Mar 31 (TM) Production, Supply, and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals State Ministry informed that the authorities of the National Hospital of SL (NHSL) in Colombo and the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital have not informed of any shortage of essential drugs, despite the heads of the said hospitals having informed their doctors to restrict laboratory services & routine surgeries due to a shortage of reagents & anaesthetic more..

Mar 31 (DM) A committee appointed for working out preliminary arrangements for talks with the IMF held talks with Prez Rajapaksa today ahead of seeking Cabinet approval for them, a top govt source said. The committee is headed by Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris. Others are Minister Ali Sabry, CB Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal and Finance Ministry Secretary S.R. Attygalle. The preliminary arrangements proposed by the committee would be referred to the Cabinet for approval. more..

Mar 31 (DM) Refuting reports that MPs' official residences in Madiwela had been included as an area where power cuts are not imposed, Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said today she had instructed the CEB to devolve a mechanism to impose power cuts for people who were getting power supply through feeders connected to essential services such as hospitals and Industrial Zones. She said that uninterrupted power supply was being provided to places such as more..