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Apollo Hospital, Colombo is making arrangements to get some procedural matters cleared to do the first heart transplant in Sri Lanka on a seriously affected heart patient.

The operation will be carried out by Consultant Cardiothorasic surgeon Dr. Sujeeth H. Savarna FRCS.

Dr. Savarna who returned from UK recently and took over the Apollo’s heart surgery programme told the Daily News that he had participated in over 200 heart transplants in the UK and was looking forward to start this programme… Continue

The Sri Lankan Army chief has said that the Congress-led Indian government would not listen to "the political jokers" in Tamil Nadu and insist that Colombo go for a ceasefire with the Tamil Tiger rebels.

Army Chief Lt.Gen. Sarath Fonseka, in an interview with the state-run Sunday Observer, expressed confidence that the Indian government "is not interested in a ceasefire in Sri Lanka" as it has listed the LTTE as a terrorist organization and handed the rebel chief a death sentence for his links… Continue

An Indian and a Sri Lankan exchanging boarding passes before boarding a SriLankan Airlines flight bound for London via Colombo were nabbed by Immigration officials, at the Chennai Airport on Friday.

The vigilance teams of the airport immigration wing noticed them on the closed circuit television and immediately intercepted them. The sleuths found both were carrying Indian passports with the same name ’Sampath Kumar’.

On further verification, police recovered another Sri Lankan passport bearing… Continue

The SAARC Charter Day commemorating will be observed today (Dec 8).

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said today that SAARC countries should work in unison, safeguard its rich heritage and also rise to face the challenges that test the nations.

Issuing a statement President said that the SAARC region is home to one-fifth of the world’s population, making SAARC the largest regional entity in the world.

The following is the full text of his massage.

"Today, we in South Asia commemorate the Twenty-th… Continue

Maskeliya: Revellers during the Sripada season which begins on December 12 will be severely dealth with, Police said.

Three-wheeler and private vehicle drivers who fail to follow rules and regulations from Hatton to Nallathanniya via Maskeliya and Nortonbridge will be severely punished, Senior Superintendent of Hatton Region S. Swarnasinghe told a meeting at the Hatton-Dickoya Urban Council Auditorium.

SSP Swarnasinghe said three-wheeler drivers who flout the law will be strictly dealth with.… Continue