the polluted Canals he urged.Last January 105 Dengue Patients reported from the City with majority of them are Children and Three Children died from the Disease.In February 55 Dengue Cases reported up to now and one child was died due to the Dissease.Majority of these Dengue Patients were reported from the Modara- Mattakuliya Area.

Dengue Mosquito Eadis Egipty caused the Dengue Dissease and Increasing number of Mosquito Breading Places in the Urban and Rural Areas seen as the main cause for spreading the Dissease.

Ministry Of Health Hospitalized 242 IDP'S In Last 48 Hours

Director General of Health Services Dr Ajith Mendis said to day that yesterday and to day they admitted 242 wounded and sick Internal Displaced persons(IDP'S) to the Hospitals of Vavuniya and Mannar for further treatment.Adding that these Civilians are wounded while they fled to the Government held areas from LTTE held areas Dr.Mendis stressed Some having gun fire wounds,cuts and broken arms and legs .Another 400 IDP'S are due to hospitalized tomorrow for further treatment he added.
Meanwhile more then 50 Doctors of various parts of the Island are currently involved in treating of IDP'S in the North he further said.

Mahela And Thilan Broken The Fifty Two Year Old Record Of The Fourth Wicket Partnership

Sri Lankan Cricket Captain Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera to day broken the fifty two year old fourth wicket partnership of 411 runs at a Test Match set by Peter May and Sir Colon Cowdrey of England in 1957.Mahela and Thilan put 437 runs for the fourth wicket at the second day of their First Test Match with Pakistan at Karachchi National Stadium and spared 643 balls and 450 minutes to reached it.

Previous fourth wicket partnership record between May and Sir Cowdery in 1957 was set against the West Indies at Edgbeston.

Captain Mahela contributed 240 runs for the partnership and it was his fifth double century and first one at a foreign soil.Thilan contributed 231 runs.Earlier the pair broken the highest fourth wicket partnership of 298 runs recorded in Karachchi National Stadium which they are playing now by any team.

With the help of this duo Sri Lanka reached 644 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in their first innings and declared the innings shortly after the Tea Break.At the close of play Pakistan were 44 runs for the loss of 1 wicket.

LTTE Killed Ten Chena Cultivators And Injured Dozens In Ampara District

Ten Chena Cultivators killed and dozens injured after LTTE Cadres attacked to a group of Chena Cultivators in Iginiyagala of the Ampara District yesterday.They were attacked while working in their fields.

LTTE Air Attack To Colombo A Suicide Mission-Sri Lankan Air Commander

Sri Lankan Air Commander Air Marshal Rohan Goonathilake refers the air attack carried out by the LTTE last friday was a suicide mission and a attempt similar to the 2001 September 11 World Trade Center attack in New York. LTTE pilots brought around 250 Kilo Grammes of Explosives for the Mission he urged.The Explosives including the Bombs sticked to the bodies of the LTTE Pilots luckily not exploded and it prevents a huge Disaster according to the Air Commander.It is revealed that one of the two Air Crafts came for the attack carried 130 Killos of Explosives.
The Magisterial Inquiry on the Crashed LTTE Air Craft in to the Katunayaka Area held yesterday and the samples were taken from the body of the deceased Pilot of the craft for DNA Test to identify whether he is a Sri Lankan or not.
Meanwhile the Sri Lankan government says the activities of the damaged Inland Revenue Department will commence soon.

GMOA Prevented a Docs Strike In Vavuniya Hospital

Government Medical Officers Association(GMOA) of sri lanka to day prevented a possible strike action of the doctors attached to the vavuniya general hospital in the northern sri lanka citing the present conflict situation prevailing there.all fifty doctors in the hospital earlier planned to stage a walkout opposing the administration of the hospital director but reduced that action to a one hour protest campaign after GMOA intervened to the scene.According to the assistant secretery of the GMOA dr.upul gunasekera his union held discussions with the docs there this morning and urged them to prevent any inconveniences to the people in the area.At present large number of civilian and forces casualties are dispatch to the vavuniya hospital.

UN Under Secretary General Urged LTTE To Refrain From Shooting Civilians

The visiting under secretary general of the united nations sir john holmes urged LTTE to avoid civilian casualties and allow civilians to move into safer areas.Speaking at colombo this morning he says that the LTTE should refrain from shooting on civilians.sir holmes is in colombo on an invitation from the sri lankan foreign minister rohitha bogollagama. he also met defense secretary gotabaya rajapaksha at his ministry.

