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Friday 24th December, 2021 Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group, which refused to accept the results of tests conducted by the National Plant Quarantine Services (NPQS) of Sri Lanka on samples of its fertiliser, is reported to have claimed that its product has been found to be uncontaminated and safe. It says it has got samples of […]
State Minister Jayantha Samaraweera on behalf of the National Freedom Front (NFF) yesterday (23) urged the government to re-introduce price control to ensure the importers pass on the duty concessions received from the government to consumers. The NFF is a constituent of the ruling SLPP. Addressing the media at NFF office, Pita Kotte, the lawmaker […]
The UNP had decided to hold talks with a number of trade unions, professional associations and several mass organisations besides political parties to find solutions for the current crises in the country, said party General Secretary, Palitha Range Bandara. Bandara said the decision had been made after a discussion held recently at Sirikotha between the […]
By Piyasena Dissanayake The UNP yesterday said that the Fitch Rating agency’s downgrading Sri Lanka to a rank of CC indicated an increased probability of a default event in coming months in light of the country’s worsening external liquidity position and drop in foreign-exchange reserves. Addressing the media at Sirikotha, UNP Chairman and former minister […]
Thursday 23rd December, 2021 Failure is said to be an orphan. If the government’s organic fertiliser drive had become a success, many ruling party politicians and state officials would have been falling over themselves to claim paternity thereof, as it were. Having come a cropper to all intents and purposes, the project is now without […]