Minister of Higher Education has issued a gazette notification on 30th August stating that Malabe private medical school is a legal medical college that is authorized to issue MBBS certificates states Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA).
GMOA states according to the relevant gazette notification Malabe school should complete the necessary facilities needed within a month, However, two months have passed and no new facilities have been set up there nor conditions of the notification have been fulfilled. GMOA states authorities of the school have not been able to recruit academic and administrative staff and provide a proper plan for eh next five years. GMOA also states this institution cannot be accepted as a proper medical college due to split in courses of studies, lack of separate departments for anatomy, physiology, surgery and medicine, lack of qualified academic staff and unavailability of a teaching hospital. [Read more…]
The government has increased the prices of petrol, diesel and kerosene oil with effect from midnight today (29th). The price of petrol has been increased by Rs.12.00 a liter while the price of diesel has been increased by Rs.8.00 a liter. The increase of the price of kerosene oil is Rs.10.00. 
Despite promising 50000 houses for members of the three security services under ‘Mahinda Chinthana -1, they have been given an illusion of ‘Ranaviru reality star’ (a reality show for war heroes). The government that has not put forward a proper programme to rehabilitee those war heroes who have been disabled in the war, has allocated Rs.207000000 for the reality show.
The Dambulla – Kekirawa road has been temporarily closed due to unmanageable behavior 
The ‘Mathata Thitha’ concept of Dr. Percy Mahendra Rajapakse, who is entangled in the dream of converting the whole island into a tourist paradise, would be terminated next year. All excise acts and bills would be amended after the budget proposals for 2012 have been passed in Parliament say sources.
The Department of Railways carries out a scheme of making unlawful profits by issuing unlimited number of tickets for 1st and 2nd class compartments in its long distance rail services during weekends and government holidays. Travelers paying higher rates for 1st and 2nd class travelling have to use 3rd class compartments as there is no room in the other compartments. 
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9,998 of those who sat the Korean language proficiency test have passed the examination The minimum pass mark was set at 124 out of a total of 200. According to The Foreign Employment Bureau 44,732 persons sat for the examination while 34,734 failed to pass. 
The government has gambled with funds of the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) and has lost says President of Inter Company Employees’ Union (ICEU) Wasanthe Samarasinghe. Speaking to the media Mr. Samarasinghe said the government used EPF funds to gamble on the Colombo Stock Exchange and by using it to boost value of shares of certain companies belonging to companies of its supporters. 
According to internal sources of the Ministry of Lands 48 acres of state owned coconut estate worth millions of rupees at Kandakuliya GS division in Puttalam District has been illegally seized by a private company.