Eighteen Thousand Pethidine Vials Are Air Lifted To Ease Severe Shortage Of The Injection

Ministry of Health to day air lifted 18,000 vials of essential pain killer injection "pethidine" from India which is currently not available in government hospitals .Although  this stock is much lesser then the annual requirement it will help to ease the shortage for few months ministry officials said. shortage of pethidine vials have occurred after the medical supplies division removed large number of expired pethidine vials from the government hospitals on end of January.due to the shortage of this injection wounded patients and pregnant mothers are facing difficulties hospital sources said.there was much controversy on the shortage of this injection among doctors and even health minister to day announced in parliament that pethidine shortage will be ended after these air lifted vials are distributed to the hospitals
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Hospital doctors charged that some kind of irregularity had happened when purchasing this injection as the ministry has  imported large number of pethidine vials exceeds the required amount.

Around One Thousand One Hundrad Fifty IDP'S Admitted To Hospitals Due To Infections

Around 1150 In displaced People(IDP'S) who were returned from rebel held areas hospitalized due to the infections they are having Ministry of Health says to day.these people were admitted to five hospitals including trincomalee and vavuniya general hospitals.around 15 small children were treated for their infections at the colombo lady ridgway hospital and they are now recovered fully according to the hospital doctors.
For providing maximum security and treatment facilities to these in displaced persons the resident patients of trincomalee and vavuniya hospitals are to transfered to near by hospitals.Health ministry to day decided to send around 1500 nursing students who are to received the appointments as nurses shortly to the centers where IDP'S are staying.

Sri Lankans In Denmark To Hold A Protest Campaign In Front Of Danish Parliment

Sri Lankans and their friends in denmark are due to hold a protest campaign in front of Danish parliment, falkstinget this friday urging the security and freedom of the In displaced tamil civilians who are still trapped in rebel held areas in the northern sri lanka.these in displaced people should allow to return to the government held areas without any barrier organizers of this protest said.they also requesting to supply essential goods including food,drugs etc, to these people without any shortage.

Health Ministry Recommended A Retired Hospital AO An Extension?

Ministry of Health is recommended the public services commission an extension for a sixty year old chief administrative officer of the south colombo teaching hospital who should be retired from the service last year.according to the policy of the government those who are sixty years old should be retired from the government service.
Due to this irresponsible act of the ministry junior administrative officers are not able to get a chance for applying the post health workers pointed out.health ministry recommended this extension of the recommendation of previous director of the teaching hospital it has been revealed.

Colombo National Hospital Defeated U.K Hospitals On Number Of Neuro Surgeries Performing

National Hospital in colombo take one year to perform the amount of neuro surgeries performed by the high tech equipped U.K hospitals within six years it has been revealed.an english hospital with seven neuro surgeons performed around 700 neuro surgeries a year compared to the 4500 such surgeries performed by the two surgeons of the national hospital under limited resources hospital sources said.The senior consultant neuro surgeon of the hospital dr.sunil perera said that indian hospitals are not performing such an amount of surgeries even they are having high quality technology and enough surgeons.

GMOA Charged Health Ministry On Irregularities While Purchasing Pethidine Injection Vials

There is an illegal dealing while purchasing the pethidine injections as three hundred sixty thousand vials of above injection were removed from the government hospitals after expiring them assistant secretary of the government medical officers association(GMOA) dr.upul gunasekara charged today.addressing a packed press briefing in colombo to day he said that the worth of these removed injection vials are around rs. 1.8 million.due to the removal of these vials there is shortage of this injection at the government hospitals these days.
only two hundred sixty thousand pethidine vials were used at the government hospitals in year 2007 but the health ministry ordered four hundred thousand vials of the injections which is more then the required for the use of 2008 he stressed.purchasing more then the required amount may be the reason behind expiring them before using he pointed out. dr.gunasekera also said that it is sad to see health minister nimal siripala de silva who is also the current chairman of world health organization is offering more drug tenders to the supplier who supplied most number of low quality drugs to hospitals.
He also urged health minister to implement national drug policy to prevent irregularities on purchasing drugs in future

