The government announced a Minimum Purchasing Price (MPP) for paddy varieties that would come into effect from tomorrow onwards, Agriculture Minister K.D Lal Kantha announced today.
Accordingly, the Paddy Marketing Board will purchase paddy at the following rates per kilogram: Rs.120 for Dried Nadu rice, Rs.125 for Samba, and Rs.132 for Keeri Samba.
The government came under severe criticism in recent weeks for delaying to announce MPP for paddy as farmers alleged that they were forced to sell their harvest at lower rate by rice millers.
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.
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.
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