President Maithripala Sirisena has agreed to appoint a special committee to probe into allegations of corruption within the health ministry over the last few years.
The GMOA and the President arrived at a consensus on a wide array of issues, GMOA Secretary Dr. Haritha Aluthge told reporters following the meeting with the President on Saturday.
Dr. Aluthge also said that the GMOA would expose the corrupt activites that had taken place within the health sector especially in the State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) during the last four years.
He added that the President had expressed willingness to issue a gazette in order to establish a committee to probe into such allegations.
The death toll in the Ella bus accident has increased to 15 with 16 others injured.
Sri Lanka’s largest renewable energy project, the ‘Rvidanavi’ Solar Power Park project was launched in Siyambalanduwa today by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill was passed by a majority of 150 in parliament today. However the opposition MP’s were absent during the voting.
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