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By Shiran Ranasinghe Laugfs is ready to import high quality LPG if the government allows it to open necessary Letters of Credit (LCs), Chairman of the company, W. K. H. Wegapitiya told The Island. Sri Lankans consumed about 45,000 to 50,000 metric tonnes of gas a month, he said, noting that his company had the […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Heavy rains in the upcountry have had a devastating impact on the supply of vegetables, Prashan Rajapakshe, Manager – Welisara economic Centre says. Rajapaksa told the media yesterday that Nuwara Eliya had been experiencing torrential rains for three months almost continuously and that had reduced the quality and quantity of the agricultural […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita The threat posed by COVID-19 was not over and authorities should be vigilant during the coming festive season, Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) General Committee Member, Dr. Prasad Kolabage said yesterday. Dr. Kolabage said that the Omicron variant was spreading across the world and that Sri Lanka too had detected several cases. […]

By Ifham Nizam The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) yesterday launched a new programme for proper management of wastewater discharged from analytical laboratories. CEA Chairman S. Amarasinghe said that under the new initiative steps would be taken to dispose of the effluent containing chemical contaminants from all regional laboratories, including the CEA’s main laboratory, in a […]

LG polls likely to be delayed: Polls monitors alarmed By Shamindra Ferdinando Election Commission (EC) Chief Nimal G. Punchihewa yesterday (16) said Provincial Council polls couldn’t be put off through the intervention of the Cabinet. Attorney-at-law Punchihewa emphasised that there was no provision under any circumstances for the Cabinet to request the EC to postpone […]

Kanni Wignaraja, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Regional Director of UNDP’s Regional Bureau of Asia and the Pacific, recently paid a courtesy call on Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena at the Parliament premises. Robert Juhkam, Resident Representative, UNDP Sri Lanka, and Secretary General of Parliament, […]