Government To Ship 40 Tonnes Of Rice To IDP'S In Mulativu Tonight

Government is due to ship 40 metric tonnes of food items to night for the use of In displaced people(IDP'S) still trapped in rebel held areas of mulativu district in the north.government officials arrived this decision at a special meeting held this evening

Foreign-Australian Fire Fighter Feeds a Koala With Water

This photograph shows an Australian fire fighter feeding a Koala Bear With water bottle.this koala was found in the forests of Victoria which were destroyed from last week's bush fires.Millions of viewers around the world viewed this Picture and the video of the incident.An Australian Animal Rights Movement already announced award for this fire fighter for his courageous act.
Photo Courtesy-Crickey Blog

Neuro Surgical Patients Facing Difficulties Due To Broke Down Of Several Machines In National Hospital

The Neuro Surgical Patients and the staff of the Sri Lanka's Major Government Hospital the colombo national hospital are facing enormous difficulties due to the broke down of several several million rupees worth neuro surgical machines in the hospital including the MIR scanning machine,the Angio gram and all the cratiotome machines use for cutting the surgical point.
Due to this the MRI and Angio gramme Tests of the neuro surgical patients of the national hospital are done through the private sector.
Around 4500 surgeries are performed in Colombo national hospital annually and it is higher then in some of the hi/technical hospitals in United kingdom.
Therefor not taking any measures to repair these machines from long time is unacceptable according to the Hospital Sources.the MRI Scan machine is broken due to the problem of it's tube and four Cratiotome machines were broken a month back and Neuro surgeons are now cutting the point of the surgery from hand used equipment which is harder to do doctors said.
C.T Scan Machine in the neuro surgical unit is also prone to break regularly due to the overload of the scan tests performed through that machine they stressed.when contacted Hospital Director Dr.hector weerasinha said that the repairing of MRI Scan Machine is due to finish tomorrow but he is not informed on breaking down of other machines in neuro surgical unit

Governing UPFA Recorded Land Slide Victory In The Two Provincial Council Elections

Governing United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) Secured a Land Slide Victory At the North Western and Central Provincial Council Elections Defeating Main Opposition United National Party(UNP) in 37 out of 39 Electorates in the Two Provinces.UPFA Won 4 Districts out of the 6 in these two Provinces and Secured 60 Seats against UNP's 37 and Janatha Wimukthi Peramuna's (JVP) 1 Seat.
Elections Commissioner Dayananada Dishanayaka Annulled the Election Results of the Polling Station in Puttalam District due to irregularities reported during the poll Delaying the Final Result of the North Western Provincial Council further.

Sixty Percent Voter Turn Out Reported In North Western And Central Provincial Polls

A Sixty Percent Voter Turn Out was Reported at the Time of Completion Of the North Western And Central Provincial Council Elections of Sri Lanka Held To Day Despite the Reports Of Several Election Malpractices in Some Districts.Around 26 People were Arrested Due to Voter Intimidation and According to the Election Monitors Pafferrel they Received 40 Complaints on Election Malpractices.However only 15 of these Complaints are Confirmed.
Voting of the Two Elections were Concluded Around 4 p.m this Evening and the Sealed Ballot Boxes Taken to the Counting Centers Situated in Schools of the Above Provincial Districts for Counting.The First Election Result is Expected to be Release After Mid Night To Night.

Wounded And Pregnant Mothers Facing Difficulties Due To The Shortage Of Two Essential Injections

Wounded Persons including Army Soldiers as well as Pregnant Mothers Are Facing Enormous Difficulties due to the Shortage of Two Essential Pain Killer Injections "Morphine" and "Pethidine" in Government Hospitals These Days.These Injections are Out Of Stock in Government Hospitals Since Two Weeks and Health Minister is Not taken any Measure to Provide these for at least for the use of Wounded Soldiers in the Battle Front says the Dr.Gishantha Dassanayaka the President of the All Ceylon Government Doctors Association.

According to the Doctors Injection Vial Pethidine is Out Of Stock due to Removal of Stock of the Item available in Hospitals After they were Found Expired.Director General Of Health Services is the Sole Authorizing Officer for Importing these Essential Injections and when Contacted he says that a New Stock of Injection "Pethidine" will be Air Lifted To the Hospitals Shortly.

