Retirement Age Of State Enterprise Employees Extended To 57 Years From 55 Years

The retirement age of State Enterprise Employees has been extended  to 57 years from 55 years with effect from 01st of May this year the The Policy And Research Unit of the Presidential Secretariat has announced today.

According to this decision an Employee in a State Enterprise can be in the service till  age of 57 without seeking a service extension.This new retirement age only applied for those employees in state enterprises whose retirement age has been specifically determined through a Parliamentary Act according to the Research Unit of the Presidential Secretariat.

Also the state employees who have reached the age of 55  are  permitted to retire voluntarily.If an employee retired voluntarily from the state service he/she will received the benefits of  Employees Provident Fund(EPF) and the Employees Trust Fund (ETF) the sources said.The circular regarding the new law has already issued by the Treasury Secretary.

Alleged Financial Misappropriation And Match Fixing On Sri Lankan Cricket Interim Committee Has Summoned

The Committee On Public Enterprises (COPE) has yesterday summoned the Sri Lankan Cricket Interim Committee on    Financial Misappropriations and Match Fixing allegations.The chairman of the COPE Senior Minister Dew Gunasekera has said that the summoning of Sri Lankan Cricket is due to the recent media exposures against the activities of the Interim Committee.

According to  the sources the Sri Lankan Cricket Interim Board lost more than  Rs.2 Billion since the present Interim Committee headed by former national cricketer D.S De Silva took over the administration.

Government Hospitals Faced Hardships Due To Short Drug Supply And Poor Quality Drugs

The Government Doctors informed the Government Medical Officers Association(GMOA) that there is a short Drug Supply in Government Hospitals at present  and the Drugs supplied too is not in good quality and due to this both patients and doctors facing difficulties.

GMOA Spokesman has said that such a situation arise due to the non availability of  a National Drug Policy .Last year alone the Health Ministry had spent around Rs.15 billion for supplying Drugs to government hospitals but due to low quality and and a short supply of drugs it proved that the expenditure was totally a waste he further added.

During last few months the GMOA had raised the issue  at the discussions held in the  Ministry in several occasions but not received a positive response in this regard according to the GMOA Spokesman.The only solution for tackling this drug shortage and low quality drug problem is the implementation of National Drugs Policy he stressed.

Sri Lankan Health Minister To Meet Indian Home Minister And Discuss On Eraant Indian Drug Suppliers

Sri Lankan Health Minister Maithrepala Sirisena is to meet Indian Union Home Minister Gulam Nabi Azaad during this Month in New Delhi to discuss implementing a  Joint Mechanism on Indian Drug Companies who are supplying Sub Standard Drugs and delaying the supply of Drugs to Sri Lankan Government Hospitals.

According to the Health Ministry Sources the two ministers are due to hold this discussion at state level.Few weeks back the Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka  Ashoka K Kantha had met Health Minister Maithrepala at the Health Ministry to discuss on these errant Indian drug suppliers and it has been reported that the Indian high commissioner even asked the health minister to inform the details of these drug suppliers to Indian government for legal action.

However the Health Ministry has not taken any legal action on these errant drug suppliers up to now and only  charged the surety bond deposited by those suppliers.

Cinamon Gardens Became Mosquito Breeding Ground Of The Colombo City

According to the Colombo Public Health Department 66 percent of the Mosquito Breeders of the Colombo are from Cinnamon Gardens known as occupied by highly rich people.The Public Health Department had issued 184 Notices who are running Mosquito Breeding Places in Colombo City during their raid carried out in last Saturday and majority of the notices issued to the residents and institution owners in Cinnamon Garderns Chief MOH of the Colombo City Dr.Pradeep Kariyawasam has said.

According to Dr.Kariyawasam around 75 Dengue Patients were reported during the first nine days of this month and one Death was reported in the Modara Area today.

Sports Minister To Ensure Safety Of Hashan If He Can Revealed The Match Fixers

 If the former Sri Lanakan Cricket Captain Hashan Thilakaratne can revealed the names of those persons who involved in Match Fixing  here with proof ,government will ensure  saftety of Hashan  Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has said today.

Earlier Hashan Thilakaratne had requested CID to ensure his safety to enable him to revealed the names of local match fixers.

Parliament Proceedings To Show Live On T.V

The Parliament is to introduce live broadcasting of it's proceedings according to the Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody.The Deputy Speaker also said that the initial trial will only be limited for Radio Broadcast.