Agriculture officials have been instructed to immediately convert all agriculture development centres to agro-technical hubs, the Agriculture Ministry said.
Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industries Mahinda Amaraweera has given the instruction following the proposal to allocate Rs.2500 million from the budget for this purpose.
The Department of Agricultural Development will be in-charge of this task, the Ministry said.
In addition to this, a project has commenced to gather all data related to agriculture into a system, and to establish computer facilities for farmers to obtain the data and information they need at the farmers' centres.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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