Carey, Trinity and Dharmaraja suspended over clashes

AG seeks CoI report on Easter attacks

Attorney General (AG) Dappula de Livera has requested for a copy of the report submitted by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) appointed to probe the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks. The AG?s Coordinating Officer State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne said a copy of the report was requested from the Secretary to the President. She said the request was put forth in order to consider forwarding charges against the suspects implicated with regard to the attacks. The final report of the PCo

12 Feb, 2021

Teacher, State ordered to pay Rs. 650,000 for slapping student

The Supreme Court today ordered the State and a teacher attached to a school in Matara to pay compensation to a student who was subjected to corporal punishment. The Court ordered the State and the teacher to pay a sum of Rs. 650,000 as compensation for a lifelong hearing disability sustained by the student as a result of the punishment. The teacher has been accused of slapping the male student during school hours, leading to the loss of hearing in February 2017. The Supreme Court ordered the

12 Feb, 2021

Labs conducting PCR tests operating at slow pace

By Vyshnavy Velrajh Laboratories involved in PCR tests to detect Covid infected people are operating at a slow pace, the Association of Medical Laboratory Technologists has charged. Chairman of the Association Ravi Kumudesh refuted reports on broken PCR machines and told Colombo Gazette that the delay in PCR test results is due to the manual process followed by health authorities at present. Pointing out the Laboratories under the Health Ministry operate only for 08-hours per day, he said the

12 Feb, 2021