An estate company is attempting to take over a land in Avissawella allotted by the good governance regime to build houses for estate workers, according to the leader of the Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPF) Mano Ganesan.
A parliamentary committee on education has recommended the replacement of the University Grants Commission and the Vocational Training Authority with a single independent National Higher Education Commission by way of legislative enactment.
Investors will be given commercially-valuable lands in major cities to obtain contributions towards economic growth, said urban development and housing state minister Arundika Fernando.
Officials of all health sector institutions have been warned of disciplinary action if found to have spoken to the media without obtaining prior approval from their respective heads.
Director general of health services Dr. Asela Gunawardena has alleged attempts to link every death to a medicine or a vaccine to undermine the free health service.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, on his maiden official visit to India after assuming Presidency, conveyed a resolute commitment to strengthen the bilateral ties between India and Sri Lanka.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has assured action against police officers who had ‘violently disrupted’ a Hindu religious offering at the controversial archaeological site at Kurunthurmalai in Mullaitivu.
The investigation into the latest site claimed to be a mass grave has been postponed indefinitely.
Just around Rs. 2 trillion worth of assets are held out of Rs. 8 trillion of project loans obtained by Sri Lanka so far, said auditor-general W.P.C. Wickramaratne.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe was hosted by Indian minister of external affairs Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar for a one-on-one meeting yesterday (20), the President’s Media Division said.
