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Category: LOCAL

Health Ministry and SLMC Clash over Illegal Migration Actions’
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Health Ministry and SLMC Clash over Illegal Migration Actions’

-Over 100 medical specialists blacklisted -SLMC says they have not received complaints against any specialists -New List of blacklisted medical…

byCeylon Independent15/08/2023
Court imposes overseas travel ban on cricketer Sachithra Senanayake
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Court imposes overseas travel ban on cricketer Sachithra Senanayake

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today issued an order directing the Controller General of Immigration and Emigration to prevent former…

byCeylon Independent14/08/2023
Over 70 medicines fail quality tests in 2023, majority from India
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Over 70 medicines fail quality tests in 2023, majority from India

A total of 73 drugs have failed quality tests so far in 2023, according to the Medical Supplies Division of…

byCeylon Independent14/08/2023
Looking into possibility of holding O/L at Grade 10: Minister
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Looking into possibility of holding O/L at Grade 10: Minister

The Education Ministry is looking out at possibilities of holding the GCE Ordinary Level (O/L) examination in the 10th grade,…

byCeylon Independent13/08/2023
Selling Welikada Prison land : Value revealed
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Selling Welikada Prison land : Value revealed

The commercial value of the land where the Welikada prison is located has been estimated as over Rs. 32 billion,…

byCeylon Independent13/08/2023
Import restrictions on vehicles used for public transport to be relaxed
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Import restrictions on vehicles used for public transport to be relaxed

State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said although the imports of vehicles has been halted due to the economic crisis,…

byCeylon Independent13/08/2023
Death of patient forces withdrawal of another antibiotic
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Death of patient forces withdrawal of another antibiotic

The Health authorities have been compelled to withhold the use of an antibiotic following a death of a patient at…

byCeylon Independent13/08/2023
Govt. to engage private sector in setting up new universities
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Govt. to engage private sector in setting up new universities

Amid the current human capital shortage, in particular the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduates increasingly looking to migrate,…

byCeylon Independent12/08/2023
Tourism Minister urges unoccupied properties to be registered with SLTDA
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Tourism Minister urges unoccupied properties to be registered with SLTDA

In an effort to expand the accommodation offering, the Tourism Ministry urges the owners of unoccupied properties to open up…

byCeylon Independent12/08/2023
Report on Lyca Group’s alleged Unlawful Activities and the SRI LANKA TELECOM PLC Share Sale
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Report on Lyca Group’s alleged Unlawful Activities and the SRI LANKA TELECOM PLC Share Sale

Report on Lyca Group’s alleged Unlawful Activities and the SRI LANKA TELECOM PLC Share Sale CLICK THE ABOVE LINK TO…

byCeylon Independent10/08/202311/08/2023

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EDITORIAL

PROOF IS SECONDARY WHEN POWER IS PRIMARY

byFaraz Shauketaly 05/05/202605/05/2026
FEATURED

A Generation For Sale: Inside Sri Lanka’s Expanding Drug Economy

byEditor 05/05/202605/05/2026
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From Liquidation to Rehabilitation: The Real Impact of Sri Lanka’s New Insolvency Bill

byEditor 04/05/202604/05/2026
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NDB Bank Fraud: Good bye Joe “All the money may be gone”

byFaraz Shauketaly 04/05/202604/05/2026
ECONOMY

Production-led economy over mere IMF stabilization is a prerequisite for Sri Lanka.

byEditor 04/05/202604/05/2026
FEATUREDPOLITICS

AKD’S “10 CASES” COMMENT TRIGGERS POLITICAL FIRESTORM

byFaraz Shauketaly 04/05/202604/05/2026

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