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Gihansa needs your help

Gihansa Sahasmi Gunasinghe, 8, of 30/1, Sumangala Mawatha, Polgahawela, who was suffering from a brain tumour relieved in an emergency surgery at the Colombo Central Hospital on October 9.

Gihansa was recommended further treatment at the Apollo Hospital in India and over Rs 1.25 million is expected to cost for the treatment. She is now receiving treatment at the Apollo Hospital in Chennai. Her father I.C. Gunasinghe says that payment has to be borne by the patient for medicine and laboratory tests.

Gunasinghe says he is not in a position to raise funds to help save his daughter. He requests the public to assist his daughters cause by sending whatever possible to help expedite the treatment.

All contribution can be remitted to A/C Nos: 3936368 of Bank of Ceylon, Polgahawela branch or A/C number 8141003330 of Commercial Bank, Polgahawela branch.

SLMC Working Committee meeting

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Working Committee Meeting will be held today at the New Town Hall, Colombo 7, coincid with the inaugural session of the party’s silver jubilee celebrations.

The meeting will be presided by party’s chairman, Deputy Minister Basheer Segu Dawood, while SLMC leader and Justice Minister Rauff Hakeem will address the gathering.

Extra dollars land Nigerians in soup

Yasaratne Gamage

A Nigerian couple was arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) by the Police Narcotics Bureau for failing to declare US $ 70,000 to the customs on Sunday. The Police kept a close surveillance on the couple and seized Rs 7,840,000 acting on a tip-off that the couple was smuggling drugs.

Cigarettes imported sans customs duty

Priyadarshani Kahawala Ingiriya Central Group

A person who had imported 2,400 cigarettes without paying customs duty, was fined Rs 250,000 by Horana Magistrate Mahinda Ranasingha.

The suspect is a resident of Korala Ima, Moragahahena area.

Punished for assault

Ingiriya Central Group

A suspect who had allegedly assaulted a person twice and another suspect who had assaulted a person with a helmet and a stone were arrested by Ingiriya police and produced before Horana Magistrate Mahinda Ranasingha who released them on Rs. 10,000 bail and two personal bonds worth Rs 50,000 each.

Prisoner escapes

Kapila Somaratne Panadura group corr.

An accused in a criminal case pending before the Kesbewa Magistrate’s Court escaped from the Court cell unnoticed by the prison officials recently. Although the prison guards gave chase the accused disappeared. Piliyandala Police are investigating.

Foreign employment racket unveiled

Kapila Somaratne Panadura group corr.

Panadura Magistrate R.S.A. Dissanayaka granted personal bail of Rs 5 million to K. Nishanthi Menika, an employee of the office of the Assistant Commissioner of Labour in Panadura who was in remand in connection with a foreign employment racket amounting to Rs 8.3 million.

She was produced before court on Wednesday. The suspect and the first complainant had allegedly cheated 125 persons promising employment in Korea and had allegedly accepted Rs 8.3 million from them. The case was postponed to January 9, 2012.

Electricity pirates fined

Kapila Somaratne Panadura group corr.

Panadura Magistrate R.S.A. Dissanayaka imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on each of the accused who pleaded guilty to the charge of pirating electricity.

In addition, the first accused was ordered to pay Rs 42,921.20 while the second accused was ordered to pay Rs 500,910 to the Ceylon Electricity Board.

Enshrinement of Sacred Relics

The ceremonial enshrinement of Sacred Relics in the newly built 21 cubit Chethiya at the Sri Sandarshanarama Maha Viharaya in Nagoda Kalutara will take place at the auspicious time of 9.05 am on December 1.

The new Chetiya was built under a programme conducted under the patronage of Viharadhipathi Ven Dambuluwana Sumangala Deputy Chief Sanghanayake Thera of Kalutara district under the auspices of Ports and Highways Deputy Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena who will be the chief guest on the occasion.