Need to give breathing space for pharmaceutical industry -...
The Government will consider a five percent hike in the price of pharmaceuticals, Minister of Health Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, Dr. Rajitha Senarathne told the industry representatives at a recent meeting.The Minister has said that the Ministry together with the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) will introduce a price formula to absorb the difference in foreign exchange. He made this...
A shootout took place in Kurana, Negombo between an underworld gang travelling in a Dolphin van and the STF in a jeep last evening. The incident took place near the Grandiza Hotel in Kurana.According to our special correspondent reporting from the scene of the incident, a STF jeep was shot at, from a van coming from the direction of Negombo. STF personnel had retaliated, resulting in two sustaining serious...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is predicting a quarter (.25%) per cent loss on GDP, approximately US$213 million, due to the increase in thermal power generation by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) this year.The latest review of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Sri Lanka’s economic performance under the three-year extended arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement...
Former Tea Exporters’ Association President Rohan Fernando who also heads the Heladiv Tea Group, said that celebrating 150 years of Ceylon Tea is a landmark event. Reaching the milestone is not without challenges. The industry has has faced many obstacles in its long history, ever since the commercial crop was introduced by British planters.“Until the late 1970s, tea remained as a mercantile sector export...
The behemoth weighed more than 65 tons and perhaps as many as 77, a new study says. That makes the animal not just the biggest known dinosaur but also the biggest known land animal ever. Only a few whale species are heftier - and this dinosaur’s bones show it was still growing.Scientists have christened the gigantic vegetarian Patagotitan mayorum, in honour of the Argentine region of Patagonia and the Mayo...
Following Dhawan-Rahul 188-run opening partnership :
PALLEKELE: Left-arm spinner Malinda Pushpakumara held back until the 40th over of the innings for reasons best known to his captain brought Sri Lanka back into contention with three wickets for 22 runs off 43 balls on the opening day of the third and final cricket Test against India at the Pallekele International Stadium yesterday.India after winning their third consecutive toss of the series were riding...
