Delays in local testing by Sri Lankan authorities hinder the utilization of the total quota of Bamsati rice imports from Pakistan allocated under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries, Daily Mirror learns. Daily Mirror learns that the Pakistani authorities express dissatisfaction with the delay caused by Sri Lankan testing procedures, arguing that the rice is already a
More than 14750 people in 4415 families in eleven divisions in the Ampara district have been displaced due to the prevailing heavy rainfall. Ampara District Secretary Chinthaka Abeywikrema said they had found shelter in safer locations. District Secretary said the Disaster Management Centre had taken steps to provide urgent relief to the affected families. He said paddy cultivation had been affected by floods causing crop devastation. Mean
By Awarjitha Edirisooriya Nearly 100 Rohingya refugees in Sri Lanka have expressed fear for their future as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has decided to close its office. A group of Rohingya refugees representing nearly 100 refugees living in Sri Lanka at present staged a protest in front of the UNHCR office in Colombo yesterday, and they urged that a permanent solution be given with regard to their settlement.
By Dayaratna Embogama The villagers in the Konwewa area in Thambuttegama booed Minister S.M. Chandrasena and former Chief Minister S.M. Ranjith Samarakoon, who arrived in the area for a discussion on distribution of water filters. They questioned the two politicians as to whether they used their personal wealth to get the water filters provided by the government. Later the two politicians had left the place amidst protests by the villagers.
By Yohan Perera and Chathuranga pradeep Samarawickrama Two displaced Palestine families who had managed to arrive in Sri Lanka yesterday said they have become helpless after losing everything they owned in Gaza as a result of the conflict which has killed scores of people since October 8 last year. The two families according to Palestine Ambassador in Sri Lanka Dr. Zuhair Dar Zaid are of both Sri Lankan and Palestine origin. Mothers of the t
Providing compensation to the victims of theX-Press Pearl disaster is in disarray due to the lack of proper coordination between the state agencies involved in the process of providing compensation, a Parliamentary Committee revealed.
The upcoming elections in the country would create the most intense battle ever in the Sri Lankan political arena which would be a do or die game for the National People’s Power (NPP), its leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday. Speaking at a seminar in Colombo, he said the political camps that are in the offing and political divisions which are created are not ordinar
For the frist time in about ten years, Senanayake Samudra in Inginiyagala reached spill level over 105ft last morning and it resulted in the opening of five spill gates to release excess water at a speed of 2750 cu.ft per second into Galoya river. Director of Irrigation, Ampara District Sudath Gamage said the capacity of the river stood at 662800 acre feet by last morning and it was little less than the normal capacity. He said several other
A video capturing a tragic incident has gone viral, showing a mahout being fatally attacked by an elephant at an elephant safari center in Rambukkana. The incident occurred while the elephant, carrying two tourists, unexpectedly turned aggressive towards another mahout who was with another elephant. No harm was reported to the tourists involved in the incident.
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