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The annual rice consumption requirement in the country is approximately 2.2 million metric tons. The harvest for the 2020/2021 Maha season and the 2021 Yala season is approximately 4.8 million metric tons of rice and that amount can…

The Cabinet of Ministers has previously granted approval for upgrading the refinery capacity of the general waste water refinery situated within the Seethawaka Export Processing Zone(EPZ) which is implemented under Sri Lanka Board of…

Bids have been invited from local textile manufacturers to purchase clothing materials for school uniforms for the year 2022 and five manufacturers has submitted their bids. Following the price negotiations as recommended by the…

186 deaths reported due to COVID-19 within 24-hours, stated the Department of Government Information.

The highest number of COVID-19 patients were reported today in Sri Lanka with 3,806 new infections. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 373,165 stated the Epidemiology Unit.

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Engineers’ Association President Saumya Kumarawadu said yesterday that over the past 19 years, a loss of over Rs.160 billion has been incurred due to the short-term decision taken by the United…

A new program has been launched for COVID-infected patients in the Western Province in order to direct them to treatment centres and home, based on their conditions will start from today, stated the National Operation Centre for…

The Ministerial Sub Committee looking into resolving the teacher principal salary issue will present its final report with recommendations at the next Cabinet meeting, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said. Thirty trade unions…

For essential treatment including providing oxygen to critically ill patients at a time when Sri Lankan citizens are suffering from the Covid 19 Pandemic and especially when the Delta virus variant is spreading rapidly, Sri Lankans…

Leaders of ten constituent Parties in the government have written to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa urging him to immediately lock down the country for at least three weeks to control the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus. In a letter to…