Despite the Health Ministry’s adamant position of not withdrawing the drug used at the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital that resulted in the demise of a 21-year-old girl, the Health Ministry was compelled to withhold two batches of the controversial drug following two more cases of severe allergic reactions reported from the Kandy Hospital. Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Addi
The Thera had complained to the CID alleging that Ex-President Maithripala Sirisena’s statement made during the Derana 360 programme on 20.06.2022 had veiled that some pecuniary offers had been made by the kith and kin of Presidential pardoned Jude Shramantha Jayamaha to Rathana Thera
The Ceylon Electricity Board had informed the Dalada Maligawa to pay Rs 13.2 million for the electricity that is to be used for the annual Esala Perahera festival. CEB has estimated that the total cost for electricity for the Maligawa and the
The police in Aluthgama made a startling recovery yesterday when they raided an illicit liquor manufacturing plant that had been carried out inside a secret chamber of a place used to collect toddy with an Excise license.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe in a special meeting with Health Minister, senior health ministry officials and other stakeholders stressed that the Health Ministry must ensure there is no delay in people getting medicinal drugs a
After 75 years of global efforts to find a vaccine to fight dengue, virologists are suggesting that inoculation may not offer long-lasting immunity against all four dengue virus serotypes, the foreign media reports. According t
Referring to the tragic and untimely death of a 21-year-old woman who died after being administered a drug via cannula while receiving treatment at the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital on Wednesday (12
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US Embassy issues travel warning for Arugam Bay
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