Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama has been appointed as the new chairman of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA).
The Minister of Health and Industries Dr. Ramesh Pathirana announced the appointment today (October 31) during a meeting with the NMRA at the Ministry of Health.
Having entered the public health sector in 1992, Dr. Wijewickrama became a Specialist in 2000.
He currently serves the role as a Senior Consultant Physician at the Infectious National Institute of Infectious Diseases (IDH) in Angoda.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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