Ministry Of Trade Has Allowed Private Importers To Import Wheat Flour

 The Ministry of Trade,Commerce and Food  has decided to give permission to private  importers to import Wheat flour through Open accounts with effect from yesterday (28) until 31st of December . 

This was announced during a meeting held between  Minister of Trade and Commerce Nalin Fernando and the representatives of the Essential food Commodities Importers and Traders Association at the Ministry yesterday (28). This meeting was held to discuss on providing essential commodities to the General public  during upcoming festive season without a shortage ,

The need to reduce the prices of Bread and Bakery products during the upcoming festive season had been also discussed at this meeting .

Agriculture Ministry To Sell 50 KG Bsg Of Urea To SL Farmers, For Rs.10,000

 The Ministry of Agriculture had yesterday(28) received  13, 000 tones of Urea fertilizer provided under the Concessionary Loan scheme  of US dollars 110 million provided  by the World Bank .

Ministey has decided to provide 50 kilo  gramme bag of Urea received under the World bank project to the farners  for Rs.10,000 each it has been announced 

Sri lankan paddy farmers need nearly 150,000  tones of Urea fertilizer to use in their paddy fields for the Maha season it has been revealed.

Weekend Power Cuts To Be Reduced To One Hour

 The Public Utilities Commission (PUS) had yesterday (28) given permission to implement a one hour long power cut during the weekend and two hour long power cut on  next Monday (31) in the 20 zones of the island A to W .

 Accordingly the one hour power cut during the weekend will be implemented during 5.30 p.m to 8.30 p.m and the two hour long power cut scheduled for next Monday  will be implemented one hour during the day time  and one hour in the night   .

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Former MP /Actor Ranjan Ramanayke Was Prevented Travelling Abroad

 Due to the foreign travel ban imposed on him over two cases pending in Court ,Former MP and Actor Ranjan Ramanayke was turned away by the Immigration and Emigration officials at the Katunayake ,Bandaranaike International Airport when he arrived at the Airport to fly to Unites states for a concert last night (27).

The Actor turned politician Ramanayake was due  to flying  to Qatar last night from the Qatar Airways flight and from there to United states .Immigration and Emigration officials had prevented him from  traveling  oversees due to the foreign travel ban it has been reported.

A Person Was Killed And His Son Was Hospitalized Due To A Motorcycle-Train Collision

 A Person was killed and his 08 year old son had been critically injured and hospitalized after the Motorcycle they were traveling in  colliding with a Train traveling to Beliatta area (Southern Province) at the Railway crossing in Dharmarama ,Uyanwatte ,Matara District last morning (27).

The 50 year old  deceased has died in the spot and his 08 year old son had been transferred from Matara Hospital to Karapitiya Teaching Hospital for further treatment ,The deceased was a resident of Weragampita in Matrara district ,

A 12 Hour Water Cut To Be Implemented In 07 Colombo Divisions

 Due to the essential renovation work of the Colombo Sewage  management programme water supply to seven divisions in the Colombo District will be halted for 12 hours from 10 p.m tonight (28) until 10 a.m tomorrow morning (29) according to the National Water supplies and drainage board.

Accordingly the 12 hour water cut will be implemented in Colombo -02,03,04,05,07,08 and 10 divisions the Board has announced .