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Sex education in school curriculum
Friday, 16 October 2015 14:42Sex education will be included in school curriculum in consultation with education authorities, says western province chief minister Isuru Devapriya.
JVP wants US to lift Cuba sanctions
Friday, 16 October 2015 14:40The JVP has asked US President Barak Obama to withdraw all sanctions against Cuba and its people and affirm their right to exist as an independent state.
3 more involved in Customs bribe case? (exclusive)
Friday, 16 October 2015 11:56There is suspicion that three more persons are involved in the Rs. 125 million bribe incident at the customs, say bribery commission sources.
Facebook reveals Ajith-Sujeewa affair
Friday, 16 October 2015 10:25It is an open secret that singers Ajitha Muthukumarana and K. Sujeewa are having an affair.
Patients’ lives at risk due to drug mafia!
Friday, 16 October 2015 08:35An organized fraud has been carrying on for some time to import pharmaceutical drugs without following tender procedures and by creating an artificial shortage of drugs, a Health Ministry spokesman say.
Investigations politicised and turned into merry-go-rounds
Friday, 16 October 2015 08:33by Kusal Perera
The Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate and Inquire into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources and Privileges (PRECIFAC), has summoned former President Mahinda Rajapaksa for questioning today.” Reported Daily FT (15 October).
Special security for Wele Suda’s cell
Friday, 16 October 2015 08:23Special protection is being given to Gampola Vidanage Samantha Kumara alias Wele Suda, sentenced to death by the Colombo high court, at his cell at Welikada Prison, says a prison spokesman.
Govt. minister destroys M’tivu teak cultivation
Thursday, 15 October 2015 19:22A powerful minister of the government is reportedly clearing hundreds of acres of a land under teak cultivation at Kottampiyakumbam in Mullaitivu and settling people there.