Sri Lanka, July 6 -- Minister of Health and Mass Media Nalinda Jayatissa announced that the admission of local students to the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) Medical Faculty has recommenced, in accordance with the previous admission process.

Speaking at an event in Colombo, Minister Jayatissa stated that the earlier decision to temporarily halt local student admissions to the KDU Medical Faculty was a provisional one.

This decision, announced by the government in Parliament recently, has drawn strong opposition from various parties, including Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa.

Following this, a Cabinet committee was appointed to investigate the matter and submit recommendations.

Amidst these developments, Minist...