Dec 31 (ST) Attorney General’s Dept has requested the Maligakanda Magistrate to order the CID to investigate what happened to Rs. 144.4 million that was credited to a bank account of Isolez Biotech Pharma AG as payment for the counterfeit human immunoglobulin injections that it supplied the Health Ministry. Deputy Solicitor General (DSG) Lakmini Girihagama told court that the money was withdrawn from more..

Dec 31 (TM) All pending procurements for purchasing medicine from India under the Indian credit line will be completed in January, according to the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC). SPC Managing Director Dinusha Dasanayake stated that the credit line, set to expire by the end of March, necessitated the completion of all pending procurements before the end of January to ensure the process would conclude by March. India extended a $ 1 billion credit line to SL more..

Dec 31 (Island) The controversial arrest of SL’s senior most Kapuwa, or the intermediary between devotee and deity, has renewed a debate over who should benefit from the valuable offerings to the gods. Somipala Ratnayake, the chief Kapuwa at the Kataragama Maha Devale was taken into custody on Wednesday over a missing gold tray said to be worth over 6.4 million rupees. He was enlarged on bail of half a million rupees. He was also ordered to report to the Colombo Crime Division on more..

Dec 31 (ST) Sri Lankans are bracing themselves for much tougher months ahead as 2024 dawns tomorrow. It is the inevitable consequence of former Prez Gotabaya Rajapaksa plunging the country into bankruptcy through mismanagement. In 2023, which ends today, the people were compelled to bear the brunt of the resultant economic crisis that forced them to pay unprecedentedly high prices. The cost of living reached new heights and more..