Foreigners injured in accident

Body of British journalist killed by crocodile found by Navy

The Navy recovered the body of a British journalist killed by a crocodile in?Arugam Bay, the Navy media unit said. The Navy said a team of Rapid Response Rescue and Relief Unit (4RU) personnel attached to the South Eastern Naval Command had been dispatched to the location to look for the foreigner. The victim, identified as Paul McClean, a British national aged 24, had been dragged into the water near Elephant Rock in Panama, Arugam Bay, by a crocodile. The body was handed over to the Panama

15 Sep, 2017

SAITM says GMC will review decision on rejecting applications

The Management of the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) said that the Head of Registration Applications, General Medical Council (GMC), UK, Richard Amison has confirmed that the qualification criteria and acceptance of applications from South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) graduates to the GMC will be reviewed as and when the concerns in question is resolved. As clarified by the GMC to SAITM, it states that it is not in a position to determine any of t

15 Sep, 2017

Sri Lanka to attend island meet in China to discuss concerns

Oceanic administrators from 13 island countries, including Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Mauritius, will gather in southeast China?s Fujian Province on September 21 to discuss cooperation in sustainable development. Participants will discuss sustainable economic development, environmental protection, climate change and disaster prevention and reduction, and sea water desalination at the round-table conference in Pingtan, an island in Fujian, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Twenty-nine for

14 Sep, 2017