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Rs.100mn per month to maintain state ministers

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Kalutara District Member of Parliament Lalith Ellawala made a proposal demanding the resignation of state ministers as more than Rs.100 million are spent per month for their maintenance.

He requested that this amount be allocated to supply medicines to the hospitals.

He expressed these views at a news briefing held in Kalutara yesterday (26) to shed light on the current situation in the country.

He said the tests carried out by the pet scanner at the Maharagama Apeksha Hospital have been stopped since last May. “Due to this, cancer patients have been severely affected. A cancer patient will spend Rs.300,000 to get this test done in a private hospital,” he said.

He also said that there are no enough medicines in the hospitals and most of the citizens are forced to skip meals. 

“When the country is in this state, the ministers travel around the world as usual. Not only that, they are going on these fun rides together with other MPs and more staff members. They are wasting taxpayers’ money. These practices should be stopped immediately.”

“The state ministers are not doing any productive work, they simply enjoy the privileges. More than Rs.100 million are spent per month to maintain the state ministers. I urge the state ministers to resign and allocate those funds to the hospitals to purchase medicines.”

“I suggest that all the state ministers resign and only 20 Cabinet Ministers be selected from the 225 MPs and the rest of the MPs be appointed to the Select Committees in order to serve the country,” he said.

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Pillayan had prior knowledge of Easter attacks – Minister (Video)

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Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala says that investigations have revealed that Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, alias “Pilleyan”, had prior knowledge of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks.

Making a special statement in Parliament today (July 09), the minister pointed out that Pilleyan was in custody at the Batticaloa Prison when the attacks took place, and that strong evidence exists that he had prior knowledge of the attacks.

(Video : Voicetube)

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Student held under PTA for nine months to be produced in court

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The case of a 21-year-old student detained for nearly nine months under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) will be taken up in court today (July 9).

Mohamed Rifai Mohamed Suhail, an aviation student from Mawanella, was arrested in October 2024 after posting a video on Instagram showing the Israeli flag being trampled, BBC Sinhala reported.

He was initially taken into custody by Dehiwala Police near the Israeli consular office for failing to carry his national identity card and later released when the document was produced in court.

However, Suhail was re-arrested and remanded under the PTA in connection with the Instagram video, despite the court previously releasing him without bail. His lawyer alleges that no formal charges have been filed and no evidence has been presented by police to support the detention.

The prolonged incarceration has drawn criticism from rights groups, legal experts, and the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, which has been formally notified. Meanwhile, Suhail’s family has lodged a complaint, calling for his immediate release.

(dailymirror.lk)

(This story, originally published by dailymirror.lk has not been edited by SLM staff)

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Injured Wanindu ruled out of Bangladesh T20I series

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Sri Lanka’s T20I captain Wanindu Hasaranga has been ruled out of the upcoming T20I series against Bangladesh after suffering a hamstring injury to his right leg.

The injury occurred while he was batting during the third and final ODI of the recently concluded series.

Following a medical evaluation, Hasaranga will return to Colombo to undergo rehabilitation at Sri Lanka Cricket’s High Performance Centre.

Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed that no replacement will be added to the T20I squad in his absence.

(dailynews.lk)

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