At least 52 Lanka Sathosa outlets were declared opened yesterday island-wide with the aim of providing high quality food at concessionary rates to the consumers. Marking the significant event, President Maithripala Sirisena opened the Lanka Sathosa outlet at Kohuwala yesterday.
Accordingly, at present there are 380 Lanka Sathosa outlets across the country and the Government is expected to increase the number of Sathosa outlets to 500 by end of this year. Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen, Minister Mano Ganesan, State Minister,A.H.M. Fowzie, S. M. Marikkar MP, Sathosa Chairman, T.M.K.B. Thennakoon and many others participated at this occasion.
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.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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