Courtesy Adaderana The State Trade Corporation (STC) says the distribution of imported eggs to bakery owners commenced this evening (March 29). A spokesperson of the STC stated that the stock of eggs imported from India would be provided for the bakery owners at a rate of Rs. 35 per egg. A shortage of eggs emerged in […]

Courtesy Adaderana The report on the batch of imported eggs from India is scheduled to be released tomorrow (29 March), Director General of Animal Production and Health Dr. Hemamali Kotelawala stated. However, although nearly  a week has passed since the arrival of the stock of eggs, the Department of Animal Production and Health are yet to […]

Courtesy Hiru News Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said the government will further negotiate with the International Monetary Fund to provide more relief to low-income earners. Addressing an event held to distribute free rice to low income earners under the government’s paddy purchase program in Maharagama, Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said many countries have pledged to […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera says that the programme to distribute rice free of charge for 2.9 million families will commence tomorrow (March 27). Thus, the government has planned to distribute the paddy bought from farmers during this Maha season after converting them into rice. The Agricultural Minister also highlighted that the government […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A national program that currently provides a mid-day meal for schoolchildren will be doubled from the start of the next school term, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said. He said the ministry is currently providing a mid-day meal for 1.1 million schoolchildren. The program was kicked off in January with the support […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Government of Japan has contributed an additional US$6.6 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to provide critical food and nutrition assistance to over one million Sri Lankans. Through this funding, WFP will provide families with food baskets comprising rice, pulses and cooking oil, to meet half their monthly food […]

By Thomas Tarantelli Courtesy Food Safety Tech The Sol Andino brand of ground cumin was found to contain 1090 ppm lead. Laboratory reports recently acquired by the Freedom of Information Law from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets show the Sol Andino brand ground cumin to contain 1090 ppm lead as well […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Treasury has released a circular on the government’s program for purchasing and distribution of paddy. The circular has been issued under the signature of the Treasury Secretary, K.M. Mahinda Siriwardena, on the direction of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policy. >The objective of the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Approximately 3.9 million families in the country live expecting help from the government, and therefore, the government has decided to provide them with 10kg of rice each free of charge in the months of March and April, Finance State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said. Addressing the media, he said the government’s paddy […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed the government officials to take the necessary measures to purchase a kilo of paddy at a guaranteed price of Rs. 100. The President further said that the Northern Province and Jaffna District will be developed as a province capable of supplying food to Sri Lanka, the President’s Media […]

Courtesy Adaderana An initial shipment of 600 metric tons of fortified rice funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) arrived in Sri Lanka last week to support the Government of Sri Lanka’s national school meal program. Through ongoing initiatives as well as new funding and food shipments, the United States is working with […]

Courtesy Adaderana The High Commission of Pakistan in Colombo has rebutted a statement made by the Director-General of the Animal Production & Health Department that no eggs can be imported from India or Pakistan due to the outbreak of bird flu. In a letter addressed to the Sri Lankan Foreign Affairs Ministry, the high commission […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් බිත්තරයක් රුපියල් 40ට අඩුවෙන් පාරිභෝගිකයාට ලබාදීමේ හැකියාව තිබියදී මහා පරිමාණ බිත්තර නිෂ්පාදකයන් අධික ලාභයක් ලබාගැනීමේ අරමුණෙන් මේ වනවිට කූඨ ව්‍යාපාරික කටයුත්තක නියැලී සිටින බව පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව පවසා සිටියේ මේ වනවිට ඇතිව තිබෙන බිත්තර ප්‍රශ්නය පිළිබඳව විමසීම සඳහා පාරිභෝගික සේවා අධිකාරියේ නිලධාරීන් […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to provide 10kg of rice per month to 02 million low-income families including Samurdhi beneficiaries for a period of two months. Accordingly, the government will purchase 61,600 metric tons of paddy to meet the requirement of 40,000 Metric Tons. This […]

BY Sumudu Chamara Courtesy The Morning Balancing consumer demand for cheap protein against the low level risk of possibly introducing Avian influenza/bird flu and evading local egg production industry issues Sri Lanka is struggling to deal with what could be described as one of the most controversial food-related issues stemming from the economic crisis. The […]

Courtesy Adaderana Trade Minister Nalin Fernando has submitted the proposal to the Cabinet of Ministers to import eggs.  Accordingly, the Cabinet has directed him to take necessary steps to do so.

Courtesy Hindustan Times President Ranil Wickremesinghe issued the orders to ensure public health safety, officials said. Sri Lanka on Saturday suspended the transportation of beef and mutton at district and provincial levels after a large number of cattle and goats died in the last two days due to unusually cold weather in areas of north […]

Courtesy Adaderana A new consignment of 1,000 metric tonnes (100,000 packs) of rice donated by China reached Colombo Port this morning (Nov. 19). This rice consignment will be distributed to island-wide schools, the Chinese Embassy in Colombo said in a tweet. According to the embassy, China has so far donated 7,000 metric tonnes of rice […]

Courtesy Adaderana The National Council sub-committee on national policy which met on Nov. 10 has decided to appoint a sub-committee made up of representatives of all the relevant institutions to formulate policies related to ensuring food security in this country. This was decided at the meeting of National Council sub-committee on identifying short and medium-term […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror For the first time from Sri Lanka, arrangements have been made to export the first consignment of sour banana to the Dubai Market on November 26, Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said. He said 12,500kg of sour bananas in a 40′ container will be exported to Dubai market later this month. Sri […]

Courtesy Adaderana The revenue of Rs. 16 billion that the government lost after the special commodity levy imposed on sugar was slashed by the previous administration in 2020, Acting Finance Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya says.  He made this remark in parliament today (Nov. 09), presenting a document compiled by the Commissioner-General of the Inland Revenue Department […]

Courtesy Aljazeera UN agencies in Sri Lanka say they raised $79m in aid, they need an additional $70m to cater to growing number of poor people. The number of people in Sri Lanka needing urgent humanitarian help has doubled to 3.4 million, the United Nations has said as it warned of a worsening food crisis […]

Embassy and Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka in Bangkok At the Second handing over Ceremony held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Don Pramudwinai symbolically handed over cash donation of 14,000,000 Thai Baht (SLRS 135,398,986 ) from Royal Thai Government to Sri Lanka Ambassador and Permanent […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has received another 500 metric tonnes (50,000 packs) of rice donated by China. The rice consignment was handed over to Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Education on Friday (Nov. 04). The Chinese Embassy in Colombo stated that this batch would be distributed to needy students in the Eastern Province. Including the delivery […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME Asia The initiative will collect excess food and avoid waste. Many children have stopped going to school because lunch is no longer guaranteed. The funds allocated by the government are not enough. Colombo (AsiaNews) – Food banks and food exchange centres have been set up at religious facilities to provide […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) has looked into maintaining a special rice reserve of 8,000 metric tons in accordance with the Colombo declaration of the SAARC Organization and the 16th Summit meeting. The committee also probed the rice reserves of 100,000 metric tons not being maintained in the warehouses owned by the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Measures have been taken to provide a balanced meal at the expense of the government and as an initial step, a nutritious meal for 1,080,000 schoolchildren prior to the reopening of schools, is already in progress, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said. While issuing a message relating to the World Children and Elder’s […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Red Cross Society of China has decided to provide more food packs to the neediest families living in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. The donation worth USD 150,000 is made through the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society, the Embassy of China in Colombo said in a statement. In May & July, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Myanmar has handed over 1,000 tons of rice to Sri Lanka at a port in the commercial city of Yangon, the state-run Myanmar News Agency reported on Saturday. Speaking at the handover ceremony on Friday, Union Minister for Commerce U Aung Naing Oo said that the donation is a token of sympathy for […]

Courtesy Hiru News A loaf of bread (450g) will be sold at Rs. 300 citing the increase in Wheat Flour prices according to the All Ceylon Bakery Owners Association