Teachers gathered near the Fort railway station today (22) against the alleged move to halt teacher transfers in national schools.
Teachers of the Ceylon Teacher Services Union and the Ceylon Teachers’ Union, demanded the government to go ahead with teacher transfers in national schools.
The protestors charged that national school teacher transfers should be made sans political influence.
The Education Ministry today announced that all annual and 10-year teacher transfers in national schools’ island-wide will come into effect from April 17. Teachers of O/L and A/L classes can make special appeals if the transfer will hamper academic activities of students.
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 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.
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.
Israel, a major player in the global diamond and jewellery trade, has invited Sri Lankan gem and jewellery businessmen and designers to collaborate with Israeli diamond traders.
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