Rs. 30 billion or 100 million US dollars of public money had been paid to a particular supplier, from whom medicines had been purchased at very high prices for several years, said the FSP.
A team from UK’s Channel 4 television, led by its chief, is now in Geneva, Switzerland, where the 54th session of the United Nations general assembly is in progress, reports social activist Shehan Malaka Gamage.
Relatives and friends have remembered 24 Tamil civilians of Mullaitivu who were killed in an Air Force strike 24 years ago.
Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa has asked the government to conduct an impartial international investigation into the Easter Sunday terror attacks.
Tamil dairy farmers in the east are on an indefinite protest to demand the freeing of their grasslands taken over by Sinhala farmers.
Government MPs were due to meet at 8.30 am today (19) prior to the commencement of a debate into the Easter Sunday terror attacks.
SJB MP Mujibur Rahman has questioned the opposing actions of the president and the defence
SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa told a meeting in Ranna that the rural economy should be developed to a level capable of impacting the nation’s economy.
A disputed piece of land in Vavuniya is likely to be referred to courts for resolution.
A woman who claims she was tricked into having sex without a condom with a Sri Lankan cricketer has told a court there were moments during intercourse she “feared” for her life.
