09/09/2010
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BBC
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has reappointed a minister who tied a government official to a tree last month in the capital, Colombo.
08/16/2010
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IRIN
MAELIYA, 16 August 2010 (IRIN) - Sri Lanka has launched a massive community prevention campaign targeting dengue fever using billboards, TV spots and even schoolchildren.
08/11/2010
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BBC Sinhala
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has decided to sack deputy minster of highways, Dr. Mervyn Silva, the presidential secretariat confirmed.
08/10/2010
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AFP
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka's president Tuesday sacked a maverick minister who had tied a state official to a tree as punishment for failing to control the spread of dengue fever in the country, an official said.
08/10/2010
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Hindustan Times
During his 13 trail-blazing days as deputy media minister in late April, Mervyn Silva, had shared with us his ideas about how to support journalists. It included sacrificing his conjugal commitments so that he could be on call 24/7 to assist reporters in distress and even cook for us on somewhat of
08/06/2010
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Associated Press, The Scotsman
HUNDREDS of state government workers in Sri Lanka staged protests yesterday against a government minister who tied an official to a tree as a punishment for failing to attend a mosquito eradication programme.
08/03/2010
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Daily Mirror
Deputy Minister Mervyn Silva tied a samurdhi officer to a mango tree a short while ago over his failure to attend a dengue prevention programme in Kelaniya last week.
07/22/2010
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Hindustan Times
A worried Sri Lankan government has mobilised the army, navy and air force to assist civic authorities in curbing a wave of dengue fever spreading across the country, claiming at least 160 lives and infecting more than 21,600 people till now. The Colombo city – a city of less than a million people-- and its adjoining areas are worst-hit by the disease. Government hospitals are overflowing with dengue patients; children have been badly affected.
07/21/2010
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Minivan News
An Environmental Protection Unit has been established by the Sri Lankan police to assist in the country’s current dengue eradication campaign which is being conducted by the army and police.