Sri Lanka has appealed to India to provide B’onions for a three-month period to overcome possible shortages.
Accordingly, it has requested to provide 25,000 Mt each for three months.
Meanwhile, the Government has appealed to Pakistan to grant concessionary payment schemes for purchase of B’onions.
In view of the demand for onions, the price of a kilo of B’onions has shot up to Rs 550.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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