The government proposes to introduce constitutional amendments aimed at extending the term of office of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, without holding a presidential election, Minister Janaka Bandara Tennakoon told the Sunday Times yesterday.
As four children confirmed with the influenza infection AH1N1 and several more suspected cases were isolated at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) at Angoda, both national and international health authorities urged the public not to panic but be alert, assuring that systems were in place in Sri Lanka to face this pandemic.
