Aug 31 (Island) The Health Ministry has suspended the purchase of drugs from two Indian suppliers after two types of drugs had been found to be contaminated. Minister Maithripala Sirisena had ordered that the two Indian companies which exported Promethazine Hydrochloride and Acyclovir sodium injection phials found to be contaminated, be informed that the Ministry has suspended the drug purchase from them until further notice. The injection phials had been found to more..

Aug 31 (PTI) Police today busted an international fake credit card cloning racket after they arrested two Sri Lankan nationals here. The arrested have been identified as Mahendra Karunaraj and Ashwini Kumar, both Sri Lankan nationals but settled in Bangalore and Madurai respectively. Auradkar said Karunaraj used to get credit card data through emails from his childhood friend now settled in France for a price. more..

Aug 31 (SLE) The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington DC arranged the participation of Sri Lankan school children for the third consecutive year at Project Common Bond in the United States. Tuesday’s Children, a New York based nonprofit organization sponsors the program annually for children who have suffered from acts of terrorism around the world. Five students from Sri Lankan public schools attended this year’s program held at Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia from more..

Aug 31 (LT) The govt has become so cruet that it doesn’t allow a condolence message to be presented on behalf of persons who have been killed in an agitation says the JVP Member of Kesbawa Municipal Council Chamara Maddumakaluge. The condolence message on behalf of the three persons including two school children who were shot dead by the Army when it fired at a peaceful agitation carried out by residents of Rathupaswala demanding their right for more..