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Paddy cultivators complain of exploitation by traders
Farmers’ associations across the country have claimed that the government is not purchasing paddy and that private individuals are buying paddy at low prices.
Maha harvesting has begun in most paddy growing areas of the country, All-Ceylon Agrarian Federation (ACAF), Namal Karunaratne said yesterday.Farmers claim that a kilo of Nadu is being bought at 84 rupees, he said.
“Samba is bought at 95 and Keeri Samba is being bought at 126 rupees a kilo.”
Meanwhile, T.B. Karan, the General Secretary of the Federation, also complained that the Paddy Marketing Board is not purchasing paddy.
“We heard that the government is issuing money to the private sector to buy paddy. This is ludicrous, if true,” he said.
The Vatican has announced the Pope’s funeral will take place on Saturday, 26 April at 10:00 local time (09:00 BST).
The Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the resolution furnished by the Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation to appoint Kamal Amarasinghe, a Special Grade Officer in Sri Lanka Administrative Service currently serving as the Secretary to the Ministry of Highways, Transport, Housing and Construction of the North Western Provincial Council to the post of the Commissioner General of Motor Traffic
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Orders under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruptions Act No. 9 of 2023 for concurrence of parliament
The Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the resolution furnished by the Minister of Justice and National Integration to submit the anti – corruption (assets and liabilities statements) orders 2025 published by the extraordinary gazette notification No. 2428/43 dated 20.03.2025 for the concurrence of the Parliament.
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