In a Cabinet reshuffle, Mahinda Amaraweera was appointed as the Minister Plantation Industries in addition to his portfolio of agriculture while Keheliya Rambukwella was appointed as the Minister of Environment, at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (23).
Substandard medicines are forcing doctors to prescribe more than the required dosages to save patients’ lives, said deputy director of the Colombo National Hospital, Dr. Rukshan Bellana.
The United States has turned down requests for visa by ruling politicians Prasanna Ranatunga and Sarath Weerasekara.
The National Institute of Mental Health at Angoda is calling upon well-wishers to donate essential items to its 476 male and female residential patients.
Incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe will poll 10 million votes and win the 2024 presidential elections, said UNP chairman Wajira Abeywardena.
Well-known beautician Premasiri Hewawasam has died, aged 64.
An opportunity given to expatriate workers to import electric vehicles has been abused, the parliamentary ways and means committee has said.
Medicines were bought under emergency purchases at 10-time the actual prices between 2019 and 2022, a parliamentary subcommittee has found.
IGP C.D. Wickramaratne has written to the Police Commission asking that much-delayed transfers of seven senior DIGs be effected, ‘Deshaya’ newspaper reports.
Outlining the timeline for upcoming elections in line with the constitutional provisions, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the presidential election is scheduled for next year, followed by the parliamentary election and the provincial council election which is planned for early 2025.
