Election week and holidays have limited sales of tea at the Colombo auctions this week as a result a total of 4 million kg was on offer and there had been a decline of prices in some categories.
Considering the lesser volume, demand was slow due to the restricted number of working days.
Broker Forbes and Walkers states that High and Medium Grown CTC’s continued to be a weak feature with many poor leaf/thin liquoring teas being difficult for sale. The corresponding low grown types continued to attract strong demand and recorded a dearer trend in prices. There was good demand for particularly well-made teas in the Low Growns. (SD)
Mr. Ali Sabri Rahim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Puttalam District whom an open warrant had been issued, attended a public ceremony at Al Aksha National School in Kalpitiya today (16) as the special guest of honor.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Auspicious times widely followed by candidates keeping with traditions will be taken into consideration by the Election Commission in fixing the date and time for the conduct on the Presidential polls.
The Cabinet of Ministers has granted policy approval to change the wording “exceeding six years” in paragraph (b) of Article 83 of the Constitution to “exceeding five years” with reference to the President’s tenure.
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