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Minutes missing from files taken into custody from Rambukwella
Immunoglobulin probe
By AJA Abeynayake
The CID has informed the Maligakanda Magistrate Court that minutes on the files taken into custody from former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella in connection with the fraudulent procurement of fake immunoglobulin were missing.
The CID investigators have observed that the other files pertaining to Cabinet decisions had their log entries and minutes but minutes had gone missing from the files pertaining to the Cabinet memorandum dates May 30, Sept 27, Oct 25, and Dec 05 of 2022, the court was told.
The files had been released to the CID by the Secretary to the Ministry of Health following an order by Maligakanda Magistrate Lochani Abeywickrema Weerasinghe after a request to that effect by Deputy Solicitor General Lakmini Girihagama, who is leading the prosecution on behalf of the Attorney General.
The Trump administration has begun firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees, according to the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS) union, weeks after a fatal mid-air plane collision in Washington DC.
Several hundreds of the agency’s probationary workers – who have generally been in their positions for less than a year – received the news via email late on Friday night, a statement from PASS’s head, Alex Spero said.
It is a part of a cost-cutting drive, driven by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge)., that aims to drastically cut the federal workforce.
Spero called the firings “shameful” and said they “will increase the workload and place new responsibilities on a workforce that is already stretched thin”.
The term of Acting President of the Court of Appeal Justice Mohammed Thahir Laffar has been extended.
Accordingly, Justice Mohammed Thahir Laffar took his oath before President Anura Kumara Disanayake at the Presidential Secretariat on Monday (17). Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake was also present on this occasion.
The Colombo High Court has served indictments against Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa.over alleged misappropriation of Rs. 70 million provided by Krrish Company for development of rugby in Sri Lanka.
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