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The Sri Lankan government has stepped in to try to stem a severe shortage of a national staple - coconuts.
The Sri Lankan government bans the felling of palm trees in an effort to stem a severe shortage of coconuts, a national staple.
Sri Lanka's government on Monday banned the felling of coconut trees as the island battled a severe shortage of nuts -- a dietary staple -- and ordered imports for the first time.
Sri Lanka's authorities have been forced to step in to control the spiralling price of coconuts -- a dietary staple -- by setting a ceiling price and arranging imports to ease supply and demand.
Dec 16, Colombo: A Sri Lankan media report said today that the hospitals countrywide are affected by a shortage of anesthetists.
Dec 15, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government said today that it will import coconut with immediate effect from several Asian countries to curb the shortage and control the escalating prices of coconut in the market.
Dec 12, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Ministry of Education has focused on the dearth of English teachers in the country's schools and taken measures to launch a special programme to train more English teachers.
Dec 05, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today said the lack of a proper drug policy has resulted in the constant shortage of essential drugs and medical equipment.
The Government is mulling over the import of sugar directly from Brazil, granting relief to the consumers. Minister Johnston Fernando had discussions in this respect with the Brazilian Ambassador to Sri Lanka Henrique Lopez. 90 percent of sugar to meet the country’s sugar requirements is imported from Brazil. The Minister pointed out that with the ...
by Rajindra C. Ratnapuli, C.Eng I am privileged to write the commemorative article on late Dr. A. M. A. Azeez to mark his 37th death anniversary on November 24, 2010. This article is a way of expressing my gratitude to this outstanding Sri Lankan who made a difference to the quality of life of so ...
By Austin Fernando In recent times there had been vast discussion on returning the displaced. The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), media, Diaspora, diplomatic inquiries- especially from India- led these dialogues. When certain Tamil representatives gave evidence before the LLRC the internally displaced person’s (IDP’s) and refugees’ rights and plight became secondary ...
Health authorities in northern Sri Lanka have reportedly appealed for more doctors to work in the Jaffna peninsula due to a shortage of doctors in the area even following the end of the war. The Health Ministry has said it has agreed to transfer doctors who are presently serving in hospitals
Nov 13, Colombo: Health authorities in northern Sri Lanka have reportedly appealed for more doctors to work in the Jaffna peninsula due to a shortage of doctors in the area even after the end of the war.
Health authorities in northern Sri Lanka have appealed for more doctors to work in the Jaffna peninsula. There is an acute shortage of medics in the area, which was at the heart of fighting leading to the defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels in May last year. ....
By Uditha Jayasinghe Hobbled by the loss of GSP+ and rising costs, top garment manufacturers are moving north to gain an edge with lower labour costs and fast tracking development in the process. Brandix Limited, Hidramani Limited, Timex Garments Limited,...
His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith addressing the Presidential Commission on Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation on 03rd November 2010 at theLakshman Kadiragama Hall, made the following submissions to the Commission. pic courtesy of: archdioceseofcolombo.com “First of all, I would like to...
An Interview with SB Dissanayake by Chamitha Kuruppu Admitting the Government has launched a campaign to eliminate JVP-led student movements crippling the university system in the country, Minister of Higher Education S.B. Dissanayake points out such moves should not be...
Sri Lanka government ministries affected by the slump in garment exports due to the loss of GSP Plus face an acute shortage of workers in the garment industries in the South. The workers, mostly women, have left due to drastic pay cuts. The ministries now attempt to lure war affected young women
by Dr M.A. Mohamed Saleem Sri Lankan conflict that spanned over three decades causing several thousands dead, massive disruption of social order, and destruction to economic capacities and infrastructure may take many years to rebuild. Sri Lanka has been a...
An acute shortage for wheat flour prevails in Colombo as traders have hoarded their stocks expecting price of wheat flour to be increased by Sri Lanka government, sources in Colombo said. SL government had raised the price of wheat flour twice in the recent past and the price of 450 gm bread
Oct 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka Postal Department is incurring a massive loss due to unavailability of stamp envelops in post offices, Department sources say.
By GABRIELLA STERN NEW YORK -- Sri Lanka's president said Wednesday that rising labor costs in China present an opportunity for his South Asian country to attract foreign companies seeking an alternative low-cost manufacturing base....
Sept 17, Colombo: Ceylon Teachers' Union General secretary Joseph Stalin points out that of the eleven educational zones in Sri Lanka's major educational area of Western Province three are vacant of Zonal Education Directors to handle the education in government schools.
Sept 05, Colombo: Sri Lanka Private Bus Owners' Association Chairman Gemunu Wijeratne says that around 1,000 private buses do not operate due to shortages of drivers and conductors.
YOU’D expect players to be climbing over each others’ shoulders to get a slice of the action at a National Championship, especially one with a rich history, like that of tennis. There was no desperate scramble, though, to get on court for the ongoing 95th Tennis Nationals, an annual tournament so immersed in tradition that ...
Wayamba Elevens are set to take the Champions League T20 by storm with a strong backing from Indian Companies as their sponsors
by Mirak Raheem In June 2010 the Minister for Resettlement, Milroy Fernando stated that there were 60,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka and that the Government would resettle them by August 2010. With some 30,000 IDPs remaining in...
By Dr. S. Narapalasingam The ‘Lions and Tigers’ here are not the four-legged animals that live in forests away from human habitats but the two groups of natives in the war-torn island, who opted to embrace the lion and the...