Sri Lanka, Sept. 5 -- The Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education has announced a complete ban on the promotion and use of drugs at any programme or event organised using a school's official emblem.

The decision has been introduced through the Ministry's latest Circular No. 2026/10. Under the circular, the Secretary to the Ministry of Education has been granted full authority to immediately prohibit any event if drugs are found to be used in violation of the regulations.

Speaking at a media briefing held yesterday (04) at the headquarters of the "Rataama Ekata" (One Country, Together) National Operation, Deputy Director of the Ministry's Co-Curricular Guidance and Counselling Branch, Mahesh Ratnayake, said paren...