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Four established political parties registered at the Elections Secretariat have been cancelled, the Elections Commissioner said today. Accordingly the Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front(EDLF), National Unity Alliance(NUA), People’s Front of Liberation Tigers(PFLT) and United National Alternative Front(UNAF) will not be recognized as established political parties, the Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya added. The EDLF, NUA and the PFLT ceased to be recognized since January 31, 2013 while the UNAF was effective since January 21.

The JHU today claimed that the report submitted to the Cabinet by the Health Secretary ignores the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), following the completion of its final report on the investigation and evaluation of the Chronic Kidney Disease in Sri Lanka. Although the report of the World Health Organization (WHO) identifies pesticides and fertilizers containing Arsenic as prime causes for diseases, a report prepared disregarding these dangers was presented to the Cabinet by the Health Secretary without even consulting with the Health Minister, JHU MP Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thero said. Ven. Rathana Thero said that the WHO was tasked with asserting pesticides contain Arsenic and that the organization has clearly revealed that they contain Arsenic. The Thero therefore inquired as to why a report created on Arsenic submitted to the Cabinet without even being shown to the Health Minister in order to protect companies,. The WHO report identi

Spill gates of Parakrama Samudraya, Kaudulla and Kanthale reservoirs have been opened due to rising water level following heavy rain, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said. It also advised people living downstream to remain vigilant. 

Pictured here Dr. Deborah Persaud, a virologist at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, is among the doctors who studied the girl’s blood. Using the most sensitive tests available, they found tiny amounts of HIV “particles” but no virus capable of replicating, the research team reported. For the first time, doctors are reporting that a child born with HIV and put on an unusually aggressive treatment regimen has been functionally cured of the infection. Now 2 years old, the Mississippi girl has only trace amounts of HIV in her bloodstream and has been able to keep the virus that causes AIDS in check without the help of medication, doctors said Sunday at a medical conference in Atlanta. If researchers demonstrate that the same treatment can work in other children, it could drastically alter the lives of the estimated 1,000 babies born with HIV every day, most of them in Africa, doctors said. “If there is a trial that shows this can happen again, then this will be very impo

Consultant psychiatrist Dr. DVJ Harishchandra has passed away at the Kalubowila Hospital this morning. Dr. Harischandra is also a celebrated author, his famous books include ‘Psychiatric Aspects of Jataka Stories’. 

Nine students were injured and hospitalized following a clash between two student groups at the Institute of Advanced Technical Education in Labuduwa, Galle. A clash between students from the engineering faculty and management faculty had taken place at around 9.25am today, police said. Management students had reportedly attacked a group of engineering students at the lecture hall of the management faculty building following an argument.