𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐧. 𝐌𝐏

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

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

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

Sri Lanka’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

An unprecedented number of Lankan craftsmen were felicitated for the first time at Shilpa Abhimani National Handicrafts Awards ceremony in Polgolla, Kandy.more

Creating history in Sri Lanka’s handicrafts sector, an unprecedented number of Lankan craftsmen are to be felicitated at Shilpa Abhimani National Handicrafts Awards ceremony held 01 March in Polgolla, Kandy.more

As the month of February came to a close, Sri Lanka’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

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

Recording a pioneering initiative in Sri Lanka’s exports history, the country is moving to set up the first ever national level mechanism to overcome a daunting modern global trade issue it faces; Sanitary and Phytosanitary Compliance (in simpler terms, ‘export quarantining and other technical barriers’).more