The Island Home News Friday 1st April, 2011 3 DEVELOPMENT FORTUNE SATURDAY JATHIKA MAHAJANA VASANA Draw No: 1281 JAYODA FORTUNE JAYAVIRU SUPIRI VASANA Date 29-03-2011 SAMPATHA JANA JAYA SAMPATHA SAMPATHA SAMPATHA GOVI SETHA Main Draw Date:17-03-2011 Date 26-03-2011 Draw No: 112 Date: 23-02-2011 Zodiac - Libra Date: 29 -03 - 2011 Date: 30-03-2011 Date: 31-03-2011 Date:28-03-2011 Date: 27-03-2011 Winning Nos: Draw No. 734 Bonus No 51 Date 30-03-2011 Draw No. 550 03 - 06 - 09 - 23 Draw No. 2376 Draw No. 598 Draw No. 863 Draw No. 800 Super No. 09 Winning Nos: Draw No. 2212 Lucky No. 06 Second Chance Winning Nos : Super No. 10 Y-11-16-25-70 47-58-62-64 Zodiac symbol - Pisces Winning No: Winning Nos: Bonus No. 15 U-18-27-37-43 Winning No: P- 40-47-58-59 34 - 52 - 64 - 68 Winning Nos: R-8-4-4-7-2-9 N-4-5-9-9-5 X - 03-24-31-35 27 - 33 - 35 - 52 Z- 22- 26- 19- 30 Bandara seeks Local Polls second leg Ranil’s blessings UNP sources say MP Sources said that Ranjith Madduma Bandara Madduma Bandara had announcement after April 2 on Thursday (31) sought UNP requested the leader not to leader Ranil overlook the fact that Wickremesinghe’s he never switched his blessings to secure allegiance to !NATO has exceeded its mandate in Libya – Keheliya the position of President Mahinda National Organizer. Rajapaksa, though BY ZACKI JABBAR The Moneragala being asked to do so District MP has urged by UNP rebel Elections to the local bodies, which could not enabled it to be held on any day after ing on the thrice blessed day, which Wickremesinghe to Lakshman be held on March 17, would be announced after April 2. That was the reason for the marks the birth, death and enlightment give him an opportu- Seneviratne and one- April 2, the government said yesterday. postponement being spread over a of Lord Buddha. nity to serve the time UNP MP Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella told period of six months, he said. Rambukwalle, commenting on mili- Ranjith Madduma party as its National Dharmadasa Banda. journalists in Colombo that Emergency Meanwhile, the UNP has appealed tary action by the North Atlantic Treaty Bandara Organizer in spite of Sources said that Regulations had been used to postpone by six to the government to ensure that Organisation, to impose a No Fly Zone him being at logger heads Wickremesinghe had been months, polls to the Local Government Councils local elections do not clash with the over Libya, said that the organization with the Opposition Leader non-commital, though he situated in areas where the World Cricket Cup Vesak celebrations scheduled for mid had exceeded its mandate. on an earlier occasion, indicated that he wasn’t was played, because that could facilitate the elec- May. Sri Lanka does not approve of mass sources told The Island. opposed to the idea. tion being held on any date after that. The Deputy UNP leader Karu murders and killing of one’s citizens, Polls, to the said councils could have been put Jayasuriya told The Island that it but NATO has gone beyond its mandate off month by month, but that would not have would be sacrilegious to be politick- Rambukwella by violating Libya’s soverignty, he said. Applicants called Kidney patient for PATL seek help Applications are now enter- www.ou.ac.lk or by calling 071- tained for the Practical 8921921. E. J. Roshan Approaches to Priyantha (27), liv- Teaching ing at Literature (PATL) Kariyamadiththa, mLearning Short Angunakolapelessa Course offered by is suffering from the Language acute kidney dis- Studies ease and diabetes. Department of He is in need of a the Open kidney transplant University using (O positive or A Mobitel’s positive). mLearning plat- Priyantha seeks a form. donor and also funds amounting to Rs The course is 375,000 for the operation. As he is specially unable to raise the funds on his own, Acting External Affairs Minister Neomal Perera meets several heads of missions of EU member States on designed for assistance is sought from the public. those involved in Those wishing to support him could Thursday (31) at the ministry. Discussions centered on bilateral and multilateral cooperation between Sri Lanka and EU. Willy Vandenberghe, Chargé d’affaires of EU accompanied by Mrs. Leoni Cuelenaere, teaching English deposit money in an account at the Literature or Matara branch of Sampath Bank bear- Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mrs. Christine Robichon, Ambassador of France, Mark those who wish to ing No 101053726568. Gooding, British Deputy High Commissioner and Dr. Gianluca Rubagotti, Deputy Head of Mission of pursue a career Embassy of Italy participated in the discussion. in teaching litera- ture. The closing date for applica- Handicapped tions is April 23. Nurses to seek Court