The Agriculture Ministry states that they can ensure there would not be any shortage of rice within this year.
Minister In charge, Mahindananda Aluthgamage said that there were ample stocks of rice available.
He explained that the floods only affected the cultivation in the north, and therefore the requirement of rice can be met with the harvest collected from other regions.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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