Secretary to the President, Dr. P.B. Jayasundera has stated that the operations of ministries have come to a complete standstill and only the President, the Army Commander and himself have carried out constructive work in the past year, adding that the President is deeply concerned with the current state of affairs.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has uncovered details of a PCR racket run by the top officials at the Health Ministry together with doctors and an international company.