The raging controversy in Sri Lanka over the missing data from the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) database, has seen parallels being drawn with the Bond Scam of 2015. That scam too, began with an expose in the media, and at the start, the severity of what had taken place was not immediately clear. In [9/26/2021] …
Venerable Omalpe Sobitha Thero who serves as a Chief Sanghanayake in the Sri Lanka Amarapura Sect has written to the President noting that the health ministry is trying to protect those involved in the data scam instead of exposing them to the country. The letter contains five main points. It says; 1) [9/26/2021] …
A landslide early warning was issued on Sunday (26) night for several areas in the Galle, Kegalle, Matara, Nuwara Eliya and Ratnapura Districts. [9/26/2021] …
The 62nd memorial of late Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike was marked on Sunday (26). S W R D Bandaranaike was the fourth Prime Minister of Sri Lanka serving from April 1956, when his party, the Sri Lanka, Freedom Party, won a landslide victory at the general election, until his death at the hands [9/26/2021] …
People in Polonnaruwa protested on Sunday (26) against the decision to develop a jogging track on the breakwater of the historic Parakrama Samudra. The protesters led by the farming community allege the removal of an electric fence for the jogging track had given way for wild elephant to encroach on their villages, [9/26/2021] …
71 COVID-19 deaths were confirmed for Saturday (25), said the Director-General of Health Services. The total number of fatalities increased to 12,680 [9/26/2021] …
Minister of Ports and Shipping Rohitha Abeygunawardena says that the Government does not have a ‘sell out’ policy. Our government led by Gotabaya Rajapaksa is not focused on selling National assets for our well being. It was the UNP that followed this policy of selling assets. They sold the Hambantota port. [9/26/2021] …
Sri Lanka’s Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa says that the people need a path to survival at present, and not jogging tracks. He slammed the government for increasing the prices of goods gradually and adding more pressure on to the people. The Government must take measures to build a path towards people’s welfare, [9/26/2021] …
(News 1st): Polling stations across Germany have opened as the nation decides who succeeds in the race to replace Angela Merkel as chancellor after 16 years. Polls showed the lead held by the Social Democrats Olaf Scholz over Armin Laschet of the Christian Democrats to have narrowed to a tiny margin, voter participation among the more [9/26/2021] …
Sri Lanka’s Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila has met several global leaders in oil on the sidelines of the Gastech Exhibition & Conference 2021 in Dubai. Gammanpila has met a delegation from Exxon Mobil and had held discussions on Gas Exploration in the Mannar Basin, he posted on Twitter. He had also held [9/26/2021] …