Health Ministry To Set Up Task Force To Uplift The Health Of IDP'S

Health Ministry Is to Launch a Special Voluntear Health Task Force Tomorrow to Uplift the Health Facilities Offered to In Displaced Persons (IDP'S)Who are Returning from the Uncleared Areas.This Task Force will Assist the Medical Personnal who are Currently Engaged in Treating the IDP'S.Sri Lanka Freedom Health Workers Association Is Guiding this Programme.

US Treasury To Freeze The Assets of Pro LTTE Organization

US Treasury Designates To Freeze the Assets of Maryland Based Pro LTTE Tamil Foundation.This Decesion was taken after the Organization was found as a Front Organization Helping the LTTE Terrorists.

Army Declared A New Safety Zone

Army has declared A New Safe Zone for Civilians Trapped in side the Rebel Held Areas from Putumattalan to Vellamullavaikkal in Mulativu To Return Safely Security Sources Said.

Mahela To Resign From Captaincy

Sri Lankan Cricket captain Mahela Jayawardena Decides to Resign From His Captaincy after their Test Match Series with Pakistan.Sri Lankan National Cricket Team is Due to Leave for Pakistan Shortly and Mahela will Resign from Captaincy after This Tour Sri Lankan Cricket CEO Duleep Mendis Announced.It is Believed that The Crashing Defeat Of the Sri Lankan Cricket Team From the Hands of Indians On the Recently Concluded ODI Series in Colombo Is the Major Reason Behind this Move.

Govt.To Privatize The Medical Education By Allowing A Private Medical Collage Here Inter Medical Faculty Union Charged

Government is Trying to Privatizing the Medical Education by Giving Permission to Set Up Private Medical Collage in Malabe Area The Medical Faculty Inter Student Action Committee Charged To Day .Government Already Gave Permission to the New Private Medical Collage Set Up with the Collaboration from a Russian Medical Academy the Convener of the Committee Asanga Said .The Medical Faculty Inter Students Action Committee is Planning to Launched Protest Campaign against these Private Medical Collage He Says.
The Five Year Course Designed by this Medical Collage is to begin this September and the Collage already Called Applications to Recruiting Acadamic Staff He Stressed.
A student who wishes to Study under this Programme have to spend Rs.5 Million and He/She have to Study Four Years in Sri Lanka and the Final Year in Russia He Further Added.

Troops Liberated Kuruwilkulam

Troops Attached to 57th Division To Day Liberated the West of Kuruwilkulam Area in the Mulativu District Security Sources Said.

Ninteen IDP'S Shot And Killed By The Rebels While Trying To Escape

Nineteen In Displaced Persons(IDP'S) who tried to Escape from Rebel Held Areas were Shot Dead and Another 75 people Got Injured By The LTTE Rebels This Morning at the Udayar kattu in the Puthukkudiyirippu Area According to Security Sources.They are A Part of Around 1000 Came to the Cleared Areas To Day and their Bodies were Brought by the Escapees.
So Far Around 30,000 People Returned from the Rebel Held Areas.Yesterday Alone 6000 People Returned According to the Sources.These People are Located in 10 Social Welfare Centers in Settikulam and the Vavuniya Districts and Sufficient Number of Medical Personal already Recruited to these Centers to Provide Medical Facilities to Them Health Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva Said At a Press Briefing Held To Day in the Health Ministry.It was Revealed that More Than 500 Pregnant Mothers are there Among the Returnees.

Foriegn-Australian Bush Fire Deaths Rose To 166

Australian Bush Fire Deaths Rose to 166 few Minutes Ago as Authorities says that It will Exceed 200 in Coming Days.All the Deaths were Reported from the State of Victoria and Fire Fighters are Still Struggling to Prevent Around 37 Bush Fires still Spreading in the State.
Meanwhile The Bush Fire Disaster was Declared as a Crime Scene By the Australian Government and Already Two People Including a 13 Year old Boy Got Arrested in New South Wales in Connection with Setting Fire In the Northern Sydney Lands.Arsonists will face Maximum 25 year Imprisonment New South Wales Authorities already Announced.

