Appoint a PSC to probe X-Press Pearl incident - Ranil
Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe called on the government to immediately appoint a Parliamentary Select Committee to inquire into the sinking X-Press Pearl.
Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe called on the government to immediately appoint a Parliamentary Select Committee to inquire into the sinking X-Press Pearl.
The Government has allowed several local companies to import certain agro chemicals urgently needed for the plantation sector, reversing its ban on importing herbicides and pesticides with immediate effect.
As the country experiences an increasing need for oxygen to treat COVID-19 affected patients, the health authorities have conveyed to the Presidential Task Force that a greater need is likely to occur for oxygen.
Sri Lanka has vehemently opposed a Resolution introduced in the United States House of Representatives which called for an "effective international mechanism for accountability" and a "permanent political solution" in Sri Lanka.
In yet another shocking incident of police brutality and custodial death, a Tamil youth arrested on drug related offences had died by in Police detention.
The United Kingdom has added Sri Lanka to the ‘Red List’ of destinations that require hotel quarantine on return to England.
Former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya says that the country can be saved from this catastrophe if experts and authorities can work together in solidarity in the future.
The United National Party (UNP) has accused the government of attempting to use the ongoing COVID-19 enforced travel restrictions in the country to engage in business ventures related to state-owned assets calling it a threat to the sovereignty of parliament.
The vaccination programme currently underway in the Kandy District under the directions of Minister Keheliya Rambukwella does not conform to the recommendations of the World Health Organisation, it is learnt.
Highlighting that Sri Lanka is yet to pass any legislation to control the pandemic when other countries in the world have already formulated necessary laws and have enforced them, former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the Cabinet, headed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, must prepare a draft law to control the pandemic and to sustain the country and the economy.