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Health Ministry officials, politicians blamed for underhand deal

State-owned facility prevented from collecting samples Private lab has monopoly over PCR tests at BIA by Rathindra Kuruwita President of the College of Medical Laboratory Science Ravi Kumudesh told The Island yesterday that a single private lab had been entrusted with the task of conducting PCR tests on all tourists arriving in Sri Lanka. Kumudesh […] ....

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PM says SL will run ECT

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday assured the warring port workers that the Eastern Container Terminal of the Colombo Port would neither be leased nor sold. The PM said so addressing journalists at his Tangalle residence. Responding to a query raised by a journalist during a press conference in Tangalle the Premier said: “The Opposition’s accusations […] ....

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Govt. to develop ECT fully, remaining terminal on paper open for foreign investment


By Shamindra Ferdinando
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has accepted a proposal by 22 port trade unions aimed at resolving a crisis over the proposed handing over of the East Container Terminal (ECT) at the Colombo harbour to India’s Adani Group.
The unions have accepted external investment in the proposed West Container Terminal (WCT) while the government undertook to fully develop the deep water ECT now in operation. 
Urban Development, Coast Conservation, Waste Disposal and Community Cleanliness State Minister Dr. Nalaka Godahewa, who intervened in the dispute on behalf of ‘Viyathmaga’ yesterday (31), told
The Island the trade unions’ proposal was in line with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s policy statement at the last presidential election in Nov 2019. ....

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Use of polythene packaging material for some products banned

By Ifham Nizam The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) yesterday said a gazette notification had been issued by the Environment Ministry banning the use of polythene packaging products for agrochemicals and single-use sachets. According to CEA, Chiariman S. Amarasinghe this decision will come into effect from 31, March 2021. The Extraordinary Gazette was issued on January […] ....

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