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Forty five nursing students capped in ceremony at SLNS Parakrama
The 2023 intake of the Naval Nurses’ Training School, SLNS Thakshila, celebrated their Capping Ceremony at the Admiral Somathilake Dissanayake Auditorium, SLNS Parakrama, yesterday (22nd May 2024).
The occasion saw 45 nursing students from the Sri Lanka Army, Navy and Air Force pledging allegiance to the service in a ceremony graced by the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera as the Chief Guest. Director Nursing (Education), Ministry of Health and President Sri Lanka Nursing Council, Mr. W. A. Keerthirathna attended the event as Guest of Honour. Naval Nurses’ Training School in Welisara is an institute accredited to the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU).
During the ceremony, which marked a milestone in the careers of 07 Army, 35 Navy and 03 Air Force nursing students, customary proceedings were carried out by Director Nursing (Education), Ministry of Health and President Sri Lanka Nursing Council Mr. W.A. Keerthirathna, Director (Nursing Medical Services), Ms. MBC Samanmalee, senior lecturers in the faculties of Allied Health Sciences of University of Sri Jayewardenepura, University of Colombo, University of Kelaniya and Kotelawala Defence University, Heads of the Colleges of Nursing – Kandana, Colombo and Kalutara, senior nursing tutors and Special Grade Chief Nursing Officers.
Rear Admiral Nishantha Peiris, Director General Operations, and Surgeon Rear Admiral Janaka Marambe, Director General Health Services, awarded Medals of Excellence to nursing students who achieved the highest marks in various subjects during the first half-yearly examination. A group of senior officers from the Navy Headquarters and Western Naval Command, flag-ranking officers, and officials from the Ministry of Health were also present on the occasion.
The Paddy Marketing Board has approximately 115,000 metric tonnes of paddy stocks purchased from farmers, which are currently stored in the Board’s warehouses, and it has been planned to retain a sufficient buffer stock from these reserves and sell the remaining quantity in order to provide the necessary storage space and financial resources for the purchase of paddy from farmers during the upcoming Yala season.
Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation to sell the aforementioned paddy stocks
following a formal tender procedure.
The Promotion of Export Agriculture Act, No. 46 of 1992 provides the legal provisions for regulating and promoting the export agriculture sector in this country.
Taking into consideration administrative changes and sectoral developments that have taken place over time, approval was granted at the Cabinet Meetings held on 2023-09-04 and 2025-08-11 to amend the said Act, which has not been updated for over 30 years.
The proposed amendments are intended to amend the designations of the Head of the Department of Export Agriculture and other officials, and to provide a clearer definition of the term “the export agricultural crop.”
Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation to publish in the Government Gazette the Draft Export Agriculture Promotion (Amendment) Bill, prepared in all three languages by the Legal Draftsman to amend the Export Agriculture Promotion Act, No. 46 of 1992, and thereafter submit the same to Parliament for its concurrence
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