Paddy stocks stored at the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport are being moved today ( Jan 14).
Five thousand (5000) metric tonnes of paddy is currently stored at the airport storage facilitiy. Chairman of the Board, M.B. Dissanayake was quoted as saying a kilogramme of red raw rice will be sold at Rs.42. The decision to store paddy at the Mattala Airport came under much scrutiny by a number of factions over the recent past.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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