Trade unionist, former Minister and Ceylon Workers Congress Chairman Muthu Sivalingam has passed away at the age of 79.
Parliamentarian V. Radhakrishnan announced the former Minister’s death in Parliament a short while ago.
The late MP, who represented Nuwaraeliya district in Parliament, held several ministerial posts. He was the Minister of Estate Housing Infrastructure and Community Development from 2007 to 2010. He also held posts such as the Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Deputy Minister of Primary Industries, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Livestock.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
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