All Ceylon Medical Officers Association staged a protest against the proposed Kotelawala Defence University Bill today (21). Doctors held placards in front of the National Hospital in Colombo demanding the government to abolish the bill alleging that the bill promotes militarising the higher education system. Education and other unions have been holding protests islandwide against the Education Ministry’s move to pass the Bill in Parliament.
(Pix by Akila Jayawardana)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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