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Ministry Of Health To Carry Out Raids In Pharmacies To Check Whether The Price Reduction Of Drugs Has Been Implemented

The Ministry Of Health,Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine has decided to carry out raids in all pharmacies in the island to check whether these Pharmacies are selling the price reducted 48 essential drugs to public for  reduced prices.

Ministry has received many complaints from the public during last few days that most of the pharmacies in the island are not selling  some of the price reducted drugs for reduced prices according to the Ministry sources.

Therefore the Ministry has decided to carry out raids in pharmacies throughout the island with the assistance of Independant Drug Regulatory Authority and Consumer Affairs Authority to ensure that the public will get the benifit of the price reduction of drugs  the sources have stressed.

Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne has issued a special gazette notification last friday to reduce the prices of 48 essential widely used drugs available in the market.

Acting Magistrate Of Nugegoda Has Ordered To Bury The Body Of The Deceased Youth Found Dead At MP Weerawansha's House

The acting magistrate of Nugegoda Thissa Wijeratne has yesterday (27) ordered not to cremate but bury the body of the youth who was found dead at the house of Joint Opposition MP Wimal Weerawansha in Hokandara as the death has occurred due to natural causes it has been reported.

The acting magistrate has ordered to hand over the body of the deceased youth to Kalubowila Teaching Hospital for post mortem and afterwards to his mother .

The Nugegoda Acting Magistrate has made the irder after inspect the body of the deceased youth at Sri Jayawardenapura Teaching Hospital yesterday (27).

The body of the deceased youth was  found at the house of MP Weerawanshe two days ago.

Government Has Lost Rs.15,000 Billion Due To The Central Bank Bond Scam Issue

Through the controversial bond scam occurred at   Central Bank in 2015 ,government has lost Rs.15,000 billion the Chairman of the COPE (Committee For Public Enterprises) JVP (Janatha Wimukthi Peramuna) MP Sunil Handuneththi has stated after presenting the special COPE Report on Central Bank's Bond Scam issue  to the parliament today (28).

Government has incurred the loss during the issuing of treassury bonds for the period  february 2015 to may 2016 MP Handuneththi has revealed.

Both former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendren and his son in law are responsible for this bond scam he has stressed.

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Four Member European Parliamentary Delegation To Visit Sri Lanka On 31st Of October

A  four  member European Parliamentary  delegation is due to visit Sri Lanka from 31st of October to 03rd of November it has been announced.

The purpose of this Visit is to view the progress Sri Lanka made on national reconciliation process,The groundwork laid for a successful GSP+ Application and ways to empower Sri Lankan women economically and politically the European Union has stated by issuing a statement in this regard.

The four member European Parliamentary Delegation due to visit Sri Lanka comprising with Jean Lambert-UK (Chairperson),Thomas Mann-Germany ,Sajjad Karim-UK and Ulrike Muller-Germany.

During the visit the European Parliamentary delegation is due to hold talks with government ,parliamentary and civil organization representatives and the delegation is also due to visit Batticaloa and Trincomalee Districts to view European Union funded projects there.