Two garment factory employees killed in Matara accident

Mahinda Rajapaksa termed by Pakistan as a true friend

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that stronger Pak-Sri Lankan partnership was key to promoting greater cooperation in the region and also a bulwark against the challenges facing the region including the issue of terrorism and poverty besides warding off any self-assumed notion of hegemony in the region, Pakistan’s The Nation reported. This he said while talking to former President of Sri Lanka Rajapaksa Percy Mahinda at Punjab House in Pakistan on Thursday when the latter call

23 Jun, 2017

GMOA says strike will continue, warns students may take arms

The Government Medical Officer’s Association (GMOA) today said that it will continue its strike on the SAITM issue. The GMOA also warned that university students who have been protesting over the SAITM issue will be compelled to take arms. “We already warned the government that this situation may arise but the government did not listen,” the GMOA said. Hundreds of patients were left stranded today as a result of the strike by the doctors. Meanwhile one government doctor was captured on camer

23 Jun, 2017

President accuses “politically indecent groups” for protests

President Maithripala Sirisena says some politically indecent groups are trying to show the country that the Government is acting to emasculate free education by depriving the opportunities of the students of the medical faculties in Government universities. ?They are misleading university students. I don?t blame any university student for the actions of those who conspire to use students as tools. These are done by undisciplined political groups,” he said. The President was speaking at a cere

22 Jun, 2017