Heeding the Government's call for people to do what they can to grow their own food, people in various parts of the country are currently preparing to farm paddy fields that had lain abandoned.
These images show farmers at work in a paddy field that had been abandoned for 10 years in Neungama, Kesbewa. Another paddy field in Jaliyagoda, Piliyandala that had also been abandoned before was being prepared for farming.
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.
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Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
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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