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by Nadira Gunatilleke
Here are excerpts from an interview with the Legal Director to the President Attorney-at-law Manoj Gamage who is the President of `Lawyers for Justice’ on holding elections at this crucial juncture.
Q: Certain political parties are demanding an election, especially the Local Government Election at this crucial juncture where the country is slowly and gradually becoming...
Opinion
Do you have any children who are about to do their Advanced Level Examination or who are about to enter into any local university? Then take your time and continue to read. After reading, please do not decide to send your children abroad for higher education or employment.
The best thing that you can do as parents is equip your children with all plans, information,...
Sri Lanka began to witness human shields again this year, 13 years after the eradication of LTTE terrorism.
But this time it was more destructive and inhuman than the human shield used by the LTTE because earlier during the LTTE terror period both adults and children were used but this time it is only children being used as a human shield.
We are talking about the child...
Here are the excerpts from an exclusive interview conducted with the President of the Lawyers for Justice Attorney-at-law and Unofficial Magistrate Ravindra Manoj Gamage on the current situation of law and order of the country.
Q: What is the current situation of law and order in Sri Lanka?
A: We can accept the fact that it was the ordinary people who were under enormous...
Program to offer incentives and many benefits:
Plans are under way to introduce a five-year no pay leave plan for public servants who wish to go abroad for work or any other purpose, Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government Minister Dinesh Gunawardena told the Sunday Observer yesterday.
According to Minister Gunawardena, public servants will get back their seniority, grades at the...
by Nadira Gunatilleke
A consignment of essential medicine and food under the Indian Humanitarian Assistance Program reached Sri Lanka on Friday, a...
The breataux index which indicates the density of dengue mosquito vectors is dangerously high and it is reaching 20 percent...
‘Do not get misled by western media narrative. They always mix facts with distortions and their hegemonic ideology. This exercise...
Having fever, cough and a runny nose means that you could be experiencing seasonal influenza, also known as the viral flu. While...
Sri Lanka will extend its fullest support to upgrade cricket in Japan, Irrigation, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Roshan...
“Sri Lankan battle space has shifted from the physical terrain to the virtual space since the end of the terrorist battle in May...
The Ambassador of France to Sri Lanka, Eric Lavertu, met Minister for Health, Dr. Keheliya Rambukwella at the Ministry of Health...
The most important thing right now is that there should be a consensus and an all-party Government representing the Government...
The Indian Government has donated drugs worth USD 15,415 to Sri Lanka. The stock of drugs was presented to Health Minister Prof....
One person can turn the Covid-19 controlled situation upside down and, therefore, people should follow all basic health...
The GCE Advanced Level examination is being held islandwide amid the Covid-19 without any problem and the examination will end...
People should not take any medicine prescribed by social media for Covid-19 as they are fake. They can take Vitamin D and Zinc if...
Many Ministers from the previous Yahapalana regime and a few of the present Ministers have not paid the water bills of their...
Working under the new normal is not going back to the old normal that existed before the arrival of Covid-19. Therefore, all...
Though there are people who have got infected with Covid-19 twice, no one who has been infected three or four times has been...
The next two weeks are crucial for Sri Lanka when it comes to the spread of Covid-19. There is a rapid increase in the number of...
Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine:
No complications have been reported so far from schoolchildren, over the age of 12, who obtained the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine,...
There is no need to spend heavily and attend an event where people do not follow health guidelines and fall victim to Covid-19....
A team from the German Epidemic Preparedness Team (SEEG), funded by the German Federal Government, with experts from the Robert...
The shopping season commenced on Friday and it is better to start shopping now than later to avoid crowds and congestion. The...
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) expressed its displeasure for not gazetting the regulations for the election...
Covid-19
The country has been struggling with Covid-19 for one-and-a-half years and the people have the knowledge on preventing Covid-19...
Eighty ICU beds were still being occupied by Covid-19 patients in a critical condition on Friday and people will witness the...
Vaccination, a must
One hundred and fifty Covid-19 deaths have been reported so far from those below the age of 30 and of this number, 96 of them are...
In the next two to three years, all Sri Lankans over the age of 35 will be connected to a State healthcare institution and their...
The Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) will commence teaching schoolchildren from Thursday under the `Guruthalawa’ under the...
A new batch of Public Health Inspectors (PHI) will pass out next month.The people should understand that it takes one and half...
The Delta variant of the Covid-19 virus can remain in small air-conditioned cubicles or rooms for up to 16 hours while the virus...
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has sent a letter to the Health Services Director General requesting him to...
Recent media reports in an English daily newspaper stating that the Government is planning to purchase 13 million Sinovac...
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) citing the highest number of vaccines administered per day, said that the...
The Government should beware of certain officials in certain State Ministries who recommend things that harm the people and make...
Banning chemical fertiliser in Sri Lanka
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has taken the right decision by banning chemical fertiliser which we admire as a move that would...
The highest number of Covid-19 deaths -101 for a single day in the country was reported on Thursday, Health Ministry officials...
The Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) earlier this week thanked President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for ordering the ongoing travel...
If current trend continues
Over one million Covid-19 patients could be reported in the country in the next 100 days if the current trend continues, a senior...
GMOA commends Government
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) yesterday thanked the Government, Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi and...
The S-Drop (S gene dropout) Covid-19 virus was detected for the very first time in Sri Lanka in last November from a patient from...
“Doctors’ issues purposely blocked” :
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s efforts to serve the poor people in the country have been obstructed by certain health officials...
Crisis created by PC system
The damage done by the Provincial Council system to the health service of the country was proven recently after the Secretary of...
Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi has tested positive for Covid-19, a Health Ministry spokesman said.He said the PCR test...
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) Secretary Dr. Senal Fernando said 100 doctors have been infected with Covid-...
Health Services Deputy Director Dr. Hemantha Herath called upon people to stay at home this festive season and go out to purchase...
It is advisable to remain indoors this festive season and celebrate the spirit of Christmas with the family to prevent the spread...
Forty-four percent of Covid-19 infections occur before the onset of symptoms, renowned scientist Prof. Malik Peiris said.Prof....
Deputy Director General (Public Health), Dr. Hemantha Herath said that all schools from tomorrow (23) should always follow the...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa saved our precious motherland thrice in the past and is now on his fourth mission to save Mother...
Sri Lanka will be able to strengthen ties with other countries and save billions of rupees as a result of legalising the minimum...
People should not fear to visit hospitals to obtain medical treatment because hospitals are safe and patients suspected of having...
The “Silver Jubilee”, Annual Academic Sessions of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka (CCPSL), was held at Hotel...