Ayomi Perera of the Sri Lanka Army won first place in the face of stiff competition at the Ranaviru Real Star - Mission
ll. She was presented the keys to a brand new luxury house valued at Rs 17 million by First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa. The second place, secured by Gayan Anurapriya of the Sri Lanka Navy was presented the key to a Toyota
Avanza car sponsored by Toyota Lanka and Rs 1 million together with a trophy. The third place was won by Kavinda
Dumindaraj of the Sri Lanka Army and awarded Rs 5 million and a trophy. The fourth and fifth places were secured
by Asela Manukulasooriya of the Sri Lanka Army and Imali Anuruddhika of the Sri Lanka Air Force. They were awarded Rs 500,000 each and a trophy at the finals at the Sugathadasa
Stadium on Friday. Here Ayomi Perera with her parents. Picture by Nissanka Wijeratne

New police stations to help combat crime

President Mahinda Rajapaksa called for the setting up of new police stations and checkpoints in a bid to combat criminal activities country-wide . President Rajapaksa in his capacity as Finance and Planning, Defence, Ports and Aviation, and Highways Minister was participating in the Parliamentary Consultative meetings of ministries in Parliament on Friday.

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Dengue mosquito expands breeding pattern

Discarded receptacles biggest dengue breeding source :

The Health Ministry yesterday warned the public to be extra vigilant on the dengue epidemic following more evidence showing the dengue mosquito had taken to breeding in ice-cream, yoghurt and margarine cups, drinks cans and all kinds of containers used to pack foods in addition to its normal breeding sources of used receptacles, overhead gutters,domestic wells and discarded tyres.

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Internet blackout warning

The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) warned Internet users in Sri Lanka about a total Internet blackout. According to SLCERT, thousands of Sri Lankan Internet users will be among millions worldwide who will face a total Internet blackout from today, due to a malicious piece of software that may infect their computers without their knowledge. That is the warning from the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team|Coordinating Centre (Sri Lanka CERT|CC), which recently issued a statement appealing to Internet users to check to verify if their computers were infected.

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Drought-stricken A’pura to get 5,000 agro wells

The government on the direction of President Mahinda Rajapaksa will build 5,000 agro wells in the Anuradhapura district to cope with the drought and as a relief measure to farmers, Agrarian Services and Wildlife Minister S M Chandrasena said.

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