… arrest those named in court proceedings By Shamindra Ferdinando The Colombo High Court Lawyers’ Association intends to move the Fort Magistrate’s court against the inordinate delay on the part of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to arrest those who had been named in the ongoing court proceedings as suspects. The Fort Magistrate’s Court has […]
Second dose for 16-19 age group can be received countrywide on Jan 29 By Shamindra Ferdinando Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella says in spite of Sri Lanka handling the first two phases of the Covid-19 vaccination drive quite well, the country was not out of the woods yet due to the poor public response to the […]
By Rathindra Kuruwita
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has asked the education authorities to take steps to ensure that students should be allowed to enter medical faculties at the age of 18 and pass out as medical graduates when they turn 23.
General Secretary of the GMOA, Dr. Shenal Fernando urged all Sri Lankan professionals to apply similar pressure on the government.
Fernando said: “We note that parents always complain that their children lose a number of years because of avoidable delays. A few decades ago, a student could pass out as a doctor by the age of 23.”
Currently, a student is around 28 when they pass out of university and by the time they complete their internship they are almost 30, Fernando said.
By Rathindra Kuruwita
The mastermind of the Easter Sunday attacks was Naufer Moulavi, a mentor of NTJ leader Zahran Hashim, Minister of Public Security, Dr. Sarath Weerasekera said yesterday, when asked by a journalist whether there had been a foreign hand behind the attacks. Former Jamaat-e-Islami leader, Rasheed Hajjul Akbar too had played a main role, the Minister said.
The Minister said so at a press briefing in Colombo on the future of the report on the PCoI on the Easter carnage.
Weerasekera also said that there was no concrete evidence to prove that Pulasthini Rajendran alias Sarah Jasmine, the wife of Atchchi Muhammadu Muhammadu Hastun, who detonated a suicide bomb at St. Sebastian’s Church, Katuwapitiya on 21 April 2019, had escaped to India.
Committee still confident 6-month deadline can be met By Shamindra Ferdinando Meetings scheduled for last Saturday (23) to discuss proposed constitutional and electoral reforms couldn’t be held as political parties believed some of those expected to attend them, had been affected by Covid-19, well informed sources told The Island. The Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU), the […]