order Further informa- tion can be man appeals for obtained from the blocking Nursing Council polls OUSL website three wheeled BY DILANTHI JAYAMANNE The Government Nursing were sent even after the closing prior to the Nursing Council Act. Officers’ Association warned it date. Some applicants had retired There are over 24,000 nurses in the motorcycle would take legal action to halt the from the profession and some country and only around 8,000 are Nursing Council elections sched- were those who don’t have the registered with the SLMC. To get His name is A .W. Premaratne (52) uled for Thursday (April 07) as the required qualifications to contest. SLMC registration nurses have to alias Prageeth, a father of two from Nursing Council Act had been vio- For instance, special grade and complete their three-year training Wadumulla, Miniwangoda. lated. GNOA President Saman grade 1 nurses were eligible to and present the certification to He lost his left leg due to an infection Ratnapriya, addressing a press contest the election. The special the SLMC. However there are over following an automobile accident in briefing on Thursday (31), said the grade nurses are those who have four thousand nurses at present 1997. Ministry had violated the Nursing completed their post graduate who have completed their training Undaunted, Premaratne earns a liv- Council Act of 1988 and its amend- studies (Msc). But there are nurs- over two years ago and have not ing by selling sweep tickets. He has ment of 2005. es contesting who don’t have the been given their certificates by the worked here as well as overseas prior to The Nursing Council is the post graduate qualification. Ministry to get SLMC registra- the accident. chief governing body of nurses The only qualification they tion. “Are these nurses to have He has to work very hard to earn a and is responsible for registering have is that they belong to the their right violated owing to a pittance by selling sweep tickets to sup- them, approving their degrees to Public Service United Nurses fault of the Health Ministry? Out port his family. He spends all day serve as nurses in Sri Lanka, Union, he said. of 24,000 nurses only eight thou- engaged in his occupation in the ensuring their code of conduct He accused the Ministry of vio- sand are eligible for voting accord- scorching sun and finds it quite diffi- and promoting the development of lating the fundamental rights of ing to the Ministry.” He cited all cult to continue due to his disability. the nursing profession. He said nurses by decreeing that only these as ploys by Ministry offi- He appeals to a kind donor or a vol- the Act had been passed in those who were registered with cials to get their favourites into untary /State organization to provide Parliament when health services the Sri Lanka Medical Council the Nursing Council. him with a three wheeled motorcycle to were under two ministries. were eligible to vote. The nursing The GNOA would also petition enable him to practice his livelihood However it was amended in 2005 profession was under the SLMC the WHO regarding the issue. with less difficulty. as the services of the two min- He has opened an account at the istries was consolidated into one – Commercial Bank branch in as the Ministry of Health and Minuwangoda and those who wish to Nutrition. help him could contribute. Ratnapriya said the Council The account number is 8335480601. was made up of nineteen mem- His address is 60, Devalapola, bers - the Director General Health Wadumulla, Minuwangoda. Services, Nursing Director, the Financial Ministry, Higher Education and the Health Minister appointed eight repre- sentatives and the remaining 11 were elected to the Council through an election in which all government nurses were eligible to vote. However, Ministry offi- cials have violated the entire pro- cedure – from calling applications to the election process. A gazette notification was made in 2009 calling for applications for St. Paul’s Milagiriya with the support of the head prefects’ association, the Council election. The closing past pupils’ association, school development society, school devel- date for applications was sched- opment committee recently provided much needed support to uled for October 30 the same year. However, the Ministry officials Hulandawa (Wama) MV. The donation was arranged under the aus- had accepted applications that pices of Geetha Abeygunawardebe, principal of St. Paul’s Milagiriya. Tea trader fined Rs. 200,000 BY SAMAN ILLEPERUMA AND imprisonment was imposed. valid permit, Forwarding tea JAYANTHA DE SILVA Furthermore, the consignment under different names for the of tea was ordered to be auctions and Selling contaminat- A tea trader, who was charged destroyed.