Cabinet has approved the measure taken by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to appoint a ministerial committee to make necessary policy recommendations and solutions to ensure that essential consumer goods are supplied to the market without shortage.
The committee comprises the following members: Minister of Finance – Chairman, Minister of Trade, Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Ports and Shipping, State Minister of Co-Operative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection, State Minister of Ornamental Fish, Inland Fish & Prawn Farming, Fishery Harbour Development, Multiday Fishing and Fish Exports and State Minister of Livestock, Farm Promotion and Dairy and Egg Related Industries.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
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