The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has decided to create a Program Support Unit to assist the Office of the President of Sri Lanka.
Hence, Global Health Strategies and Connect to Care Organization have partnered to establish a Program Support Unit to assist the President's Office and Sri Lanka's Government in programmes related to health.
An Executive Committee of senior officials will be appointed to ensure smooth operations of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s programmes.
On Monday (29), the Cabinet of Ministers approved measures to provide policy support to the Presidential Secretariat, following President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s concerns.
A note to the cabinet said the Office of the President plays an important role in the ongoing reform programs by providing guidance on policy issues and monitoring government programs.
For this purpose, the President’s Office maintains coordination with a number of multi-stakeholder organizations including International Monetary Fund’s Comprehensive Funding Facility, World Bank’s Development Policy Operational Program, Asian Development Bank’s Policy Assistance Programs, etc. and interacts with various public and private sector stakeholders.
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.
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.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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