The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has filed a case against Ceylon Agro Industries Limited at No:346, Negombo Road in Seeduwa, which manufactures and distributes Prima Noodles, and Cargills Foods Company (Pvt) Ltd at Staples Street in Colombo 02 for continuing to display an advertisement for a raffle draw even after it has been ended.

The CAA filed the case against Prima and Cargills under the case number B82687/05/2023 and pointed out that these companies have deceived and misled the consumers.

Accordingly, the two companies were accused of misleading and deceiving the consumers by selling Prima Noodles with a sticker printed on it about a raffle draw even after it ended.

Shun Tien Shing is the General Manager of Ceylon Agro Industries Limited while Sajith Gunaratne is the Deputy General Manager and Donovan Ondaatje is Senior Business Manager.

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Several houses have been severely damaged due to torrential rains experienced at Makaldeniya, Poonagala in Bandarawela last night (19).

Two line houses and one shop have been completely destroyed as a result and seven people have been admitted to the Koslanda District Hospital due to injuries.

Five of them have been transferred to the Diyatalawa Base Hospital for further treatment.

Due to heavy rains, around 300 people in the area have been displaced and they have been provided shelter at Punagala Tamil Vidyalaya.

The Koslanda, Liyangahawela and Bandarawela Police as well as the Diyatalawa Army personnel have taken measures to transfer the victims to the hospitals.

The Government of India has assured to provide dairy cows of high quality to Sri Lanka due to the lack of such dairy cows in the country.

Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay has made the assurance during a discussion held with Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera.

The ministry also said that Mr. Baglay and President Ranil Wickremesinghe recently had a discussion where the High Commissioner has agreed to provide full support for the revival of the livestock development sector in Sri Lanka.

According to the ministry, Sri Lanka’s milk and dairy-related production dropped by 19% last year due to the downturn faced by the industry amid the economic crisis.

Meanwhile, the ministry further said that the country’s corn harvest in the 2021 Maha Season fell to 90,000 metric tons, resulting in a shortage of animal feed in the country, which was further aggravated by the lack of dollars hindering the corn importation.

However, the ministry indicated that 180,000 metric tons of corn were imported by the end of 2022 and 60,000 hectares of corn can be cultivated during the upcoming Season.