Former health ministry secretary Janaka Sri Chandragupta has been remanded until 27 December over the purchase of substandard human immunoglobulin vaccines.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe informed the cabinet at its meeting this afternoon (18) that he will contest the upcoming presidential polls.
The Freedom People's Congress (FPC) could have several MPs who dream of becoming government ministers, conceded its executive committee member Dilan Perera.
Renuka Perera, also administrative secretary of the SLPP, has resigned as chairman of state-owned Milco.
The OIC (administration) of Mirigama police has been arrested over the abduction of a person 13 years ago.
A warning has been issued that oral cancer could be present among schoolchildren and youth aged below 20 due to an addiction to packeted-betel chewing.
A meeting between the UK-based Global Tamil Forum (GTF) and a group of Buddhist monks followed by the release of a document called the “Himalayan Declaration” aimed at what they call “advocates for a pluralistic Sri Lanka that actively promotes the well-being of all its communities” has been strongly denounced by the local Tamils and the Tamil diaspora from Australia to America.
Revenue of the state can be raised by 50 per cent without increasing burdensome taxes on the people, said MP Patali Champika Ranawaka.
Three youth organizations have launched an anti-corruption strategy in line with the international anti-corruption day on 16 December.
The warden of a hostel in Kirulapone run by a religious group has been arrested on a charge of sexually abusing five girls since 2020.
