Dr. Saman Ratnayake, the Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Health, has appeared before the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court today (Mar. 4) morning after being placed under detention following the scandal involving the substandard medication procurement on Saturday (Mar. 2).
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested him on Friday (Mar. 1), in relation to the incident involving the substandard purchase of human intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG).
The court has further ordered the Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Health to be kept apart from the other detained suspects of the case after he declared in court on Friday (Mar. 1) that he was prepared to make a statement to courts
Customs have detected 228 mobile phones and tabs valued at over Rs 30 million left behind in the duty free shopping complex at the Banaranaike International Airport today, Customs officials said.
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