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Sanath Nishantha banned from Parliament

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna’s Puttalam District Member of Parliament Sanath Nishantha has been banned from Parliament for two weeks. Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena informed the parliament about this today. This punishment was given to him for his disruptive behavior, while opposition leader Sajith Premadasa making a special statement in the Parliament Yesterday, , Deputy Minister …

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Israelis are banned from entering the Maldives.

A bill to ban Israeli passport holders from entering the Maldives was presented to the country’s parliament yesterday. The country’s media say that the civil society is pressuring the government to ban Israeli passport holders from entering the Maldives as well as to ban the import of Israeli products. ” Submitted by Ibrahim Sharif, Member …

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Secretary of Electricity Users Association arrested

A march organized by the Electricity Users Association against the increase in electricity bills started in Divulapitiya this morning (01). It is reported that 6 people have been arrested by the police during this protest. According to the report, the National Secretary of the Electricity Users Association Sanjeeva Dhammika and A budhdhisr monk are among …

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Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama appointed as NMRA chairman , obstructed by Health Secretary.

It is reported that the new Health Minister Ramesh Pathirana is facing a serious crisis as there are many obstacles in the process of appointing a new chairman of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA). According to the report, the Minister wanted to appoint Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama, a well-known doctor, as the new chairman of …

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Public health inspectors call a two-day strike

Shanaka Bopitiya, secretary of the P.H.I union, said that based on several demands, the Union of Public Health Inspectors decided to launch a general strike action tomorrow and the next day (Monday and Tuesday). Addressing the media, he said that the professional problems faced by public health inspectors have been reported to the Ministry of …

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A nuisance to frogs.

It is reported that the Sri Lanka Medical Research Institute has succeeded in finding a new species of mosquito that sucks blood only from frogs. Commenting on this, the entomology officer of the institute, Guyan Sri Kumarasinghe, says that this new species of mosquito was found in Mirigama area. This mosquito, called Uranotaeniatrilineata, is between …

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