As Micheal Jackson Fans all over the world grieve over his sudden demise Most of the Sri Lankan Music Stores too sold out all Audio CD'S and VCD'S of Micheal Jackson it is revealed,Jackson Fans here too rushed into the Musical Stores and bought most of his CD and VCD Collections soon after the announcement of his tragic Death.
Sri Lankan Government Doctors Union is threatening to launch a strike action if the Health Ministry fails to appoint the Batch of Newly passed out Medical Graduates as Interns to the Government Hospitals before 07th of July.According to the Government Medical Officers Association(GMOA) around 750 Medical Graduates are awaiting for Internship Appointments for more then a year and the Government Hospitals needed these Doctors as the Current Batch of Interns due to end their training on 06th of July.
The Prices of the Two Brands of Gas Cylinders use in Sri Lanka are revised with the effect from Midnight today as the 12.5 KG Laugfs Gas Cylinder will increased by Rs.100 and Shell Gas Cylinder will reduced by Rs.53 according to the Consumer Affairs Authority .
Fifteenth Sri Lankan Swine Flu Patient was reported today Health Sources said.The Patient who returned from United States Of America is admitted to The Angoda Fever Hospital in the Colombo Suburbs this morning and found as a Positive through a Blood Test.
Two Parliamentarians of the National Democratic Front(NDF) which supported the Government are due to Given Ministerial Portfolios soon Government Sources said.The two Parliamentarians Nandana Gunathilaka and Piyasiri Wijenayaka are two MP'S to be appointed as Ministers.
CT Scan Machine of the Colombo National Hospital's Neuro Surgical Unit is out of order since last Week and Neuro Patients are facing numerous hardships due to this situation Hospital Sources said today.The CT Scan Tests of the Neuro Patients who are admitted to the National Hospital are performing through the Private Hospitals.
The tally of Swine Influenza(H1N1 Virus) Patients of Sri Lanka increased to 14 as another Sri Lankan returned from Australia today became a positive for the Disease.The new patient who returned to the island yesterday is too admitted to the Angoda Fever Hospital in the Colombo Suburbs for treatment.
Sri Lankan Ministry Of Health decided to Import BTI Bacteria(Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis)from Cuba to destroy Dengue Mosquito larvae as the spreading of Dengue in the country is increasing day by day.
The State Department of the United States Of America last Friday issued a warning to All American Citizens traveling to or living in Sri Lanka about Possible Terrorists Attacks or Instability in the Country despite ending the three decade old conflict recently.
Sri Lankan National Netball Team won the Final of the Seventh Asian NetBall Championships held in Malaysia today.Sri Lankans beet Singapore National Team by 78-48.Sri Lankans entered the final as an unbeeten Team winning all their Group Matches.
The National Cricket Team of Pakistan arrived Sri anka today for a month long Cricket Tour.They are due to play Three Match Test series,Five One Day Internationals and a One Twenty - Twenty Cricket Match with Sri Lankan Cricket Team.
Two Crew members of the controversial Ship "Captain Ali" Vessel which is anchored out side the Chennai Port in India requested Indian Authorities to give them permission to disembark the Vessel so they can take a flight back to their home countries.
Three new Swine Flu Patients and 357 New Dengue Patients were added yesterday to the total number of these Flu Patients in Sri Lanka.Seven Dengue deaths too were reported yesterday alone bringing the total number of Dengue deaths this year to 153.Sri Lankan Government agreed to take the relief malarial Shipment carried out by Controversial Ship Captain Ali which was turned away by the Sri Lankan Navy few weeks ago after it entered to lankan waters illegally.
Sri Lankan Government agreed on this after Indian Government made a request to doing so.This was agreed during the talks with Sri Lankan Delegation who are in New Delhi including the Senior Adviser to the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksha Mr.Basil Raja[paksha and Defense Secretary along with Indian Counterparts.The Ship Captain Ali is now anchored out side the Chennai Port is due to return to Sri Lanka soon to handover the relief Items donated by Tamil Diasphora in United Kingdom.The Ship Crew says that the relief matarial is for desthe he IDP'S in the Northern Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Army Troops recovered 100 Kilo Grammes of Gold and Cash worth 6.5 Million Rupees hidden by the LTTE Rebels in a Search Operation conducted at Puthukudiyirippu area in Northern Sri Lanka yesterday.Troops conducting search operations in Nine areas of the Vanni District in the North and recovered Ammunition including Three Thousand Seven Hundred And Eighty rounds of Multi Purpose Machine Gun.
