The government will create 15,000 Fruit Villages within the Country during next 3 year period according to Minister Of Agriculture Duninda Dissanayake.
Under this 1000 Fruit Plants will be distributed per a village to cultivate the Minister has said.The plants will be distributed according to the sizes of land owned by farmers he has stressed.
The Minister Of Agriculture has made these remarks during the launching three year plan of National Programme on Toxin Free County (08).
Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe is due to make a special statement tomorrow(08) at Parliament regarding Current Economic Situation in the country and forthcoming development projects government is due to implement.
A special cabinet meeting was held last Friday (04) to discuss on current economic situation of the country and foreign debt.
It is widely believed that the government is concerned to make a tax revision again.
The Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam has today(07) stated the Foreign Media that the Government has found a new school for the Six year old boy residing in Kuliyapitiya(In North Western Province) who is not given a school due to the opposition of parents in kuliyapitiya on suspicion of the boy was HIV positive. The Education Minister has earlier apprised the Foreign Media the six year old boy will be taken under probation through a court order due to HIV Rumors. The Government will fund the boy's education until he leaves the school and donors will provide the boy and his mother a new home the Minister has said.
The full text of the Education Minister's Statement given to BBC-Sndeshaya Progarmme in Sinhala attached hereto.
Sri Lanka Navy have today(07) arrested two persons who attempted to smuggle 6.94 Kilo Grammes Of Gold worth around Rs.34.5 Million from a Fishing Boat(Dinghy) at Madugal Area in Jaffna(In Northern Province).
The two suspects who acted as Fishermen were attempting to transfer the stock of Gold by hiding inside the Boat when they were arrested according to Navy.However Navy Officers have identified the Racketeers and detained them during a sudden raid carried out.
The Navy have handed over the two suspects along with the stock of Gold to Customs Officers in Jaffna for future course of action.
The government will create 15,000 Fruit Villages within the Country during next 3 year period according to Minister Of Agriculture Duninda Dissanayake.
