The Deputy DMO who wanted to get the post of DMO by poisoning the current DMO has disappeared.

The person who was ambitious to become the District Medical Officer had attempted to gain his position soon by killing the entire family of the current DMO by poisoning him and his family. This had been proved when investigations were carried out to find out about the poisoning of the water contained in the official residence water tank where DMO of Sevanagala, Dr Chaminda Vitharana, his pregnant wife and their two sons had lived. 
The relevant doctor had disappeared. However the labourer who has helped him in this exercise has been caught and  has been arrested and he is to be produced before the Embilipitiya Magistrate courts. 
The article written on “Rivira” paper in this regard is as follow:
Sevenagala Police since commencing investigations and was successful in arresting the person who has tried to kill the DMO of Sevanagala Dr. Chaminda Vitharana, his wife and his two sons by poisoning their water tank. 
As discovered so far, there have been several attempts made gradually over the last three months to kill the DMO by adding a poisonous substance to the water tank. 
In order to apprehend the suspected doctor, the police have raided his house at Sevanagala the day before yesterday (04th). Yet it has been revealed that the particular doctor has left the house and had vanished. At the same time according to a tip off, the police have taken information from the Embilipitiya hospital, yet the suspect has not been able to be located. 
Yesterday the police had got information that the suspect is absconding and moving from place to place to evade from the police. The labourer who has mixed poison to the water tank by following the orders, instructions and advice of the suspect has been caught, while on the act on  day before yesterday. The DMO had seen the labourer smelling the water after he has added poison to the tank. 
After questioning him, the DMO has suspected about schemes of action taken against him. Sevanagala Police have started investigations after the complaint. Chaminda Vithanage was working as the DMO of Sevanagala hospital. He is 30 years old. He is married to Kanchana Wanniarachchi who is a teacher. She too is 30 years old. She is  pregnant and she is three months pregnant. She is teaching at Embilipitiya President’s School. This couple has two boys; one is four and half years old and the other son just two and half years old. 
Dr. Chaminda Vitharana is from Matara District. He has come to Sevanagala hospital in the year 2005. He and his family had lived at the DMO quarters.  He is one of the famous medical officers in Sevanagala area. The whole area is clamoured at this news and the villagers have carried out a strong protest against  the attempt to add poison to the water the Doctors water attack at his official quarters. It is also reported that the villagers have assaulted the suspected Doctor on the 3rd. 
The arrested labourer has been close contact of the suspect. When he has been questioned by the police, he has revealed that he has added poison several times following the orders of the suspected doctor. This has been carried out for over 3 months. The DMO and his family have got sick several times. It is reported that this young doctor had fallen sick several times and had been under continuous treatment and his pregnant wife too had undergone a bad health condition similarly. 
As the police reveals the suspect has not tried to not poison the family at once as the suspects may have feared that this matter would come out. Therefore, they had planned to poison them at a slow pace, in stages. 
The labourer has confessed saying that the suspected doctor has promised to give him a promotion and at the same time he has promised a higher salary. 
The DMO and his family have left Sevanagala quarters for further treatment. The poison that has been used has not yet been still revealed.  The police believe without doubt that a conflict between the two doctors would have been the cause for it. 
The Officer-in- Charge of the Sevanagala Police Sevanagala Nilantha Bandara and Head of the Criminal Investigations Unit Police Inspector Rangajeewa are carrying out investigation under the supervision of Monaragala District Superintendent of  officer Lalith Gunawardana, and Assistant Superintendent of Police , Asoka Wijeratna.
Until the suspected labourer was produced before courts and was ordered to be remanded until the 9th .

Article written by Bandula Dinapoorna

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Yureni's Birthday Celebrated at An Elders' Home

These days the birthday parties of the new generation artistes are deviating from the usual norms by taking to celebrate via social service activities, instead of having parties in hotels etc.

The usual trend of taking birthday parties at hotels by spending enormous amounts of money is now changed somewhat to a completely different trend by celebrating by caring for destitute children and elders living in elders homes ,blood donation campaigns etc,. Following this trend, Yureni Noshika who is a playful actress celebrated her birthday at an Elders’ Home in Moratuwa. 
Suraj Mapa’s birthday was held at a Children’s Home and last week’s blood donation campaign was organized by Janith Wickramage followed the same trend. 
Some of the photographs of the birthday party celebrated at an Elders home in Moratuwa 

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Hirunika Premachandra to enter Politics

Hirunika starts her political career from Sri Lanka Mahajana party
and Renuka Perera descends from his career.