Troops recovered another set of Ammunition during the search operation at the Eastern District of Trincomalee
Around One Hundred Fifty Thousand (150,000) HIB or Pantavalant Vaccines which is introduced to the Sri Lankan National Immunization Programme on January 2008 and later temporarily suspended due to child mortality were expired and stored in the Epidemiology Unit Stores Health Sources revealed.These Vaccines are worth around 15 Million Rupees according to the sources.
Another Three Swine Flu Patients including Two Female Philippine Nationals were identified from Sri Lanka yesterday on their Arrival at the Katunayaka International Air Port of Colombo as the total number of Swine Flu Patients reported here arisen to eight.Two Philippine Patients were aged 28 and 40 are came to Sri Lanka from Manila on a Sri Lankan Air Lines Flight and due to fly for another destination on a Transit Flight when they were detected as showing Swine Flu symptoms at the Air Port.These three patients were sent to the Angoda Fever Hospital in Colombo Suburbs soon after detected their health status according to the Air Port Health Office.
Now there are Four Swine Flu Patients and two suspected Patients getting treatment at the fever hospital.
The Dengue Control Programme launched by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health to combat the spreading of the disease in the Island proved to be a total failure and there is a need to launch a National Strategy Campaign based on new scientific methods to combat the Dengue Menace successfully Government Medical Officers Association(GMOA) of Sri Lanka urged in a letter sent to the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksha.In this letter to the president GMOA stressed the need to appoint a Presidential Committee to implement this National Strategy on combating Dengue and urged the President to intervene into this.The Dengue Control Campaign should be implemented under the supervision of Professionals and Scientists who are capable of addressing the issue and they should be given a free hand to take decisions GMOA further said.
Dengue Campaign should run without Political Influence GMOA stressed.
The first four Swine Flu Patients reported from Sri Lanka who are belongs to the one family completely recovered from their illness and discharged from the Angoda Fever Hospital according to the Director of the Hospital Dr.Anura Senanayake.He said three of these patients were discharged today and the First Swine Flu Patient was discharged on last Saturday.
United Nations Office in Sri Lankan Capital Colombo says two of it's local Staff Members were detained by the Sri Lankan Security Authorities.UN Office further said that these two staff Members were seems to be missing two day s ago but later found Out that they were detained by the Security.
The Fifth Swine Flu Patient of Sri Lanka reported today and that patient too was a Sri Lankan who was returned from Australia as other four patients.Fifth Swine Flu patient is a Ten year old girl returned to Sri Lanka from Melbourne-Australia via Singapore Health Authorities said.She is also became the first female Swine Flu Patient of Sri Lanka as other four patients are young boys.Health Authorities of the Katunayaka International Air Port in Colombo says that the 264 Passengers who were in aboard the Singapore Air Line Flight which carried the Swine Flu Patient will quarantined for a week inside their homes and the Provincial Health authorities were instructed on this.
Meanwhile the first Swine Flu Patient reported from here was discharged from hospital on last saturday as he was fully recovered after a week of special treatment.Other three patients who are his cousin brothers are still in the Hospital.
Colombo Stock Exchange in Sri Lanka becomes the Fourth Best Performing Stock Market in the world according to the Sri Lankan Stock Exchange Sources.Peru,Brazil, and Russia are the Best Three Stock Markets of the World.Since the end of the three Decades old War in Sri Lanka Colombo Stock Exchange improving it's performance day by day.
The Report of the Investigation carried out by the Ministry is due to handover to the Health Secretary after the completion of the Inquiry .
The above files which majority are belongs to the Doctors who did not returned to Sri Lanka after completing their Specialists Training in Abroad went missing from the Medical Services Branch of the Health Ministry since 10th of June.
Besides the Four Swine Flu Patients reported from Sri Lanka another Eight suspected Swine Flu Patients were admitted to the IDH Hospital during today Hospital Director Dr.Anura Senanayaka said.These Eight Suspected Swine Flu Patients are relatives of the Four Swine Flu Patients so far reported and their Blood Samples were sent to the Medical Research Institute in Colombo for further tests he stressed.
