Milk production declines further The production of powdered milk and packaged liquid milk has declined sharply due to the reduction in the supply of liquid milk by dairy farmers, according to Milco.
INCREASE IN PRICES OF PHARMACEUTICALS PROPOSED
Request to increase prices of pharmaceuticals! The Industrial Board of Pharmaceutical Importers has asked the Ministry of Health to remove the control price or increase the price of drugs by 15 percent if dollars cannot be released to open letters…
TWELVE THOUSAND PENSIONERS DEPRIVED OF PENSION GRATUITY OWIN TO RETIREMENT OF PUBLIC SERVANTS AMOUNT EXCEEDS RS 133 BILLION
Over 133 billion held depriving 12,000 pensioners their payments! The Ministry of Public Services, Local Government and Provincial Councils has informed the Cabinet that 12,843 retirees have been severely affected by the non-payment of pension gratuity due on the retirement…
ENTRY INTO GOVERNMENT OFFICES ONLY FOR THOSE FULLY VACCINATED -GAZETTED
Public places out of bounds for those not fully vaccinated! The Minister of Health has issued a gazette notification preventing people who have not been fully vaccinated from entering public places, including public transport, from April 30. The Health Ministry…
TWENTY EIGHT Covid-19 INFECTED PATIENTS HAD SUCUMMED TO DEATH AS ON 04th AS CONFIRMED BY DGHS
Twenty eight Covid-19 deaths Another 28 patients infected with Covid-19 had died yesterday (04), the Director General of Health Services confirmed today (05). Accordingly, the total number of Covid-19 deaths in the country has risen to 15,572, including the 20…
TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND NATIONAL SCHOOL TEACHERS TRANSFERED
Twenty five thousand national school teacher transfers! The online call for applications for the transfer of teachers who have worked in the same national school for more than 10 years will be launched in the next few days, it is…
MBBS QUALIFIED PRETTY VOCALIST DINITHI UPEKSHA RANAWEERA ALREADY ON AN EFFERVESCENT VOYAGE IN RECOGNITION AND FAME
MBBS QUALIFIED PRETTY VOCALIST DINITHI RANAWEERA ALREADY ON AN EFFERVESCENT VOYAGE IN RECOGNITION AND FAME Dinithi Upeksha Ranaweera had commenced singing at her school Southlands College Galle having had innate talent not linked to any hereditary affiliations. Dinithi had shown…
EIGHT CONTAINERS WITH WHITE PRINTING PAPER IMPORTED BY THE GOVT PRINTING DEPT STUCK IN PORT FOR WANT OF DOLLARS
Eight containers of white printing papers imported by the Department of Government Printing have been stuck at the Colombo port due to the dearth of US dollars required to release them. It is said that this has largely hampered work…
AMBITIOUS AGRICULTURE DRIVE TO PROMOTE AND ENHANCE RURAL AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES
SRI LANKA EMBARKS ON AN AMBITIOUS DRIVE TO PROMOTE RURAL INDUSTRIES Sri Lanka has embarked on an ambitious promotion drive of several traditional and rural industry projects that were launched last year, finance ministry sources said. The ministry has allocated…
YET UNTOLD HISTORY OF SRI LANKAN INDEPENDENCE 1948 THE FORMAL CEREMONY MARKING THE START OF SELF-RULE OPENING OF THE FIRST PARLIAMENT WITH DS SENANAYAKE AS THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF CEYLON
Untold history of Sri Lanka’s Independence The formal ceremony marking the start of self-rule, with the opening of the first parliament at Independence Square by Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester in the presence of Rt Hon D.S. Senanayake as first…
