Rats and bandicoot

plague could cause death:

A plague of death due to Leptospirosis, a high risk zoonotic disease which mimics symptoms of serious viral fever similar to Dengue and Chickungunya has been reported from around the country causing 41 deaths up to April 11, Dr Navaratnasingam Janakan, Consultant Epideiologist, Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition told the Sunday Observer.

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‘I’ll take up the challenge’

Sudharshini Fernandopulle:

With the assassination of her husband Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, speculations were ripe whether his grieving wife Dr. Mrs. Sudharshini Fernandopulle would enter politics following the request from supporters and well-wishers and from President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

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