Meanwhile Addressing a Press Briefing at the Ministry Of Health in Colombo to day Deputy Director Of the Epidemeology Unit Dr.Sudath Pieris said That quarantined 187 Passengers who were aboard in the Flight that carried Four Swine Flu Patients to Colombo will able go out side their homes after this Sunday."They arrived to the Katunayaka Air Port on last Sunday and if they do not developed the Swine Flu Symptoms within a Week then they will not getting the Disease afterwards" he stressed.Their Seven Day Quarantine Period due to end this Sunday.Addressing the Briefing Health Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva said that Sri Lankan Authorities are taken every possible meassure to stop the spreading of Swine Flu in Sri Lanka."Already Twenty Government Hospitals including of IDH Fever Hospital prepared as an alert for treating the Swine Flu Patients if there is an Epidemic Situation " he added.
The newly elected Chief Justice Asoka De Silva today said that the Sri Lankan Parliamentarians have right to access to the IDP Welfare Camps in the Northern Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan Cabinet today decided to offer the Exclusive Television Coverage of the International Cricket Matches played in Sri Lanka only to the State Owned Electric Media giving priority to the National State Owned Rupavahini Co operation.The State Owned Independent Television Network (ITN) remained as second option according to the Government Sources.
Mount Lavinia Magistrate today rejected the Bail for the Sri Lankan Business Tycoon and owner of the Ceylinco Group Lalith Kotalawala and 13 other Suspects of the Golden Key Deposits Freud when the Case was taken up for hearing to day.
The total number of Sri lankan Swine Flu Patients are increased to Four this evening after another Two were confirmed as suffering from the Flu after getting tested.These new patients aged Two and half years and Seven Years are the relatives of the first Two patients that are reported earlier and they were all came to Sri Lanka from Australia on last Sunday.All four Swine Flu Patients are now admitted to the IDH Fever Hospital for treatment and blood samples of another Three relatives of these patients are testing for Swine Flu at the Medical Research Institute in Colombo.
Meanwhile Sri Lankan Ministry of health decided to make guidelines on Swine Flu on Treating the Patients and how to handle the people who are in closely touch with the Swine Flu Patients with help of World Health Organization.
The Second Swine Flu Patient was reported from Sri Lanka yesterday and he is identified as the Cousin Brother of the First Swine Flu Patient reported here two days ago.They along with their Parents arrived Colombo from Australia via Singapore on last Sunday to attend a Wedding Party in Colombo.
Sri Lankan Cricket Team qualified for the Semi Finals of the International Twenty-Twenty Cricket Tournament played in United Kingdom this evening.Having won the toss and elected to bat first Sri Lanka scored 158 runs from the loss of 5 Wickets in their alotted Twenty Overs with an opener T.Dilshan top scored with 48 runs
Nursing Staff of the Only Cancer Hospital of Sri Lanka in Maharagama stop performing Chemo Therapy for the Cancer Patients since yesterday as a protest against undermining their Professional Demands causing the Lives of the Patients in Danger.
The first Swine Flu(H1N1) case of Sri Lanka was reported today as an Eight Year old Sri Lankan boy based in Australia detected as suffering from the Flu on his arrival at the Katunayaka International Air Port in Colombo this evening.The Boy who was accompanied by his Parents arrived Sri Lanka for a vacation on a Singapore via Flight Health Ministry said.
Two Faculties of the University Of Sabaragamuwa of the Central Hills of Sri Lanka.The Faculty of Management and Applied Sciences were closed today Indefinitely following a Clash between Two Student Groups of the University.
Another Submarine Belongs to the LTTE was recovered by the Sri Lankan Army Task Force 8 this Morning from the former Rebel held Territory in Northern Sri Lanka.This Submarine was recovered from Vellamullivaikal Area according to the Security Sources.
President Mahinda Rajapaksha accompanied by his wife,Two of his Children and several Cabinet Ministers arrived Myanmar today for a Three Day Official Visit.This is the first time President has visited another Country since defeating LTTE Rebels Militarily.During the Talks with Myanmar Leaders Sri Lankan President thanked them for the Support given during the Battle against LTTE Rebels.
The Special Investigations Unit of the Ministry Of Health Is probing on the Missing of 18 Personal Files belongs to the Sri Lankan Doctors stored in the Ministry.These Files which majority of them belongs to the Doctors who are not returned to the Country after finishing their Specialists Training in Abroad were Vanished from the Ministry Unit since last Wednesday.
