The President has advised Minister of Co-operative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection Lasantha Alagiyawanna to monitor and ensure essential goods are not sold to the public at exorbitant prices.
At present long queues are seen in front of dairy outlets with people standing for hours to purchase powdered milk while shortage of rice and wheat flour is witnessed in retail markets.
Minister Alagiyawanna said the government had to remove the price control imposed on milk powder, wheat flour, gas and cement due to global price increases. The decision was taken at a special Cabinet meeting yesterday (7).
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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