The Association for Friendship and Love (AFRIEL), an NGO based in Vavuniya, carried out its own survey on the proposed constitutional reforms.
For months, it continued its efforts for a meeting with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. It came last week when an AFRIEL youth delegation was told they could meet him for a brief discussion in Parliament last Thursday.
The group did hand over a report but no discussion was possible. The occasion had been turned into a news conference after officials of the Prime Minister’s office turned up with piles of newspapers.The delegation returned to Vavuniya saying they would seek another meeting for a discussion.
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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