The JVP’s Gampaha District MP Anjaan Umma yesterday
severed her connections with the party over the still simmering dispute
between the Somawansa and Weerawansa factions.
Ms. Umma, who was absent for sometime, yesterday attended
the morning session of Parliament and left the Chambers after five
minutes. She made her way to the Parliament police to complain that she
had received threats.
Doctors warn Health Minister
against harassment
The Government Medical Officers Association has warned the
Minister of Health and the Director in-charge of Private Sector Hospitals
Dr. Harsha de Silva to stop harassing MBBS doctors practicing in private
hospital since they are already registered with the Sri Lanka Medical
Council (SLMC). The harassment, according to GMOA sources, was for failure
to get registered under the Private Medical Institutions Act which is...
Two heads are better than one
Several parliamentarians, headed by Prime Minister Ratnasiri
Wickremanayake, unveiled portraits of their counterparts of yesteryear
at a brief function in the Parliament complex yesterday. Among the
portraits unveiled were those of Dr. C. W. W. Kannangara, A. E.
Gunasinghe, Dr. S. A. Wickremasinghe, G. G. Ponnambalam, Dr. N. M.
Perera, Philip Gunawardena and Alhaj T. B. Jayah. Prime Minister
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake and UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe reminisce
before one of the portraits before the function.
(Photo-Kamal Wanniarachchi)
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