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EPDP candidate attacked

An EPDP candidate contesting the Valvettithurai Urban Council was allegedly hacked with swords by two persons who came on a motorcycle on July 16. He has been admitted to Valvettithurai government hospital. The candidate is Vyramuttu Paramanandarajah (54) years.

Youth set himself ablaze after stabbing woman

An incident of stabbing and self immolation by pouring petrol all over the body took place at Bastian junction Jaffna on July 15 at 3.30 p.m.

A youth from Hatton working in a hotel in Jaffna waylaid a woman and stabbed her on the neck and abdomen and set fire to himself after spraying petrol all over his body. When the fire was ablaze he torched her in the blazing fire. The woman had died before admission to the hospital. The youth is in a critical condition at the Jaffna hospital.

The deceased woman is Suthaharan Akila (28) of Mootha Nainar kovillady at Kachcheri Nallur road. The assailant is Subramaniam Sathiyan (28) of Hatton. The Jaffna police are investigating.

New factory to be opened in Atchuvely

‘A factory will be opened at Atchuvely to solve the unemployment problem among the youth and to raise the standard of living of the people in the North. The President has sanctioned the opening of five industrial ventures by foreign investors in the North’, said the Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa at a meeting held at Kayts Open stadium on July 16.

The minister visited Karainagar and Kayts and opened a road at Karainagar and laid the foundations for new projects to be opened in Kayts.

The minister further said that under the “Northern Spring programme money has been allocated for the rehabilitation of 14 schools and 100 temples. He said, what could not be accomplished during the past 40 years has now been achieved within 48 hours by me”, he said amidst cheering. The completion of Sangupiddy, Thondamanaru bridges are unique achievements by our government, he said. It is by cooperating with our government and voting for our candidates the North will emerge as El Dorado he assured.

Korean clinic opening

The opening ceremony of the remodelled Korean clinic at the National Ayurvedic Teaching Hospital, Colombo 8 will take place on July 18 at 10 am.

Indigenous Medicine Minister Salinda Dissanayake, Deputy Minister Pandu Bandaranayake and Korean Ambassador Jongmoon Chul will be present on the occasion. KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency) is supporting this project.

Prison inmates hold blood donation

Jaufer Khan Batticaloa group corr

The male and female inmates of the Batticaloa Prison participated in a blood donation campaign organised by the Batticaloa Blood Bank on July 16.

The prison staff also participated in the blood donation held under the guidance of Prison Superintendent Kithsiri Bandarage.

Fined Rs 200,500

Maravila Additional District Judge and Magistrate Chandana Kalansooriya imposed fines totalling Rs 200,500 on 39 traders in the Wennappuwa and Dankotuwa areas who were found guilty of selling and displaying for sale food items which were not suitable for human consumption. The raids had been conducted on July 7 and July 8.

Public Health Inspectors Sumith Vaas, Amila Gunawardena, Chandana Haturusinghe, Buddhapriya Nissanka, Ajith Rohana, Pradeep Abeyratne, Chaminda Jayasekera, W Jayakumara and Vajira Nilantha conducted the raids.

Lecture on whales and dolphins

An illustrated lecture on whale and dolphin watching in Sri Lanka by marine biologist Anouk Ilangakoon, will make a presentation on July 21 at 6 pm at the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS), Colombo 7.