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By Sherifdeen Amath
Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said that the purchase of paddy from farmers which had been temporarily stopped may resume next week.
“We expect money from the Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board to buy paddy from farmers. The quantity of paddy that can be purchased will be decided depending on the amount of money given, the Minister told the Sunday Observer...
UNDP e-Mobility pilot program
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) will extend its support to convert three-wheelers to run on electricity and to introduce electric buses in Sri Lanka to reduce the impact of the fuel crisis and the harmful effects of fossil fuel on the environment.
A preliminary discussion was held between the Minister of Transport and Highways, Dr. Bandula Gunawardena and...
“Take fourth vaccine dose as soon as possible”
Deputy Director General of Health Services Dr. Hemantha Herath said a new outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic is spreading rapidly around the world and there was an increase in the number of Covid-19 infected people in Sri Lanka during the past few days.
Dr. Herath called upon the public to be careful to avoid the Covid-19 infection and to get the fourth Covid-19 vaccine as...
Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said that over 50 percent of fuel stations in the country have started fuel distribution using the National Fuel Pass QR system.
The Minister said that 481 fuel stations including 409 Ceypetco and 72 LIOC filling stations had dispensed fuel under this system from July 27.
Around 158,208 consumers had obtained fuel using the...
The registration process for the National Fuel Pass is currently under way across the country with the voluntary participation of those in the National Youth Services Council, the National Youth Corps and the Youth Society Federation under the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs. The fuel will be distributed using the QR code from July 25.
A pilot project in this regard...
By Sherifdeen Amath
The second term of Government schools concludes on December 1, Education Ministry sources said. The first phase of the schools’...
G.C.E. Advanced Level examination:
Of the 272,682 (62.9 percent) candidates who sat the 2021 G.C.E. Advanced Level examination, 171,497 have qualified for...
A three-day dengue control program will be conducted from September 1 to 3 covering 60 high-risk divisions of the Medical Officer...
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said that the generator (Unit 1) one of the Lakvijaya Power Plant in Norochcholai resumed...
A new bus service named ‘School Service’ will commence from August 1 and these buses will operate two turns per day displaying...
The Government has decided to cultivate crops in all Government institutions and school premises under the National Food...