President Maithripala Sirisena participated in the International Conference on Dengue and Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever 2016, held at the BMICH, yesterday. The conference was organized by the Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health.
This international conference will bring together renowned scientists, clinicians, researchers and scholars with a common interest and concern in the global dengue situation, and will provide an opportunity to professionals in the field of health and allied health sciences to share latest research findings, build new relationships and to discuss dengue and its management, prevention and control strategies.
Ministers Faizer Mustapha, State Minister Sudarshani Fernandopulle, Health Deputy Minister Fizal Kasim, Mayor of Colombo, A.J.M. Muzammil, Dr. Palitha Mahipala Director General of Health Services, staff of the Ministry of Health, doctors representing foreign countries and others participated in the event.
The Constitutional Council has approved four nominees, proposed by the President, to fill vacancies in the Court of Appeal.
The Election Commission has announced the plan for leave for both public and private sector employees for the upcoming presidential election on September 21, 2024, without loss of salary or personal leave.
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) will reduce fuel prices with effect from midnight today.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe today called on ITAK’s Mavai Senathiraja at his residence in Jaffna today.
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