Announces Ambitious Education Reform and Collaboration with India for Technological Advancements. President Ranil Wickremesinghe highlighted Sri Lanka’s commitment to agricultural modernization and emphasized the nation’s goal of reducing multi-dimensional poverty. By 2035, Sri Lanka aims to ensure that multi-dimensional poverty does not exceed 10%. While achieving zero poverty is unprecedented, the President acknowledged that even.
Harsha, Mahindananda clash over substandard fertilizer
Harsha, Mahindananda clash over substandard fertilizer
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COLOMBO (News1st): Parliamentarians Harsha de Silva and Mahindananda Aluthgamage were involved in a harsh exchange of words on stocks of substandard fertilizer that had been released to the market.
Dr Harsha de Silva, an opposition lawmaker, pointed out that the Sri Lanka Standards Institute had identified that 18,000 metric tonnes of fertilizer imported in October 2020 contain excess levels of Lead and Cadmium.
“The letter sent by the Sri Lanka Standards Institute says that these stocks can be used,” agriculture minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said during a debate in Parliament.