Nadira Gunatilleke

GMOA urges President to keep Health Minister portfolio

The Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) requests President Maithripala Sirisena not to appoint Dr. Rajitha Senaratne as the Health, Nutrition and Indigenous...
Lanka’s high ageing population, a cause for concern - WHO

WHO Representative Dr. Olivia Nieveras said the WHO selected Sri Lanka to hold the World Health Day this year in recognition of the significant health achievements in Sri...
Lanka’s high ageing population, a cause for concern - WHO

WHO Representative Dr. Olivia Nieveras said the WHO selected Sri Lanka to hold the World Health Day this year in recognition of the significant health achievements in Sri...
Government INCURRED RS.3.8 Billion LOSS

The Government has incurred a loss of Rs.3.8 billion in the past two and half years in purchasing two clinically untested cancer drugs from Russia.They are of low quality in...

Ranjan the cat’s whisker on advanced judicial pronouncements - Rohitha

If there is anything to clarify about law and order and the judiciary, all including journalists should put their questions to UNP MP Ranjan Ramanayake, because he can predict as to what happens in...
Vijayakala gets her wish

Some time ago the TNA MP Vijayakala Maheswaran said that the LTTE should re-emerge and now the violence has returned as she wished.The best example is the murders of the two police officers at...
Litro paid Rs.2.5 mn. monthly to 57 outsiders

The Litro Gas Company made a (pre tax) profit of Rs. 18.6 billion during the time of President Mahinda Rajapaksa before 2015. Later (after 2015) it started to make a loss of Rs.200 million. This is...
Bond scam artistes trying their best to keep Parliament going - Prasanna

The persons who received the money robbed from the Central Bank through the Bond scam are now trying their best to keep the current Parliament, MP Prasanna Ranatunga said.Addressing a press...
UNP accepts Mahinda Rajapaksha as the PM

The United National Party has officially accepted that Mahinda Rajapaksa is the current Sri Lankan Prime Minister, the President of the National Alliance for Lawyers Associations and the Former...
Ven. Dambara Amila Thera in gas company payroll - MP D.V.Chanaka

MP D.V. Chanaka alleged that a monthly payment of Rs. 95,000 was paid to Ven. Dambara Amila Thera by a leading Gas company during the past three years. He said all court cases filed against then...
Rat fever: the facts

Rat fever (leptospirosis) is an infectious disease caused by pathogenic bacteria called leptospires, which are maintained in nature in the kidneys of certain animals such as rats, pigs, cattle,...
Ranil conspired to gain President’s powers - Minister

Former Prime Minister and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe had sent a letter on January 6, 2015 to President Maithripala Sirisena requesting him to make him Prime Minister and to issue a gazette...
Cabinet approves Rs. 1,735 billion Vote on Account

Cabinet approval has been granted to present a Vote on Account to secure provisions for 2019 first quarter, Co-Cabinet spokesman and Ports and Shipping Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said.Addressing...
Professionals to head Boards

Cabinet approval has been granted to appoint experienced and qualified professionals as Board chairpersons and members. Co-Cabinet Spokesman and Ports and Shipping Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe...
HIV risk in Sri Lanka

On November 13, 2011, consultant venereologists and health professionals in Sri Lanka predicted that in future (by 2015 and beyond), MSM (men having sex with men) will be the main cause for the...
Speaker creating renewed conflict - Minister

The Speaker is going to great extremes to create a fresh conflict between Parliament and the Judiciary while the Government is demonstrating its complete respect for the Judiciary, following all...