PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ADVICE NOT SOUGHT ON REINSTATING Dr SHAFI SHIHABDEEN NOT EVEN BY HEALTH MINISTRY OR ANY OTHER INSTITUTION

PSC says no advice sought on reinstating Dr. Shafi! The Office of the Public Service Commission (PSC) says that neither the Health Ministry or any other institution has sought a request from the commission for advice on reinstating Dr. Shafi…

GRADUATES REFUSE TO RECEIVE DEGREE AT CONVOCATION FROM VEN.MURUTHETTUWE ANANDA THERA THOUGH THE CHANCELLOR OF COLOMBO UNIVERSITY

Graduates refuse to receive degree from Venerable Murutthettuwe Ananda thera the newly appointed Chancellor held earlier today (17). Nothing that as the Thero is a political appointee, student unions have earlier formally requested either the Vice Chancellor or senior professors…

THREE SL MISSIONS OVERSEAS–SL CONSULATE IN FRANKFURT,NIGERIA, CYPRUS TO BE CLOSED FOR COST CUTTING TO SAVE FOREIGN EXCHANGE

3 SL missions overseas to be closed down Sri Lanka is to shut three overseas Missions as part of moves to cut costs and save on much needed US Dollars, ‘Daily Mirror’ reports. It adds that Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa…

THE NUMBER OF DEATHS OWING TO COVID-19 AS CONFIRMED BT GDHS STOOD AT 22 AS AT 16th STILL A CONCERN

22 more COVID-19 deaths 22 COVID-19 deaths were confirmed yesterday (16) by the Director-General of Health Services. Accordingly, the current COVID-19 death toll is at 14,720.

CUSTOMS EMPLOYEES ABLE TO PURCHASE A BOTTLE OF CONFISCATED FOREIGN WHISKY FOR A PALTRY SUM OF RS 1500/-THOUGH THE THE DUTY FREE PRICE IS RS 4000/ A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE

Customs employees bag confiscated whiskey! A stock of confiscated foreign whiskey has been sold at the Customs headquarters to its employees for Rs. 1,500 per bottle, ‘Lankadeepa’ reports. Usually, a duty of Rs. Rs. 4,000 is imposed per litre of…

Dr ATHULASIRI SAMARAKOON RESIGNED FROM THE INFORMATION COMMISSION AS HE COULD NOT ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIS CONSCIENCE

“I left the Information Commission because I could not work according to my conscience” Dr. Athulasiri Samarakoon says he resigned from the Information Commission because he could not act in accordance with his conscience.He said this expressing his views to…

GMOA PREPARE FOR STRIKE ACTION IN FIVE DISTRICTS NEXT WEEK DEMANDING THE ACTING DG OF HEALTH SERVICES BE REMOVED FROM HIS POST

GMOA also gearing up for union action The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has decided to launch a trade union action in government hospitals in five districts next week. According to the Secretary of the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA)…

JUDGES RUWAN FERNANDO AND SAMPATH WIJEYERATNE DIRECTS LITRO AND LAUGFS GAS TO RELEASE ONLY DOMESTIC GAS CYLINDERS THAT MEET SLS STANDARDS INSTITUTION GUIDELINES

Court order issued on Laugfs, Litro A panel of Judges, Ruwan Fernando and Sampath Wijeyeratne today (Jan. 17) directed Litro and Laugfs Gas to release only domestic gas cylinders that meet Sri Lanka Standards Institution guidelines. The petition was filed…

VISITING UN ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL HAILS SRI LANKA’s VACCINATION PROCESS

UN Assistant Secretary-General praises Sri Lanka’s vaccination programme Visiting U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Kanni Wignaraja called on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees yesterday. UNDP Sri Lanka Resident Representative Robert Juhkam was present. Wignaraja told the Prime Minister that Sri…

AT RIGHTS TO INFORMATION COMMISSION A GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS AS CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS WERE SCRAMBING TO NOMINATE A PERSON FOR THE VOID CREATED BY DR ATHULASIRI SAMARAKOON

A Game Of Musical Chairs At The RTI Commission, One Leaves, Who Will Come Next? Sri Lankan civil society activists were scrambling on Thursday (December 16th) to nominate a replacement for Dr Athulasiri Samarakoon who resigned from the country’s Right…