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Captive elephants in SL facing Filariasis risk?

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4 weeks ago

August 28, 2023

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There is a risk of Filariasis being spread among Elephants in captivity in Sri Lanka, Senior Professor Ashoka Dangolla says.

Senior Prof. Dangolla of the Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science Faculty at the Peradeniya University, has said this during a special veterinary clinic held yesterday (27) to check the health of the elephants participating in the Esala Perahara festival in Kandy.

He has said that these elephants will be examined due to this risk.

Speaking, he has said that they have begun to see signs of Filariasis after some time, which is treatable and can be controlled. However, older elephants are more susceptible to the disease.

In addition, Prof. Dangolla has also said that for the first time, they have observed a parasite in elephant blood similar to human malaria patients. He said they are also awaiting to do tests.

Meanwhile, Prof. Dangolla has also said that it is believed that 60% – 70% of captive elephants in the country are being afflicted by an eye disease as well.

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Cargills FoodCity assault : suspects released on bail

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30 mins ago

September 25, 2023

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The suspects recently remanded over assaulting a young woman at the Borella Cargills FoodCity supermarket, have been released on bail.

Colombo Additional Magistrate Sajindra Weerasuriya today (25) ordered to release the suspects on a surety of Rs. 5,000 each.

The suspects were produced before an identification parade and the complainant identifies 05 out of the 07 suspects.

Also, it was previously stated that the complainant had committed previous offences, it was singular that no such thing was mentioned in the police reports submitted to the court.

The court ordered to take up the case again on Nov. 08.

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Fmr. SDIG gets 5-yr. jail term

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3 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Ratnapura High Court has sentenced former Senior DIG Lalith Jayasinghe for five-year imprisonment for intimidating Kahawatte OIC not to arrest MP Premalal Jayasekera over a shooting incident.

Ratnapura High Court also ordered the convict to pay a fine of Rs. 20,000.

The shooting incident took place during the 2015 Presidential election campaign.

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Notice on issuing revenue licenses in WP

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6 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Department of Motor Traffic has decided to temporarily suspend the issuing of revenue licenses in the Western Province due to a system update.

According to the department, the services will be unavailable from this Wednesday (September 27) to next Monday (October 02).

The Motor Traffic Department said in a statement that vehicles of which revenue licenses are expiring from Tuesday, September 26 can be renewed until October 10, without fines.

Meanwhile, the online service for revenue licenses was temporarily suspended from midnight yesterday (September 24) and will remain so until Friday, October 06.

The department added that the temporary service suspension was due to an update on the system maintained by the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka.