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Sri Lanka s inflation eases to 2.5% in March 2024
22 Apr 2024 (5:09 PM) Pro-China party wins Maldives election in landslide, media say
22 Apr 2024 (4:10 PM) Rice stocks for school meals program found to be substandard, PHIs allege
22 Apr 2024 (1:17 PM) Presidential Secretariat issues clarification on rice stocks released for school meals program
23 Apr 2024 (12:21 AM) President calls on Chief Prelates of Malwatu and Asgiri chapters
22 Apr 2024 (6:57 PM) Three, including a boy, from Sri Lanka reach India on fibre boat
23 Apr 2024 (12:03 AM) |
The overall rate of inflation as measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) on Year-on-Year basis has been decreased to 2.5% in March 2024, compared to 5.1% in February 2024, the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) revealed in its latest report. 
Maldives voters handed President Mohamed Muizzu s party a landslide win at parlimentary elections, media said on Monday, an outcome set to shift the Indian Ocean archipelago closer to China and away from traditional partner India. 
The stocks of rice stored in a government warehouse in the Veyangoda area, which was to be used in the meals program for schoolchildren, have been found to be substandard, the Public Health Inspectors Union alleges. 
The Veyangoda warehouse complex has only issued rice stocks deemed suitable for human consumption by the expert committee appointed by the Gampaha Divisional Health Services Director for distribution in the school meal program, says the Presidential Secretariat. 
President Ranil Wickremesinghe called on the Chief Prelates of the Malwathu and Asgiri Chapters yesterday (21) to seek their blessings. MORE..
Three persons, including an eight-year-old boy, from Sri Lanka reached the Dhanushkodi islet in India in the early hours of Monday. On information, the marine police brought them to the shore and conducted inquiries, The Hindu reported. Copyright © 2007 - 2024 Col3neg. All Rights Reserved.
