President Ranil Wikramasinghe is due to depart to Singapore this morning (21) for a two day official visit according to the government sources.
During his visit President is due to hold bi lateral talks with the Singaporean counterparts including the President of Singapore Mrs.Halimaha Yacob ,Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen according to reports.
Due to the increased Export duty imposed on Big Anions by India ,The prices of the imported Big Anions in the local market are being increased by Rs.50-70 per a Kilo Gramme it has been reported.
Accordingly the Price
Around 60,900 families in fifteen districts are being faced severe drinking water shortage due to the severe drought prevailing in those Districts according to the Disaster Management Center.
According to the Director General of the Center Major General Sudantha Ranasinghe families lives in 15 districts including Ratnaoura,Vavuniya,Kurunagala,Jaffna and Monaragala districts are being faced severe drinking water shortage.The majority of these families are in Jaffna District he had stated.
අන්යයන් ඉදිරියේ හෝ සමාජ මාධ්ය ජාලවල තමන් ආදරනීයයැයි බොරුවට මවාපෑම් කරන අවස්ථාවාදීන් තම ආදරනීයයා වෙනුවෙන් හදවතින්ම කැපවීම් කරන ආදරය පුදන 
The Chemical storage facility at the Industrial zone in Katuwana,Homagama (Colombo District) which caught fire last Thursday (17) night had not obtained a valid Environmental Protection License(Epl) according to the Central Environmental Authority,The fire erupted in the factory had been doused by the fire brigade arrived in the scene.The smoke released to the environment had affected the Air quality in the area and the wastewater discharged from the factory had also polluted the surrounding area the Authority had stated.
The Central Environmental Authority is seeking is due to file a legal action against the Chemical storage facility.
Due to the reduction of import tax imposed on Maize which uses to produce animal feed ,the prices of Chicken and Egg can be reduced soon according to the Association of Animal Production . Accordingly the Price of a Kilo Gramme of chicken can be sold at Rs.1200 and an Egg for RS.40 according to the Association.
The state Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya had announced yesterday(18) that the import tax imposed on Maize had been reduced by Rs.50 from Rs.75 to Rs.25 .