Twenty Eight People Including Army Soldiers Killed By Suicide Bomb Attack In Vishwamadu

Twenty Eight People Including Twenty Army Soldiers and Eight Civilians Were Killed When a Female Suicide Bomber who was Among the Returnees to Vishwamadu Area from the LTTE Held Area Explode Her self This Morning at a Registration Center Of In Displaced People in Dharmapuram .Another 64 including 40 In displaced Persons Got Injured from this Attack According to the Security Sources.There are Small Children Among the Dead.Injured were Air Lifted to the Anuradhapura Hospital and Action will taken to Air Lift Seriously Injured to the Colombo National Hospital.Security Sources Said.The Bomber Explodes Her Self When Army Soldiers tried to Check Her It was Revealed.
LTTE Rebels are now Restricted to 172 Square Kilo Meter Area in the North and they Have no Control over Civilians Sources Further Added.Meanwhile the United Nations And the United States Condemned This Morning's Suicide Blast

FORIEGN NEWS-Ninty Three People Killed Due To Deadly Bush Fires In Australia

Ninty Three People including A Famous News Reader of Channal Nine T.V Station Brian Naylor were Killed Due to the Deadly Bush Fires Erupted in The Australian States of Victoria and New South Wales As the Killer Heat Wave Stuck their on Saturday.There were Children among the killed six people died when their vehicle got Caught to to fire while trying to Escape.Dozens of Residents are Still went Missing and More then Seven Hundred Houses had been Destroyed what it called the Most Deadliest Bush Fires happened in the Australian History due to Severe Drought and Rising Temperatures.
Victoria is the Most affected State on these Bush Fires and all ninety three killed were reported from the state.Bush Fire Spreads Around 3000 Square Kilo Meters of land and it is larger area then Luxamborg and Three as the Size as Hong Kong Experts Said.It Spreads to Some parts of the New South Wales including Sydney as well and Fire Fighters Are still trying to Stop Thirty Bush Fires According to the latest Reports.Death Toll Expected to Rise And Australian Premier Kevin Rudd Promised 10 Million Australian dollars Aid Package for the Victims.Federal Troops joined Fire Fighters to help Preventing the Spreading of Fire.
Yesterday The Temperatures in Victoria Rose to high as 47 Degrees Celsius(117 Degrees Faranhite) and 44 Degrees Celsius in Sydney.

7000 People Returned From LTTE Held Areas

Around 7000 Indisplaced Persons who were Trapped in side the LTTE Held Areas Returned to the Cleared Areas Yesterday. New Borns and Elderly People are Among these Returnees.Government Launched a Special Welfare Programme for the well being of these Prople.

Sea Tiger Leader Soosai Believed To Be Killed In Yesterday's Air Strikes

Sri Lankan Air Force Says that LTTE'S Sea Tiger Leader Soosai is believed to be Killed When Air Jets Destroyed His Hideout Yesterday.He is believed to be In side of the Hide Out when the Attack Took Place.It is Reported that another Few LTTE Leaders also killed due to this Attack which also Destroyed the LTTE Communication Center.LTTE now Restricted to a 172 Square Kilo Meter Area.

Sydney To Become The Latest Victim Of Global Warming As A Killer Heat Wave Hit The City To Day

As a Result of the Much Talked about Global Warming A Killer Heat Wave That Struckd Several Parts of Australia Is Due To Hit Australia's Biggest City Sydney Either To Day or Tomorrow Australian Weather Experts Says.The Temperature of Sydney Is Currently Stands as 35 Degrees Celsius and Expected to Peek to a Record Of 44 Degrees in the Latter Part of the Day.New South Wales where the City Located Is to Become world's Hottest Place by Tomorrow when the Temperatures Are Expected to Rise as much as 47 Degrees Celsius Much more than the Hottest Deserts in Africa and the Middle East Experts Stressed.
Hospitals Are on Alert as they Expected More Patients with Heat Related Disorders and Fire Brigades are on Alert to Prevent a Possible Out Break of Bush Fires Common in Australia when the Heat is Rising.Doctors Issued Warnings to the Sydney Residents to Drink Plenty Of Water and Dehydrated Themselves as well as Not Scorching the Sun and Avoid Traveling Especially the Elderly and Small Children Who are Prone to the Heat Related Disorders. It has Been Reported that Around 100 Bush Fires were Occurred Out Side Sydney During Past Weak and the Flames of fires were Flown to the Beeches in the City and they are seen as Black Now.A thick Cloud of Smoke Can be Seen Behind the Famous Sydney Bridge These Days Reports Further Added.
High Temperatures were Recorded In Most Parts of the Australia since the Summer Begins in January and Dozens of People Died Due to the Heat Related Stress and Hypertension in the State of Victoria It has been Reported.

