1,600 Tamil youth joined from Jaffna to Army during past three months
At least 1,600 Tamil youth from the Jaffna district have joined the Sri Lanka Army within the period of three months, Army Commander Shavendra Silva said while addressing the Security Forces officials at the Jaffna Headquarters today (April 15). He further noted about the service given by the Army and Air Force in the Jaffna district in taking the lead to provide necessary quarantine facilities for the general public.
Dambulla Economic Center reopens from today
Steps have been taken to reopen the Dambulla Dedicated Economic Trade Center from today (April 15). President of the Trade Union U.S. B. Mr. Ekanayake said that trade would resume as usual from today.
World crude oil prices rise
World crude oil prices have risen by 5%; Foreign agencies reported. Accordingly, the price of a barrel of crude oil in the British Brent market was the US $ 66 and 58 cents and the price of a barrel of crude oil in the US market was 63 dollars and 15 cents.
Pushpika with her defender and bodyguards and politics behind her; What really happened in the Mrs Sri lanka 2021
Mrs Sri lanka beauty queen Pushpika de Silva arrived to the Kuruduwaththa police station recently accompanied by Defender vehicles and bodyguards, Samagi Jana Balawega MP Harin Fernando said. He points out that she came because of political power and that there is a politics behind her. Pushpika de Silva is working with the intention of politicizing Polonnaruwa and that she took to the stage for Gotabhaya Rajapaksa’s victory in the last presidential election; He further said Meanwhile Chula padmendra gave an interview what really happened during the event. Also she explained that everything happened highlighting just one contestent and they were informed the pannel even before the finals. But the organisation didn’t listen to them bebause there was a unseen power controled the whole event and also she explained how organizers had made more mini pageants to highlight just one person. She further explained that if the national organizations needs to send certain person they could have just nominated her without wasting the time and money of the other contestents. Also she said she don’t have any personal issue with the winner but how the event happened was upsetting her. She said because of the event didnt have any auditing team they have a question how the judges who do not understand sinhala gave marks to the participants answer in sinhala in the final 7 round. She said these while joining to a event in a youtube channel.
Ranil Wickremesinghe will enter the Parliament through UNP’s solitary national list slot; Party Chairman Vajira Abeywardana
Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will take over the post of National List Member of Parliament for the United National Party, which was won by the party at the last Parliamentary Elections, the Chairman of the party, Vajira Abeywardena said. He further stated that Ranil Wickremesinghe is preparing to represent the party in Parliament in the future based on a unanimous decision taken by the UNP. Mr. Abeywardena said these while addressing a media briefing in Galle.
Pakistan recorded 20- 20 win against South Africa.
Pakistan won the third match of the Twenty20 Cricket Tournament against South Africa by 9 wickets.Accordingly, Pakistan is leading 2-1 in four-match series. Pakistan as the host country Yaman Malan and Aidan Markram put on 108 for the first wicket in first innings at Centurion stadium. Markram scored 63 off 31 balls. George Lind scored 22 points. Yaman Malan scored 55 runs including 5 fours and 2 sixes. South Africa have scored 203 runs for the loss of 5 wickets at the end of 20 overs. Pakistan captains Barber Assam and Mohammad Rizwan, who entered the field for the reply innings, led the team to victory by making a strong 197-run partnership for the first wicket.
A plan to provide 3 textbooks for 3 terms from next year
Government is planning to provide three textbooks to school children in three terms from next year ;The State Ministry of Education Reforms, Open Universities and Distance Education Promotion said. Minister of State Susil Premajayantha stated that these steps will be taken under the new education reform program that has already been launched by the government.
Denmark is going to stop using AstraZeneca vaccine completely
Denmark has stopped giving the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine concerning about rare cases of blood clots and it became the first European country to fully ceased the vaccine. Because of this move the authorities are expecting to delay the country’s vaccination programme by several weeks. Drug watchdog; the European Medicines Agency announced a possible link with blood clots The move is expected to delay the country’s vaccination programme by several weeks. Drug watchdog the European Medicines Agency lannounced a possible link with clots last week but they noted the risk of dying of Covid-19 was much greater than the deaths from blood clotting.
Tamil Eelam (LTTE) mourns the death of Prince Philip in front of Buckingham Palace
A Tamil elam (LTTE)mourns the death of Prince Philip, the husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.He mourned in front of Buckingham Palace, wearing a uniform looks like LTTE uniform. This video has been released on social media.
Carcinogenic food items were being sold in the market: The Director of the Food Safety Unit of the Ministry of Health
The Director of the Food Safety Unit of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Thilak Siriwardena said that they are aware of the carcinogenic food items were being sold in the market but they didnt inform to public because they will scared about the situation. He said these information while speaking to a newspaper. “If the people were made aware of this they would be scared. But we did it in the most correct way. That is, we removed the relevant carcinogenic products immediately from the market. Then the relevant products were ordered to be discontinued. By doing so, they were given the opportunity to produce their products in a healthier and safer way. In addition, before the products were released to the market, we conducted several laboratory tests and confirmed that they did not contain any harmful substances. As you say, if the people were made aware first, they would be scared about them we will unable to stop the situation.” “However, some foods in the market contain carcinogenic aflatoxin and that can be WHO approved amount or less. However, we regularly inspect the foods in the market. If they contain any harmful substances, they will be removed from the market immediately. Our diet contains less than the recommended amounts of aflatoxin but there is no possibility in the market to reduce it to zero. That’s why I said at the beginning that if you want to reduce it to zero, make coconut oil at home.” He further added. Feature image by daily news