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2023年7月9日 · Dangerous trend in health sector. SPC buys insulin from Ukraine; More and more waivers from NMRA to bypass on quality By Namini Wijedasa As medical procurement controversies continue to plague the health sector, the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC) instructed the regulator to waive registration for consignments of high-priced insulin from Ukraine to be purchased on an “emergency ...

2024年11月3日 · Govt. committed to renewable energy targets, but priority is to make tariffs affordable. No EOIs from next year; only open competitive bidding and e-bidding for power sector contracts By Namini Wijedasa Sri Lanka will honour its commitments under the Paris Agreement—to generate 70 percent of electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030 and achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050—but ...

2025年2月9日 · Former CJ as permanent rep to UN in NY. The Government is finalising a list of names to be posted as heads of Sri Lanka’s missions abroad with ex-Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya assuming the position of Permanent Representative to the United Nations in …

2025年1月19日 · Police Com. to question IGP’s mass transfer move. Acting Inspector General Priyantha Weerasooriya has requested the mass transfer of 17 officers-in-charge (OICs) of police stations in the Western Province, but the National Police Commission (NPC) will ask him to provide further details outlining reasons for his request for the …

2024年9月29日 · IMF staff team to visit Sri Lanka on Tuesday for talks with new Govt. Sri Lanka’s new political leadership is preparing to quickly initiate talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to continue its current financial programme, while also accelerating debt relief discussions with foreign creditors to support the country’s fragile economic recovery, according to Finance Ministry sources.

2024年12月1日 · Cyclone Fengal departs, leaving devastation and drop in air quality. The cyclonic storm “Fengal” departed Sri Lanka yesterday after a week of heavy rains and floods that left at least 16 dead, half a million affected, more than 2,500 houses damaged, and caused a …

2024年8月25日 · New passports within a month; until then only 1000 will be issued a day, says Immigration Chief. By Damith Wickremasekera Until the new passports arrive next month, the Immigration Department will issue only 1000 passports a day to manage the crisis over the shortage of passports, Controller General Harsha Illukpitiya told the Sunday Times.

2024年7月7日 · Expressways: Finance Ministry asks Highways Ministry to get donor concurrence. By Namini Wijedasa The Finance Ministry has urged the Highways Ministry to get the concurrence of lending agencies that had funded road construction before devising plans to transfer the management and assets of Sri Lanka’s expressways from the Road Development Authority (RDA) to the new State-owned company named ...