Sri Lanka
GMOA slams Health Minister’s appeal to WHO to block overseas appointments for Sri Lankan doctors
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has strongly criticized Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa for urging the World Health Organization (WHO) to limit...
Supplementary medical professionals threaten strike over unresolved demands
The Joint Council for Professions of Supplementary to Medicine (JCPSM) has announced plans to initiate trade union action due to the government’s failure...
A farewell to the ‘Queen of Hearts’: Celebrating Malini Fonseka
Today, we say goodbye to Malini Fonseka. But we are not here to be sad. We are here to celebrate a beautiful life...
225 tea factories shut down across Sri Lanka
A severe shortage of tea leaves has led to the closure of at least 225 tea factories across the country, a development that...
NPP MPs force Health Minister to halt private of admissions to KDU medical faculty
The decision to admit private students to the medical faculty of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) has been reversed following...
Colombo’s big budget leads to minimal progress under NPP govt
Despite a hefty allocation of Rs 1,508.25 million for 535 projects under the Colombo District Development Programme, only Rs 8.20 million has been...
Bimal greenlit release of 323 containers without Customs inspection – Dayasiri
SJB MP Dayasiri Jayasekara has accused Minister Bimal Rathnayake of authorising the release of 323 cargo containers without mandatory customs inspection. Addressing a...
Sri Lanka hit by largest Chikungunya outbreak in nearly two decades
Sri Lanka is grappling with a significant outbreak of chikungunya, marking the country’s most severe resurgence of the mosquito-borne disease in almost 20...
