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PM highlights rising cases of child abuse in schools
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has raised alarms over a noticeable increase in cases of child abuse occurring within school premises. Speaking at...
Govt to strengthen child protection measures
The Government has announced a series of key initiatives to tackle the low rate of formal complaints received by the National Child Protection...
SJB accuses NPP of political bribery
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has accused the ruling National People’s Power (NPP) of engaging in political bribery by offering financial provisions to...
UK Trade Envoy visits Sri Lanka to strengthen economic ties
Lord Hannett of Everton, the UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Sri Lanka, is on an official visit to Colombo from May 25...
Strike by supplementary medical staff disrupts hospital services
Hospital services islandwide were disrupted today (27) as two professional groups affiliated with the Joint Council for Professions of Supplementary to Medicine (JCPSM)...
Kandy faces costly dilemma in disposing 600 MT of waste
Weeks after the special exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic, nearly 600 metric tons of garbage collected across the city of Kandy remain...
Sri Lanka could reach breaking point by December – Wajira
United National Party (UNP) Chairman and former Minister Wajira Abeywardena yesterday (27) warned that Sri Lanka may face a massive collapse by the...
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...
