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By Russel Hewawasam (Lanka-e-News- 02.March.2021, 11.00PM) The Presidential Commission appointed in November 2019 to investigate the Islamic extremist attack on Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, April 21, concluded its work last January 27th. The commission examined the evidences of 450 people, including former President Maithripala Sirisena, former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and security chiefs. The Commission concluded its proceedings by applying sudden brakes. Although the report of the Presidential Commission on the Easter Attack, which ended up blaming only those who did not prevent the attack, is incomplete, it is also becoming a boomerang for the present government. Throughout the history of the country, the Presidential Commissions and other commissions set up to sabotage public funds have achieved nothing, the country and the people as well as to fulfill the hopes of the victims. However, some of the highlights of the commission s report, which received interna ....
Within a few months Cogent became immensely popular in Sri Lanka; not only the lay diabetics, but medical consultants rushed for it within a short period. The first consignment was sold like ‘hot cakes’ If there was one COVID infected patient present at the Hettipola queue, hundreds including Army personnel would have got contaminated creating a worse pandemic Call it Hettipola cluster or ‘Kali pokura?’ Three health ministers, both Allopathic and Indigenous [a professor of pharmacology & two lawyers] apparently encourage the producer and the anxious Public, while the newly appointed Covid Minister had warned users. While the officials led by Dr Sudath Samaraweera, Chief Epidemiologist are doing their utmost with dedication to stop the spread of virus, thousands of people, including police and army personnel queued up ignoring guidelines, for free samples of a preparation produced by one Dhammika Bandara claiming a cure and offer immunity to the Corona virus. ....