Around 2o65 Dengue Patients were reported throughout the Island since the 01st of June up to today and 34 Dengue Patients are died according to the Epidemiology Department.Total number of Dengue Patients and Deaths reported from this month is higher than the Total reported throughout last year it has been revealed.
University Of Kelaniya one of the leading universities of Sri Lanka closed down indefinitely this noon following a Clashes between University Students and the Residents of the Area became violent.Nine Residents of the Area were hospitalized following a group of students reside in the University Hostel attacked them last night with Iron Bars over a dispute.
Sri Lankan Media Personal and Civil Society activists to day hold a Protest at the Town Hall in Colombo against the attacking of Journalists and Media Suppression.Wearing Black Scarfs the Protesters criticized the recent attack on the Secretary of the Sri Lankan Working Journalists Association Poddala Jayantha and urged the authorities to stop Interim Forces that are attacking the Journalists.
Canadian Liberal Party Parliamentarian Bob Rae who is known as supported the LTTE was detained by the Sri Lankan Immigration and Emigration Authorities at the Katunayaka International Air Port in Colombo soon after his arrival to Sri Lanka from New Delhi.
There is an Explosion taken place at the Ammunition Dump in Wanni Army Command of the Vavuniya District this evening.According to the Military this Explosion is an Accidental one.
Kandy District Becomes the District Most number of Dengue deaths had reported and it exceeds the Total Number of Dengue Deaths reported from Colombo District.
Batticaloe Mayor and Central Committee Member of the LTTE Break away Faction TMVP (Thamil Makkal Viduthalai Pukkal)Party Mrs.Sivageetha Prabhakaren and few other Party members today decided to join the Ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) .This decision was taken during the Central Committee Meeting held today.
Public Health Department of the Colombo Municipal Council issued notices to 346 Houses in the City last Saturday who are responsible for maintaining Dengue Mosquito Breeding Places in their Household.Legal action will taken against these residents if they are not going to destroy Mosquito Breeding Places within One Week according to the Chief Medical Officer of Colombo Pradeep Kariyawasam. 
All Round Performance of the Sri Lankan Cricket Team pave the way for their Team to qualify for the Super Eight Round of the Twenty-Twenty World Cup Cricket Tournament played in TrentBridge ,England by beating Australia from six wickets little while ago.From this defeat which is the second in a row Australian Team is thrown out from the Tournment.Earlier they lost to West Indies in their Group Match.
Sri Lankan Authorities today ordered the Controversial Ship Captian Ali which entered to Sri Lankan waters ilegally last week to leave the Island without unloading it's cargo.The Syrian Registered Ship carrying 884 Metric Tonnes of Food and Medicine was seized by the Navy after it Entered into Sri Lankan Waters Illegally.Defense Ministry says the Ship carrying these Essential Goods for the defeeted Tamil Rebels in the North.
Justice Asoka De Silva Sworn In as the 32nd Chief Justice of Sri Lanka this morning before the President Mahinda Rajapaksha.He replaced the outgoing Chief Justice Sarath N De Silva.The Sworn In Ceremony held at the Preident's Office in Colombo.Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksha today granted pardon to 585 Jailed Military Deserters to mark the Poson Festival an Important Day of the Buddhist Ca lander falls today.
President who is also the Commander In Chief of the Armed Forces gave Amnesty to the Military Deserters who are sentenced a Maximum of One Year Jail Term after been convicted by the Military Court.Many of them are had few months to be released and they are selected for Amnesty as they shown a good behaviour while in jail Government said.Many of the released Military Deserters are from Colombo Main Prison.
Sri Lankan Buddhists all over the World celebrated the Poson Poya Day to day a Religious Day in the Buddhist Calendar here to mark the arrival of Buddhism to Sri Lanka.Venerable Mahinda Thero of India Brought Buddhism to Sri Lanka when King Devanampiyathissa is ruling the Country.Sri Lankan Buddhists gathered to the Temples to day to Perform Religious Activitees to Mark Poson.President Mahinda Rajapaksha too attend the Main Poson Poya Festival held in Mihintale at Anuradhapura District of the North Central Province.
Alms Giving Centres(Dansala's) situated throughout the Country served Food to the People and Pandals and Decorated Lanterns are displayed at Houses on this day.Seven Persons including a samall.child have died and twenty were injured and hospitalized due to.a Motor car participated a Motor cross ra...