Essential Pain Killer Drug Pethidine Ran Out Of Stock In Government Hospitals

There is a Severe Shortage of the Essential Pain Killer Injection Vial "Pethidine" (IV/IM ,75 mg/50 mg)at Government Hospitals Throughout The Island these days as Medical Supplies Division had Removed around Five Hundred Thousand Of Expired Vials of those injections From the Hospitals.These Vials were Expired on 31st of January and It is Believe that they were Purchased when the Expiring Date is nearing The President of the All Ceylon Medical Officers Association Dr.Gishantha Dassanayaka has Urged.He Further said that there will be a Financial Freud Behind the  Purchasing of  these Injection Vials as the Ministry Bought them More than the Required Amount.This is Another Reason for the Expiring of these Vials He Added.

'Pethidine" is Known as an Essential Dangerous Drug Used as a Pain Killer for those Wounded including Wounded Army Soldiers and the Patients treated in Intensive Care Units and Obstetric and Gynecology wards and also Used for those Facing Complex Surgeries According to Dr.Dassanayaka.Due to the Shortage of this Drug these Patients are Facing Severe Hardships He Stressed.

When Contacted The Director General Of the Health Services Dr.Ajith Mendis Said that A New Batch Of Pethidine will BE Airlifted and Distributed to the Hospitals in one week's Time.The Removed Expired Stock Of the Drug will be Destroyed Soon He has Further Added.

Western Provincial Council Election Nominations Begins On 19th

Nominations for the Western Provincial Council Polls to be Hand Over from 19th to 26th of this Month Elections Department Announced This Evening.Government Dissolved the Western Provincial Council Last Wednesday.

Troops Captured Tiger Held Chelai And Vishwamadu

Troops Attached to the 55th Division Fully Captured the Chalai and Vishwamadu Areas In the Mulativu District Minister Keheliya Rambukwella Announced This Afternoon.LTTE's Largest Sea Tiger Base in the Chelai Also Captured He Said.

Kelaniya University Students Clashes With Police

Kelaniya University Students Clash with the Police Inside the University Premises This Evening.No Casualties are Reported.

SLAF Jets Destroyed LTTE Main Communication Centre

Sri Lanka Air Force Jets Destroyed LTTE's Main Communication Centre in Puthukudirippu And Area Leaders Command Centre To Day.

Supreme Court Grants Permission To Proceed Arjuna's Petition

Supreme Court Grants Permission To Day to Proceed with Petition Filed by MP and Former Cricket Interim Committee Chairman Arjuna Ranathunga Against his Removal from the Post.He Filed This Petition Against the Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge by Stating That his Fundemental Rights Are Violated Due to His Removal which was Illegal.

Susanthika To Retire From Athletics

Sri Lankan Ace Sprinter And Olympic Bronze Medelist Susanthika Jayasinha Informed the President Mahinda Rajapaksha To Day That She is Retiring from Athletics.Susanthika won the Bronze Medel for the 200 Meters Known as Her Pet Event at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and became the Second Sri Lankan to Win a Medal at a Olympics Since 1948.

Hailing from a Remote Village of "Athnawala" in the Hill Country Susanthika Won the Silver Medal at the International Athlatic Federation's World Athlatic Meat At Athens in Greece on 1992.Also She Got Many International And Local Medals and Awards To Her Credit.

US Secretary Of State And UK Foriegn Secretary Requests SL Govt.And LTTE A No Fire Period

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom David Miliband to day Call on the Sri lankan Government and LTTE to Agree on a Temporary No Fire Period.They Made this Request in a View of Evacuating the Trapped Civilians In the Battle Zone.

Co-Chairs Urged LTTE To Lay Down Arms And Discuss With The Government

The Tokyo Co-Chairs of the Sri Lankan Peace Process Norway,Japan,United States and the European Union To Day Calls on LTTE To lay down Arms and Enter Discussions with the Government and to Accept Government Offer of Amnesty.They Also Asked the LTTE to Participate as a Political Party and Try to achieve a Just and Long Lasting Political Solution to The Conflict.Also Co-Chairs Appealed From Both the Government and the LTTE to Respect International Humanitarian Law.
Regarding the Civilians Trapped in the North Due to the On going Battle Co Chairs Express their Concern on them and Asked Both the Government and the LTTE to Declare a No Fire Period to helping the Evacuation of Sick and Wounded Civilians from the Battle Zone.