33 hospitalised due to food poisoning

FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013

Thirty three devotees who took part in a Pooja this morning at the kovil in Thirukkovil, Ampara were taken ill due to food poisoning and were admitted to the Thirukkovil District Hospital, Hospital sources said.

A three year old child was transferred to the Akkaraipattu Base Hospital for further treatment.

Sri Lanka's post Geneva progress being looked into by the US, says TNA
Thu, May 23, 2013, 11:31 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

May 23, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Tamil National Alliance (TNA) says that the United States is looking into the progress made by the government following the resolution adopted at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in March this year.
TNA parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran has been quoted in the local media saying that US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Michele J. Sison has met with TNA representatives last week to discuss the UNHRC resolution and see what progress has been made since it was adopted.
He has said that the US envoy was also briefed on the land issue in the north and she was told by the TNA that taking over civilian land is in complete contravention of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) recommendations.
Sumanthiran has added that they had discussed about the elections scheduled to be held in the Northern Province in September.

The TNA has told Sison that a free and fair election cannot be expected in a militarized environment and had emphasized the need for foreign election monitors for the polls.