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As part of the revival of Sri Lankaโ€™s historic arts and crafts, the country is now enlisting 40000 school-goers across 225 schools to learn its time honoured traditions-and 10000 students also trained on craft making, in a pioneering project by two top Cabinet Ministries.more

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BY ROMESH BADHUSHANKA / SUNDAY TIMES A campaign to plant 100,000 trees around the Wilpattu region commenced yesterday under the patronage of Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen. As a first step of this program, 3000 saplings were planted in areas on both sides of the main road aroundmore

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Disna Mudalige/Ceylon Daily News The All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) led by Minister Rishad Bathiudeen is to go before court challenging the report of the Delimitation Review Committee.   ACMC General Secretary S Subairdeen told the Daily News that a court case would be filed no sooner the Gazette notificationmore

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As state owned sugar manufacturing industry reported historic profit levels, Sri Lanka thanked its cane harvesters for their supportive role in unprecedented success heard for the first time in years.more

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Sri Lankaโ€™s largest state owned retail chain store is now selling raw rice below the Maximum Retail Prices (MRP), on a new directive by the government-and also plans mobile rice sales units in populated street locations around the country.more

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As the month of February came to a close, Sri Lankaโ€™s apex Consumer Protector the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) reported 2064 monthly raids on errant rice sellers across the country. In the 48 hours ending 27 February, 42100 Kg rice hoarded by errant sellers were also netted.more

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Despite a huge 400,000 MT volume of rice supply has been discovered to be available within Sri Lankaโ€™s retail market at this very moment, an unscrupulous play within the system has resulted in a supply crisis, alleged Sri Lankaโ€™s Minister of Industry and Commerce on 20 February in Colombo.more