Hirunika Premachandra, the daughter of late Baratha Lakshman Premachandra says that she has decided to enter politics. She states that she took the membership of Sri Lanka Mahajana Party at its 28th anniversary meeting and according to a request from the party that she has decided to take its membership. According to the information she has had long discussions with the party leaders and it is also stated that she has been offered the party’s Assistant Secretary’s Post and the membership of the party board.  
It is also reported that after her arrival, one of the party’s strong and longstanding leader Renuka Perera has not attended the party’s 28th anniversary meeting and as a result of this his membership has been suspended.  
Renuka Perera who worked like a right hand of slain Baratha Lakshman was also dedicated to the work at the time of the funeral. Yet after Hirunika’a arrival to the party he has started to withdraw from party’s work.

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YUVRAJ SINGH’S CANCER COULD BE CURED

Indian super cricketer all rounder Yuvraj Singh was taken to America last week for treatment for his cancer in the lung. However, the latest news today morning (5th) reveals that his condition could be totally cured. Yuvraj Singh was away from the team because he was facing a lot of ailments .Finally the doctors had diagnosed that he has acquired cancer in his lungs. This news of his illness had to be accepted like a terrible storm to the Indian Cricket world.
His doctors have stated, he is in the first stage of a cancer and thus it can be cured by an operation. The doctors believe that he will be fit to get back to playing cricket by June. 
It is reported that the ailed parts of his lung will be operated at the American hospital where he is been hospitalized at the moment.
It is learnt that there had been several sportsmen who too were detected in the early stages of cancer, all of them have been all cured after proper treatment and had commenced their careers without hassle.

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MAHELA BECOMES A MILLIONAIRE IN IPL

At the 2012 IPL Auction, Mahela
was sold for the second highest bid –US Dollars 1.4 M 

The auction to select the players for teams of the Indian Premier League 2012 which is to be held in April was held in India yesterday.
Among 69 players who contested for the auction, 25 were sold at various stakes and Mahela was fetched for 1.4 million US $ , Thisara Perera for  US $ 650,000, Muttiah Muralitharan for US $220,000 and Dinsesh Chandimal was purchased for US$50,000 from Sri Lanka.
The cricketer who was sold for the highest bid was India’s own Ravindra Jadeja. He was purchased by the Chennai Super Kings for US $ 2 Million. Mahela was purchased by Delhi Daredevils for the second highest bid which was US $1.4 million. 
Among the cricketers from Sri Lanka  whose names were enlisted for the contest are Chamara Kapugedara, Chanaka Welagedara, Thilina Thushara ,Tilina Kandambi, Jeewan Mendis, Suranga Lakmal, Dhammika Prasad, Sekkuge Prasanna, Dilruwan Perera, Chaminda Eranga, Lahiru Thirumanna, Dimuth Karunaratna, Kaushal Silva, Kusal Perera and Sachithra Senanayake. They are yet to be selected. 
Even though Kumar Sangakkara, Lasith Malinga and Tilakaratna Dilshan did not contest for the auction, they will be playing for the IPL. They did not contest at the auction because they have signed a contract with their teams for more than a year. 
Since Pune Warriors are not playing the IPL the auction was very competitive for the players than it had been in the previous years. For the auction yesterday, the famous Bollywood actor Sharuk Khan, the franchise owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders team too participated. 
The selected cricketers at the auction and the prices they fetched at the auction are shown below in the schedule.

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NOT POISONING IT’S MEDICINE ALLERGY

A lot of rumours have spread around the country

“Husband was hospitalized due to an allergy” says Vas Gunawardana’s wife. 
Vas Gunawardana’a wife Shyamali Perera, has been interviewed by Divaina newapaper regarding the rumour s about the poisoning of Vaas Gunawardana. Even though the story of his hospitalization was true; she refutes the rumour which has spread saying that he was poisoned.
“Number of rumours has spread all over the country regarding my husband’s sickness. The real cause is that he has got allergic to his medicine. 
Because he suddenly got ill, his police officers have admitted him immediately. to the kurunegala General Hospital
Now he is getting better. I was not at home when he got sick. I came home around 6.30 P.M in the evening. Many rumours have spread all over the country about his sickness. That is the situation in this country. 
When my husband is released from the hospital, he needs a good rest. He is an honest officer who is dedicated to his duty. Our life has to face problems in our everyday life.”
Shyamali Perera was a former Police officer who was sentenced in 2009 for been accused for her assaulting a student in SLITT .known to her son who is presently studying abroad.

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Piyumi's Mad Dog

Piyumi’s mother reveals that Piyumi was bitten by a real mad dog when Piyumi was a small girl.
Giving an interview to the “Sarasawiya” newspaper, the teledrama actresses, Piyumi’s mother  has made a number of special revelations about Piyumi.
 Two of them are that Piyumi was bitten by a mad dog when she was small and the other is that she has always hated to wear frocks.
This is what Piyumi’s mother has told about her.
Even when Piyumi was small, she was like a boy and we used to call her “malli”(little brother). She was in par with her brothers like a boy. Those days she only wore trousers, shirts, t-shirts and the only frock she wore was the school uniform.
At the same time, she was afraid of English. She had an aunt in Dubai. She waited impatiently for her aunt to come to Sri Lanka. One day, when her aunt had come to Sri Lanka, she had gone out and when she heard the news of her aunt’s arrival she came running to see her. When her aunt tried to welcome her calling her: “Hello baby, how are you?” Piyumi ran away. She behaved so because she was that afraid for English words.
Another mischievous thing she did was to hide the bags of the boys of the Dharmapala maha Vidyalaya. One day I went to the school and I got many complains saying that she has hidden bags right at the top of the Araliya trees so that the bags cannot be found. She was bitten by a mad dog when she was six years old. She was playing with a puppy near the edge of the road and in a little while the puppy bit her. We took her immediately to the doctor. I was so scared when I got to know that she was bitten by a mad dog.

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SSP Vas Gunawardana suspected poisoning

Did he consume poison or had he been poisoned?

Senior Superintendent of Police  in Kurunegala,. Vas Gunawardena was
admitted to the hospital due to poisoning. The directress of Kurunegala hospital, Doctor D.M.S Rajamanthri stated that his condition is a bit serious and that he was sent to the Intensive Care Unit. She further stated that they are expecting for an improvement till the end of the day and if not that he will be sent to Colombo General Hospital.
Recently, there was a controversial incident about Vas Gunawardena which was of the story of his wife beating one of their son’s friends inhumanely..Vas Gunawardena has been alone at his quarters at Kurunegala when he happened to be poisoned ot drunk and his wife has been at their residence in Colombo. Their son has gone abroad for his higher studies.
It is stated that Vas Gunawardena was highly intoxicated and he had been lying unconscious on the floor and when he has started vomiting, his assistant officers have brought him to the hospital around 1 ‘O’ clock in the afternoon.
It is also stated that he has been highly intoxicated when he was hospitalized and he had been unable to move about. Due the fact that he was drunk, it has been difficult for the medical officers to come to the conclusion whether he had taken poison by mistake or whether he had poisoned himself.

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BIRD FLU CASE REPORTED FROM BINGIRIYA

There is danger about Bird Flu. Authorities have disclosed last evening:

From Bingiriya in the Kurunegala district it has been reported that from a Birds (fowl) farm about 50 % had died suddenly without any reason. The Health Department Director General of Gannoruwa,W.K. de Silva had confirmed that it had been due to a type of influenza and is not due to acquiring of Bird flu. However the symptoms are similar to Bird’s flu.
To get confirmation and to have this matter resolved the related authorities of the Health Department have been summoned. They have advised the public and the owners of fowl farms not to get perturbed and alarmed over this situation.

THE REPORT MADE YESTERDAY:
The Health Department officials had however warned the consumers of chicken and eggs to boil well before consumption as a precautionary measure. The birds that had died have had similar fashion to that of Bird’s flu symptoms .Their advice too is to take precautionary measures and to be careful when eating chicken and eggs that have not beem properly boiled.
Investigation are been carried out to find the causes for these deaths, these are been carried out in Bird farms in Bingirira, Hettipola and Chilaw areas.
The bird flu is also known as H 5 Ni decease and that had caused the death of 50% fowls in this farm located at Bingiriya.

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NEGOMBO “MANNA “ATTACK

Negombo Municipal Council Member was attacked by“Manna” on his way back after dropping daughter in school:
A Member of the Municipal Council, Negombo, Kapila Sulochana had been attacked by a “Cleaver” while he was returning back after dropping his daughter at school, by two persons riding a Motor Cycle yesterday.
One had attacked him to chop his neck with a cleaver and Kapila luckily had evaded by covering with his hand. During the evasive action his wrist and palm area had been severely injured and had been admitted to hospital.

He has had several death threats to his life which he had complained to the Police. Several people had earlier followed him to attack him. Kapila had told the Police that he has threats from the Mayor, Municipal Council Member Nimal Lansa and his brother Daya Lansa also a Municipal Council Member of the Negombo Municipal Council. 

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